Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-07-23

T have developed at the packing centers.
Under the proposed law every con.
corn must permit the commissioner Of
] foodstuffs to examine its records and
must pay = severe penalty for false
statements, concea1ments OF. perver.
sdons Of the truth. OF particular i'm
portance is the provision which en-.
powers the secretary Of agriculture to
revoke the license of any dealer sus-
pected OF concealing the facts about
his business. But the public would
not be deprived of the foodstuns han
died by = concern that lost tts license,
The bill directs that the courts shall
appoint receiver to manage overy
such business. to act '.in the interest
OF the public" pending such time AZ
the proprietors may convince the
courts that they are worthy to resume
the control Of the business.
More striking still II the clause
which provides that when Z concern
has lost its license the burden shall
rest with such concern to prove in
court that the license should be re-
stored. T.
To Aid Competition. = ~
Most encouraging Of all ia that part
OF the proposed law which directs the
secretary Of agriculture to cooperate
In developing private, semt-private or
public rivals to the big meat packers.
The commissioner Of foodstuffs is d.
rected to issue licenses for stock
yards, slaughter houses and allied en-
terprises ito any public, quasi-public
or other corporation or cooperative
association or to any agency con-
trolled or operated by state"
The department of agriculture ID
further directed to assist all rivals to
the big packers by supplying them
with scientific data, such as stand
ardized building plans, and to coop
crate to procure for them sufficient
transportation facilities. All railroads
are required to furnish rolling stock
as needed by all holders of the federal
license, and the big packers are for
hidden to use any refrigerator cars
not so furnished by government di.
rection. Furthermore,."no licensed
shall own, control, or have any inter.
est In any stockyarf1, except during
the first six months after the passage
of the act. =
Both as consumers and wage
earners the, workers have suffered
from the monopoly enjoyed by the
meat trust" Friends Of the Kenyon
Anderson bills invite organized labor
to scrutinize them, advertise them and
give them such support as they may
appear to deserve.
BurIeson 10 AssaIled.
Postmaster General Burleson con-
tinues to receive his daily drubbing
from some hostile sections Of the pub
lie he is supposed to represent. Or
ganfzed employees of the Potomie rail.
road yards, Alexandria, Va, and tel
egraph operators at that point did
their bit''. in this respect the other
day. They adopted q resolution call.
ing upon President Wilson to GUST
Burleson with all possible speed on
the ground that "his fncumbency is q
detriment ito the services Of tn gov
eminent Of the United States" and
because he has shown himself incom-
petent and unable to discharge the
duties Of postmaster general"
This denunciation Of his rule comes
just at time when Mr.. Burleson is
congratulating himself upon his VIC
tory over the strike of. the Commercial
Photographers union. There is no
denying Mr.. Burleson's victory In this
case. The strikers have been forced
to drop their fight and seek re-em-
ployment on such terms as the compa-
MES, under Burleson's direction, may
care to grant. But it is important to
know how the strikers were beaten. It
is clear from description given by
the strikers chief, 8. J. Konenkamp,
that Burleson is possessed of such au-
tocratic and sfar-reaching government
tai powers that no strike against him
could ever succeed unless 1t were q
I general walkout of the operating and
clerical stats Of the telegraph, ,tele.
phone and railroad lines. Konen-
kamp says, in q statement to. the re-
turned strikers: -. p - y. 7
You have sought q minimum OF
the things which the present govern
.ment administration says all workers
should enjoy. You have not only. been
denied those rights, but governmental
agencies have been used to prevent
your getting them by exercising your
own economic strength. We find that
sending kilograms from city to city
In suitcases IL. allowed, q thing for
which Western Union officials were
arrested when they tried to do It with
out Mr.. Burleson's consent. We find
that kilograms are also being sent
through the mails without restriction.
The telegraph officials say the gov
eminent IL footing the strike losses.
Despite all his h1gh.sounding words.
Burleson has fought rs ct every turn.
and his party must take the blame