The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-12-12
Of the preliminary steps to this cam

OF the preliminary steps to this cam
paign.
| also renew my Recommendation
thqt the congress pass a law regulat-
ing cold storage a. IL Is regulated, for
example, by the laws of the state of
New Jersey. which limit the time dur
Ing which goods may be kept beyond
the permitted period and require thar
goods released from storage shall in
all cases bear the date of their
receipt. IL would materially add to
the seryiceability of the law. for the
! purpose we now have in view, If IL
were also prescribed that all goods
released from storage for interstate
shipment should have plainly marked
upon each package the selling or
market price at which they went into
storage. BY this means purchasers
would be able to learn what profits
stood between him and the producer
or the Wholesale dealer.
Would Mark Cost Of Goods
! would also renew my recommen-
dalton that all goods destined for
interstate commerce should in every
case where their form or package
makes IL possible. be plainly marked
with the price AT which they left the
hands of the producer
We should formulate law requir-
Inc a federal license of all corpora
tions engaged In interstate commerce
ana eInhodying in the license ar in
the conditions under which II Is To
be issued. specific regulations de-
signed To secure competitive selling
and prevent uneonscionahle profits
In the method of marketing Such a
law would afford welcome oppor-
tunity to effect other much needed
reforms in the business of interstate
shipment and In the methods of cor
poratinns which are engaged In IL !:
but for the moment | conflne my
Recommendation To the object inn
mediately In hand. which Is To lower
the cost of living
To improve Labor Conditions
No one who has observed the march
Of events in the last year can fail 10
note the absolute need of a definite
program to hiring about an improve
ment In the condition of labor There
can be no settled conditions leading To
increased production and reduction
In the cost of living IL labor and
capital are to be antagonists instead
of partners. Sound thinking and mn
honest desire To serve the interests NJ
the whole nation. Ms distinguished
from the intesests of class. must be
applied To the solution OF this great
and pressing program.
Causes Of RadieaIisr,.
The failure of other nations TO con-
slider this matter in vigorous way
has produced bitterness and jeaiousies
and antagonlsms. the food of radical
ism. The only way 10 keep men from
agitating against grievances Ii to re
move the grievances. An unwilling
ness even to discuss these matters pro-
dnces only dissatisfaction and gives
comfort 10 the extreme elements In
our country which endeavor TO stir up
disturbances In order To provoke gov
ernments 10 embark upon a course of
retaliation and repression, The seed
Of revolution Is repression. The rem
edy for these things must not be mega
tive In character. II must he construc-
tive. II must comprehend the general
interest The real nntidote for the
unrest which mainfests itself Is not
suppression. but deep consideration
of the wrongs that beset our national
life. and the application OF remedy.
Must Oemocratixe Industry.
Congress has already shown It's
willingness to deal with these indus
trial wrongs by establishing the eight
hour day ms the standard In every field
of labor. 1t has sought to find n way
to prevent child labor. II has served
the whole country by leading the way
In developing the means of preserving
and Safeguarding lives and health In
dangerous industries II must now
help In the difficult task Of finding a
method that will bring about genuine
characterization Of industry. based
upon the full recognition Of the right
Of those who work. In whatever rank,
to participate In some organic way In
every decision which directly affects
their welfare. II il with this purpose
in mind that l called n conference tn
meet In Washington on December |. 10
consider these problems I'm all their
broad aspects. with the idea Of bring
Ing about n better understanding he
tween these two interests.
Put Our House in Order.
The great unrest throughout the
world. out of which has emerged
demand for an immediate aonsidera-
and labor. bids us put our own house
In order. Frankly. there can he no
permanent lasting settlements between
capital and labor which do not reeag.
nize the fundamental concepts for
which labor has been struggling
through the years The whole world
gave itg recognition and Endorsement
TO these fundamental purposes In the
league of nations. The statesmen
gathered nj Versailles recognized the
fact that world stability could not be
had by reverting to industrial stand.
ards and conditions against which the
average workman III the world had
revoited. II Is. therefore the task Of
the statesmen Of this new day Of
change and readjnstrnent to recognize
world conditions and Ia seek IA bring
about through Legislation conditions
tina; will mean fhe ending Of are-lanr
antaganism between capital and labor
and that viii hopefully Head is the
building NO of cornradeship whirh
viii result not only in great content
IBent among the mass 81 workmen
but also bring about greater nro-
durflun and greater uYozupFifx 20