The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-16
MOULD EXTEND
WAR CONTROL
Of ALL FOOD
n.t. and Provision OF Penalties
far Profiteering, Advocated
by the President.
n FORCE SALE OF SURPLUS
: AAdrsss to Congress the Chief Ex-
svtivs Makes Assertion That We
.Are Dealing With Very Crit
eal and Difficult Matters"

eal and Difficult Matters"
Washington. congress
4 proposing remedies to, check the
a. cost of living. President Wilson
Jared existing laws were made
nate and high prices were not justi-
n by shortage of supplies, present
4 prospective. but were created In
M casss ''artificially and deIiber-
nlyr by "vlcious7 practices"
B. spoke practically as follows:
erdssnen of the Congresses
/ nm sought this opportunity to ad-
- you because 1t is clearly my duty
: an your attentsnn to the present cost
ming and to urge upon you with all
4 penuasive force OF which am capable
4. lsgislative measures which. would be
- elective In controlling 1t and bring
i 4 down.
n uriees the people of this country are
nying for everything that IL In necessary
= tksm 70 use In order to live are not
a11aed BY q shortage in supply. either
nunf or prospective, and are in many
- srtincially and deliberately created
b vicious practices which ought imme-
snfsly to be checked by law
Prohteers lawbreakers.
&ns Of the methods by which these
woe are produced are already Illegal,
~ Of them criminal, and those who
uploy them will be energetically pro-
eu6nd against. But others have not vet
~ brought under the law. and should
N tnlt with az once by legislation.
W(h the increase in the prices of the
n.1nrfes Of life come demands for In
auso In wages-demands which are
tli1sd II there. be no other means of
nab1ng men to live.
rpsa the increSse of wages there foI-
~ close an incffase in the price OF the
ysducts whose psoducers have been ac-
~ the increass-not a proportionate
nrnss for the faanufacturer does not
sshnf himself with that. but an in
sna considerably greater than the
~ wage cost and for which the added
- est D oftentimes hardly more than
h lAborers who de-not get an increase
, Nv when they demand IL are likely
nike and the strike only makes mat
IN upssa RS
nehscks production: IL 1t affects the
n1nys II prevents distribution and
|93 ~ markets: SO that there is pres
|~V nothing to buy. and there IL another
|eussvs addition to prices resulting from
~ scarcity. -.
csadItiens Not "NaturaI.n
nsss are facts and ceswfth which
r. nvs become only too familiar: but
~ not justified because Of our fan,fi-
~ With them or because cf any hasty
mallow conclusion that they are
nmar and inevitable. in, sitting mac
~ " and letting them work their ia
nsults IL thefe Is anything that we
= to check. correct or reverse ttem.
must I think. frankly Admit that !
b no complete immediate remedy
had from legislation and executive
The free processes Of stipply and
- wiz not operate Of themselves,
y legislative or executive action. cam
mem into fhll and natural operation
~ here is peace 8
lust Know. Terms Of Peace.
nsFe can be no confidence in indus
ns calculable basis for credits. no
1esnt buying OF systematic selling.
10
x1t restoration of business. no
- attempt at reconstruction or a
80 assembling of the dislecated
shts OF enterprise Until peace has
enolished. and. so. far as may be.
.seed. Our national life has no
pesn less radically disturbed and
~ than the national life. OF
PEOPLES whom the lyar pors di-
auected. with all its terrible
and Obstructive force. but it
n nevetf fheiess profeundly sAt-
ana disA 9hanged. sand OUT INDUS
1r CREDITS. our productive ca
~ ouf economic processes are in
intTwoven with those OF
muons md peoples--tnosti tnti-
all W h the nations and peo-
Won whoM the chief burden and |
OF ne war fell and who /
most dependent upon the co..
actiph Of. the world
sre Greatest IN History.
se Just ISSw shipping more goods |
1suf ports TO foreign markets than
nipned before-not foodstuffs |
wi stq4Y and materials of every |
uis sfS no index of what our |
- HfsA " bc VI
1 the..volume of our exports |
~ on supplies and prices. ait is
yet sto predict bow .; Far or
foreign purchasers will be
nd the money or the .efedf to, |
a sustain such purchases on I
e: how soon or to what extent
.nuiacturers can resume their
Eooncuon, foreign farmers get
s'omed crops from their own
Asn mines resume their former
- 'sn, merchants set. up again
= - machinery of trade, with the
~ earsh. All these things must
eertain until peaoe Is. estab-
Ius.s .ne natioas OF the world have
- me methods by which normal I
= lustry are to be restored.
we shall do in the mean
- Yin profiteering aad pot
y our people upon a tolerabie /
:, ne makeshift and provf--l
nefe can be no settled condf-
- ~ slsewhere until the treaty
- out Of the way and the
a. naaiuating the war has be-
80 enief concern of our govern
u,vss ehe other governments of
"i noc- cannot recoup her