Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-03

izing th" prices oi rss iiihl inhltiitls'
in preventing unfair competition and
monopoly boz ,utl and loo directing the
flow uf credit. th' Domuittr" hclinvcs.
cius, the prompt construction ~ th"
home. VI urgently needed
II BE- evident the rrI.u SAYS.
That ih Efficiency and the cost ~ Ia
Dor. 49, wen ls ~, resulting efficiency
and the rusi uf the manufacture ana
flhrirrti,n uf materials aye dependent
upon continuity 81 operation, aud That
f,d rll Interruptions ~ interruption
200 IN supply ,f transportation. ana
fuel. add g. tn cost of overhead and
hlr. n 10 also evident that the pref
,rcutial use at credit for boarding aud
speculation increases the cost II sub
slscu,o upon wh.rh hbur j. dependent
ana that combinations 81 capital aud Ia
hur. CT both uguins, public welfare
thu,r whenever credit Il instructed
transportation interrupted. power sup
ply uuttlod and industrial continuity
broken"
Priority orders the report declares
have delayed IN" rarrl1g' Of structural
material and through delay rendered
mos, hazardous nud cNpcnsiy" building
construction. ~ means - dcrrrns.
mg or nlalishing priority orders. the
committee would amend IN, Transpor'
iltion act su that the Interstate com
mcrce Commission might not declare.
wlthou, hearing, AN emergency which
would CIV, rrrf renee 60 priority Ia
,hmn',rtr.
Thrurh &, terms pr,fit',riug IN cuh
during thu last year - national dis
eiac,.' drastic hendling ut the coal sit
uatiun Is not contemplated by the re-
port. which says. Wisely To- act In CON
troll Of interstate and foreign commerce.
fairly % conserve the interests ~ the
hubble without injury 90 those ~ coal
miners ana operators the legislative
and cNecuiiy" branches ~ the govern
mcnt need systematically gathered and
1 aroiully analyz Il statistics ~ the full
a sur; In respect 10 the coal industry.
I The public. irri,atcd over the high cost
md unsatisfactory supply II coal and
Z he high railway rates I'm part depend
| M upon the cost of operation. u which
| 'u.l cost II Il large factorl u entitled
/ ~ know whether the burden put up"i
very hougcholder and every manufac.
I urrt IL fair or whether profteecring
going IN. and i turns. not L. the gov
fnm,ni Il ihe states but to the gov
rnm.nt Of ia. nation Tot It's informa'
/ ion The committee has recommend
& hll 10 authorize thu ~ uriug, collect.
.ng. and publishing 30 Information with
respect g. the coal business, II be-
loycs that the urcdominantly national
haractor oi the business. its national
Importance. and the extent To- which II
~ subject ,n national action. both legis
ATTY" and executive. warrau, this bil
and bring u within the power OF Con
sress under the Constitution.
The proposal Ia establish Fedora
housing division somewhere In the gov
eminent which could gather and d!sscm
! mate information A. To- construction
costs. city planning and other housinI
facts. with a view 20 standardization
/ II building codes and parts has IN
earnest support Of Secretary Hoover.
~ is appropriate" the report says
: "tha, the federal government, with q,
wide competitions abroad. with It's o.
. lortuniiy 10 coordinate the experience
u all the states. should establish u
I Washington a bureau or division wher
, builders and city planning committee
. can secure tn. most recent information
on IN, construction 81 houses"
While deprcca,Ing the tendency q
! ward tax exemptions. the commiiic
feels that iis purposed exemptions ar
. temporarily necessary "a induce invest