Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-26
STIMULATION OF
PRODUCTION IS
{. Of c. TOPIC
Greater Output Is a Step
Toward the Cure Of Amer
lean Economic and SOCia!
Ills, 1t Is Believed.

10Y MORNING JouRHNL SPECIAL LEASED %ies1
Washington, April 25.-Meaus of
stimulating production Of the
necessities of life, as a step toward
the cure of American economic and
social ills. will be the sole topic Of
discussion at the eighth annual
conference Of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce which Will
open in Atlantic City Monday and
continue until Thursday.
Holding that the responsibility
for increased production rests
equally upon capital, labor and aG-
Ticultural interests, the program
committee, it is announced here
today, has arranged to have rerac-
sentatiVes OF each present their
views on the question.
While the conference will deal
primarily with material methods Of
increasing production, such as in
PRODUCTION Of modern machinery
elimination of waste and the, in
creased efficiency OF distribution,
the chamber is prepared, ii was
learned today, to follow with ma
tion-wide effort to stir individual
Americans to their duty to aid the
movement in every line of en-
deavor.
Industrial unrest reported by
members of the chamber is with
out exception asclibed as the basic
cause for the high prices the aver
age worker has to pay for every
thing he purchases. Against this
however is reported an apparent
disposition on the part OF the
worker to reduce his effort during
working hours cr to lay off part
OF each week or month, The con-
Vention will endeavOr to work out
p program by means of which both
the manufactures and the employ %
will be shown the necessity OF
augmenting output for the com
mon good rather than as a method
of increasing immediate profits.
Work Cure for Unrest.
Work alone offers a cure for
many of the ills left by war said
Homer l.. Ferguson, president OF
the chamber. Increased produc-
ton means larger share of the
necessities and comforts for ouc
own people; it means more for
Europe, where people are dying
for lack of food and clothes. In
it lies the only means of making
up the wastage of war
The duty of America is to pro e
ducc The responsibility lies on
an alike. the merchant. the farmer,
the worker. The contribution Of
each of these viii be laid before
our meeting
The relation between railroads
ana national production, anti
trust law "restriCtiCns,' the evils
of standardization, improved meth
DDS of taxation and foreign COM
nerce viii be among the TOPICS dis
cussed. Increased production
abroad must be fOstered, officials
Of the chamber saE, so that
goods, not notes can be eE-
changed for the produce of the
United States. In this connection
an effort may he made to reviv,
the proposal for an international
financial conference with a view ta
finding some equitable remedy fol-
the foreign exchange situation.
Farmer Represented.
W u. Simmons, Of St. Louis, and
K. w. Belcher, of Washington, d
c. will address the conference en-
the subject of Domestic Distribu-
ton" and Secretary Alexander. OF
the department of commerce, is
expected to indicate how far the
government can go to cooperate
i'm the movement. Other speakers
will be George A. Post and William
Fellowes Morgan, of New York,