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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-05-09
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-05-09
EIAIGEfT.

The collapse of the center of the
wall making gap about 80 feet
wide of the big mill at Oakland on
saturday afternoon last, owned and
nDerated by the Melville Wooden Co.
will not only entail a heavy loss to
the company but many of the hands
will be out of employment for some
time. Fortunately, it occurred after
the employees had left the mill.
The direct cause of the catastrophe
was caused by the water under
the foundation. The most remark
able thing is that from the outside
not one stone was visible, after the
wall had fallen. There must have
been an immense hole. to contain all
the stone, some of the machinery and
other timber included, in the crash.
The loss to the firm including re-
building and new machinery will not
fall far short of $4,000 or $4,000.
The mill was built by N. w. Steele
about twenty-four years ago and we
are reminded that shortly after Mr.
Steele had finished the mill, an in
spector gained an entrance to the
mill and condemned this portion of
the wall, which had to be torn down
and rebuilt and very likely was not
properly Joined. A Baltimore firm
has contracted for the work and will
begin removing the debris at once.
Mr.. Melville will start work again
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Ohio Milk Producers
Indicted or Charge OF
Illegally Cvmtinir,g o

CLEVELAND. Aug. 8.-Secrct in
dlctments, charging violation of the
valentine antitrust Law, we're returned
to-day against the president and six
other officials OF the Ohio Farmers'
cooperative Mix Company, an organi-
zatlon OF two Thousand farmers and
oalrymen' by the Cuyahnga County
sPec4ai grand jury IA its investigation
OF milk conditions in tbia rnnnt,,
The Indictment charges The msn with
having cons2ired against trade ard
with forming so un awful coordination
1or the purpose of carrying out ycstric-
tlons III trade and coniaercs in milk
and increasing the price of and pre-.
venting competition in the sale of milk.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Won't Submit to Dictaticn

Senator Pomerene, Democrat Ohio.
'she most significant part of the mes
sage is the warning to that class OF
people who come here, not to petition
for legislation, but to order it. The
American people are going to run this
country. And they will not submit to
class dlctation Of any kind from anv
source. A word to the wise is sufi
Senator King. Democrat, Utah: at
means that sovietism viii not dori
nate IN the United States. 1t is a
great American message. I've heard
there was programme to orranize a
great strike now to tie-uo the trans
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Yeast Firms Accused
Of Unfair Mefhotls
Nc,0 Yfrk Tribune
H.I -

WASHINGTON Bureau
WASHINGTON. Aug. s.--The Fed
eral Trade Commission to-day issued
formal complaint against the United
states Food Products Corporation and
IT'S subsidiary, the Liberty Yeast Cor
poration. both of New York City, manu-
1acturers Of yeast, and the Fagin Com
pany, an Illinois corporation, and Her
man Chelfetz, their selling agent. The
charges include:
on1alr competition, including en-
tsjan tGjemeht OF competitors employees; OBJ
.alhlng OF valuable trade secrets. form
ulas and methods Of comnstitors
through enticement Of their emnioves.
circulation Of false, misleading and
aerogatory statements concerning the
ousinesses and practices Of their com
ps..tors p,s and selling Of goods below
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Calls One Feature "Tommyrot-
Hoover to Investigate
Vienna Food Conditions

PARIS. Aug. (By The Associated
Press}.-Herebrt Hoover, chairman OF
the Inter-Allied Relief Organization,
left last night. with Brigaaier General
Harry N. Bandho,tz, for emma.
lie will be gone for about two weeks
and during that time will visit virtually
all the central European capitals, in
vestigating food and economic cond.
tions.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
lndorses Bill to
Control Stock Issues

