The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-05

will, nevertheless, be a policy Of dbvi-
Gus prudence to make certain OF the
successful maintenance of many
strong and well equipped chemical
plants. The German chemical indus
try, with which we will be brought
into competition, was and may well be
again, thoroughly knit monopoly cap
able Of exercising a competition Of
peculiarly insidious and dangerous
kind"
During the war the farmer performed
a vital and willing service to the ma
ton. BY materially Increasing the
production of his land he supplied
America and the allies with the in
creased amounts of food necessary. to
keep their immense armies In the
field. He indispensably helped to win
the war. But there is now scarcely
less need of increasing. the production
in food and the necessaries of life. !
ask the congress to consider means of
encouraging effort, along these lines.
l would call your attention to the
widespread condition of political rest
lessness in our body polite. The
causes of this unrest, while various
and complicated, are superficial rather
than deep-seated. Broadly. they arise
from or are connected with the fail
ure on the part of our government to
arrive speedily at just and perma-
nent peace, permitting return to nor
NAL conditions, from the TRANSMISSION
of radical theories from seething Euro
pean centers pending such delay, from
heartless profiteering resulting In the
increase Of cost Of living, and lastly
from the Vaccinations of passionate
and malevolent agitatOrs. With the
return to normal conditions, this un-
rest will rapidly disappear. In the
meantime, 1t does much evil. 1t seems
to me that In dealing with this situa-
ton congress should not be impatient
or drastic, but should seek rather to
remove the causes 1t should endeavOr
to bring our country back speedily to
a peace basis, with ameliOrated living
conditions under the minimum of re-
strictiOns' upon personal liberty that
is consistent with our reconstruction
problems. And it should arm the fed
eral government with power to deal
in it's criminal courts with those per-
sons who by violent methods would
abrogate our time-tested institutions.
With the free expression of opinion
and with the advocacy of orderly pO-
litical change, however fundamental,
there must be no interference, but to-
wards passion and malevOlence tend
ing to incite crime and insurrectiOn
under guise Of political evolution there
should be no leniency. Legislation to
this end has been recommended by the
attorney general and should be enact
ed. In this direct connection would
call your attention to my recommends
tons on August s, pointing out legis-
lative measures which would be effec-
tive in controlling and bringing down
the present cost of living, which con-
tributes so largely to this unrest. On
only one of these recommendations
has the congress acted If the govern
ment's campaign is to be effective, it is
necessary that the other steps suggest
ed should be acted upon at once.
To Reduce Costs.
l renew and strongly urge the ne
cessity of the extension of the present
food control act as to the period of
time in which it shall remain in opera
ton. The attorney general has sub
united bill providing for an extern
ton Of this act for period OF six
months. AS it now stands, it Is limit
ed in operation to the period of the war
and becomes imperative upon the for
NAL proclamation of peace. 1t is i'm
perative that it should be extended at
once. The department of justice has
built up. extensive machinery for the
purpose. of enforcing its provisions; all
of which must be abandoned upon the
conclusion of peace unless the provi-
sions of this act are extended.
During this period the congress will
have an opportunity to make similar
permanent provisions and regulations
with regard to- all goods destined for
interstate commerce and to exclude
them from interstate shipment. If the
requirements of the law are not COM
piled with. Some such regulation Is
imperatively necessary. The abuses
that have grown up In the manipula-
ton of prices by the Withholding of
foodstuffs and other necessaries Of life
cannot otherwise be effectively pre-
vented. There can be no doubt of
either the necessity or the legitimacy
of such measures.
To Curb Storage Abuse.
also renew my recommendation
that the congress pass law regulat-
ing cold storage as it is regulated, for
example, by the laws of the state OF
New Jersey, which limit the time dur.
ing which goods may be kept in stor-
age, prescribe the method Of dispOs-
ing of them if kept beyond the per-
mitted period and require that goods
released from storage shall in all cases
bear the date Of their receipt. 1t would
materially add to the serviceability of
the law, for the purpose we now have
in view, if it were also prescribed that
all goods released from storage for in
terstate shipment should have plainly
marked upon each package the selling
or market price at which they went
into storage. BY this means the pur-
chaser would always be able to learn
what profits stood between him and
the producer or the wholesale dealer.
I would also renew my recommended