Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-08-14

| the period OF the war and becomes In
| operative upon the formal proclamation
| OF peace But ] should judge that 1t was
| clearly within the constitutional power Of
| the congress to make similar permanent
| provisions and regulations with regard to
all goods destined for interstate COM
merce and to exclude them from inter-
state shipment If the requirements Of the
law are not complied with.
Some such regulation Is imperauVely
necessary
1t would materially add to the sery-
iceability of the law, for the purpose we
now have in view II II were also pre-
scribed that all goods released from stor-
age for interstate shipment should have
plainly marked upon each package the
selling or market price at which they
Went into storage. By this means the
purchaser would always be able TO learn
what profits stood between him and the
producer or the wholesale dealer
The world must pay for the appalling
| destruction wrought by the great war.
and we are part of the world. We must
pay our share. For five years now the in
dustry of all Europe has been slack and
disordered The normal crops have not
been produced the normal quantity of
manufactured goods has not been turned
out.
Not until there are the usual crops
and the usual production of manufactured
goods on the other side of the Atlantic
can Europe return to the former condi-
| tons; and il was upon the former condl-
TONS not the present, that our economic
relations with Europe were built up.
We must face the fact that unlegs we
| help Europe to get back to her normal
life and production a chaos will ensue
| there which viii inevitably bc commune
Gated to this country. For the present, It
Is manifest, we must quicken, not slacken,
our own production
U. S. Must Hold World Steady.
We, and we almost alone. now hold the
world steady. Upon sur steadfastness and
self-possession deps q. the affairs of ma
tons everywhere 1t Is in this supreme
crisis-this crisis for all mankiud-that
American must prove her mettle.
In the presence of world confused dis
tracted she must show herself self-pos-
sessed, selt-contained, capable of sober
and effective action. She saved Europe
by her action in arms; she must now save
IT by her action in peace.
In saving Europe she will save herself,
as she did upon the battlehelds of the
war; The calmness and capacity with
which she deals with and masters the
problems of peace viii be the final test
and proof Of her place among the peoples
Of the world.
And, If only in our own interest, we
must help the people overseas. Europe Is
our biggest customer. We must keep her
going or thousands OF our shops and
scores Of our mines must close There is
no such thing as letting her go to ruin
without ourselves sharing In the disaster
In such circumstances, face TO face
with such tests, passion must be discard
ed. Passion nd a disregard for the
rights Of others have no place in the
counsels of free people. We need light,
Of ha4. In ell
examination and saving action
Everyone who is In real touch with the
silent masses of cur great people knows
that the old strong fiber and steady self
control are still there firm against vio-
lence or any distempered action that
would throw their affairs into confusion.
l am serenely confident that they win
readily find themselves no matter what
the circumstances, and that they will adj
dress themselves to the tasks of peace
with the same devotion and the same
stalwart preference for what is right that
they displayed 10 the admiration of the
whole world in the midst Of war.
Sinister Influences at Work.
And l enter another confident hope. l
have spoken today chiefly of measures
of imperative regulation and legal COM
pulsion of prosecutions and the sharp
correction of selfish processes; and these
But there are other forces that we may
count on besides those resident In the
department of justice We have just
fully awakened to what has been going
on and to the influences, many of them
very selfish and sinister, that have been
producing high prices and imposing an
intolerable burden on the mass OF our
people.
To have brought it all into the open
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result we seek.
1 appeal with entire confidence 20
our producers, our middlemen and our
merchants TO deal fairly with the peo-
Pile. 1t is their opportunity TO show
that they comprehend that they in
tend to act Justly and that they have
the public interest sincerely at heart
Labor Must Consider.
/ believe too. that the more ex-
IRENE leaders OF organized labor will
presently yield 20 a sober second
thought. and like the great mass OF
their associates, think and act like
true Americans. They will see that
strikes undertaken at this critical time
are certain to make matters worse
not better--worse for them and for
everybody else.
The worst thing. the most fatal
thlng-that can be done now is to stop
or interrupt production, or 70 interfere
with the distribution of goods by tho
railways and the shipping Of the
country.
There are many things that ought
to be corrected in the relations be-
tween capital and labor, in respect
Of wages and conditions Of labor and
other things even more far-reaching,
and l. for one, am ready to go into
conference about these matter with
any group OF my fellow countrymen
who know what they are talking about
and are willing 90 remedy existing
conditions by frank counsel rather
than by violent contest
General Interest First.
No remedy IS possible while men are
in a temper. and thcre caa be no set
element which does not have as its
motive and standard the general in
terest
Must All Work Together
Threats and undue inslstencc upon
the interest of a single class make set
Element impossible, ! believe. as
have hitherto had occasion TO say to
the congress. that the industry and life