The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-20
SCOTT FERRIS TELLS.
WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT
CONGRESS TO Do NOW
BRING RELIEF FROM PROFITEER-
ING. RATiFY TREATY AND
AID EN.SOIDlERS

Washington, Aug. 19.-lmmediate re-
cation of the peace treaty, including
the League of Nations, and legislation
extending some sort of substantial rec
ognition to discharged soldiers FOR
their services during the war are some
of the things the country demands of
congress, and which congress would
do well to grant, in the opinion OF Rep
: resentattive Scott Ferris Of Oklaho'
ma.
Representative Ferris, who is chair
U man of the democratic congressional
campaign committee, has just return
ed to Washington from trip to Okla
homa and the Middle West, He de-
clares that the public is tired of the
unendng debate for which the present
congress Is most celebrated and which
gets nowhere, and that unless the re-
A publicans, who control the congress,
a substitute constructive action for words
:, before very much longer, they viii
= hear from the country in tones that
will be very distinct.
y, IF / am any judge of public senti-
!. ment in the Middle West and the
:, Southwest" said Mr.. Ferris, the pre-
7 ponderance is that the peace treaty
), including the League of Nations, be
, agreed5 to at the earliest possible date;
+ that khe war BIZ afinally closed, that
peace and pre-war conditions be i'm
mediately restored, and that we get
back to normal conditions at the ear
-. liest possible moment The people un-
, derstand fun well that the peace
I treaty carries provisions, first, for ar
bitration; second, for disarmament;
r third, against secret treaties and,
\ fourth that the United States can, ON
+ two years notice, withdraw from the
r league if she desires. They are heart
=, sick about debates on Shantung ana
; other technical phases-they want the
r whole matter agreed to and put behind
I them.
IF | am any judge, the people de-
I mand some immediate and affirmative
protection against profiteerlng ana
those who are making abnormal prol-
its out of the necessities of life. They
also want it made perfectly clear that
President Wilson's suggestions Will be
, followed and that every profiteer III
, whatever walk of life be required TO
, consent himself with reasonable prof.
, its. Conditions are too abnormal ana
, the load of the citizen is too heavy at
this particular time TO Withstand the
fabulous profits that are being snatch-
ed from both producer and consumer
{ on every hand.
Aid For EX.Soldiers
, THE people demand that congress
] do for the 100000 discharged soldiers
, what other countries are doing-gNe
, them some substantial recognition oi
, tn .ir service. In conversinS with nu-
] merous soldiers on the subject, they
expressed The hope that the Mondeii
soldier land bpl might be materially
, amended so THAI ill be made to
/. benefit a very much larger number
of soldiers ana e&Hnd the hand OF
opportunity to tho" 'lsyho do not desire
to enter a sold" "o'oni2ation plan.
in short, f | ,.n any judge, the
. people of the Middle West, and the
{ southwest desire to put the abnormal
war conditions behind them as rapidly
as possible, resume pre-war conditions
. and take up their tasks anew, ana any
, delay or long drawn out debate in the
=. senate over the peace treaty Will pe |
disheartening to them, as it viii be |
! unprofitable to the country at large /
Il see that it has been asserted by |
, republicans now in control of both |
, branches of congress that the legls' |
!. lation now on the calendar is chicken |
feed and does not deserve the atten- |
ton of congress.
The American people, who are
! daily robbed by profiteers and food
gamblers, will be slow to agree with |
: this logic The railroad problem, in
! tricate though it be- deserves atten-
+, ton and attention now. The develop |
, ment of the west by appropriate legis-
:. lation for the development of oil, /
. coal and other natural resources are
all held in allegiance. Unless the re
publican leaders in congress are to-
tally wanting in initiative, and are /
totally without ability to assemble |
themselves and act, substantial and .
immediate steps should be taken for
J the solution of these problems.
] THE republican congress has been |
i'm session nearly three months. All |
the bills the democrat formulated last /
congress and which We're killed by the .
republican filibuster in the senate
They have initiated nothing new. They |
have made no substantial effort TO
achieve the things for which the Am
erican people are clamoring, They |
have been without vision and without /
ability to cope with the pror,c.ns that /
come up The republicans have been |
entrusted with power. Il Is their
move"