The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-20
THE ESSENTIAL THING

Dr. Garfield the fuel administrator represented in the dis
patches from Washington having half completed classification
Of the industries Of the United States under the headings
tal and 'non-essena His work of abuaon is progressing
steadily and the fruits of his labor Of segregation will be avail
able for public scruting not later than April l.
We await disclosures of Dr. Gared catalogue with
siderable The nterdpendene and nterelaton Of in
that the attempt dissociate from
other involves the overcoming of obstacles The luxury trades
many incident the economical and profitable
ton of trades producing quesoned necesares of life The
makers of basic commodities which will pass unqusoned into the
category essentials dependent to greater degree than is
monty understood the prompt and continuous absorption OF
products establishments industries which apparently have
connection with them This fact well illustrated in the meat
trade The packers have boosted for generation that thy utilized
all of the pig except the sea By doing they able to main
tain themselves prosperity without putting unbearabe load on
the consumers of any part of their output.
The development Of their enterprises this way the addition
of department department the research laboratories pointed
way profitable utilization of matter previously wasted
consumed less economical has brought them naturally and
logically fields far removed from the preparation and sale OF
Many the tasks which their capital and their bust
sagacy offer the public articles of luxury which be
called nonsntals yet embargo on their production would
the drment of the whole complicated structure that has
been erected under the spur of competitive trading and eventually
produce disorder in the basic industry of which they outgrowth
The packing industry unique in this respect The di-
versiy it's product is merely well advertised What is true of
it every great industry The unceang effort to
tay every scrap material make machine dol
of trades of them highly specialized and deicatey Or
ganzed disturbed the effect will be felt all along tie
% only supergenus would be equal to the job of forecastng
the consequences of the upheaval.
Obviously immediate result would be the disruption OF num-
existing cang and the serious dsOcaon of labor cond
TONS usual is faacous motto; business not
be conducted usual when the major Of the nations
of the populations labor must be used the to
victory But the fact that business must adjust itself to does
accommodation should be made violently and
corng academic rule If this attempted the of ad
will be harmful perhaps disastrous On the other hand
the laws of supply and demand permitted to operate
unchecked by proeerg the hand and by all Judged oc
ial the other the changes that requrd will be
accomplished with minimum of hardship Capital investments will
rendered worthless labor will not be exposed to rule de-
rangemen and the attainment Of object the orderly
of with every atom of strength will be
pished with the possible dfculy.-New York Sum-
''Taking a WHOLE you have done WE'LL You OF
you little unjust against yourselves doing well
So says Baron de Neuize of the French commission
visiting this country But maybe the French
judges of war preparations
April is der Tag That's the day when Hndenburg is
ing take Paris Very kind of him fix that date It's to
remember And appropriate.