South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30
CAPPER DECLARES
CONGRESS TO BE
MARKING Time
Kansas Says Prices May Come
Down But Bacon
Is Up.


90 destroy anything good especially
hope for hope IS the greatest In
fuence for good which God in his
wisdom put upon earth.
3ut. people there is about as
much chance OF your hope Of "a ma
terisily lowered cost Of living COM
ing true tn the near future as there
- % an immediate millennium.
Sen Arthur Cappor. OF kansas
has no such Illusion. Nor has any
other really informed member OF
congress Folks here. who have
tire inside track on what O. going
on. admit that such members OF
the government a. are talking OF
cheaper living are either taking the
wish for the deed. or are believers
in miracles.
His Fine Gift.
Sen. Capper. who boasts he can
not make p speech. is the only mem
Der ~ that august body with the
9if. Of silence. but the flow Of ideas
from that genuinely superior brain
Of his - not lessened an iota by rea-
son OF g. When ne sits down i'm
front OF his typewriter he can play
IL Ike Padcrewskl does grand
piano.
out IN Kansas he has n number
% newspapers. and ne writes for
them all one Of them is "Capper's
Weekly wherein. once a week. one
can read the notes composed by
Sen. Capper on the keyboard OF tho
instrument Of his choice
Hogs" says the senator's paper,
raised 20 feed Europe dropped to
tt1 and $3.50 at Missouri river
markets last week
Bacon still High
But good bacon still costs the
consumer so cents a pound. the
same price that vas being asked
for It last June when farmers hogs
sold for twice az much"
There's the whole thing II the
word gets out today that next month
the price OF pork ON the hoof is
going 10 be cent a pound higher.
the cost Of pork az the butchers
goes up five cents a pound today
But with the price OF pork on the
hoof today. one half what it was a
year ago. The cost OF pork at the
butchers remains the same as it
was or even a little bit more
The food gamblers and prof.
teers. SAYS Capper's newspaper.
'iOud-mouthed. salf-p0ssessed cham
piOns Of law and order and 100 per
cent America nism - these greedy
men. as spoilers agitators and
trouble-mskers are a thousand
times more potent for harm than
al the reds in or outNOf Russia. The
situation demands sincere activity
by this government against its en-
emies-the prOhteers and food
gamblers.
A government that cal lick the
Hun 1000 miles from home should
thousand arch-priCe conspiratOrs
here at home
Would Arrest Spoilers
The secret service which during
the war. ran rings around the Ger
man spy system could get these
spoilers on short notice. Evidence
Of the misdeeds is not lacking.
Vocal war against profiteering
is unavailing
IT the department Of justice will
come 10 grips with the gougers. it
viii do more 20 stop strikes and re-
store peace and order and good feel
ing TO the United States than all
- he speeches and propaganda ever
Uttered or printed. Let action
speak"
Capper says we forbid gambling
with cards, but we do not forbid
gambling with sugar
with wholesale Erocers and
jobbeTs and brokers gambling in
sugar" he declared "the price has
risen 10 % cents pound and the
people are warned 10 will soon 20
To g cents
We are told that the refneries
are unable 90 provide for the enor-
NOUS new stocks Of sugar" but a
corner in sugar is formed right
Under our ewes
And 40 10 goes
The republican convention opens
in Chicago during the first DAYS OF
unc The democratic convention
begins ar San Francisco the last Of
June. From now until the conven-
tons congress VIII keep ON with its
game Of passing the buck for fear
OF hurting the chances of individual
members for reelection or the
lartys chances in the coming cam
uaisn
During June there viii be re-
cess I'm all probability. so that CON
cress can attend the conventions
So there can be- no work i'm June.
After june. should congress CON
vene again. 20 will 20 on marking
time lest one or the other OF The
two parties by some act. br1nder
and lose tho election iu November.
So ID independent observers 'ook
at things here
Now turn back and reread the
FIRST two paragraphs of this humble
item.