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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-03

That's ALL The Times could have saved the col
and half of explanation The three words of the
headline tell the story-a true story-a story everyone
knows
The New York World points to the fact that the
American Manufacturer and Laborer together put their
shoulders against the wheels of reconstruction
There is no fear of Labor Trouble here!
Bolshevism and Anarchism cannot live within
healthy, vigorous nation.
America is as united as ever! The war anew con-
WINGED us of the real strength of united America
We know the commerce of the World breathes and
spells America!
The buying disease-or orgy as The Times calls it
is the first step to reconstruction.
The till the war is over" suit or overcoat has been
discarded to the junkpile; its proper place-New Ma
chinely for new men.
Prices are stable and will remain stable for months
Every businessman knows it.
Only continued BOOM the high powered machine
OF business can act as bat against the old H. c. of L.
it takes more than one hit to knock it out!-And then
for the home run.
Forward-and new Pace!
Hoist the HalIiard!
Set the Main!
The Gale is passed!
The Washington herald., 1919-08-09

Few Washington men may boast of
the title trainer of brokers'" but
Charles w. Fairfax. president OF the
Washington Real Estate Dealers AS
sociation, by virtue OF having trained
a number Of the most prominent real
estate brokers of the city, is fully
qualified to lay claim 20 the unique
appellation.
Throughout his long business career
here Mr.. Fairfax has always made
courtesy and square deal' the
watchwOrd OF his Office. and through
strict observance Of the self-set rule,
has acquired and has made it pos
sible for others to acquire distinction
among the real estate brokers Of
Washington.
Mr.. Fairfax began business hero
moro than . years ago, when, with
Charles T. Stone, he opehed an office
at Eighth and F streets northwest
The business prospered until stone
6 Fairfax" has become n name IA
miliar to all Washingtonians.
During his long career' Mr.. Fairfax
trained for future work Herbert T
Shannon and Morton ]. Luchs, now
partners in g. prominent real estate
firm; William E. Shannon. president
OF the firm of Middaugh & Shannon,
and Algernon S. Gardiner, president
of Gardiner & Dent.
Mr.. Fairfax has numerous fraternal
connections, and is a member of high
standing in the Board of Trade and
Chamber of Commerce He is vice
president and treasurer of the firm
of Stone & Fairfax. and is second vice
president of the Potomac Insurance
Company OF the District.
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New York. Aug. s.-The gilded Epi-
curean Palace So long the haunt of
the hinterland visitor to Gotham. is
being supplanted in the Tenderloin
by Private Clubs" Life is running
high in these clubs, and nightly over
the highball aud rickey prohibition
gets the merry ha-ha.
The personnel OF the club contains
the names of the young bloods, in
most instances. but there are several
clubs with an appeal to the Older
men. AS result Broadway is pulls
ating with new life. The old Five
O'Clock Cocktail hour has been re-
stored.
Each member OF the club has his
own private stock. One of the clubs
is on the top floor OF a quaint old
building and there is splendid dance
floor and a roof garden and q big
open fireplace and the best food that
money can buy.
They scoff at 2.75 beer. and the club
Is perfectly regular and legal. There
are all sorts of servants. but no serv-
ant is permitted to mix or serve
drinks. One of the qualifications for
membership is the ability to mix sew
eral sorts of cocktails and a perfect
rickey.
One Of the clubs, according to ru-
NOR, has $4,000 worth of liquor each
ed away in lockers for its members.
The dues to the average club are high.
The cheapest club costs SIS a week,
and you must also own your own
booze supply.
1t is, Of course, no club for the
workingman or the man on moderate
salary. Some of the clubs are charg-
ing 500 week dues. The members
seem to like the idea 1t keeps them
away from the bourgeoisie and one
can get disgracefully ossified without
its becoming a subject of general
gossip.
Each hour the old bell Of st. Paurs
Chapel punCtuates the hurly-burly
discordant uprOar Of Lower Broad
way. But of late it stammers queerlv
in its articulation, and they tell
weird story about the cause They
say the old bell has never spoken
with the same chime since the aged
sexton climbed the belfry one dav
at dusk and with a strong moose ended
his life
Old St. Paurs seems to be going
into decay. Were it not for the
cheerful young women who throng
the walks and spread their lunches
on the nat tombstones the burial
ground would look desolatc 1t is not
well forested. and a few scant syca-
mores cast no shade The paint is
mostly peeled from the woodwork Of
the church. The graveyard has
haunted. Poe-like aspect.
Only so rich n corporation as Trinity
could afford to let St Paurs wear
such shabby clothes. It is the shah
best spot in the whole downtown dis
trict. and quite A disgrace 10 the beau
tiful lower tip OF the island.
A keen observing visitor to Man
haitian declared that the city is n
place where if you have literary ability
you are told to write advertisements;
and if you have musical ability you
perform nightly before stomachs
There is an accomplished young Eng
lishman of my acquaintance who has
had ten years business experience
of an executive order in Calcutta and
in Paris. Since he returned from the
war he has been looking for a posi-
ton. His funds were running low the
last time I talked to him. But his
hopes were high. I saw him again
yesterday. He is a conductor on a
surface car.
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Progress in 143 Years.

