Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-08-16

Tue period OF the war and becomes In.
operative upon the formal proclamation
OF peace But l should Judge that n va.
clearly within the constitutional mower ~
'he congress to make similar permanent
PROVISIONS ana regulations with regard to
al sooos destined for interstate com
heree and to exclude them from inter
state shipment II the requirements of the
law are not complied with.
some such regulation is imperatiyely
necessary
IL would materially add to the sary-
lceaoility of the law for the purpose we
now nave in view il IL were also pre-
serloed that all goods released from stor-
age Tor interstate shipment should have
plalhly marked upon each package the
selling or market price at which they
went INTO storage BY this means the
purchaser would always be able to learn
what prohts stood between him and the
p,ouueer or the wholesale dealer.
ne world must pay for the appalling
obstruction wrought by the great war,
ana We are part of the world We must
pay Our share. For five years now the in
Justly OF all Europe has been slack and
disotdered. The normal crops have not
peen produced; the normal quantity of
manufactured goods has not been turned
out
MOI until there are the usual crops
ana the usual production of manufactured
GOODS on the other side of the Atlantic
can Europe return to the former condi-
.ohs' and II was upon the former condi-
IONS, not the present, that our economic
relauons with Europe were built UP.
we must face the fact that unless we
ieip Europe to get back to her normal
iiie ana production a chaos will ensue
lhete which will inevitably be commune
Gated to this country. For the present II
Is manifest. we must quicken, not slacken,
our own production.
Y. S. Must Hold World Steady.
we. and we almost alone, now hold the
world steady. Upon our steadfastness and
seit-possession depend the affairs of ma
IONS everywhere. 1t is in this supreme
crlsis-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
ana enectiye 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 the
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, If only in our own interest we
must help the people overseas Europe Is
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 go to ruin
without ourselves sharing in the disaster
In such circumstances. face to face
with such tests, passion must be discard
ed Passion and a disregard for the
rights of others have no place In the
counsels 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 fiber 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 will
readily find themselves, no matter what
the circumstances, and that they will ad-
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 world in the midst of war
Sinister Influences at Work.
And l enter another confident hope. l
have spoken today chiefly of measures
of imperative regulation and legal COM
pulsion, 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 of them
very selfish and sinister, that have been
producing high prices and imposing an
intolerable burden on the mass of our
people.
To have brought it all into the open
will accomplish the greater part OF the
result we seek.
appeal with entire confidence to
our producers, our middlemen and our
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 sober second
thought, and like the great mass OF
their associates, think and act like
true Americans. They will see that
strikes undertaken at this critical time
are certain to make matters worse
everybody else.
The worst thing, the most fata
thing-that can be done now is to stoI
or interrupt production. or to interfere
with the distribution of goods by ths
railways and the shipping of thu
country.
There are many things that ought
to be corrected in the relations be
tween capital and labor. in respec
of wages and conditions of labor ant
| other things even more far-reaching
and I. for one. am ready to go into
| conference about these matter will
| any group of my fellow countrymeT
who know what they are talking abou
and are willing to remedy existing
| conditions by frank counsel rather
| than by violent contest,
General Interest First.
No remedy Is possible while men arr
In a temper, and there can be no set
Element which does not. have as III
motive and standard the general In
| terest.