The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-23

prices Is due 10 the people them
selves. who refused TO be piucked any
longer.
'Thfre Is plenty OF proof thai this
has been The coursc OF trade. Al the
end OF the war. FOR instance, the ad-
000, 600 OF surplus food supplies. But
Secretary OF War Baker Mt onco
adopted a policy Of Withholding from
the market all army supplies so as
to protect the producors-in this coso
The packers and storage concerns
from a fall In prices. So, In spite
OF General March's recommendations
ON November 30. 1918. the Si2i,-
OOO, 900 worth OF meats and canned
goods were held bdck.
In accordance with this Same
policy, Secretary Bakers war depart
ment cabled the llquidatlon commis-
sion on May is, 1919, that tho fol-
lowing surplus was On hand In tho
United States aud would be shipped
upon request.
$1,000, 900 pounds Of sugar.
a, 100000 pounds of bacon.
A 1900. 900 pounds of roust beef.
20, 100000 Dousls OF cOrncd beef.
a .0Oe, cgO cans OF baked beans.
IS. 900. 0O0 cans OF corn.
$4,000. 900 cans OF peas.
/ a,25O,OOO pounds Of Olcomar-
garinc.
100000 pounds OF butter.
"'rhus WHEN food prices were sky
high, the secretary OF war proceeded
To push them still higher by sending
out of the country the foodstuffs
under his control. In addition the
secretary Uf war sent his director of
gales to Europe In 1919, whet all
clothing was out OF sight, to sell to
Europe enormous quantities OF sur
plus clothing material, Including;
Cotton piece goods, 60,O00,O0O.
yards.
Wool piece goods. s]G,OOO,OOo
yards,
summer drawers. 5000, 900 pairs.
Summer undcrshirts, l9,933,47i.
Winter drawers. 7.i64,O32 pairs.
Winter undershiris. ~6,OS5,ig9.
Cotton stockings, 5000. 600 pairs.
Wool stockings, light, 5,i99,OO0
pairs.
Wool stockings, heavy, 100000
pairs.
Toqucs, $4,000
by order Of the democratic adj
ministratiOn, there was also Withheld
from American co1sumcrs $3.50
! 100000 worth Of supplies lcft an
France at the end OF the war. and
the whole amount was sold To the
French for 500, 600, OOO-30 cents on
Il dollar-lnCludirg vhst quantities Of
cotton goods ana food. Ana the
French were given ten years In which
TO pay! While shoes were sold In
America for SIS a pair, carloads of
them We're disposed Of in France 10y
the democratic administration FOR uu
cents "a pair. All leather goods DO
the American army supplies ia
France were sold at ridiculOuSlN low
prices. sometimes only ~ cents ON
the dollar, to prevent their being
brought home and marketed in COM
petition with the profitecrs.
Now We hear mui \ OF automobile
prices aud their decline. II rs a mat
ter Of record that the Wilson admin
istration bought and left out In the
weather to ruin. S175, O0O, 900 of au-
tomobilcs. after the wal ended. 50
that automobile makers might keen
up prices.
Those examples might be multi
piled indefinitely. There are enough
to fill Il book. Never before mas a
government gone Into partnership
with the big manufacturers to plucl,
u whole people to such an extent.
ON their " official statements In
Washington the members OF this adj
ministration have followed the policy
OF keeping up prices as long rs pos
siblo.
THE only casOn prices are dcclin'
ing now Is that tho administration.
after n year AID ten months ol
peace. is unable longer to maintain
war conditions In trade and Is unable
longer to stop the operation Of rcsO'
buttons OF a. republican congress in.
tended TO force the sale OF surplui
goods held 10y the government. The
people have robCllCd, have quit nuy'
Ing, have ceased going IN TO tn,
counter to he pluckcd. Consequent.
ly, not even the irunClad combination
of the administration and the prot
itccrs can hold the situation any
longer. The American people hHv,
only Themselves to thank for III,
change; they alone have stopped the
traIo onnbinntiun i'm tbpit. hisforv'