Arizona republican., 1919-12-17
URGES ECONOMY
 AS BEST MEANS .T0REDUCE H. C.L.
Attorney General Outlines Program for War on ln- Hated Prices Asks Housewives to Cooper ate With State and Ma tional Authorities

CHICAGO, Dec 16.-Attorney Gen eral A. Palmer Mitchell today mapped out the new program of the department of justice to bring down the cost of living at meeting of 400 city officials and heads of civic or ganizations and club women of Illinois, called by Governor F. c. Lowden.
 Hedging the full power of his de- pertinent in the prosecution of hoard CTS and profiteers, MT Palmer called for the assistance of every man and woman in the country for national fight against high prices.
 Five Plans Suggested
 Explaining the plan of action whereby fair price committees in every community became agents of the federal government in enforcing it's decrees. Mir. Palmer laid down pro- gram of five courses of action which. if carried out, would do much to deal death blow to the high cost of living. They are:
 i. Organization of fair price
 committees in every city and
 county, backed by mayors and prosecuting attorneys, with the
 committees supporting United
 otates district attorneys. 2. Organization of women to re-
 fuse to buy anything but actual necessities until prices come down.
 3. Holding of conservation and
 economy meetings" in every
 community under the auspices of
 civic bodies.
 4. influence of mayors and | prosecutors to be brought to bear
 on the "warring elements" to pre-
 vent fractional disturbances in in-
 dustry," and particularly to bring
 about an industrial peace of at
 least six months duration.
 5. Rehabilitation of the -four
 minute men" to deliver ''work and
 savev addresses in theaters each ' night.
 Despite all objections and obsta eles, I purpose to go through with thi. campaign" Mir. Palmer told the dele gates. If industrial conditions do no eet too bad during the next fey months, we can bring real relief
 The wage earners were in the .elas of the rich, in that their income, as rule, had kept pace with the rapidl, ! mounting cost of living. MT. Palme , added. The salaried worker was tn man who had felt the full brunt o : higher costs, because he had been tn last to obtain relief.
 Gives Reasons for H. C. L. The chief causes of the high cost O living, he pointed out, were decrease 1 production incident to the war. in l, Hated currency due to governmen borrowings. and heavy taxes, which h charged were passed on by bushes men to the ultimate consumer. Tn every line of trade there ar selfish and greedy men who hay taken advantage of after-war condi , tions to add bit to their prices an profits Mir. Palmer said Such me ] are the profiteers, and I purpose { : devote all the power at my comman l to root them out and expose ther : to public scorn, and if necessary i I public prisons. The profiteer is wors : than unpatriotic; he is criminal. I as l the states attorneys of Illinois to 2 r after these devils with all the fore you commando
 Activities of the department of jus ! tice, he said. had already uncovere e 219 cases against food hoarders whic : had resulted in the Iibeling and dis : tribution in IS states of millions ( }. dollars worth of food.
 p The campaign was to continue II . attorney general said, with one pn @ pose, ''prices must come down." n T am not worried over hurting fl if retail dealers" he added: they ba, s had their harvest time and now il O people are to get a look in. The fine
 weapon in this campaign is know pG~p fha naap1o Q and they will take care of the rest