Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29
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CAMPAIGN FOR LYMAN
BASED ON FALSEhoOD
pEkvER POST ADMiTs IT'S
CHARGES ABOUT PRoFirggR-
INC IN COLORADO ARE Lie,
KEEPS TELLING THRM.

Denver, Aug. 37.-With the primary
election only two weeks away. the
Denver Post, stu running true "a
form. il opening It, mud batteries 70
their maximum capacity In it, attacks
on all organised government. and
especially on the present state admin
istration. It IL conducting . cam.
paign of willful and malicious false
hood In its efforts to defeat Governor
julius c. Gunter for rsnomination. and
even going beyond It's usual extrava.
gance in promising what Thomas J.
lyman. its own candidate. will do.
In this case, however, when the ma.
ton IL At war and Colorado soldiers
are daily giving their lives In the
cause Of freedom. It's lies directed
against the efficiency Of the state gov
eminent are looked upon by all loyal
citizens ~ nothing less than sedition.
closely bordering upon treason.
It ID charging daily that Governor
Gunter 10 responsible for the high
prices prevailing in Colorado. and
that there 10 an immense amount Of
profiteering in all lines Of trade, for
which he IL to blame. It IL proclaim.
ing loudly that lyman will reduce
prices and will put stop forthwith to
profiteering.
The Post knows in the first place
that the state government has no
authority to fix prices. II knows. a.
every well informed person In the
country knows, that Congress, under
an act passed August IS. 1917. dele
gated to the President of the United
States the power to fix and regulate
prices Of food and other necessary
commodities. This authority was del.
egated to the President as q war meas
ure, and is exercised as war meas
ure. 1t has been delegated by the
President, under this act. to the ma
tional food administration. the nation.
al fuel administration and other fed.
eral agencies, and has in no case been
delegated to the state governments.
The food and fuel administrations in
this and every other state are organ
lied uAder federal direction and are
controlled from Washington. They
exercise price-fixing and price regulat-
ing authority in Colorado, under or.
ders coming direct from Warrington.
Washington has. in effect. told the
government Of every state In the
Unioh to keep its hands off such mat
tors during this war. and Colorado is
obeying orders for the good Of the
| nation. ~ a.
q. ,,rv.h So- <he cher~o That <hn
state administration Is in any way re-
sponsible for prevailing prices. The
charge that there 10 . 'riot Of profit
eering in Colorado" IL . charge against
the federal and not the state govern
ment. Furthermore, the records Of
the federal food administration and Of
the federal Department Of Labor show
that prices of food and other neces-
sary commodities are lower on the
average in Colorado than in almost
any other state in the Union. The
Denver Post. which IL making this
profiteering charge most loudly and
persistently. had this to say about
profiteering in Colorado in its issue OF
August Z last:
"As a matter Of official record from
Washington statistics. prices are more
moderate on most things. food and 9th
erwise, in Colorado and in Denver
than In any other city or state"
There is absolutely no basis in fact
for the lies printed daily by the Den.
yer Post about profiteering in Colo
RADIO. They are all lies and the Post
knows 1t. Everybody who knows
anything knows that prices are always
higher in time of war than in time OF
peace. But they are not higher in
Colorado than they are in Other
states. On the contrary, they are
lower in almost all cases. Colorado's
soldier boys are not complaining
about the task set for them In thii
war. though they are risking theiI
lives daily and scores Of them already
have made the supreme sacrifice. Why
Isn't It treason. then, to carry on q
propaganda. known to be false, which
tends to make the people at home
weary Of the comparatively light wal
burden they must bear. while theil
fathers and brothers and sons are un
complainingly facing the cannons o.
the Huns?
Tom lyman boasts that he has i'm
proved the condition Of the boys II