The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-05-12


the effectiveness of practically every
] department in the national govern
ment, yet at least all indications
seem to point that way.
There is a great deal of inertness
about the department of justice, fol
instance, in enforcing laws that are
enacted to protect the public-ayer
age citizens, to be sure-from the
ISouging and greedy hands of the big
corporations and trusts, the money.
ed influences which materially effect
politics; there is an equally pronoun-
eed lassitude in congress, where the
menbers are busily engaged In car
rying' water on both shoulders, with
an indicated tendency to drop which
ever bucket seems to be the least
promising.
That there is unprecedented, un-
heard of and unlawful proflteering,
specializing in foodstuffs and other
things. money gouging or whatever
one may be pleased to call IT going
on is quite openly and Enthusiastically
admitted by all, and yet-methods
to. combat this crime SO far have
amounted to nil.
There seems to be onl yone thing
which exceeds in practice and popu.
larity this business of blood sucking
that of passing the buck. Congress
points warning finger at the de-
partment of justice; the department
of Justice accusingly giances at the
courts of the land, and so on, In a
merry circle
In the meantime production in the
country is throttled in a manner to
shame even Russia. let alone Ger
many, where production is so mat
ter of fact than even cycle of rev.
olutions could not seriously interfere
with it. Here We have industry bIam.
ing the farmer end the farmer very
properly coming back at industry for
not producing enough
IF you do not produce more la !
Dor. says, I'VE must starve and things
.generally viii be in a worse. fix then !
they are now
To which the farmer justly re-
plies:
Work sixteen hours or more day
~ l have to o., instsad of demanding
double your former wages for half
your former worl5ing timer and
there the matter stands.
In the meantime, every product Is
being screwed UP to the highest pos
sible price, with not even the legiti-
mate excuse of corresponding in
crease in the raw materials. Take !,
cotton for instance:
The American Cotton Association !
has predicted, or let us say. demand
ed even a sixty-cent per pound price
for this product, and straighiway d
howl went up and the cotton pro
Queer is accused of unwarranted
protiteering. In reality such an ac-
cusation is ridiculous in the extreme
as even dollar-a pound cotton would
not justify the prices now charged
CT cotton materials d
The farmer can very easily prove. |
N fact he is practically compelled to
how much the production of every
item he raises costs him, and all the
world knows 1t. All one has to do
is to write to Washington and get
the information. On the other hand,
no one, except the manufactures. can
know the cost of production OF any
particular manufacturer, is apparent,
and the Federal Trade Commission,
when it recently demanded divul
genee Of this secret. was promptly
armed down in decision by the
supreme court.
That this open and fragrant dis
crlinlnation in favor of the manufac-
turer is apparent, the latter being
thereby enabled to fix price 10 SUIT
himself, instead of in comparison
! with the cost nf nrodu.tio,, ,rthiay