The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-18
EVANS RECALLS
A FORMER H.C.L.
NEVADA CONGRESSMAN QUOTES
PRICES OF '65-PAYS TRIB-
UTE TO PRESS

Congressman q the new
member from Nevada, had the floor
the other day on the subject of
the H. c. L.-sometimes referred
to as the high cost of living. In the
course of his remarks he said:
In 1865, and that was Just after
a real war, which tried mems souls
and put our form of government to
the acid test, the workingman was
Being paid rs cents to 81 per day.
Our condition now is one of ease
and plenty as compared to that per-
iod. Chicago was paying 29 cents
a pound for sugar, $I-a<.gallon for
kerosene. In the city of Washing
ton prices were much higher, meat
being from 81 to 81 per pound, and
sugar was beyond reach. The recent
raise in prices IA psychological,
fear more than dishonesty. Men
scared each other into the belief
that the supply would be insufficient
to meet demands. A great many
merchants really believed this a
true statement of conditions and
thought that the supply would soon
be exhausted. We were never one
veal ahead in foodstuffs, so we are
now in that respect as well off as
usual, and with the entire world
turned to full production we ear
restore more widely and more rap
idly than we destroyed in war.
The world, and particularly the
United States of america, is not
bankrupt. Even Russia, PROSTATE,
will arise and pay her debts. Ger
many and the territory which was
Austria-Hungar is better off now
than before the war. The lives lost
do not equal her lives formerly de-
voted to war, besides their being
relieved of sustaining CONSUMPTION
and a standing army; those millions
of men are now producing useful
things. Her industrial plants are
like new, and millions of expert mu-
milton workers will turn to the in
tensive arts of peace. AS to America
the war has proven the strength and
virility of unity, and our form OF
government is established beyond
all doubt. Our 100000 soldiers
and those civilians supporting them
in all, ten or fifteen millions of
keenest brains and physically per-
fect-will turn from the destruct-
i've science of war to building great
transcontinental highways, modern
homes, beautiful architecture, and
improved farm life.
Certainly, when you turn ten to
fifteen millions of u keenest minds
from the channels of production to-
the science of destruction, you find
a temporary, acute and serious dis
arrangement of usual expectations
of supplies affecting all lines. Nat
urally production suffered from la
Dor not efficient, and still there is
plenty. United States was physic-
ally unprepared for war, but ten
times more unprepared mentally. |
The press, by information and
education, prepared our minds to
accept and prosecute war to the
limit. Then We became prepared
physically. Many men have devoted
their lives to the press and must
have your loyal estimation. The
press will now render service to re-
duce fictitious values by publishing
the facts of cost and selling prices.
No business, unless upon the firm
foundation of honesty in all deal
ings, can withstand the searchlight
of published truth. Turn on the
light plainly and prices will find the
proper level. The glare of published
facts, with penalties provided, will
stop food corners and hOarders. No
business can endure against public
opinion, and justice demands truth.
If the press "a by instruction and
direction earn the greatest achieve
ment of record, that is war, surely
the victories of peace will be none
less and theirs the greater glory.
Supplies entering storage must be
registered, stamped, and dated. Food
stored beyond a reasonable time
must be sold at reduced rates. The
longer the storage the lower the
price. Newspapers, MS usual, will
print the whole t-utn as to costs.
All citizens empowered to file in
formation upon knowledge and be-
lief that improper prices are col
lected.