Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-09-19
President 8 Efforts to
Destroy Unlawful Met
hods Commended by
Democratic Nominee.
Proposes Fund to Buy
Product and Sell at
Cost to Consumer for
Breaking Monopoly.

Oakland, Cal, Sept. 49,
Sugar profiteers were arraigned
here Saturday night by Cover
nor James NJ. Cox.
Governor Cox reviewed at
,empts by the president to de-
throne profiteers VINO have
reigned for five long years
sordid, soulless, ugly and hate
full"
anl In favor. in circumsta like
TINS, the governor said. "of the gov
ernment. through congress supplying a
rotarT fund to be placed in the hands Of
the president for the purchase of az
much sugar rs is necessary to prevent
proflteering. If elected in November I
De done for future emergencies in food
SUPPLIES.
The extent to which profiteering pre-
vailed during the war. and especially
since the signing of the armistice, has
been outrageous
The amount stolen from household
ers of America in that time by the prof.
teers could pay off the greater part Of
the funded debt arising from the war
itself. 1t must be more than a eoinci-
dence that the many profiteers who were
protected BY the senatorial oligarchy in
the present congress are paving their
share into the Republican campaign fund.
which | charge will not be less than
$50. 100000
Governor Cox pointed out the relation
of radical activities TO profiteering.
RadicaHsm's Causs.
Whenever sober thinking people de-
velop resentment against government
he said, you will always find that the
case has been out of government i'm
potency or neglect in the face of crisis.
When conditions are obviously wrong and
unjust the great mass of our people look
upon the government for relief for the
reason that individual action or com
munity cooperation is not effective
I'm my travels through the western
country | studied carefully the symptoms
of so-ealled radical movements. Lead
ers of them, in most instances were rad
lcals IN the true sense, but the rank and
file | have found to be a sincere, well
intentioned people who complain and
complain bitterly of abuses which the
government could have corrected but did
not because it was in reactionary hands.
Republicans Reject REMEDY.
THE recent reign of the profiteers
who owned the supply Of sugar is an i'm
pressive instance. Definite remedial
measures were suggested and submitted
and as definitely rejected by Republi-
can congress on a dsstardly attempt to
keep the people in distress that reaction
ary influences might win q presidential
election in 1920. The senatorial oEgar-
chy which has assumed Republican lead
ership. fiddled gleefully while the great
mass of our people was in distress. With
full knowledge of the situation they
looked calmly upon the most shameless
profiteering which indefensible greed
could impose upon Its helpless victims.
Charges Ollsarchy.
And now comes forward the candidate
IF the senatorial oligarehy with the mere
statement to the people that excessivei
prices and profteering are criminal and
should be stopped, He presents no sug-
sestion for the prevention of crime or
he apprehension of the criminals. What
n reality he does is to prepare the way
'or new era Of high prices and prof
teering by announcing his intention Of
hanging our tariff rates to those Of a.
highly protective system"