Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-08

would materially add to the service
ability Of the law. for the purpose we
now have. in view, If 1t were also pre-
soribed that all goods released from
should have plainly marked upon each
package the selling or market price
at hich they went into storage. By
this means the purchase would al
ways be- able to learn what profits
stood between him and the producer
or. the wholesale dealer.
1t would serve as g. useful example
to the. other communities OF the coun-
try, as we'll as greatly relieve local
distress. II the Congress were to reg
alate all such matters very fully for
the District of Columbia, where its
1egislativs authority is without limit.
! would also recommend that II be
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gpirements would bear "a close nm.
efogy 70, certain provisions OF. the pure
food act. by which IT Is required that
certain detailed infofma ton be given
on the labels Of packages Of foods and
drugs. : J :
And it, does not seem to me, that
we can confine ourselves Ito detailed
measures of this kind, If it is indeed
our purpose to assume national COM
I take It for granted. that that .is
our purpose and our duty. Nothing
less Will suffice. We, need not hest
tate to handle a national question in
a national way. We should -goS be-
yond theefneasurest1shaSe suggested
We should, formulate a law requiring
engaged in interstate commerce and
embodying in the license, or IN the
conditions under which 1t Is to be
issued, specific regulations designed
to secure competitive selling and pre-
vent uncomfortable profits. in the
method of marketing. Such a law
would AFFORD q Welcome opportunity
to effect other ymuch-needed reforms
in the business OF interstate ship
ment and in the methods of corpora
tions which sare engaged IN sits but
for the moment i confipe nay recon-
mendations to the object Immediately
OF living. - :.
Bill Would Stop Speculation.
May mot 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
money. I refer to the measure pro-
posed by the capital issues committee
for the control of security issues. 1t
is a measure formulated by men who
know the actual conditions of business
and, its adoption would serve a great
and benefcent purpose. -,
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Congress, i need hardly say, with very
critical and, very difficult matters. We
should go forward with confidence
along the road we see, but we should
Also seek to comprehend the whole of
the scene amidst which we act. There
is no ground for some Of. the fearful
forecasts L hear utteredlabout me. but
the condition of the world Sis unques-
tionably very grave and we should
face it comprehendingly.. The situa-
ton of our own country Is exception
ally fortunate.
We Of all peoples can afford to keep
our heads and to determine upon mod.
which will Eensure. us against the pas
sionsa and distempers which are work
Ing such deep unhappiness for some
of the distressed, nations on the other
side Of the sea. But we may be In
VOWED in their distress unless we
,ucAps duN hCip WIN ShOt6y @n0 AaeSA-
ligence. -.7.-.'' - =
The world must pay for the appafl-
ing destruction wrought by the great
war, and we are part OF the world. We
must pay our share. For five years
now~the industry Of all, Europe has
been slack and disordered. The nor
NAL. crops have not been. produced; the
normal quantity Of manufactured
goods, has not been turned out. Not
until there are the usual crops and
the usual production Of manufactured
goods on the other side of the Allan
tic can Europe return to the former
conditions and IT was upon the for
mer conditions. not the present, that
our economic relations with Europe
were built up. ~. -. q, = - SO 4
!. We must face the fact that unless
we help, Europe to, get back, to her
Will eilsue there which Will inewita bly,
be communicated to this country. For
the present; It is. manifest. we must
quicken. not slacken, our own produc-
ton, We, and we almost alone. now
hold tho world steady. Upon our
steadfastness and self-possession de-
pend the affairs of nations every
where. It Is in this supreme crisis
this crisis for all mankind-that
America, must prove her mettle. In
the presence Of q world confused, dis
tracted, she must show herself self
Possessed. self-co4tained. capable OF
Europe by her action in arms: she
must now save It 4by. her action In
peace. In saving Europe she will save
hefself, AZ she did upon the battle-
nelds Of the war. Tho calmness and
capacity with which she. deals with