The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-09-20

: all goods destined for interstate com
v merce and to exclude them from inter
e state shipment If the requirements of tn
: law are not compiled with
Some such regulation ia imperativel
( necessary
1t would materially add TO the serv
r lceability of the law, for the purpose W.
now have in view IL it 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
dlsordered. 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
ana the usual production of manufactured
/ goods on the other side of the Atlantic
| can Europe return to the former condi-
uons' ana 1t was upon the former condi-
| IONS not the present, that our economic
relations with Europe were built up.
| we must face the fact that unless we
| help Europe to get back to her normal
| life and production a chaos will ensue
tnsre which will inevitably be commune
Gated to this country. For the present, it
Is manifest. we must quicken, not slacken,
our own production.
Y. 5 Must Hold World Steady.
we, ant '-rcst alone, now hold the
world steady. Upon our steadfastness and
self-possession depend the affairs of ma
uons everywhere. 1t Is in this supreme
crisis-this crisis for all mankind-that
american must prove her nettle.
IN the presence of a world confused. dis
tracted. she must show herself self-pos-
sesseo seif-contained, capable Of sober
ana effective action. She saved Europe
~ her action In arms: she must now save
1t by her action in pace
In saving Europe she will save herself.
e sne Gid upon tbs battlef1elds of the
war. The calmneas and capacity with
which she deals with and masters the
problems of peace will be the final test
ana PROOF OF her place among the peoples |
OF the world
AND. II only In our own interest, we |
must nelp 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
Wltnout ourselves sharing In the disaster
IN SUCH circumstances, face to face |
with such tests, passion must be discard
ed. Passion and a disregard for the
risnts OF others have no place in the
counsels of a fee people We need light
not heat, In these solemn times of self
examination and saving action.
everyone who Is in real touch with the
silent masses of our great people knows
mat the old strong fiber and steady self
control are still there, firm against vio- |
ence or any distempered action that
would throw their affairs into confusion. |
l am serenely confident that they will
readily find themselves. no matter what |
he circumstances. and that they vii, ad-
iress themselves to the tasks of peace
WITH ethe same devotion and the same |
taiwart preference for what is right that
hey displayed to the admiration Of the
Whole world in the midst of war;
Sinister influences at Work.
And l enter another confident hope.
ave spoken today chiefly Of measures
imperative regulation and legal COM
ulsion, of prosecutions and the sharp
direction Of selfish processes: and these
o doubt are necessary 7
But there are other forces that We NAV
cunt on besides those resident In the |
apartment OF justice. We have lust
lilly awakened to- what has been going I
and to the influences, many of them
cry selfish and sinister, that have been
high prices and imposing an 4
ltolerable burden on the mass of our q
eople.
To have brought 1t all into the open
i'll accomplish the greater part of the
suit we seek. n
appeal with entire confidence to =.
II producers, our middlemen and our
erchants to deal fairly with the peo-
e. 1t Is their opportunity to show q
at they comprehend, that they in n
nd to act justly. and that they have =
g public interest sincerely at heart l.;
Labor Must Consider. q
believe. too. that the more ex-
eme leaders OF organized labor will d
esently yield to a sober second y
ought, and like the great mass of 4
cir associates. think and act like
lie Americans They will see that Il
likes undertaken at this critical time II
certain to make matters worse 4
better-worse for them and for n
erybody else. u
The worst thing, the most fatal n
ng-that can be done now is to stop 4
interrupt production. or to interfere r.
tn the distribution of goods by the p
lways. and the shipping of the e
lntry. L.,
here are many things that ought
be corrected in the relations be-
cen capital and labor, in respect us
wages and conditions of labor and Re
er things even more far-reaching H..
I, for one am ready to go into =
ference about these matter with re
group of my fellow countrymen II"
D know what they are talking about ~,
are willing to remedy existing :,
ditions by frank counsel her 10
n by violent contest Var
General Interest First. ca
o remedy is possible while men are
! temper. and there can be no set Eboo
1ent which does not have as its
i've and standard the general in pr
st. 3ate
Must All Work Together. Fes
hreats and undue insistence upon I
interest of a single class make set III 90
lent impossible. / believe, as
= hitherto had occasion to say to en-
congress. that the industry and life d d.
our people and of the world will y stc
er irreparable damage IL employers II
workmen are to go on in a perpet- H1Ot
contest. as antagonists. They INK I
I, on one plan or another, be efrec- H. :
y associated. Have we not stead r..
5 and self-possession end business Mt
e enough to work out that result In is
the meantime-now and in the &r we
o. az ahaas 'ii ne ana recuperation E"Wh
and more to frank and intimate Flg.