Arizona republican., 1919-12-14
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1919
Today it takes higher type ot patriotism to serve the Nation than was required in the delirium of war.
 Carter Glass.
There Is Only One Way

Not long ago Attorney General Falner assule0 that the cost of living would be brought down within sixty days. That period has expired and II the cost has been materially reduced the most of us are not aware of it. The railway workers when they made their last demand for another increase of wages, coupled with a complaint of the higher cost of living, were told by the administration that the alternative would be accepted that the cost of living would be reduced.
 A little later we were told from Washington that reduction in progress and that little later would find it out. But there has been no reduction. Taking the whole list of necessities to- gether prices are higher than ever before. Ger tain commodities such meats were little lower but most things still proceeding up grade Whatever changes had taken place in wholesale prices the consumer found that what he had to pay steadily aviating.
 There to be inclination at Washing ton to persist in regarding the counrys troubles as psychological except in cases where it be traced however deviously political party or the other For part of it the democrats blame the republ cans and for another part the republicans blame the democrats. when a matter of fact. neither is much to blame for tho reason that neither both could have done much toward avertng the cond tions in which we now find ourselves.
 But the trouble is by psychological any than it four years ago when the presi- dent told the country that the condition of high prices and shortening of the opportunities of labor psychological leaving to imgaine that if we made up our minds that things were different they would g.
 The present situation is very material real and natural. The supply is unequal to the demand; we have not much of anything we had before the war That is. have not much of anything cept money. and that have of that counts fin part for trouble It gives an i'm presson that things are higher than they really compared with the prices used to pay.
 Yet. instead of seeking to make good the short age of things we need to eat and wear and of the things we need to secure shelter we are disposed to siacken production, the time clamoring for more money, consequence of which would be still higher prices.
 Profiteers, of course. making bad matter but apt to exaggerate the effect of their activities. The trouble lies mainly in condi- tons for which is responsible in a culpable sense. though everybody will be cupabe if these conditions allowed continue. These conditions cannot be changed by legislation by executive ders. We cannot make more wheat, more meat more cloth lumber by acts of congress or by or ders of the president.
 We cannot have more of these things by work ng fewer hours by casual effort than formerly We must actually make these things if we are to have them and until we have them can not expect lower prices. But having made them we must also use them sparingly. by the practice of economy if we to have volume of supplies equal to what we had before we began to waste them in war.
 And when we have such volume, prices will approach the lower level to which we look back or down upon with regret. But what is to be done must be done by the people the whole people
 There is of course. something for congress for inc executive to do but that is but small part of what must be done. That is to curb profiteering manipulation and other acts which raise prices be- yond what actual conditions require.