Cheyenne record., 1918-08-29
CAMPAIGN FOR lyman
BASED ON FkLStHOOD
DENVER POST ADMITS IT'S
CHARGES ABOUT PRoFiTEER-
ING IN COLORADO ARE LIES;
KEEPS TELLING THEM.

Denver. Aug. 27.-With the primary
election only two weeks away, the
Denver Post, still running true to
form, is opening it's mud batteries to
their maximum capacity in its attacks
on all organized government, AMI
especially on the present state admin
istration. 1t is conducting a cam
paign Of willful and malicious false
hood in its efforts to defeat Governor
Julius c. Gunter for denomination, 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 IA
ton is at war and Colorado soldiers
are daily giving their lives in the
cause of freedom, its lies directed
against the efficiency of the state gov
eminent are looked upon by all loyal
citizens as nothing less than sedition,
closely bordering upon treason.
1t is charging daily that Governor
Gunter is responsible for the high
prices prevailing in Colorado. and
that there is an immense amount of
profiteering in all lines of trade. for
which he is to blame, 1t is 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. i. knows. as
every well informed person in the
country knows, that Congress-, under
en- 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 us war meas
ure, and Is exercised as war meas
ure. 1t has bocn delegated By the
| President, under this act, to the ma
| tio2al food administration. the nation
| al fuel administration and othor fed
eIal ageccics, and has IN no case been
| delegated to the state governments.
! The food and fuel administrations in
| this and every other state are organ
| ICED under federal direction and are
| controlled from Washington. They
| exercise price-fixing and price reGulat'
| Ii5 iLlliOiiIs III SoINlsscS, uIiNNi va
| ,evs coming direct from Washington.
| Washington has, in effect, told the
| government of eTe-y state in the
| Cnicn to keep its hands OF such mat
| tsr5 during this war, and Colorado is
| boying orders for the good Of the
laticn.
So much for the charge that tho
tate administration Is il any way re-
ponaible for prevailing prices. The
| charge that there is riot OF profit
,c"in6 in Colorado" IS a charge against
% federal and rot the state govern
| ncnt. Furthermore, the records OF
| re federal food nistration and OF
| he federal Department of Labor show
| nat prices of food and other neces-
| ary commodities are lower Cn the
| .veraGc in Colorado than in almost
| ny other state in the Union. The
| Denver Post. which is making this
| lrofitc2rirg charge most londly and
| consistently, had this to say about
| rofitcerinC in Colorado in its issue Of
| ugust last:
AS a matter of official record from
| Washington statistics, prices are more
|
wise, in Colorado and In Denver,
han in any other city or state"
| There is absolutely no basis in fact
| " the lies printed daily by the Den
rr Post about profiteering in Colo
tdo. They are all lies and the Post
aows it. Everybody who knows
nything knows thai prices are always
ighcr in tine OF war than in time of
eacc. But they are not higher in
| colorado than they are In other
tatcs. On the contrary, they are
over In almost all cases. Colorado's
! elder boys are not complaining
bout the task set for them in this
5ar, though they are risking their
ives daily and scores OF theia C.ready
ave made the supreme sacrifice. Why
Sn't 1t treason. then, to carry on
propaganda, known to be false. which
ends to make the people at home
weary of the comparatively light war
'urden they must bear. while their
'athers and brothers and sons are un.
,omplainingly facing the cannons Of
he Huns?
Of hot t, h i'm.