Arizona republican., 1919-08-08
PRESIDENT WILL
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 ADDRESS TODAY
Will Con6ne Talk to Laying Before Congress Measures That Should Be Enacted to Bring Relief-Will Not Recommend Law Limit ing Margin of Profit

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-President Wilson tonight put the finishing touches on his high cost of living ad- dress to congress and prepared to de- liver it in joint session tomorrow at o'clock.
 One possibility loomed up to threat en the presidents plans. It was that the leaders might not be able to round up a quorum in the house and that some member, insisting on parliament tary rule by raising the point. might forestall the joint sessoin of house and senate.
 Representative Blanton, democrat, of Texas served notice on Republican Leader Mondell that he, for one, would insist on "a legal quorum.
 Order Members Back
 Republican and democratic leaders both, accordingly, made the telegraph wires hot tonight with messages or dering absentees back in time for to- morrow afternoon.
 The address will be confined to lay ing before congress what measures, in the opinion of the president and of the sub committee appointed by Attorney General Palmer, should be enacted at
 
 the existing high prices. All of the clements that have helped create the condition the country finds itself in today, in view of these men, will be dealt with. These include, it was learned authoritatively, labor prob lems and strikes resulting from them, and production which would be inter fered with by strikes.
 Will Include Railroad Problem
 To this extent. the matter of railroad wages should be included in the ad- dress, but a solution of the entire rail- road problem will not be suggested beyond the suggestion already made to congress by the president in his letter to the chairmen of the senate and l house interstate commerce commit l tees.
 1 No recommendation will be made for 1 a licensing system of producers, manu- l lecturers or dealers.
 No recommendation will be made for law limiting the margin of profit on commodities.
 No concrete law clearly defining hoarding and profiteering will be ! asked, although recommendation will be made for laws designed to bolstey up the existing laws under which the 1 attorney general expects to reach price gougers and hoarders.
 Ask Extension of Food Control
 The president will ask for an exten- sion of the Lever food control act to make it applicable as a peace time measure and to include all commodi- ties such as shoes, clothing and life necessaries as we'll as food.
 This much as to the contents of the l address wS; learned after President l Wilson had called into conference late today members of the cabinet and the | Palmer sub committee and revised it to meet their suggestions.
 It is considered probable by off cials that the president also will sug- gest the necessity for throwing the full light of publicity on the ques- ton of costs, with a view to enabling the public to protect itself against extortion. This idea may even go SC far as to include marking the cost o1 manufacture on the article.
 United States Attorney Charles F Clyne of Chicago disclosed that the government would ask indictment. against the big meat packers when tn, federal grand jury meets at Chicago three weeks hence.
 ! The department of justice today re- ceived reports from many district at tornys that they were proceeding witf investigations in ther territory. l A delegation of postoffice and pos. tai employees headed by Frank Morri son, secretary of the American Fed eration of Labor, left a letter at tho White House asking him to recon. mend that congress grant wage in. creases for employees averaging pel cent.
 Another contribution to the investi- gation into high prices was repor' today by the federal trade commission showing that stocks of food in storage were higher by 20 per cent last Jun, than they were a year ago, with price: of all foods showing an increase.