Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-08-16

GO. the methods by which norma,
lie and industry are to be restoraa "o' maj
All that we shall do in the mo,,
time to restrain profiteering and ~,
.he lie OF our people upon a toIara ~
ioo'ins Will be makeshift and nroyI-
siohai' There can be no settled eonai-
'.oh mere or elsewhere until the treaty
% peace is out of the way and tba
WORK OF liquidating the war has he
come the chief concern of our cavern
n,eht ana OF the other governments q,
the world. OF
EUROPE will not cannot recopn her
capital or put her restless. distracted
peoples TO work until she knows exact
where she stands in respect to
peace; and what we will do is for ~
me. question upon which her uui-
etuoe oil mind and confidence of nur-
pose depends. While there is anv No.
a"iilty that the peace terms mev he
changed or may be held long in ahev-
80 or may not benenforced because
% 'i'lslons OF opinion among the pow
associated against Germany il ia
~ look Tor permanent relief
Immediate Relief Measures.
way of immediate relief. surplus
soeks OF both food and clothing in the
henos OF the government will be sold and
OF course sold at prices at which thera
Is no profit. And by way of a moro nor
"iaheht correction of prices surnlns
STOCKS IN private hands will be drawn out
Va storage and put upon the market, For
80, a'ely uiiuer the terms of the food-con-
- act the hoarding of foodstufs can
oe checked and prevented, and thev win
De, with the greatest energy Foodstnf,
Gan oe Drawn out of storage and sold nv
regal action which the department of
Justice Will institute wherever necessary.
~. as soon as the situation is systema ri
oaiy ueait with 1t is not likely that the
courts Will often have to be resorted 10
huch OF the accommodating of stocks ha 9
no doubt been due to the sort of snecu-
lation which always results from uncar-
tainty. N''ee'
Would Have Prices Plainly Marked
would also recommend that It he
required that all goods destined for in :
terstate commerce should in every % CO
where their form or package makes n
possible be plainly marked with the
price at which they left the hands of
'ne Prooucer. such requirement
wouiu pear close analogy to certain
provisions of the pure food act. by which
1t is required that certain detailed in
formation be given on the labels of
packages of foods and drugs
And 1t does not seem to me that we
Guild confine ourselves to detailed
measures of this kind, if 1t is indeed
our purpose to assume national control
OF the processes of distribution.
take 1t for granted that that is our
purpose and our duty. Nothing less
will suffice We need not hesitate To
handle national question In a ma
tohal way We should go beyond the
measures | have suggested. We should
formulate a law requiring a federal
Incense OF all corporations engaged in
interstate commerce and embodying in
the license, or in the conditions under
which 1t is to be issued, specific regu-
iations designed to secure competitive
selling and prevent unconscionable
profits in the method of marketing.
Law Would Do Much.
Such law would afford welcome 3D.
portunlty to effect other much needed re-
FORMS in the business of interstate ship
ment and in the methods of corporations
which are engaged in 1t; but for the mo-
ment l confine my recommendations to the
object Immediately In hand, which Is tc
lower the cost of living.
We are dealing, gentlemen of the on
gress, / need hardly say, with very critical
and very difficult matters We should &c
forward with confidence along the roat
We see, but we should also seek to com.
prehend the whole Of the scene amidst
which we act. There is no ground fol-
some of the fearful forecasts l hear ut
tered about me, but the condition of the
world is unquestionably very grave and
we should face 1t comprehendingly. The
situation of our own country Is excep-
tionately fortunate. We of all peoples
can afford to keep our heads and to de-
termine upon moderate and sensible
courses of action which will insure us
against the passions and distempers which
are working such deep unhappiness fol-
some of the distressed nations on the
other side of the sea.
But we may be involved in their dis
tresses unless we help, and help with en-
ergy and intelligence.
Disregardng the surplus stock In the
hands of the government, there was a
greater supply of foodstuffs in this coun-
try on June l of this year than at the
same date last year. In the combined to-
tai of a number of the most important
foods in dry and cold storage the excess
is quite 10 per cent. And yet prices have
risen
Law Department Active.
The attorney general has been making
careful study of the situation as q
whole and of the laws that can be APP
piled to better II and is convinced that
under the stimulation and temptation OF
exceptional circumstances combinations
of producers and combinations of traders
have been formed for the control OF sup.
plies and of prices which are clearly In
restraint of trade, and against these pros
ecutions will be promptly instituted anG
actively pushed which will in all likeli
hood have a prompt corrective effect
There Is reason to believe that the prices
of lea Their, of coal, of lumber and of tex
tiles have been materially affected by
forms of concer. and cooperation among
| the producers and marketers of these ant
other universally necessary commoditie.
which 1t will be posible to redress. Nc
watchful or energetic effort win b,
spared to accomplish this necessary re
suit. trust that there will not be many
cases in which prosecution will be neces
| sary Public action will no doubt caus,
many who have perhaps unwittingl,
| adopted illegal methods to abandon then
| promptly and OF their own motion.
Retailers In Part to Blame.
There can be little doubt that retail
ers are in part-sometimes In large
| understandable for exorbitant prices
and 1t is quite practicable for the gov
eminent through the agencies I hav,
mentioned. to supply the public Will
| full information as to the prices Al