The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08

pecially we'll patronized by the people
OF small towns and rural districts. and
1t was predicted that the supplies
would be disposed of within week
OF course such measure as this
Is only drop in the bucket. and it is
being more and more forcibly Impress
ed on the government that it must do
something to make the cost Of life's
necessities square with the incomes
of the people. The advisory board OF
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engi-
neers took up the matter directly with
the president. presenting TO him
memorandum which he characterized
as an Impressive document" and
ordered made public. The board APP
pealed to the president and cabinet
for government action to increase the
purchasing power Of the dollar. fail
ing in which. it said. the engineers
would have to ask further increase
in wages. The memorandum asserted
that the spirit of unrest existing
among all classes. especially wage
earners. was due mainly to the con-
scienceless profiteering by the great
interests who have secured control of
all the necessarieS of life The en-
yineerS are wise enough to see and
to admit that increasing the wages
is hut temporary relief so long as
prices continue to soar.
Just before the engineers visited the
~
Chairman Cummings reported to the
president on his political inspection
trip over the country, telling Mr.. Will
son of the growing Importance of ac-
ton to reduce the cost Of living. What
form that action will take. when it
comes. cannot he conjectured even
I from the fact that official inves1iga-
,ionS of various kinds of alleged prof
teering are under way or proposed.
| The immediate result of all this was
a conference of cabinet members and
| heads of bureaus called by Attorney
General Palmer for the purpose of
discussing the situation and possible
remedies. The government will seek
to stop and punish protiteerins. to de-
'ermina the contributing causes for
! high prices and to devise remedies for
immediate relief for the public.
The administration is gravely con-
cerned over the manifest discomfort
, q! the American farmers which comes
lust at time when the official es-
Inmates of the nations wheat crop
have had to he greatly reduced. The
farmers have been dissatisfied with
the system Of grading fixed by the bu-
reau Of markets Of the department of
agriculture. and now. as Chairman
Barnes Of the government grain cor
pcration told the president. they are
, protesting against an order from the
corporation fixing a schedule Of dis.
counts for the lower grades of wheat
This. they assert. depviveS them of an
unreasonably large part of the guar
anteed price of S22.26 per hu>hel. the
amount received being in some in
stances as low as S1.45 per bushel.
The FrancO-!American defense treaty
once became subject of debate in
the committee on foreign relations
along with the peace treaty. Presiden,
Wilson. in asking its approval sal,
he considered the treaty with Ger
many and the covenant Of the Leag,l,
Of Nations gave France full protec
ton. but that he had been moved t,
the treaty by considerations Of friend
shin and gratitude to France. Oppo
siti"n senators protested that thi
pact violated the constitutional RICH
Of congress to make war. to which tn
presidents supporters had the obviou
ret"rt that 1t created no preceden,
similar action having been taken i
numerous cases In the past.
The foreign relations committee di
an unusual II not unprecedented thin
In holding public hearings on the peac
| treaty. BERNARD Pm rnrh xuos ~, Az