May I not add that there is a bill
now pending before the Congress
which, If passed, would do much to
stop speculation and to prevent the
fraudulent methods Of promotion by
which our people are annually
feeced Of many millions of hard
earned money? refer to tae meas
ure proposed by the Capital Issues
Committee for the control of secu-
rity issues. It is. a measure formu-
lated by men who know the actual
conditions of business, and its adop-
tion would serve q great and benefi-
cent purpose.
We are dealing. gentlemen of the
Congress, I need hardly say, with
very critical and very difficult mat
ters. We should go forward with
confidence along the road we see, but
we should also seek to comprehend
the whole of the scene amidst which
we act. There is no ground for
some of the fearful forecasts I hear
uttered about me, but the condition
OF the world is unquestionably very
grave, and we should face it COM
prehendingly.
The situation Of our own country
Is exceptionally fortunate. We of
all peoples can afford to keep our
heads and to determine upon moder-
ate and sensible courses of action
which will insure US against the pas
sions and distempers which are work.
ing such deep unhappiness for some
Of the distressed nations on the other
side of the sea. But we may be in
volved in their distresses unless we
help, and help with energy and in
telligence.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
The World Must Pay
For Wars Destruction

The world must pay for the appal-
ling destruction wrought by the great
war, and we are part of the world.
We must pay our share. For five
years now the industry of all Europe
has been slack and disordered. The
normal crops have not been pro-
duced; the normal quantity of manu-
factured goods has not been turned
out Not until there are the usual
crops and the usual production Of
manufactured goods on the other
side Of the Atlantic can Europe re-
turn to the former conditions. and
it was upon the former conditions.
not the present, that our economic
relations with Europe were built up.
We must face the fact that un-
less we help Europe to get back to
her normal life and production
chaos will ensue there which will
inevitably be communicated to this
country. For the present, it is mani
fest, we must quicken, not slacken.
our own production. We, and al
most alone, now hold the world
steady. Upon our steadfastness and
self-possession depend the affairs of
nations everywhere. 1t is in this
supreme crisis--this crisis for all
mankind-~that America must prove
her mettle.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
processes of supply and demand will
not operate of themselves, and no
legislative or executive action can
force them into full and natural op-
Grafton until there is peace
There Is Now Neither
Peace Nor War

There is now neither peace nor
war. All the world is waiting-with
what unnerving fears and haunting
doubts who can adequately say?-
waiting to know when it comes-a
peace in which each nation shall
make shift for itself as it can, or
peace buttressed and supported by
the will and concert OF the nations
that have the purpose and the power
10 do and to enforce what is right
Politically, economically, socially
the world is on the operating table,
and it has not been possible to ad-
minister any anasthetic. 1t is con-
scious. 1t even watches the capital
operation upon which it knows that
is hope of healthful life depends.
It cannot think its business out or
make plans or give intelligent and
provident direction to its affairs
while in such case. Where there
energy in cndeavor. There can be
no confidence in industry, no calcu-
liable basis for credits, no confident
buying or systematic selling, no GER
tain prospect Of employment, no nor
NAL restoration of business, no hope
ful attempt at reconstruction or the
proper reassembling Of the dislo-
Gated elements Of enterprise until
peace has been established and, so
Tar as may be, guaranteed.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Can Do the Work
If Given tho Funds

That is, these agencies may per-
form this indispensable service pro-
vided the Congress will supply them
with the necessary funds to prose-
cute their inquiries and keep their
price lists up to date. Hitherto the
appropriation committees of the
Houses have not always, fear, seen
the full value Of these inquiries and
the departments and commissions
have been very much straitened
for means to render this service.
That adequate funds be provided by
appropriation for this purpose, and
provided as promptly as possible, is
one of the means of greatly amelio-
rating the present distressing condi-
tions of livelihood that l have come
to urge in this attempt to concert
with you the best ways to serve the
country in this emergency. 1t is one
of the absolutely necessary means,
underlying many others, and can bo
supplied at once.
There are many other ways Ex-
listing law is inadequate. There are
many perfectly legitimate methods
by which the government can exer-
else restraint and guidance.
Let me urge, in the first place,
that the present food control act
should be extended both as to the
DorioI Of TINA durD~, xrb; ;nl, - .l,n
remain in operation and as to the
commodities to which it shall apply.
Its provisions against boarding
should be made to apply not only to
food, but also't to feedstufs, to fuel,
to clothing and to many other COM
modities which are indisputably
neceSSar rieS Of LIE
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09