Academic historians from the
Revolutionary the civil war
viii hn but few in American history.
Politically speaking this If
sidered only in which the participated officially
But there has been much progress in
Social progress in industrial commercial development quite
much as in political ...- -
Here partial list of important
Revolutionary War indicating filled many pages
history in the pursuit of happnenot only but that
Whole world:
Shear plowS sewing machines telegraph gins steamboats,
rotary and web printing haresers chemical
Tlcanng rubber electric lights, batteries oil refining
phones electric motors automatic machines interchangeable
manufacturing, commercial automobile aeropsnes air brakes
power elevators tall Office buildings bicycles e>eomposing
chimes, moving pictures aluminium
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we may count on besides thos. -~ri-
dent in the Department Of Justice.
We have just fully awakened 70 what
has been going on and TO the innu.
ences. many OF them very selfish ana
sinister. that have been PRODUCING
high prices and imposing an intoler-
able burden on the mass Of our peo-
pie. To have brought II all into
the open viii accomplish the greater
part Of the result We seek
] appeal with entire conhdencs ts
our producers, our mtddlsunen and
our merchants TO deal fairly with the
people II is their opportunity u
show that they comprehend. that they
intend to act Justly and that they
have the public interest sincerely al
heart And have no doubt that
housekeepers all over the country,
and every one who buys the things hs
daily stands in need Of will presently
exercise a greater vigilance, a more
thoughtful economy, a more dIscrfr-
mating care as 20 the market fn which
he buys or the merchant with whom
he trades than he has hitherto exer.
Cised.
believe. too. that the mor~
extreme leaders of organized
labor will presently yield 10
sober second thought. and, III.
the great mass of their H.so-
cintes, think and net like tru.
Americans They will see that
str1kes are certain TO max.
matters worse not better
worse for them and for ryery-
body else The worst thing, In.
most fatal. thing that can he
done now is 10 stop or inter
rupt production or 10 interfere
with the distribution Of GOOD,
by the railways and the shin
ping of the country. We ar,
all involved in the distressing
results of the high cost of Iiy-
ing. and we must unite, n~
divide, TO correct tt.
Many Things 20 BE Corrected
There are many thInEs thst
ought 10 be corrected In the re-
Iations between capital and
labor, in respect of wages and
conditions of labor and other
things even more far-reachinE.
and l, Off one, am ready 10 Eo
into conference about thcEr
matters with any group Of my
fellow countrymcn who know
what they are talking about
and are willing TO remedy a.
istinE conditions by frank Coun-
sci rather than by violent con-
test No remedy is possible
while men are in = temper, and
/ there can he no settlement
which does not have a. its mo-
/ tive and standard the general
interest Threats and undue in
sistenCe upon the interest Of
and 1. for one am ready 70 70
interest. Threats and undue in
single class make settlement
impossible.
l believe. as have hitherto had
. occasion 10 say 10 the CorEresa,
that the industry and life n our
people and Of the world will suF-
fer irrsparabIs damage u employ
Z ers and workmen are 10 90 On m a
perpetual contest. as Bntaronf stA
. They must on one plan or anothe-,
. be effectively associated Have vs
not Steadiness and self-0osrezs
and business sense enough TO work
out that result Cud0ub'ndI- we
have, and We shall work Il out IN
the meantlme-uow and 10 the DAYS
of readjustment and recuperstion
that are ahead ~ use, US resort
more and more TO frank and init
mate counsel and make ourselves a
Ereat and triumphant by making
ourselves a united force in the life
OF the world. Il viii not then have
looked to US for leadership in vain
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A Message That Appeals to the Stomach
as Well as to the Heart.

