The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-08-15

peclally well paironized by the people
OF small towns and rural districts, and
II was predicted that the supplies
would be disposed Of within a week.
OF course such measure as this
Is only drop In the bucket. and 1t In
being more and more forclbly Impress
ed on the government that II 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 Engl-
neers took up the matter directly with
the president, presenting to him n
memorandum which he characterized
us nm 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 fall
!, ing In which. II said. the engineers
would have To ask a further increase
In wages. Tho memorandum asserted
that the spirit Of unrest existing
among all classes, especially wage
earners was due mainly to the con
seienceless profitcerlng by the great
interests who have secured control Of
NIL the necessarles OF life" The en-
gInecrs are wise enough To see and
To admit that increasing the wages
Is hut temporary relief so long as
prices continue Ia soar.
lust before the engineers visited the
White House Democratic National
Chairman Cummings reported to the
president on his political inspection
trip over the country. telling Mr.. Will
son OF the growing Importance Of nc
ton tn reduce the cost of living What
form that action will take, when II
Genes cannot he coniectnrcd even
from the fact that official inyestiga-
tons Of various kinds of alleged prof.
tccrlng are under way or proposed
The immediate result of all this was
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 seck
to stop and punish protiteering 10 de-
erinine the contributing causes fol
high prices and 10 devise remedies foi
Immediate relief for The public.
The administration Is gravely con
cerned over the manifest discomfort
NJ the American farmers. which comes
lust nj time when the official es
Inmates ~ the nations wheat crol
have had tn he greatly reduced. Tn,
farmers have been dissatisfied with
Inc system III grading tixei by the bn
reau OF markets Of the department %
nericulture aud now. as Chairman
Earnes Of the government grain cor
! pcratian told the president. they ar,
protesting against mn order from tn
corporation fixing schedule OF dis
counts for the lower grades Of whea,
This. they assert. deprives them NJ al
: unreasonably large part "f the guar
anteed price Of s. III per bushel, tn
amount received being In some In
! stances as low ms xi.tS per bushel.
= The Franco. American defense treat
MAS submitted to the senate. and 4
= once became subject of debate I
the committee ON foreign relations
along with the peace treaty. rreslden
|. Wilson. In asking its approval sal
. he considered the treaty with Gel
I many and the covenant ~ the Leagu
y OF Nations gave France full prote'
:. ton hut thar he had been moved I
r the treaty by considerations ~ frien,
r ship and gratitude To France, Opp'
!. sition senator's protested that III
/ pact violated the constitutional rigi
I. of congress tn make war. 90 which n
4 presidents supporters had the ohvio,
e retort that Il created no preceden
II similar action having been taken
y numerous eases In the past.
Il The foreign relations committee a
p an unusual II not unprecedented thly
II in holding public hearings on the peas