portation system and tske ov..
railroads. Then, next vfn.s wa ne
the people we're shivering for want usa y.
coal, TO organize another strike in -.
mines, cut OF the coantrJ's fuel .rs VAC
Ply ana take over the mines. Th.s.
things Will not happen in view :,
this vigorous and fearless express;a.
no threats arc going to afrigh. H.
Senator Mccormick. Republican M
why did not the Attorney Geners, D.s,
busy sooner? They have knew k' .s g,
prices have been jumping since l.s.
January" N.Y.
Senator Hitchcock, Democrat y.
DrasAa: l am enthusiastic about it,
Some Suggestions REASONABLE.
Representative Esch, Republic,
chairman Committee on Interstate sss
Foreign Commerce: "Some Of the sts.. aau
ments IN reference TO threats are vs,r
appropriate and ought to have benz.
flcial effect IN the pending rsilroas
eituation. I think some Of the pa
dents suggestions as to Legislation a.
signed - prevent excessive prices y,
iocds are reasonable and can be 80,
ried out" SA''
Representative Kahn, California Pa
publican: The President spent rood
Part Of his time telling US there ws,a sra
already laws on the statute books N
deal with most OF the prodteers. n
stead OF calling attention to facts a.
Whlch we were already cognizan, he
should have spent his time telling d..
partment chiefs t. get busy. His MA,
fer the league of nations. of courss
VAS greeted with thuRderous silence
Representative Nolan, California
Acknowledged union labor leader !,
Congress: Labor does rot expect "a
SIT idly b. and starvc while the Pres.
dent hands out glittering generalitjes
on how to reduce the cost OF livins
Labor viii not give ua It's right !,
sllke if It's demands for higher wages
O. lower living costs are not met. The
President has known of this situatjoo
fcr months and has had labor's de-
lrands before him. He should have
acted before"
Calls One Feature "Tommyrot~
Representative Campbell. Republi.
can, OF Kansas. chairman of the House
Rules Committee: at was all verv
much to the point except the idea that
adoption OF the league of nations is
necessary to bring down the price Of
beefsteak. That is tommyrot.'
-tttorney General 4. Mitchell Palmer:
u am in full accord with tha. pro
gramme. It is one Of the best things
the President ever did, and will giys
hope and comfort to the people" :
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
The Presidents Address and Reactions i'm Congress

makes it possible be plainly marked
with the price at which they left the
hands of the producer. Such re-
quirement would bear q close anal
ogy to certain provisions Of tho
pure' food act, by which it Is re-
quired that certain detailed informa-
tion be given on the labels of pack
ages of food and drugs.
And it does not seem to me that
we can confne ourselves to detailed
measures of this kind if it is indeed
our purpose to assume national con-
troll of the processes Of distribution.
take it for granted that that is our
purpose and our duty. Nothing less
will suffice. We need not hesitate to
handle a national question in q ma
tional way. We should 60 beyond
the measures have suggested. We
should formulate law requiring q
Federal license of all corporations
engaged in interstate commerce, and
embodying in the license or in the
conditions under which it is to be
issued specific regulations designed
to secure competitive selling and
prevent unreasonable profits in the
method of marketing. Such law
would afford welcome opportunity
to effect other much needed reforms
in the business of interstate ship
ment and in the methods of corpora
tions which are engaged in it; but
for the moment confine my recon-
mendations to the object immedi-
ately in hand. which is to lower the
cost of living.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Saved Europe in War,
Must Save Her in Peace

