The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-09-12
GOVERNMENT CAM
PA|GN TO REDUCE
COST OF LIVING
OPTIMISM RElGNS IN CAPITAL
AFTER GOVERNORS PROMISE
AID IN FOOD FIGHT.
Closest Cooperation Is Pledged BY
Chiefs During Conferences with
Wilson and Palmer-ReIief Is Ex-
pected in Next Thirty Days.

ington.-Impetus was given to
the Governments campaign to reduce
the cost of living at conference at
which the closest cooperation between
federal and state authorities was as
sured. Six Governors, Gardiner, of Mis-
souri,; Milliken, of Maine; Burnquist,
Of Minnesota; Campbell, of Arizona;
Sproul, Of Pennsylvania, and Cooper,
of South Carolina, and Lieutenant
Governor Mcdowell, of Montana, rep
resenting the National Conference OF
Governors, passed several hours
studying the situation with Attorney
General A. Mitchell Palmer and call
ed at the White House to offer to
President Wilson the full authority of
the states In the effort to restore q
normal price level. AS result, there
was greatest optimism in the capital
over the outlook than had been eviden.
in a number of days.
Quick Action Expected.
With the far-reaching state organl-
cations carrying the message of econ
omy and increased production into
every county and aiding the federal
authorities in bringing to justice hoard
ers and profiteers, officials believed e1-
ccllent results would be obtained in
the next 80 days which would avert
the menace of transportation strikes
to obtain higher wages. After our
meetings with the President and At
torney General" the Committee of
Governors announced, certain facts
are clear"
81. That all the citizens of the ma
ton and all organizations should CO.
operate Immediately for the purpose
Of increasing the production of the
necessities of life.
~. That economy in consumption
and care in purchasing the necessities
of life are equally important with pro-
duction.
so. That every agency of the Fed
eral and the State Governments should
cooperate forthwith to prevent profit
eering.
1.-The Attorney General has assured
us that he will pursue under existing
and proposed law all profiteering.
1.-THE suggestion of the Attorney
General that fair price commission
err be appointed in each of the states
and fair price committee in the diff
ferent localities of the states, upon
the nominations of the Governors, was
indorsed. While the Attorney General
expressed a desire TO rely upon the as
sistance of community efforts in the
direction of the elimination of prof
iteering, through local fair price COM
mittees, he gave assurance that when
such efforts were not forthcoming and
results were not satisfactory his de-
partment would handle these questions
directly.
Zone of the most important things
to be done Is to convince the public
that prices are not going higher, Mr..
Riley said. president Wilson has said
II was apparent that the cost of living
had reached the peak, but I'm spite of
the situation we are facing. merchants
everywhere are out with advertise
ments about high prices next year and
urging the public to buy all sorts Of
things now. Most Of that is just plain
propaganda. Prices won't he higher
if the people are not stanipeded into
purchasing things they don't need or
can do without, and we are going to
tell them so. II We can convince them
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