The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-10-17

! 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
1 law are not complied with.
Some such regulation is imperatvely
| necessary.
| 1t would materially add TO the serv-
| iceabflity of the law, for the purpose we
| now have in view. if 1t were also pre-
| scribed that all goods released from stor-
| age for interstate shipment should have
| plainly marked upon each package the
isselling 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
disortiered. 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-
lions; and it was upon the former condi-
tons, 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
there which will inevitably be communi-
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'our steadfastness and
self-possessfon depend the affairs of ma
lions everywhere. 1t is In this supreme
crisis-this crisis for all mankind-that
American must prove her mettle.
In the presence Of world confused, dis
tracted, she must show herself self-pos-
sessed. self-contained, capable of sober
and effective action. She saved Europe
by her action in arms; she must now save
1t by her action in peace.
In saving Europe she will save herself
as she did upon the battlefields of tine
war. The calmness and capacity with
which she deals with and masters the
problems Of peace will be the final test
and proof OF her place among the peoples
Of the world
And, IL only in our own interest, We
must help the people overseas Europe IL
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 60 to rtiin
without ourselves sharing In the disaster
In such circumstances, face to face
with such tests. passion must be discard
ed. Passion apd a disregard for the
rights OF others have no place In the
counseis of free 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
that the old strong fber and steady self
control are still there, firm against vio-
lence or any distempered action that
would throw their affairs into confusion.
/ am serenely confident that they win
readily find themselves, po matter what
the circums tances, 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. to the admiration OF the
whole wrld in. the midst OF war {:
Sinister Influences at Work.
And / enter another confident hope
have spoken today chiefly of measures
of imperative regulation and legal COM
pnlsion,- OF prosecutions and the sharp
correction of selfish processes; and these
no doubt are necessary
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 sof them
very selfish and sinister, that have been
producing high prices and imposing an
intolerable burden on the mass of our
people "a
To have brought it all into the open
viii accomplish the greater part of the
result we seek.
] appeal with entire confidence to
our producers. our middlemen and cur
merchants to deal fairly with the peo-
pie. 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 to a sober second
thought. and like the great mass os
their associates, think and act like
true Americans. They will sec tnat
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
can be done now is TO stop
or interrupt production, or to interfere
with the distribution Of goods by the
and the shipping of the !
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 /, for one, am ready to go into
conference--abou. these matter with |
any group of my fellow countrymeT |
who know what they are talking about /
and are willing to remedy existing |
conditions by frank counsel rather |
than by violent contest.
General Interest First.
No remedy Is possible while men are
III a. temper. and there can be no set /
Element which does not have as its |
motive and standard the general In
terest.
Must All Work Together
Threats and undue .nsistencc upon
he interest of q single class make set
slement impossible. believe. as
nave hitherto had occasion TO say 70
he congress. that the industry and rife /
II our people and of the world wal i
;uffer irreparable damage IL employers /
Ind workmer are to go on in perpet-
iai contest. as antagonists. They |
must. on one plan or another. be enfec-
lively associated. Have We not stead
ness and self-possession and business
ense enough to work out that result?
III the mean.ime-now and in the
lays OF reimbursement and recuperation
hat are ahead OF us--iet US resort
more and more to frank and intimate
ou1ssei and make ourselves great
nd friunfDitaI nation ma king orr |