The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-08

Washington. Aug. S.-Addresslnr
congress today and proposing remedies
to check the high cost Of living Presl-
dent Wilson declared that existing
laws were inadequate and that high
prices were not Justified by shortage
OF supplies, present or prospective but
were created In many eases "nrtlflcnily
and deliberately" BY vicious prac-
tices."
The president recommended that tho
contsol act be extended TO peace time
operation and that congress exclude
from interstate as well ua intrasfate
shipment Of goods which did not COM
ply with It's provisions
The president also recommended
that the food law be provided with
substantial penalty for profiteerinI
ana that cold storage law be en-
acted, modelled after the law In New
Jersey. by which time limit be
placed on cold storage. He also rec
ommended that All goodh released
from cold storage he marked with the
price prevailing when they went iato
storage. lie further recommends ed
thnt goods In interstate commerce be
marked with the prices at which they
LETT the producer. II would nerve as a
useful example. the president sug-
gested. N congress enacted legislation
to control the situation In the District
OF Columbia, where II has unlimiged
authority.
Further, the president recommended
a federal licensing system for corpof-
ations engaged In Interstate commerce.
which would embody regulations TO
insure cs.:sspeiltiye selling "and pre-
vent unconscionabie profits In tho
method OF marketing" lie also urged
prompt passage OF the law pending to
control security issues
Treaty Must Bc Ratified.
Making an appeal for the ratification
Of the peace treaty to turn the coun-
try from a war basis. the president
said:
There can be no peace prices 80
long as our whole financial and eco-
monte system Ia on q war basis"
"A process has set in" the president
! told congress which is likely unless
something II done 90 push prices and
rents aud the whole cost OF living
higher and yet higher In vigorous
| cycle to which there Is no logical OF
natural end"
Some of the methods by which
these prices ATE produced are already
I Illegal. some Of them criminal. and
l those who employ them will be ener-
/ gcticaily proceeded against; but others
I have not yet been brought under ths
law and should be dealt with at ono,
by legislation"
! Demands for increases OF wages. Rc.
cOmpanying the rising costs OF living
the president said. were justified ~
there he no other means OF enabling
Z men to live"
while there is any possibility thai
the peace terms NAV b. changed" saic
the president referring to his plea
for early ratification Of the treaty.. NJ
that the country may be turned bach
from war basis. "or may be held Iona
IN allegiance or may not be enforce,
because Of divisions OF opinion amoni
the powers associated against Ger
many, u IL lille To look Tor permanen
relief"
surplus stocks of food and clothinl
In the hanGs OF the government. th'
president said. would H. sold ans
boards of food In private hands woui'
be- forced out under tho existing pro
visions OF the food control law.
-boalcrH eager 10 reap a harvest o
rising prices who had nccumuiatel
boards the president said. would nov