Evening star., 1919-12-21
Restless Spirit May Affect
Party in Power as New
Conditions Are Sought.
ASSAIL HIGH PRICES:
WANT FOREIGN TRADE
Feminine Voters Are Expected to
Do Their Share in Solving
Domestic Problems.
BY n. .. MESSENGEU


unhroken until some one drifts IL
from another quarter
What are people thinking anoc.
and talking about and doing in these
rich states and populous cities?
Well, for one thing, they are talkinr
politics mainly as q side line" The
are not lying awake nights worryinr
about candidates and parties. The
are more concerned with condition
and how to correct them than with
candidates or parties either. OF cours5,
the organization men are intent upC-,
keeping their fences up and their o.
ganizationS intact, but [ am r.ferrius
to the generality Of folk.
Something Wrong With Things.
Everybody feels that there is SOM
thing wrong with things. and they ara
inclined to attribute il to the gov
ernment. In 4 petulant sort OF wa
they will in one breath declare ths-
we have too much government a1l
things ought to be let alone. and
in the very next breath will demand
that the government do somethinf-
about it
nit that this bodies no good to the
party in power and the administrator.
One senses III the air restless slIIl-
looking to an upheaval in politics TT"
republicans expect TO profit. unless tnelr
party in Congress makes some ihoh-
strous biunder
People are thinking about domestir
problems wages and costs OF existence
just now, and in this state there is -
movement of a practical nature to brin%
down high prices. The women, WI"
have the ballot. are taking the leading
part in it. Tha men have virtually
unloaded the whole task on them, say
ing in effect: "You have wanted =
STARE in public affairs. Here is your
chance Here Is something that affects
your hearthstone. Go to il and see what
you can do with it.'
Women Expose ProGteers.
They are going TO it with "a ven-
geance. Having the backing OF the
law, and the support of law officials
in every town and county, they are eN-
posing the profiteers- Instead OF tryin:
to punish them through legal measures.
however. they are leaving the goods OF
the counters. Don't Buy" is the
watchword. until the price comes down.
Let the dollar egGs and butter alone
for a while; let the high-priced gowns
adorn the windows until they bear a.
reduced cost card"
1t was the good fortune OF The Star
correspondent to have 4 long tall
with the foremost banker and finan-
cier OF the middle west, George VI.
Reynolds of this city. He knows to l.
dot what is going on III every neigh
boring state, keeping in constant
touch through correspondent banks
with the small towns and the farm
ing communities, as well as close
contact with the heads OF great In
dustrial organizations. A man VIII"
lends s275,00c,000 must know what -
going on in his bailiwick.
THE country is all right" said Mr..
Reynolds. Domestic conditions nov
are good. There is only one cloud.
and that is our foreign trade. Inevi-
tably, if We are crowded out of our
share Of foreign trade the reaction
will come in this country. Gradually
you will observe industries slackin.-
down, men berg laid off, farmers nor
getting good prices for th"jr prod
ucts. Men will be seeking jobs A.
this hour. frem the Atlantic to Jhr
Pacific. there is not bread line o.
public soup kitchen. We must d.
something to prevent there being anf
such things in the future.
England as Competitor.
England is the country with which
We must compete for foreign trade,
and We must arrange to sell England
and France and Italy and Belgium
more goods; that is TO say. rather.
arrange by which they can pay for
goods. England sold us more goods
in October and November last than
in the same months of the year prior
10 the Wal tS pOylHE lIouf
US only what she needs to make up
into finished products to sell abroad
and to resell to US She takes our
steel, cotton and all kinds of raw
material, but her people are not buy
ing from US Of our manufactured
goods.
"a great English banker who visited
Chicago recently remarked that the un-
favorable condition OF exchange was not
an unmixed evil for the British. since it
ont dozen rDs. r,1Ircbass f,F "a
m!scel,an eous goods. The toss on ex
change on the raw materials purchased
world be added 10 the cost price of tne
goods when made up.
threatened smashing loss Of our foreign
trade. and 1t can only be done. in my
opinion. with governmental aid. We
must have the government back OF some
great financial corporation which viii
lend money and credit in Europe for the
purchase of our products OF farm ana
factory. II is too big a proposition for
private hands to handle without govern
ment aid.
Wants Treaty Ratiaed.
'in business circles in tnfs region /
believe the opinion obtains without re-
gard TO party predlections that they
should take the treaty our OF the hands
of all persons who are holding IL back
attach reservations to it ana ratify AT
once. Pride OF opinion must give way
to the best interests OF All, and We be-
lieye that the best interests of all will
result from ratif cation OF the treaty
with adequate reservations.
THE business men Of the west will
not be content to have the treaty
remain dead while different groups
charge each other with responsibility
therefor. They believe il quite, feast
BILE, in view of the votes heretofore
cast on the treaty. to assemble the
favorable sentiment thereby expressed
as existing in some kind of concrete
form. Pleas hereafter that some ono
else was responsible for failure to
act will fall on deaf ears and be n1ei
with the question: Why did you no.
get together and compromise?
In the west we do not find am
fear of anarchy or bolshevism. Th''
outeroppings OF unrest are regarde6
as but the aftermath of the war, soon
to be ironed out. certain to disappeaT
IL the industrial situation is not al
lowed to be disrupted through slack
ing down of industry occasioned By
loss of foreign trade. The reds We
have with ms a,ways hut they will