Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-26
.PO|SE, NOT .FADs, NEEDED
BY NATION, WICKER SAYS
Baptist Minister Advises Check on
Spending and Better National
Spirit uS Remedy.

That the overall fad Is merely
salve on - cancer that needs a sur
Eeon was the declaration of Rev. J.
). Wicker. ID. D.. in sermon. at
Leigh Street Baptist Church last
night. Ills subject was "Orcralls, Old
Clothes and Unrest"
fr0IiSnl spandcrs were scored by
Dr. Wicker as giving cause for the
wave of prottccring now sweeping
the country. He condemned the mot
To. get all you can for as little as
possible. and said that the country
STANDS in need of II big get-toSethcr
meeting and II national spirit that
will swallow all factions for the
good of the whole.
~ few years ago" he said. I'VE GU
| tered q great war The government
invited men from all over this coun-
try OF every class. caste saud color
INTO It's service and seemed to care
nothing I'm the world about the cost
ana so wages went skyward at once.
contractors doing work for the
government were allowed the cost
plus 10 per cent for themselves and
u made no difference with them how
large the bill was. since the govern
We're no great gatherings of people
protesting against this high cost OF
things for Uncle Sam Nobody seemed
20 nave any conscience on this sub
jet.
Tho result OF hitherto unhcard OF
, wages was that people had more
money than ever before anil so prodi
gal spenders OH every hand afforded
an opportunity for unhcard of prices
Tor all the necessities of life. The
merchant profitccrs merely fell in line
with the spirit of the hour and joined
hands with everybody who seemed to
have the motto. Get all YOU can for
as little as possible 'rhus we find
ourselves today rcaping the harvest
or our own sowing. In the sowing
days. everybody seemed happy. hut
Z AZ ntsn l,fJ -.
bowling.
III Is no time for fad and tan
gents" said DR.. Wicker. Our pco-
in the saddle.
"sp,end less, and live on the cheap
SSS, side OF the market" hn advised
ms ms congregation. "ovcrnlls. old
Kinds combined In proper proportion
would round out good program for
clothing. Leave the h'gh-prlccd
sumo in every. way as little as pos
Sia!c and produce in every way as
, much as possible"
The law OF supply and demand.
ne believes. will solve the question
or high prices eventually.
AS long as human nature remains
thc same, and sec no sign Of Il
/ change" he said. prices will he gov
erned by the law Of supply and de-
mand. 1t has been so ever since the
world began. Prices cannot bc lcgis-
Iateu. ldenilSm VIII not adjust things
BOTH have been tried. Both have
tailed When two people want tho
same houae, 1t viii bring more than
when there are two houses and only
one customer. II is the same way
with the so-cai!cd working man
when there are two jobs for one man,
wages are uD, ami when there are iva
men for one job. wages are down and
nothing Will ever lie able To make il
otherwise. What We need IT, more
clothes and fewer buyers. This Will
adjust the price all right"
i)T. Wicker closed his sermon with
the prediction that this country
would soon regain it's senses and
help other nations to recover from
the war. and tina; the world will en-
ter upon an era Of brotherhood OF
fraternity. justice and good Will