Evening star., 1919-03-04
GOVERNORS DIFFER
ON u. S. POLICIES
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your community and then publishing
each week in your daily papers how
you are keeping up with that quota
go Get your state this summer to
! build it's full quota of federal roads
on the $3.50 basis and appropriate a
larger sum than ever before for state
roads.
90 See that the traction properties
of your state and city receive fair
treatment. remembering that the
transportation system of city de-
termineS more than any other one
thing it's growth and prosperity.
90 Urge labor to give greater serv-
ice for its wages. but remember that
high wages increase the home market
for goods. so that the more money
paid in wages the more goods will be
purchased and the greater Will be
the prosperity of your state and city
90 Get your councils OF detense
and safety committees to advertise
as much now to get people 10 buy as
they advertised during the war TO get
people to economize.
o. Help Secretaries Wilson. Lane
and Redfieid and the other cabinet
chiefs in their efforts to provide
greater opportunities for both capital
and labor.
1t was decided to appoint commit
tee to draw a program for presentation
to the people of the various states and
cities represented ct the conference.
Senator Calder of New York will ad-
dress the conference this afternoon.
No Trouble in Massachusetts,.
Calvin Coolidge, Governor of Mas
sachusetts, who presided at the morn
ing session. said that SO far his state
had experienced little difficulty in
placing returned or demobilized sol
diers Gov. Coolidge declared that so
per cent of the boys were able to take
care of themselves.
The readjustment may be expected
to be more difficult. but up to the
present there is no indication that II
is working any great hardShip, sald
Gov. Coolidge. The Massachusetts
executive deplored a tendency to ere
ate a pessimistic feeling in the ma
ton. He called attention TO the fact
that the resources of the country are
greater than ever and that its wealth
has not been impaired by the war to
any great extent.
"One of the large Boston papers in
1918 for the months of January and
February had 29,723 advertisements
for help and in 1919 for the same
period had 22.726.'
Gov. Coolidge said before any sub
stantial adjustment can take place in
this country peace must be perma-
nently established.
Against Fixed Prices.
At yesterday afternoons session
Lieut.. Gov. Oglesby of Illinois said 1t
was about time to allow industry to
assume its natural place and also to
let the law of supply and demand
again come into operation
Let the government pocket the loss
of wheat" said Mr.. Oglesby. Cost
of living will never come down while
wheat is held at s22s bushel and
pork on the foot sells at $17 hundred
pounds. The farmers of Illinois do not
want these prices
Gov Gait of Florida said both wages
and prices of commodities must come
down before industry could be re-
sumed on a normal pre-war basis
I'VE can use a million workers in
Florida If they will only be reason
able" said Gov. Gait. Why should
we pay common 1aboror SIS or &S
day while we send men into the
furnace of war and only give them
$50 a month for their services?
The conference unanimously adopted
resolution declaring that no persons
should be deported for engaging in
legitimate union labor activities.
Secretary of Labor Wilson declared
stories to the effect that among the
I. w w. men arrested and detained
at Ellis Island. for ultimate expulsion
from the country, were some who
were arrested because they simply
agItated for improved labor conditions
ware false