Although had months Congress
yesterday told the house ahre Members
stody of the plight of the
country they already The plain in its
will be widely read than
any Presidential years President in making his talk
very plain mind that dependent
daily labor for bread would read it
The that Of
po6teers way perhaps will please the people
public malicious but for the that believe that
few jail sentences anything else this time
break the combines responsible for high prices
The commendab for other nations
relving upon us for food and lively
present export business and its future Internal ills must be
reced without destroying possibilities trade with others
years
In urging control boarding.
recommending to regulate storage asking
to necessary inquiries the President
voiced wish of the people
In recommending useful example
OF the we'll relieve local distress
regulate such fully for the District
Columbia legislative authority without limit the
pointed very for correction of majority of the
troubles passing legislation dealing
with boarding and prohng in the District light the for other
cities States.
measures to prevent speculation security
pockets unsupectng
fraudulent promoters.
Congress business day and night
sessions leadership obtain membership
with determination people
present hardhps The President has
Congress must
addition has pointed More that
pledged himself conferences any
times.
Congress is under the lmeligh-
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A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY O. The YEAR

tCopgisht, 1919, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
TRUE LIVING.
o what a Joy 'twould be to live
And of your living freely give,
To feel yourself a need of Might.
A source of vigor and of light,
Not unto Self alone but to
All men who walk the way with
you.
And as you near the heights above
Leave on the slopes trail of
LoveI
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Let's Go to Church Sunday.

editorial advertisement all the churches
town.
. It those of habit attending church.
. Tomorrow let good clothes and
hurchand though be subscribers any
creed.
Omitng all spiritual arguments from consideration
church with the idea of studying
institution and what the individual community
in material benefits
The church has existed for a good many centuries
would existed for all having some
place in the scheme OF and for benefit humanity
church all good morals honesty and
Justice.
60 to make industry thrift
prosperity and happiness.
Good good cconomies--an generally ac
cepted moral practices
place
All persons right the church
cloak for wrongdong relatively few are
out seta apart
The great church. directly or ndirectv
has been in the pursuit pleasures it has
restrained "carna mind" Paul kept at
work. reduced improbable expenditures promoted
dustry and thrift
The make the church Of community
and ourselves the community US to become
part Of the church-some church.
Motors do their knocking up do theirs going
down.
There and devious dodge
no one has yet invented to dodge the
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Other Force. TO Count On.

