The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-08
LEGISLATURE
MAY Be ASKED
To PASS LAW
Attorney General Wants
Stringent Profits Act.
REPORT THIS AFTERNOON
Housewives to Be Present
10 Hear Committee,

The plan OF action TO be followed
by the county attorneys OF the STATE
IN combating the high ctt % liy-
ing will be mapped out by a commit
tee appointed by Goyernof Robert
son THIS morning at the state VIDE
meeting Of county attorneys end
those interested in the high cost of
living hgh,
Report to Be Made
he committee will m .ct early thi,
afternoon with a delegation OF house
wives from Oklahoma City and other
| parts oi the state and submit their
report and recommendation 10 the
I iull meeting Of the county atlorno,s
IN the house Of representatives.
chamber later in the afternoon.
Discussion at this mornings
meeting, which was attended bv
county attorneys or their represen-
ta'lyeS from nearly every county IN
the state showed demand from al,
sections that immediate and drastic
action be taken. The only uirSucn
to be determined is the ma rner of
proceeding IN the most effective way.
Freeling Wants Session.
a suggestion from Atas.cy Cen
eral Freezing that an extra session Of
the legislature be tailed immediate
tor the purpose OF enactrg strin-
gent anti-proiiteering law designsd
to furnish suificien, power TO handle
Il the situation effectively. brought
: iortb an outburst OF applause.
$ The governor however did not in
{ innate what his attitude would be on
the extra session idea.
, Governor Robertson opened the
meeting with statement OF the pur-
poses for which il was called, and
stressed the seriousness Of the exist
ING situation and the need for i'm
mediate remedial measures.
Grand Juries Suggested.
The governor declared he would
like to see grand jury convened in
every county OF the state for the pur.
pose OF investigating conditions with
the view OF starting prosecutions.
Two years ago We were fight
ing the battle with the Huns. To-
day We have a harder FIGHT at home
than We had with the Germans de-
elared the governor by way OF en-
phaSiz,ng the seriousness Of the situa-
ton. He called attention 10 the state
OF industrial unrest and plead for a
. better and closer understanding be-
tween capital and labor.
: Greed Intolerable.
The movement 70 curtail the high
=, cost OF living is no, a new thing II
is well defined The people Of this
state and nation will no longer toler.
. ate the greed OF the pro'i,eer" said
/ the governor
4 General Freeing next to address
the meeting, declared tha, "a set OF
federal, state. county and city off
10 GERS who can not protect the people
c from profItccr' should resign and get
81 out
( Quoting from recent article in .
newpaper by an economi expert the
c attorney general declared the Soul OF
c man IS the soul OF the situation" The
, cause Of present conditions, General
e Freezing declared, was tina, element Of
| human nature which makes people
: take advantage OF the situation.
Gand Juries Futile.
Regarding the governors sugges-
ton for the convening OF a grand
T jury, Freeing declared a grand jury
T. could do no more than arouse public
: sentiment that existing statutes were
J too lame TO afford suificien, au-
> th'r'ty under which tc proceed at
, present He quoted the statute on eS-
) 'orll.u dnl fraud and declared il
would na nposSiblc to obtain a con-
viC'luu uulr- either Of them.
lie sail '1ere were little trusts a,
well as "fT trusts and the little trusts
were Re,un- yloser TO the people at
pre,en, than the larger ones. When
two merchants get together and agree
upon a price at which they shall offer
their goods II Constitutes a monopoly
in restraint OF I r ad and are sub
ect to prosccsiion. ne said.
The women attended the meeting
5 this morning and planned to perfect
their statewide organization at tho
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