The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-29

men that agencies of international
counsel and suggestion are presently
TO be created in connection with the
league Of nations, and he urges the
committees on labor Of the two houses
of congress TO interpret into laws the
lew spirit of the world which he has
discovered in the great awakening"
He does not tell Congress what to do
along these lines; and in this posi-
ton he has undoubtedly chosen the
pathway Of safety, since congress just
now is perfectly willing to accept con
%strnctiye suggestions along general
lines, but is Jealous of any encroach-
ment upon its constitutional powers.
The new congress is certain, in fact,
that the people of the country have
placed IL in power to declare and ex-
ercise it's independence of the execu-
tive. II has been clear 70 all right
thinking people that most of the legis-
lation for the country has come from
the white house for the past six years.
A good many people believe that this
policy has been productive of wise re-
suits. But whether this viewpoint is
correct, or wrong, it was decreed from
the moment the country went republi-
can last fall, that 1919 would be a year
in which there would be emphasized
at the capitol the fundamental rights
~ tha InufaIot,yn krnazL - a. 4.
pleased, even to the extent Of thumb
nosing it's disapproval of the execu-
tive branch Of the government.
The condition must be accepted, be-
cause that's hat way things are lined
up. But just as sure as there will be
Christmas in December and Indepen-
dence Day in July, there will be fire.
works on Capitol Hill at mostly every
performance between now and closing
time, late next fall.
No matter what happens among the
politicians the public can make no
mistake in arriving at their own
great awakening" and in informing
themselves as To what takes place
along lines that lead toward construc-
tive results that will bring capital and
labor, and employers and employees
closer together, giving to each and all
their share in the comforts and ben
of life.
In 1916 the steel produced in the
tInjtnd GfataC apoa,nt1l k1 A q 900 COO
gross tons. This was practically
double the production of 1906, and
times hat of the year 1896.
Since the war was fought with steel"
II will be interesting to find out the
amount of the increase in production
the past year and a half.
OF equal interest to the record of
steel production are the prices govern
ing the same commodity. Recently
steel rails were quoted in the market
at $57 a ton, and the late Industrial
Board OF the Department of Com
merce fixed SAT as the new reconstruc-
ton price. The director general of
railroads declined to accept the figure,
claiming that it was too high; n in
view Of the fact that the increased
price was 80 per cent higher than the
pre-war average, he may be right
about it.
There enters into this phase. of the
problem the larger issue Of dangers
developed through the government op-
Grafton. fascos row being staged.
Secretary of Commerce Redfield says
that the possibility of favorable buy
ing action existing in u railways
becomes concentrated Ia the hands OF
a few when these great buying factors
are unified under government CONTROL
OF the dangers of such a condition ne
comments: Here would be
a power within the state which might
at any time exercise a controiiins
power Owe 1t. Unless I wholly mis-
take" he adds, I'VE have learned from