The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-02

the attention of the consuming public,
civic organizations and state officials,
who are in a position to lend their as
sistance to our efforts. You have made
available funds with which to carry
on this campaign. but there is no pro-
vision in the law authorizing their ex-
, penditure for the purpose of making
the public fully informed about the eff
forts of the government. Specific rec
ommendation has been made by the
; attorney general in this regard. l
would strongly urge upon you its i'm
mediate adoption, as it constitutes one
Of the preliminary steps to this cam
paign.
| also renew my recommendation
that the congress pass a law regulat-
, ing cold storage as it is regulated, for
Z example, by the laws Of the state Of
New Jersey, which limit the time dur
ing which goods may be kept in stor-
age, prescribe the method Of disposing
of thee, if kept beyond the permitted
period, and require that goods released
from storage shall in all cases bear
y-he date of their receipts. 1t would
materially add to the serviceability of
the law, for the purpose we now have
in view, if it were also prescribed that
all goods released from storage for in
tcrstate shipment should have plainly
! marked upon each package the selling
or market price at which they went
into storage. By this means the pur-
chaser would always be able to learn
what profits stood between him and
the producer or the wholesale dealer.
| | would also renew my recommen-
dalton that all goods destined for in
, terstate commerce should in every
case. where their form or package
makes it possible, be plainly marked
with the price at which they left the
hands OF the producer
I, FEDERAL Corporation License
! We should formulate a law requir-
ing a federal license Of all corpora
+ions engaged in interstate commerce
d emhOdying in the license or in
the conditions under which it is to be
! issued. specific regulations designated
| to secure competitive selling and pre-
vent unconscionable profits in the
method of marketing Such law
would afford welcome opportunity
to effect other much needed reforms
in the business of interstate shipment
and IN the method of corporations
/ which are engaged in it: but for the
| moment ] cOnfine my recommends
/ tlonS to the object Immediately in
hand which is to lower the cost of
living
New Labor Spirit.
No one who has observed the march
of events in the last year can fail to
note the absolute need of definite
program to bring about an improve
ment in the conditions of labor There
can be no settled conditions leading
TO increased production and reduc.
ton in the cost of living if labor and
capital are to be antagonists instead
of partners. Sound thinking and an
honest desire to serve the interests
of the whole nation. as distinguished
from the interests of a class, must be
applied to the solution of this great
and pressing problem. The failure of
other nations to consider this matter
in a vigorous way has produced bit
| terness and jealousies and antagO
nisms. the food or radicalism. The
only way to keep men from agitating
against grievances is to remove the
grievances. An unwillingnesS to dis.
cuss these matters produces only dis
satisfaction and gives comfort to the
extreme elements in our country
! which endeavor to stir up disturbances
iniaOrder to provoke governments go
embark upon a court of retaliation
and repression The seed of revolu-
ton is repression. The remedy for
these things must not be negative in
character. 1t must be constructive
1t must comprehend the general inter
est. The real antidote for the unrest
which manifests itself is not suppress
sion, but a deep consideration of the
! wrongs that beset our national life
and the application of remedy.
Congress has already shown a will
lingness to deal with these industrial
wrongs by establishing the S-hour day
as the standard in every field of la
Dor 1t has sought to find way to
prevent child labor. 1t has served the
whole country by leading the way in
developing the means of preserving
and safeguarding lives and health in
dangerous industries. 1t must now