The courier-index., 1919-10-03

] where they are sugared and parcel ed out to the waiting crowd. This
 crowd never seems to dwlndle Tn
 size from the time the doughnut
 making starts until the bakery closes
 in the evening. Now the other re-
 cent arrival has installed similar
 machine and doughnus are beng
 fed to the public in liberal doses. ssssss
 Aside from agitators among the
 labor unionists, there seems to be
 little demand for anti-profiteering law at the hands of the special ses-
 sion. There is desire on the part
 of the consumer to lower the high
 cost of living, but he is unwilling to make 10000 honest merchants
 suffer to get at one who IS profI-
 teering. The opposition to the pro
 posed laws came largely from out side of Little Rock and from con
 sumers. Several bills were offered to the legislature in the special session, but that of the administra- ton. which was aimed at hoardlng,. and the Caldwell bill in the Senate, Mason bill in the House, identical measures, had a feature requiring the marking in plain figures the cost prices of the article. These bills died when the Senate special committee which heard the argu- ments for and against the bills voted to report the bill introduced by Senator Caldwell with the rec commendation that it sdo not pass
 The merchants were able to show this committee tha he bill was un- reasonable. and while they were willing to have an anti-proflteer- ing bill passed, they wanted one that would not turn the volume of the business over to houses out side the state. It was also demon srated that the honest merchant would suffer at the hands. of the dis homes one, who would endeavor to show a higher cost, and sell at the same price as his honest competitor, thereby branding the honest one as a profiteer. The chief argument against the bill was made by Sena- tor B. H. Greenhouse of Washing ton. He advised the union men, who crowded the -gallaries and cheer ed heir speakers to cease their strikes and get down to business, producing instead of curtailing pro- auction and the cost of living would come down as it has after all wars.
 Thousands of telegrams and let ters poured into the House and Sen ate during the special session, and all asked that the bills be killed. This is not an indication that the people are not dissatisfied with con- ditions, but that they have confl- dence in the merchants of their vi- entities. They do not expect state legislature to deal successfully with matter which Congress has found too big for it, especially when the state has no authority over inter state business and where merchants of adjoining and other states could continue to sell as they do now, not being subject to the restrict ions under which home merchants would be forced to operate under.
 A second automobile factory Will soon be located in Arkansas. Stock in as assembling plant will soon be offered for sale by a company now being organized. It will turn out a car made of standard parts assembled in some city of the state. The location has not been decided upon.
 Little Rock is certain to have an auditorium now. Even the most persistent knocker admits it and stumbling blocks which have in the past prevented speedy action when an auditorium was proposed, will disappear. The hard feelings arous- ed among citizens of Little Rock because Liberty Hall was entirely too small to care for the immense crowd that demanded admission to to President Wilson's speech, will | lo&