Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-20
.SPROUL PROMISES
ACTION ON HOARDERS
will Have Something to Say
on Profiteering" When He
Returns Home
DRASTIC MOVE IN VIEW

Special Dispatch to Evening Public Ledger
Salt Lake City. Utah, Aug. 20.-'1
will have something to say about food
profteering when I get home to Penn
sylvania," said Governor Sproul today.
When asked why his state had ap-
parently no law to deal effectively with
the hoarder and the profteer.
drastic action may be looked for
when return" he went on.
~ am now studying the situation out
here with view to introducing remedial
action and hope when I return home
to be able to meet conditions and there
BY materially to aid in forcing down the
high cost of living"
"Why didn't Pennsylvania at the last
session of the Legislature enact such
laws as would make profiteers and
hoarders punishable by law" the Gov
J ernor was asked.
''Why didn't Congress and State
anticipating the contingencies which
have arisen?' he countered.
He asserted that there was no con
crete evidence of profiteering and hoard
ing at the time the Legislature was
sitting.
"Upthrift" One Cause, He Says
Governor Sproul holds the opinion
that the people of Philadelphia and of
the country at large have fallen into
unthrifty ways" This, he indicates,
might be found to be one Of the reasons
70 for the existing high cost Of living.
I'VE now eat sirloins and porter :
house steaks, where before we consumed
the entire beef" he said. "There must
come some checking up Of accounts be-
fore long"
Governor Sproul is one of the seven
state executives chosen at the conference
of governors in Salt Lake City yester- =
day to visit Washington and confer
with President Wilson to obtain closer
co operation with the federal govern :
ment in providing remedy for the
serious situation brought about by high
prices.
In this visit to Washington the gov
ernors will have the aid and support
. Of Attorney General Palmer, who
declared in this city that there
Is no law at the present time that
would warrant the launching of Grim
inal prosecutions against food rroitecrs
Congress, he said, would soon pass the
necessary law that will give the states
the power to convict and punish those
responsible for present conditions.
,a.., Will Urge Speedy Action
H.. 1t is likely that the governors who
call upon the President will urge hin
to have the matter speedily settled il
Congress.
Governor Sproul believes that the con
tinuation of food boards, the publication
of fair price lists and the expression
of public sentiment would help in get
ting speedy results in the campaign t.
stamp out the profiteer and the hoarde
of foodstuffs.
Labor Only Part Of Cycle
In discussing the situation, Governo
Sproul said:
1.-THE labor question is just a par
of the big cycle, and most workmel
realize now that, with the advance il
wages, a necessary advance in the cos
of living has taken place.
I'VE have large foreign population
in Pennsylvania. However, we hav
enough of the old fashioned American
stock to mix with new citizens an,
teach them real Americanism. We ain
TO steer the newcomers right and max
them part of us. Therefore, we hav
little trouble now with strikes. bolshev
ism and other matters.
"The American people, of course, vii
have to study. In my opinion, tn
dollar will never be worth as much a
( it was before. because the public will
not be willing to work so hard for it
The country may also be at that stag
where the people who work for livin
insist on better living conditions.
Governor Sproul said conditions ar