The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-11-13
HIGH COST or LIVING PROBLEM

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HIGH COST OF LIVING PROBLEM
The United States Council 81 Ma
tlonal Defense, composed Of the See
retaries Of War, Navy, interior. s A.l.
culture, Commerce and Labor, nn
made careful Investigation OF lG,
high-cost.of-liyIng problem aua
sent out its findings II j. a uoluy-
able fact that undue co., oI tr....-
.or;ation has not been listed 20 Dus
of The troubles. No, many ycars
since the high cost o. spOrtat.Du
was accused of being one Of the cuu.,
which added TO our burden Of lille. a..
fortunately W. do not h,st 40 r
fault finding with ,a.uo g..
charges any more. Il J.. uu md et...
that the public has awakened 20 10
fact that the railways ha,r been aU
ling traffic as cheaply as pc ..., ...
in many instances were forced . ...
crate at loss.
The findings of the Council are:
That the nations productive power
have not been fully utilized since the
armistice
That too few goods, notably the
necessities of lie, have been produced,
and that even some of these goods
have been withheld from the market.
and therefore from the people.
That the high cost of Twins is du,
in part to unavoidable war-wastc and
increase of money and credit
That there has been and is cons d
cradle profteering, intentional and un.
intentional.
The Council believes that the rem
edies for the situation are:
To produce more goods. and 20 pro.
duce them in proportion 20 the needs
of the people
To stamp cut protiteering and -top
unnecessary boarding.
To enforce vigorously present laws
and promptly to enact such furth,.
laws as are necessary TO prevent and
punish prottcering and needless
boarding.
To bring about cooperation ana
hStHou III hIHtl ibuNlllB anu lIldl htllilE
goods.
To keep both producer and cor sum
er fully informed as to what good, are
needed and as to what suppiios nr.
available, so that production may -.
ticipate the couutry's demands.
Goods and not money are the means
Of life. Better standards of lvinr
are impossible without producing more
goods. Man cannot consume what has
not been produced.
At the wars end our allies had do
perate need of the essentials OF lite.
We have had to share our resource
with them, but this drain will g,ad-
ually lessen. In so far as our .hurta ,'
Of goods is due to this cause we can
well afford to be patient.
1t is just as essential that we have
patience with the economic situation
here at home. The process ot p...
duction requires time. If production
Is rapidly increased, vastly improved
conditions will prevail in Amcric.
when the results of present and 'u-
ture labor begin to appear.
Team work is imperative II g..
just as essential between retail, Who'll.
saler, and producer, rs it is hctwy,
employer and employee. One group %
producers can not wait on anoth,'
group. The MANUFACTURER, the farmg,,
the distributor must Immediately q
sumo his part of the burden and ou,e
upon his task. The nation canng.
afford curtailment of goods vita, -
the people
On American business rests a graz,
Responsibility for efficient cooperate.
in bringing about full and proportion
ate production. On American labor
rests an equally grave responsibility
20 attain maximum unit production
and maintain uninterrupted disuihu-
,ion Of goods if labor itself is not 10
suffer from further rises in the COS,
Of living.
The entire nation producer, dis
tributor, and consumer alike-shou,i
return to the unity that won the wa.
Group interest and undue person.,
gain must give way to the good u,
the whole nation if the situation
to be squarely met,
Our common duty now, fully af
much as in the war. is to worl, and tu
save. In the words of the President
in his address TO the country on Aug
ust %, 1919, only by increasing pro-
duction, and by rigid economy AMI
saving on the part of the people raa
we hope for large decreases in th'
burdensome cost of living which u0"
weighs US down"
Work, save, cooperate, produce,
Railway Journal.
MUSICAL At BAPTIST CHURCH
The musical recital given Friday
night at the Baptist church by the