The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-04-24
PROFITEERS
ARE ASSA|LED
BY COPPER
Calls on Government
Officials to Enforce
Laws or Resign


United States has become robbery
roost." Senator capper. republican.
Kansas. declared In a prepared ad-
dress today In the senate IN which he
scored profiteering and declared that
u the law enforcement officers Of the
government could not enforce the
laws they should resign "and let men
who can. take their places"
Declaring that tho proof Of prof
;:eer.Hg was in the margin OF profit.
the senator said that In one year
alone during the war tho sross In.
come OF American corporations rose
from abM billions TO sfM billions.
He read 10 the senate a long list Of
corporations whose prsflts were
placed at anywhere from 20 to 200
per cent.
wall strcct's melon patclics,'' he
declared, continued TO le warmed by
the sun Of privilcge. fcrtillzcd by the
prostrntlon of labor and wafcsrd By
the tears OF poverty, and this ycaf
viii Tuise record breaking cron frre
from the blight 90 nconle taxes,
while the people are being urged 20
buy their coal early and he robbed for
less, 20 abaialn from steak one day n
week. and 10 purchase war savings
stamps that the United states may
Hive In mine billion style ON ax
billion Income.
AT this moment the most brazen
challenge we have had IN this saturn
alia OF greed comes from the gam
blers In sugar. A corner has evident
" been formed right under the eyes
Of the department of Justice. The
canning season raid Ia on. For years
the sugar interests have annually and
openly and Hhamelessly robbed Amer
lean housewives during the canning
saason."
Against saIcs Tax.
These patriotic melon rAisera, who
have made their millions and billions
during and since the war" said SEN
ntor capper, now are urging that
the soldiers bonus be raised By a
ono per cent tax ON sales 10 be paid
on every dollar lpent hy cvery man.
woman ane child In the country. IN
Guiding the cx-scrvico men them
selves. Mr.. President, l shall favor
placing this tax right whore Il be-
from these huge stock dividends from
excess war profits. and from the
profiteers all that n needful TO COM
penEnte the men who sacrificed them.
selves instead OF their country or their
countrymen, In time OF wa.
During this coal strike. while rqro
cold and privation threatened the
people the price OF crude oil shot up
nearly SOC per cent and stili is ria-
ing"
Agriculture Tied.
The senator cited numerous ccr-
porations which he declared had made
enormous profits, and then turned TO
agriculture.
"our greatest industry -agricui-
turo-tiod hand and foo,-has hesn
made the helpless victim OF Apacoia-
tors and profiteers.
IT T. wrong TO assume because ex-
travagance flaunts itself in our cities.
that plenty oxista In all the homes OF
the land. People who have never
known want or privatioa are living
today In tents Instead OF homes;
thousands OF men. women ana ch,l-
dren are compelled 10 do without
necessary shoes ana clothing, u rot
fuel and certain articles OF food"
send Them Co Prison.
Senator Lenroot republican. Wis
consin. declared that N "a single mil
lionaire were sent to I.eavenworth un-
| der the laws now on the books some
OF this prohteerlng would be stopped.
Attorney General Palmer" he said,
/ lis setting a few mouse trcps around
tho country when he ought 10 be set
/ ting hear traps. Not one thing IN done
[ to the big proiitcers."
Senator Thomas. democrat Colo-
rado. replying 70 senators Capper and
Lenropt. said Nearly all the big
profiteera he know anything about per-
sonally were members OF the repuhll-
Z can party.
Il can assure the senator from Wis
consin," he said. that a. the end OF
, the next administration he has mem
| toned he will md their efforts to re-
/ duco prohteering as miserable a fail
ure As In his estimation are those OF
1 today.
IAN prohteots ought 20 be punished.
! But we ought TO understand BY now
/ that we are nEhting conditions instead
| OF causes. aH foolish In some OF oar
plants as a child who atumbles over a
chair and then turns around and
| kicks u %
Governmental expenditures Sena
/ tor Thomas said. should be considered
one cause oi the difllcuitles. Mention
ing the soldiers bonus proposal the
increase In veterans pensions, ne aug
gcsted that I'VE do cur part here in
stead OF only complaining at the re.
suits"