In the presence of a world con-
fused, distracted, she must show her
self self-possessed self-contained.
capable of sober and effective action
She saved Europe by her action in
arms, she must now save it by her
action in peace. In saving Europe
she will save herself, as she did upon
the battlefields Of the war. The
calmness and capacity with which
she deals with and masters the
problems of peace will be the final
test and proof Of her place among
the peoples Of the world.
And, if only in our own interest.
we must help the people over seas,
Europe is our biggest customer. We
must keep her going or thousands Of
our shops and scores of our mines
must close. There is no such thing
as letting her go to ruin without
ourselves sharing in the disaster.
In such circumstances, face to face
with such tests, passion must be dis
carded. Passion and disregard for
the rights Of others have no place
IN the counsels of free people. We
need light not heat, in these SOL
emn times of self-examination and
saving action. There must be no
threats. Let there be only intelli-
gent counsel, and let the best reason
win, not the strongest brute force.
The world has just destroyed the ar
bitrary force of military junta. It
Will live under no other. All that
is arbitrary and coercive is in the
discard. Those who seek to emnlcv
it only prepare their own destruc-
ton.
We cannot hastily and over night
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
them promptly and Of their own
motion.
Much Can Be Done
Through Publicity

And publicity can accomplish a
great deal. The purchaser can often
take care Of himself If he knows the
facts and influences he is dealing
with, and purchasers are not disin-
clined to do anything, either slngly
or collectively, that may be- ncces-
sary for their self-protection. The
Department of Commerce, the De-
part Of Agriculture, the Department
of Labor and the Federal Trade Com.
mission can do great deal toward
supplying the public systematically
and at short intervals with informa-
ton regarding the actual supply Of
particular commodities that is IN
existence and available, and with re-
gard to supplies which are in exist
ence but not available because of
boarding, and with regard to the
methods of price fixing which arc
being used by dealers in certuin
foodstuffs and other necessaries.
There can be little doubt that re-
tailcrs are in part--sometmes in
large part-responsible for exorbl-
tant prices, and it is quite practic-
able for the government, through
the agencies 1 have mentioned. to
supply the public with full informa-
tion as to the prices at which re-
tailcrs buy and as to the costs Of
transportation they pay. in order that
it may be known just what margin
of profit they are demanding. Opin-
ion and concerted action on the part
of purchasers can probably do the
rest
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Is Clearly Within
The Power of Congress

AS it stands now it is limited in
operation to the period of the war
and becomes imperative upon the
formal proclamation of peace. But
should judge that it was clearly
within the constitutional power of the
Congress to make similar permanent
provisions and regulations with re-
gard to all goods destined for inter-
state commerce and to exclude them
from interstate shipment If the re-
quirements of the law are not COM
piled with.
Sowe such regulation is impera-
lively necessary. The abuses that
have grown up in the manipulation
of prices by the Withholding of food
stuffs and other neccssarics Of life
cannot otherwise be effectively pre-
vented. There can be no doubt of
either the necessity or the legitimacy
of such measures. May I not call
attention to the fact also that. al
though the present act prohibits
protiteering, the prohibition is ac-
companied by no penalty? 1t is
clearly in the public interest that a
penalty should be provided which
will be persuasive.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Would Make Public
The Original Cost

l would also recommend that it be
required that all goods destined for
interstate commerce should in every
case where their form or package
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09

the peace terms may be changed or
may be held long in allegiance or
may not be enforced because of
divisions Of opinion among the
powers associated against Germany,
it is idle to look for permanent re-
lief
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Many Other Things
That Ought To Be Corrected