And I entertain another conndent
hope. ] have spoken today chiefly OF
measures OF imperative regulation ard
legal Compulsiou. of prosecutions and
urge sharp correction OF selfish pro-
cesses. and these, no doubt, are reces-
sury. But there are other forces that
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mend. in the second place. that the
congress pass A law regulating cold
storage as it is regulated. for exam
pie. by the laws Of the state Of New
Jersey. which limit the time during
which goods may be kept in storage.
prescribe the method Of dispos1ng Of
I them If kept beyond the permitted
period, and REQUIRE that goods re-
leased from storage shall in all cases
hear the date Of their receipt. II
would materially add TO the service
ability OF the law, Tor the purpose We
now have in view. If it were also pre-
S'rib'd that all goods released from
storage for interstate shipment should
have plainly marked upon each pack
age the selling or market price at
which they went into storage By this
means the purchaser would always be
able to learn what profits stood he
tween him and the producer or the
Wholesale dealer.
1t would serve as a useful example
10 the other communities Of the Coun-
try. as well as greatly relieve local
distress. If the Congress were to regu-
lat" all such matters very fully for
the District Of Columbia, where its
legislative authority is without limit
y
required that all goods destined f.
interstate commerce should in every
case where their form or package
makes it poss Ible he plainly marked
with the price at which they left the
hands Of the producer. Such 4 re-
ouirement would bear a close an.
alogy to certain provisions Of rNr r'Jr
food act. by which it is required that
certain detailed information be given
on tho labels OF packages of foods
and drugs
should Require Federal License.
And it does not seem to me that we
can Confne ourselves to detailed
measures OF this kind. If It is indeed
our purpose to assume national con-
troll of the processes Of distribution.
! take it for granted that that IS our
purpose and our duty. Nothing less
will suffice. We need not hesitate to
handle a national question in a ma
tional way. We should go beyond the
measures l have suggested. We should
formulate a law requiring a Federal
/ license of all corporations engaged in
interstate commerce and emhOdyinC
: in the license. or in the conditions
under which it is TO be issued, specific
} regulations designed TO secure COM
petitive selling and prevent unCon-
scionablc profits in the method Of
marketing, Such a law would afford
a welcome opportunity to effect other
much-necded reforms in the business
of interstate shipment and in the
methods of corporations which are
engaged in it; but for the moment I
confine my recommendation to the
! object Immediately in hand, which is
to lower the cost OF living.
! May 7 not add that there is a bill
now pending before the Congress,
which. if passed, would do much to
, stop speculation and to prevent the
/ fraudulent methods OF promotion by
which our people are annually fieeced
OF many millions Of hard-earned mon
Hy. 1 refer to the measure proposed
by the capital issues committee for
! the control of security issues. II is a
measure formulated by men who
know the, actual conditions OF bust
ness. and its adoption would serve a
/ great and beneiiCent purpose.
We are dealing. gentlemen of
the Congress, need hardly say,
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CONTlNUED EiOM PAGE THREE
the situation is systematically dealt
with il is not likely that the courts
will often have to be resorted to.
Much of the accommodating of
stocks has no doubt been due 10
the sort of speculation which al
ways results from uncertainty.
Great surpluses were accumu-
lated because IL was impossible
to foresee what the market
would disclose and dealers were
determined TO be ready for
whatever might happen, as well
as eager to rcap the full ndyan-
tHge of rising prices They will
now sec the disadvantage,
well as the danger. of holding
OF from the new process of dis
tributIon.
Prices Rise in Face of Surplus.
Some very interesting and SIgnIii-
cant facts with regard to stocks on
hand and the rise OF prices in the
face of abundance have been disClo--
ed by the inquiries Of the Department
of Agriculture. the Department of La
Dor and the Federal Trade ommis-
sion. They seem to justify the state
ment that in the case Of many neccs-
sary commodities effective means have
been found to prevent the normal Op-
GRAFTON of the law of supply and d.
mand. DisregardinG the surplus
stocks in the hands of the govern
ment, there was a greater supply of
fOodstuffs in this country on June !
of this year than at the same date last
year. In the combined total of a num-
Der Of the most important foods in dry
and cold storage the excess is quite 10
per cent. And yet prices have risen.
The supply of fresh eggs on hand in
June OF this year. for example, was
greater by nearly 10 per cent than
the supply on hand at the same time
last year. and yet the wholesale price
was 40 cents dozen as against 81
cents a year ago.
The stock of frozen fowls had in
creased more than 29S per cent, and yet
the price had risen also. from "a II
cents per pound to 81 - cents. The
supply of creamery butter had in
creased l29 per cent, and the price
from IL to 50 cents per pound. The
supply of salt beef had been aug
mented l per cent. and the price had
gone up from S34 a barrel to $S6 a
barrel Canned corn had increased
in stock nearly 90 per cent, and had
remained substantially the same in
price. In a few food stuffs the prices
had declined. but in nothing like the
proportion in which the supply had
increased. For example, the stock OF
canned tomatoes had increased 1Oe per
cent, and yet the price had declined
only Is cents per dozen cans. In some
cases there had been the usual result
OF an increase of price following a
decrease of supply. but in almost ev-
cry instance the increase of price had
been disproportionate to the decrease
in stock.
The Attorney General has been
making n careful study Of the situa-
ton as a whole and OF tine laws that
can be applied to better it. and is
cou-inced that, under the stimulation
and temptation OF exceptional circum-
stances, combinations Of producers
and combinations Of traders have
been formed for the control of sup
plies and of prices which are clearly
il restraint of trade, and against
these prosecutions will he promptly
instituted and actively pushed. which
will in all likelihood have a prompt
corrective effect. There is reason to
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Extend Food Control Act.

