Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-03
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 the proposed enlarged programmes for farm management studies and crop estimates. would urge also the continuance of federal par. in the building of good roads under the terms of existing law and under the direction of present agencies.
 Development of Forest Resources.
 The need of further action on the part of the states and the federal our forest resources, especially the practice of better for estry methods on private holdings and the extension of the publicly owned forests; better support for country schools and the more definite direc-. tion of their courses of study along lines related to rural problems: and fuller provision for sanitation in rural districts and the building up of needed. hospital and medical facilities in these localities. Perhaps the way might be cleared for many of these. desirable reforms, by a fresh. com :. prehensive survey made of rural con- ditions by a conference composed of representatives of the farmers and of the agricultural agencies responsible. for leadership.
 The Causes of Unrest.
 I would call your attention to the widespread condition ofsnoiitical rest lessness in our body politic.. The causes of this unrest while various and complicated, are superficial, rather than deep-seated. Broadly. they arise from or are connected with the failure on the part of our government to ar rive speedily at a just and permanent peace. permitting return to normal conditions. from the transmission of radical theories from seeth'ng Europ- can centers pending such delays, from heartless profiteering resulting in the increase of the cost of living. and lastly from the machinations of pas sionate and malevolent agitators. With the return to normal conditions this unrest will rapidly disappear. In the meantime it does much evil
 It seems to me that in dealing with this situation congress should, not be impatient or drastic, hut should seek. rather. to remove the causes. It should endeavor to bring our country back speedily to a peace basis. with ameliorated living conditions, under the minimum of restrictions upon per sonal liberty that is consistent with our reconstruction problems. And it should arm the federal government with power to deal in it's criminal courts with those persons who; by violent methods. would ahrogate our time-tested institutions. With the free expression of opinion and with the ad- voeacy of order political change. however fundamental. there must be no interference. but towards passion and malevolence tending to incite crime and insurrection under guise of political evolution there should he no leniency Legislation to this end has been recommended by the attorney general and should be enacted. In this direction I would call your atten- tion to my recommendations on Au- gust 8, pointing ont legislative meas ures which would be effective in con trolling and bringing down the pres ent high cost of living. which con- tributes so largely to this unrest. On only one of those recommendations has the congress acted. If the gov ernment's campaign is to be effective it is necessary that the other steps suggested should be acted on at once
 Extension of Food Control.
 renew and strongly urge the tneces- sity of the extension of the present food control act as to the period ei time in which it shall remain in opera ton. The attorney general has. sub mitted bill providing for an exten- sion of this act for period of six months. As it now stands, it is limited in operation to the period of the wal and becomes imperative upon the for nal proclamation of peace. It is i'm. perative that it should be extended al once. The department of justice has built up extensive machinery for the purpose of enforcing it's provisions; al of which must be abandoned upon the conclusion of peace unless the pro visions of this act are extended.
 During this period the congress vii have an opportunity to make s<ilal permanent provisions and regulation! with regard to all goods destined fol interstate commerce and to- exclud, them from interstate shipment if thu | requirements of the law are not com piled with Some such regulation f. imperativel necessary. The abusel | that have grown un in the manipula | ton of prices by the withholding o foodstuffs and other necessaries of Tiff 1 cannot otherwise be effectively ore l vented. There can be no donbt 0 either the necessity or the le,gitimac. | of such measures.
 ! As l pointed out in my last messa ee publicity can accomnlish a great dea l in this campaign. The aims Of tn | government must be clearly brought t, 1 the attention of the consuming nuhrio civic organizations and state officials who are in a position to lend their as l sistance to our efforts. You have mad
 available funds with which to carr.
 on this campaign. but there is no pro vision in the law authorizing their ex | penditure for the purpose ! of makin the public fully informed about tn efforts of the government. SDeeiA
 recommendation has been made hv tn attorney general in this regard
 would strongly urge rpon you it's i'm mediate adoption, as if constitutes on
 of the preliminary steps to this cam paign.
 Cold Storare Regulation.
 I also renew my recommendatio that the congress pass a law regulat ing cold storage as 1t is regulated. fo
 example, by the laws of the state c | New Jersey, which limit tic time dur ing which goods may be kept in stor age, prescribe the method of disposln of them if kept beyond the permitte period and require that goods release from storage shall in all cases bear tn
 date of their receipt It would mate
 rially add to the serviceability of tn ] law for the purpose we now have l
 view, if it were also prescribed that a good released from storage for inter
 state shipment should have plainl
 marked upon each package the sellin
 or market price at which they wer
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