There are many things that ought
to be corrected in the relations be-
tween capital and labor, in respect
OF wages and conditions Of labor and
other things even more farreaching,
and l, for one, am ready to go into
conference about these matters with
any group of my fellow countrymen
who know what they are talking
about and are willing to remedy ex
listing conditions by frank counsel
rather than by violent contest. No
remedy is possible while men are in
a temper, and there can be no set
tlement which does not have as IT'S
motive and standard the general in
terest. Threats and undue insist
ence upon the interest of q single
class make settlement impossible.
l believe, as have hitherto had
occasion to say to the Congress, that
the industry and life of our people
and Of the world will suffer irreD-
arabic damage if employers and
workmen are to go on in perpetual
contest, as antagonists. They must,
on one plan or another, be effectively
associated. Have we not steadiness
and self-possession and business
sense enough to work out that re-
suit? Undoubtedly we have, and we
shall work it out
In the mean time-now and in the
days of readjus tment and recupera-
ton that are ahead of us-let us re-
sort more and more to frank and in
innate counsel, and make ourselves
great and triumphant nation by
making ourselves a united force in
the life of the world. 1t will not
then have looked to US for leader
ship in vain.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Eager to Reap Full
Advantage of Rising Prices


Much Of the aceumulating of
stocks has no doubt been due to the
sort Of speculation which always re-
suits from uncertainty. Great sur
pluses were accumulated because it
was impossible to foresee what the
market will disclose, and dealers
were determined to be ready for
whatever might happen, as we'll as
eager to reap the full advantage Of
rising prices. They will now see the
disadvantage, as we'll as the danger,
of holding off from the new process
of distribution.
Some very interesting and sig
nlficant facts with regard to stocks
on hand and the rise of prices in
the face of abundance have been dis
closed by the inquiries of the De-
partment of Agriculture, the De-
partment of Labor and the Federal
Trade Commission. They seem to
justify the statement that in the
case of many necessary commodities
effective means have been found to
prevent the normal operation of the
law of supply and demand.
Disregarding the surplus stocks in
the hands of the government, there
was a greater supply of foodstuffs
in this country on June l of this
year than at the same date last year.
In the combined total of a number
of the most important foods in dry
and cold storage the excess is quite
19 per cent. And yet prices have
risen
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Wants Time Limit
Put on Cold Storage

To the same end earnestly recon-
mend, in the second place, that the
Congress pass a law regulating cold
storage. as it is regulated, for ex-
ample, by the laws Of the State of
New Jersey, which limit the time
during which goods may be kept in
storage, prescribe the methods of
disposing Of them if kept beyond the
permitted period and require that
goods released from storage shall in
all cases bear the date of their re-
ceipt.
1t would materially add to the SER
viceability Of the law, for the pur-
pose we now have in view, if it were
also prescribed that all goods re-
leased from storage for interstate
shipment should have plainly marked
upon each package the selling or
market price at which they went into
storage. BY this means the purchaser
would always be able to learn what
profits stood between him and the
producer or the Wholesale dealer.
1t would serve as a useful example
to the other communities of the
country. as we'll as greatly relieve
local distress, if the Congress were
to regulate all such matters very
fully for the District of>Columbia.
where its legislative authority is
without limit.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
There lisa Great Deal
That Can Be Done Now

But what we can do we should do,
and should do at once. And there
is a great deal that we can do, pro-
visiona1 though it be. Wheat ship
ments and credits to facilitate the
purchase Of our wheat can and will
be limited and controlled in such q
way as not to raise but rather to
lower the price Of flour here. The
government has the power, within
certain limits, to regulate that. We
cannot deny wheat to foreign
peoples who are in DIRE need of it,
and we do not wish to do SO; but,
fortunately, though the wheat crop
is not what we hoped it would be, it
is abundant if handled with provi-
dent care. The price of wheat is
lower in the United States than in
Europe, and can with proper man
agement be kept so.
By way of immediate relief, sur
plus stocks of both food and cloth
ing in the hands of the government.
will be sold, and of course, sold ut
prices at which there is no profit.
And by way of more permanent
correction of prices surplus stocks
in private hands will be drawn out
Of storage and put upon the market.
Fortunately, under the terms of the
food control act, the boarding of
foodstuffs can be checked and pre-
vented; and it will be, with tho
greatest energy. Foodstuffs can pc
drawn out Of storage and sold by
legal action, which the Department
of Justice will institute wherever
necessary; but so soon as the situa-
ton is systematically dealt with it
is not likely that the courts will
often have to be resorted to-