Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-06
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MIR. PALMER'S JOB.

MIR. PALMERS JOB
Every will admit that attorney general of the United
States has pretty big job his hands piping
and high prices He bound collect lot of
garde of what he does does do The mesRecod has
occasion recently thoughts conditions and
the opinion that the attorney general devotng time
politics and too little proheers Well maybe had the
down wrong. Certain much head
toward bringing down prices and ng those who daily
coming richer off the peoples needs but there appears
be another side the controversy and Mr. Palmer he has been
dgen and done his has least plausible Pal
points out that have failed uphold ndict-
ments under the Lever which designed stop proteeng
and that his there no other av
reach them by law
MIR Palmer under fire the other day before subcommt-
tee of the House Judiciary committee which investigating his
ton consentng prices of II and Is pound
for louisiana Although members of the
questions him. he reported have stood his ground
declaring that he had apologies offer and insisting his had
prevented the price from soaring to p cents or higher
The attorney also took offer explanation
for the failure of President Wilson reply sugar
equalization board requesting authority purchase the Cuban
He said that the purchase of the predicted
authority continue the license the distribution of the
and that because of uncertainty when peace might
essential The attorney said that Congress had refused
proclaimed legislation continuing the Lever Food Control Act
enact legislation requested by the administration continuing the Lever
Act for months after the proclamation of peace and of
this situation would have been useless for the President
ze the equalization board purchase the Cuban crop
Attorney General Palmer discussing the Louisiana
admitted that the department had but little prosecu-
ton of pro6teers
We faced the proposition of enforcing law which
after has refused uphold said Attorney General Palmer
Five district courts have failed to brought
i refuse to believe that the Attorney General prose-
cutor his duty do what the best people
When took the responsibility of saying may prosecute
who sold above y and try them
released the Louisiana the market price by many
millions of dollars than would have otherwise been We did
duty, it m the public.
The Attorney General duty to the defendants in a
would have hated myself and despised my methods it,
having decided my mind that II price
refused tell the public that would prosecute any sold
it for that have for the and apology
o offer.
/ do think very far in this familiar popular
ngton pase OF passing the buck The facts generally speak
themselves think has been stated that the of
in Louisiana the American people 5000 0OO AS
of fact judgment saved the people of America great deal
of money. satisfied that if this had taken this
Louisiana would have sold for u
tits alleged that this resulted Cuban sugar being
at higher am willing accept the Mr. Zabrs-
ke of the Sugar Equalization Board that
fed and that that higher price would the price
Cuban than my action did
Possibly when Mr.. Palmer appeared before
at Z9 cents higher through brokers' But
on the Lever be sustained attorney
eral appears to be bringing
little prospect Of the Republican brethren this good
presidential of 1920 doing anything to assist the present admin
raon in actually relieving the conditions which the
much and dissatisfaction