Arizona republican., 1919-12-03

economical lines to improve mdrkeS- | ing, and to make rural fife 1nore at tractive and healthlul, is obvious l would urge approNa of the Tlans al- . ready proposed to the congTtss by the secretary of agriculture to secure the essential facts rcqJired for tRe proper study of this question, through the proposed enlarged programs for farm management studies and crop esti- mates. would urge. also. the con- tinuance of federal participation in the building of good roads, under the terms of existing law and under the direction of present agencies; the need for further action on the part of the states and the federal govern
 ment to preserve and develop our for est resources. especially through the practice of better forestry methods on | private holdings and the extension of the publicy owned forests bette: | support for country schools and the
 more definite direction of their | courses of study along lines related
 to rural problems; and fuller provi- sion for sanitation in TuTal districts
 and the building up of needed hospital
 and medical facilities in these locali-
 ties. Perhaps the way might be
 cleared for many of these desirable
 reforms by a fresh, comprehensive
 survey made of rural conditions by a
 conference composed of representa- tives of the farmers and of the agri- cultural agencies responsible for leadership
 T would call your attention to the
 widespread condition of political rest
 lessness in our body politic The causes
 of this unrest, while various and com
 plicated, are Superficial rather than
 deep seated. Broadly they arise from
 or are connected with the failure on
 the part of our government to arrive
 speedily at just and permanent peace
 permitting return to normal conditions
 from the transfusion of radical theo-
 ries from seething European centers
 pending such delaN from heartless
 profitering resulting in the increase of
 the cost of living, and lastly from the
 machinations of passionate and male
 volent agitators. With the return to
 normal conditions this unrest will rap
 idly disappear. In the meantime, it
 does much evil It seems to me that
 in dealing with this situation congress
 should not be impatient or drastic but
 should seek rather to remove the
 causes. It should endeavor to bring
 our country back speedily to a peace
 basis, with ameliorated living condi-
 tions under the minimum of restric-
 tions upon personal liberty that is con-
 sistent with our reconstruction prob
 lems
 Urges SyndcaIism Legislation.
 And it should arm the federal gov ernment with power to deal in its criminal courts with those persons who by violent methods would abrogate our , time- tested institutions. With the free expression of opinion and with the ad f vocacy of orderly political change
 however fundamental, there must be no
 interference, but towards passion and
 malevolence, tending to incite crime
 and instruction under guise of politi- cal evolution, there should be no leni-
 ency. Legislation to this end has been recommended by the attorney general
 and should be enacted. In this direct . connection l would call your attention
 to my recommendations on August <
 pointing out legislative measures which
 would be effective in controlling and
 bringing down the present cost of liv- ing. which contributes so largely tc
 this unrest. On only one of these rec
 concentrations has the congress acted
 If the governments campaign is to be ! effective 1t is necessary that the other steps suggested should be acted on al ? once.
 [ q renew and strongly urge the ne- cessity of the extension e the present ' food control act as to the period ol Q time in which it shall remain in opera f tiom The attorney general has sub = mtted bill providing for an exten- - sion of this act for period of sil r months. At it now stands it is limited { in operation to the period of the wal | and becomes imperative upon the for q nal proclamation of peace. It is i'm r perative that it should be extended a Q Cnce The department of justice hal | built up extensive machinery for thu % purpose of enforcing it's provisions; al Q of which must be abandoned upon thu S conclusion of peace unless the pro d visions of this act are extended.
 During this period the congress vii . have an opportunity to make simila h permanent provisions and regulation t with regard to all goods destined fo ., interstate commerce and to exclud /" them from interstate shipment if tn V requirements of the law are not com e piled with. Some such regulation ' imperatively necessary. The abuse n that have grown up in the manipula al ton of prices by the withholding c m foodstuffs and other necessaries of If To cannot otherwise be effectively pre- st vented. There can be no doubt of eithe
 the necessity or the legitimacy of sue
 measures.
 .- As I pointed out in my last message V publicity can accomplish a great des ,. in this campaign The aims of tn l, government must be clearly brough to the attention of the consuming pub y lie. civic organizations and state off n cials who are in a position to len - fl1afg iGfn ta xFfn Va ot have made available funds with whic |; to carry on this campaign but ther st is no provision in the law authorizin W their expenditure for the purpose ( e. making the public fully informed abol IS the efforts of the government. Spe l., cific recommendation has been mad ,d by the attorney general in this regar, ,- 1 would strongly urge upon you it's i'm ,,, mediate adoption, as it constitutes or
 of the preliminary steps to this cam " paign.
 pr Would Regulate Cold Storage. le 'I also renew my recommendatio ie that the congress pass a law regulatin B; cold storage as it is regulated for eN of ample by the laws of the state of Ne is Jersey, which limit the time durin Id which goods may be kept in storag
 prescribe the method of disposing { n them if kept beyond the permitte nc period and require that goods release E. from storage shall in all cases bear u .a date of their receipt. It would mater al ally add to the serviceability of u
 law for the purpose we now have ,h view, if it were also prescribed that a Ii, goods released from storage for intel state shipments should have plain ,r marked upon each package the selliT ,r or market price at which they wei
 into storage. By this means the pul