The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-08-21

Washington, D. C.-Republlcan sat
i~sfaction with the presidents emer-
gency speech on the high cost of living
would indicate a bipartisan agreement
In meeting the issue. It is not IN is
sue between the parties. Both have
pushed 1t aside beyond the endurance
Of a long-suffering people. Rather It
pie and the great market interests
who normally control the federal gov
eminent.
The old party politicians naturally
shy at such an alignment, with its dis
turbing possibilities in the 1920 cleo
ton ahead Of US. Republicans have
not forgotten the 40 congressman Of,
their party who bolted the party lead
ership on army food sale question. In
his message Wilson cleverly 'sidesteps
the necessity of thorough reform Of
our distribution system and advances
remedies likely to have q popular ap-
peal SO far a. they 60, and unlikely to
have any serious results for the prof
fteers and the unnecessary and waste.
ful members Of the distributing army.
Thus the standpats of both parties
can again rally behind him, tempo
rarily at least, for protection of them
selves and those they represent and
at the same time the president hopes
for a measure Of restored public. CON
ndence in his party because Of his
harsh words against p~rofteer1ng. The
confession made in his speech, how
ever, to the effect that q Democratic
congress under his leadership passed
a law against ~profteering and forgot
to affix a penalty, ought to keep the
public from expecting the profteers
to suffer much from criminal prose
cution. ~. ...,
What Wilson Offered.
The remedies which the president
advanced are: -
Federal license of all corporations
engaged in Interstate commerce, with
regulations to insure competitive sell
ing and fair prices. This suggestion
ID, In effect, a, direct Endorsement Of
the Kenyon-Anderson bill for packer
regulation. ~l'"'. i@ #E~ :,
Goods released from storage should.
bear the date when they went into
storage and the price at that time.
Limitation of the time during which
goods may be kept In storage. -.
Extension of the food control act.
Condemnation and sale of surplus
food stocks held in cold storage or
otherwise boarded where there il a
manifest intent to hold up the market.
Immediate sale to the public of gov
ernzasnt-owned surplus food and cloth
ing. y
Government control Of security II.
sues. - *f.Etassss =.
Prompt ratification Of the peace
treaty, including the league of nations.
Tho Lineup on Rail Issue.
The railroad brotherhoods are re-
sponsibls for making official Washing
ton officially aware that we had such
a thing as the high cost of living. The
great stir followed immediately upon
their challenge of lower living costs
or higher wages" The phrase *
pressed the thought of the great
masses Of the American people. And
they should have the credit or dis
credit Of making another issue at the.
same time which puts r~eactionaries
and progressives in opposite camps
the Plumb plan for government owner
ship of the railroads.
The ~reactionaries, taken by surprise
and stunned by the great popular sup
mont ~rh&oh <hn ~10x1 hos An1,1naA o~n
now endeavoring to rally their forces.
Party lines have e~vaporated. Elk
President Taft and President Wilson
are opposed to It. Senator Lodge and
Senator Hitchcock, the respective lead
ers of the Republican and Democratic
parties in the upper house, are "con-
fdent" It will be turned down.
On the other hand, the American
Federation OF Labor as well al the
railroad brotherhoods are back OF Il.
The Nonpartisan league organisation
has Endorsed It with the reservation
that the board Of control should con-
tain Ave farmers, chosen by farm or
CARNATIONS. In short, all the ele-
ments who look to independent politics
for relief are backing It % an issue
for 1920. +
A, ProhabIe c~ouHpromise.
Advocates Of the plan do not expect
TIE present congress to swallow It,
Perhaps they would regard fts adop.
ton is unfortunate because the pres.
ent congress would favor the railroads
on the Observation-Disclosures issue. On1
railroads would be weighed down with
Q grossly unfair debt charge.
Asstrong fight for this thoroughgo
ing plan now, however, would keer
congress- from turning theNroads back
to- The present owners, and after 1926
more representative congressman
would pass on the basis OF purchase.
Wheat Damage Realized.
Washington is finally waking up K
the fact that. droutb and disease have
worked havoc with what promised t
be q bumper wheat crop. The depart
ment Of agriculture admits that dur
ing aJuly alone raalized production fel
III 221, 100000 bushels arom the An
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