Let me urge, in the first place, that
the present food control act should
be extended both az to the period of
time during which it shall remain in
operation and as to the commodities
to which it shall apply. Its provisions
against boarding should be made TO
apply not only to food. but also to
feed stuffs, to fuel. to clothing. ana
to many other commodities which
are indisputably necessaries Of life.
AS 1t stands now it is limited IN
operation to the period OF the war
and becomes imperative upon the
formal proclamation of peace. But
should judge that it was clearly with
in the constitutional power OF the
Congress to make similar permanent
provisions and regulations with re-
gard to all goods destined for inter-
state commerce and to exclude them
from interstate shipment II the re-
ouirements OF the law are not COM
piled with. Some such regulation is
nnPeratively necessary.
The abuses that have grown
mp in the manipulation of prices
by the withholding of foodstuffs
and other necessarieS of life
cannot otherwise be effectively
prevented. There can be no
doubt of either the necessity or
the legitimacy of such measures.
May i not call attention to the
fact, also, that. although the
present net prohibits pro6teer-
Ing, the prohibition is accom-
panied by no penalty. 1t is
clearly in the public interest
that penalty should be provid-
ed which will be persuasive.
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surplus stocks of food by government
be popular could have charged bluff bill
.lcctors o ew months.
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Appropriations Necessary.

That is, these agencies may perform
this Indispensable service provided
the Congress will supply them with
the necessary funds to prosecute their
inquiries and keep their price lists
up to date. Hitherto the appropria-
ton committees of the Houses have
not always, fear, seen the full value
of these inquiries. and the depart
ments and commissions have been
very much straitened for means to
render this service. That adequate
funds be provided by appropriation
for this purpose, and provided as
promptly as possible. IS one of the
means of greatly ameliorating the
present distressing conditions of live
lihood that I have come to urge, in
this attempt to concert with You the
best ways to serve the country in
this emergency. 1t is one of the alb
solutely necessary means, underlying
many others. and can be supplied at
once.
There arc many other ways. Exist
ing law is inadequate. There are
many perfectly legitimate methods by
which the government can exercise
restraint and guidance.
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Therc can Dc NttIc doubt That re-
taIlers are in part-sometimes in large
part-responsible for eXorbitant prices;
and it is quite practicable for the
government, through the agencies 1
have mentioned. to supply the public
with full information as TO the prices
at which retailers buy and as to the
costs of transportation they pay, in
order that it may Re known just
what margin of profit they are de-
manding. Opinion and concerted ac-
ton on the part OF purchasers can
probably do the rest
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believe that the prices Of leather. of
coal, OF lumber and Of textiles have
been materially affected by forms of
concert and cooperation among the
producers and marl;eters Of these and
other universally necessary commod-
tiles. which it will be possible to re-
dress. No watChful or energetic effort
will he spared to accomplish this nee
cssary result | trust that there will
not be many cases in which prosecu
tion VIII be necessary. Public action
will no doubt cause many who have
perhaps unwittinEly adopted illegal
methods TO abandon them promptly
and OF their own motion.
Publicity Needed.
And publicity can accomplish
great deal. The purchaser
can often take care of himself
il ne knows the facts and in
fIucnccs he is dealing with, and
purchasers are not disinclined
TO do anything. either sinEIy
or collectively, that may be nee
cssnry for their seIf-protection.
The Department OF Commerce,
the Department of Agriculture.
the Department of Labor and
the Federal Trade Commission
can do Il great deal toward sup
plying the public. systematically
and nt short intervals, with in
formation regarding the actual
supply of particular commOdi-
ties that is in existence and
available; with regard to sup
plies which are in existence,
hut not available because of
boarding. and with regard TO
the methods of price fixing
which arc being used by deal
ers in certain foodstuns and
other neccssarica.
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There and devious dodge tax
no one has yet invented way dodge the outgo tax
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Motors do their knocking going up hill Men do theirs
own.
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We are dealing, gentlemen of
the Congress, i need hardly say,