Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-07

snould be deprived of the necessities
of life in order to enforce those REM
body of the membership of the State
Federation of Labor. which is loyal
and patriotic. will support this revo-
lutionary plan.
| 1T will be a glad day for labor in
America when men of the Maurer
type lose their influence in it's coun-
CHS Until that day comes, we can
give the honest, patriotic working
mon of the Nation no greater help
than by preventing the Maurers and
the Fosters from accomplishing
their thinly concealed revolutionary
plans"
| Farmer Hasn't Struck
When Mr.. Palmer had finished his
remarks. the Governor said that the
State of Pennsylvania had to raise
more food, although it was q leader
In the way of supporting itself. The
FARMER has not struck, and we must
work with him." said he. I'm proud
of Palmer"
! Secretary of Agriculture Frederic
Rasmussen, Commissioner of Labor
and Industry c. b. Connolly, Com
missioner of Health Edward Martin
and Superintendent of Public In
struction Thomas E. Finegan, at in
vitation of the Governor, outlined
what their departments would do,
Colonel Martin saying that when he
got his system of health working the
future generations would be taller,
thicker and more efficient than the
present. Attorney General w. l.
senator said that the State had al
ready taken some steps to bring
down living costs and had demon
strated by it's Governor it's adher-
| ence to a government of land.
The result of the conference will
pc that in many cities and boroughs
iair-price committees will be named.
The mayors of the three big cities
were the first called upon by the
governor. Mayor Thomas B. Smith
or Philadelphia congratulated the
Governor upon taking the initiative
, 70 meet a condition almost intoler-
aoie, and after outlining the work
OF the mayors price committed
pledged support to the Palmer pro-
gram. Mayor E. V. Babcock of
Plttsburgh said he would go hom g
with an inspiration and that no one
knew better than he the effects upon
community of idleness and ex-
travagance. He became very ear
nest In discussing law and order
ana in urging that the people pres
ent should not "let George do it. but
start and go right down the line"
In closing. he said of W. z. Foster:
Hes housed in our city. 1 wish
some one would take him awav:
were tired of him" Mayor A. T.
Connell of Scranton outlined the
Iair-pr1ce committee in Scranton and
SAID that as a means of getting into
Iouch a meeting of all farmers of
SaSa SSachawanna was to be held in
Keister Hits Out
The meeting was then thrown open
ana there were many speakers,
mayor Daniel l.. Keister of Harris
purg winning attention by his re-
mark that fair-price committees
should take rent gouging into con-
siueratlon and that the Governor
should nave more conferences.
Inc Governor is to be congratlI-
iated upon the success of this meet
ing and think we should have more
| conferences like this. They are a
hne idea" said the Mayor. TT strikes
me that rents should be considered
py the fair price committee. Harris
purg has suffered more at the hands
I OF the rent profiteers than any place
| that L know of. The rent of small
houses has gone up 125 per cent.
OF the next Legislature to p.-ss a
law that will end rent gouging. Peo-
pie are ordered away with no place
TO go. Harrisburg has had coudi-
tlons which have been very bad in
deed. They have been caused by
combinations in real estate transac-
! tions. The officials of Harrisburg
will be glad to cooperate with the
state and national officers. We al
| ready have a fair price committee
with very efficient man, the food
administrator during the war, at
| the head of it. We have passed a
forestalling ordinance which has
/ worked very well and we are try
ing to let the producers know what
we need here"
The farmers Side
The farmer was championed Wig
orously by John A. McSparran, mas
| ter of the State Grange, who said
the farmer was not getting a fair
deal. District Attorney H. Fl. Row
and, Allegheny county, expressed the
belief that the common law would
enable cases to be made out against
"gougers'; Mayor Archibald john
ston of Bethlehem spoke on con-
certed patriotic effort; Mayor Z. S.
Hugentugler of York said that the
remedy should come from Washing
ton and not from the community:
Mayor A. NJ. Hoagland of Williams
port discussed difficulties in estab-
fishing food sales; Mayor John e.
Kocek of Wiikes-Barr said some
farmers We're profiteers; Burgess
George Grayson of Darby also in
cluded rent as something in the list
to act against; District Attorney
John b. Hannum, Jr., of Delaware
county, suggested laws against prof.
teering like those against usury and
the regulation of labor by law as
capital is regulated; George T. Solos.
Philadelphia market sales commit
tee spoke on the organization OF
sales of Army and Navy foods; c. 8.
Keats, Philadelphia, on organization
of public sentiment, with remarks by
Mayor j. a. Heineman of Butler ana
others. Joseph r. Grundy, presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Manuf;lc-
turers' Association, called upon by
the Governor for remarks. said that
he thought when Europe begins to
produce again price conditions will
adjust themselves and stirred ND the
meeting by remarkinG that it hardly
lies in the mouth of Democratic
Administrat on to criticise the State
which produced one-siXth Of the
taxes. He said that very little of
textiles and other materials was
stored away, closing with the remark
that Washington officials should at
tend to their own an1 90