Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-09
against. but others have not yet been
brought under the law. and should be
dealt with 1t once by legislation


Particulars of Critical Matter.
need not rcci,e the particulars OF
manded and paid at Inc Sources Q,
marksis at the sSops in tho me fes,aSP
ants and hotels. alike in the city and
In the village They arc familiar to
mestic circle and of every group of
casual acquaintance even. II is a
matter OF familiar knowledge also that
unless something is done. TO push
prices and rents and the whole cost
Tieio v."E cy nis TO an" which ,hsre is no
logical or natural end. With tho in
crease in the prices OF the necessarieS
OF life come demands for increased
waEes-demands which are justified II
there be no other means OF enabling
men to live. Upon the increase OF
in the price Of the products whose pro-
ducers have been accorded the in
doss not
himself with that. but an increase
considerably greater than the added
wage cost is oftcntimes hardly more
than an excuse. The laborcrs who do
not get an increase in pay when they
strike only makes matters worse. 1t
checks production; II il affects the
railways it prevents dis,rieution and
another excessive addition TO prices
resulting from the scarcity.
Familiar Facts and Forces.
These are facts and forces with
which We have become only TOO famil-
lar; but we are not justified because
Of our familiarity with them or be-
clusion that they arc natural and
inevitable in sitting nactively by and
letting them work their fata. results
IL there is anything we can do 10 check.
=,
sought this opportunity to inform the
Congress what the executive is doing
suggest where effective loSal remedies
arc lacking and may be supplied.
We must. | think. frankly admit thai
edy to be had from legislation and OK
ccutivc action. The free processes Of
supply and demand VIII not operate OF
uuve action can force them into ful!
and natural operation until there is
Peaes There IS nov nov nf.'hes peace
with what urnerving fears and haunt
ing doubts who can adequately say
waiting TO know when it shall have
be when Il comes peace in which
each nation shall make shift for itself
as It can Or peiS,,G ouitressed and
the nations that have tine purpose and
and the power 10 do and TO enforce
VIVA; is right
World on Operating Table.
Politically. cconom.cal!y socially
the world IS on the operating table
and il has not been possible TO admin
ter any anesthetc 1t is conscious. /;
even watches the capital operation
heaithtul life depends. L, cannot think
It's business out or make plans O. give
,n,ei i,eent and P-ovident direction to
It's affairs while in such a case. Where
the-e is no peace OF mind there ca be
no energy IN endeavor. There can be
no confidence in industry. no caloula-
bic basis TO- credits. no confident buy
iaE or systematic selling. no certain
prospect OF employment. no normal
restoration OF business. no hopeful at
ceassem bling .of the d,slocated Gle
ments o. enterprise until peace has
been esta 5lishsd and. so fa- as may bc.
guaranteed
National Life Is Disturbed.
less radically d;sturoed and GIsniSn.
oered than the nationa! life OF other
afeeted, S.i;a ali its Serr!b}e rs asJsi;s
and destructive force, but IL has bctn'
G 6everthel.ss PROFOUNDLY affected and
credits. our productive capacity. our
economic processes are ineXtrica b Y
and peoples. most intimately Of ali
with the nations and peoples upon
whom the chief burden and contusion
of tho war fell. and who are now mos,
dependent upon the cooperative acton
OF the world.
o, We are jus; nov shipping more goods
o gu. o, OUT poT!s 70 foreisn markets
stufs, merely. bu; stufs and materials
o: every sort; bat this is no index o:
70 Dc or Of 2F fhs s 4eifs ne w voo a
our exports Will hsve on supplies and
6 eIei boI i is j. Impossible ye. t. Pre-
purchasers will DC able 10 and he
moneE or the credit to pay for. or sus-
IAN IAN s snen purchases on such a scale
manufacturers can resume their
former production, foreign farmers get
tnGir accustomed crops from their own
former output, foreign merchants SET
UP again their old machinery Of trade
win the ends OF the earth.
Things Remain Uncertain.
All these things must remain uncer-
tain Until Ieace is established and The
nations Of the world have concerted
GS S E9fs nGt@" III If , In4
we shall do. in -thc."mesntir,e to -
e etr4'n n. nr23ntte1ins and ,pu, the life of
VII be makeshift and provisional
mere can be no settled conditions
pesee e. E,r whfFe Uni, the treaty OF
and the work OF liQu:datine the VA
has become the chief concern or our
ments OF the world Until then. bnsi.
ness VII inevitably remain spccuia
.Nt ahc sway now this way and again
mat with heavy losses or heavy rsi,s
as II may chance, and the consume
mus' take care Of both the gains ana
me me losses; There can ne no peace
prises so long as our whole hnanciai
eHQ economic system is on 4 war basis
Europeans Arc Restless
nurope VIII not. cannot recoup her
cerita' or M, her restless distrac,c ID
peoples 10 work until she knows OK.
ae.iH WhcTe she stands in respec, OF
ana "nat We Will do is for her
tnc cnief question upon which her
IuIetude Of mind and confidence OF
PURPOSE demands. While there is ony
possibiHty mat the peace terms ma
De changed or may be held long IT,,
dpeEahc" or may not be enforced il,
sass OF DIVISIONS OF opinion among
tne powers associated aEains; de-
man II is idle 10 look for permansn,
But what We can do We sbor,o ~
and should 10 al once ind ;bcro :.
,,erest oea mat We can 90. provisional
s~oosn may be Wheat shipments
ana GREATS 10 f3C,l,-.-a