Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1921-04-22

nuiufrf frNtNiun or our tuflif laws
should be- based on the policy ~ pro.
tociion. resisting That selfIslncss which
turns 10 greed, but ever concerned with
tlnt productivity NJ home which Us the
source OF nll abiding good fortune. II
d. agreed that we cnnnui sell unless we
buy. but ability to sell Is based uu
home development and the fostering
Of home markets. There rs little SEN.
tlmrnt IN The trade NJ the world. Trade
can and Ought to hc honorable. hat
II knows no sympathy While the del.
cgutcs of the nations M war were de-
batting pence terms nt Paris aud while
We later debated our part In complrt.
ing the pence, commercial agents of
other nations were opening their lines
ana establishing Their ouiposts with u
forward look 10 the morrUw's trade
II was wholly proper and has been adj.
%ynningeous To- them. Tnrdy ns We are,
II viii be safer Ia hold our own mnr.
kets secure aud build thereon for our
trade with the world.
A very important matter Is the cs
inbllshment of the governments bus.
ness on n business bnsis. There vas
liberation NJ the easy going, unsystcm.
ntic method NJ handling our fiscal nf-
fairs when Indirect taxation held the
public mmindful ~ the federal bur.
den. But there Is knowledge NJ the
high cost NJ government todny. and
the high cost ~ living Is lnscpnrnbly
linked with high cost Of government.
There cun he no complete correction
Of the high living cosl until govern.
mcnt's cust 's notably reduced.
Let me most heartily commend the
enactment Of Legislation providing for
the national budget system. Congress
hus already recorded lis belief In the
budget. II viii he n very great salts.
faction Ia know of lis cnrly enactment,
so that II may be- employed In csinb.
fishing the economies aud business
methods 81 essential to the minimum
Of expenditure.
Business Rights Recognized.
have said to the people we meant
W lHANf lFNN VI kVNfl NlNlfNAA III uNiNllAfNN
ns we'll ns more business In govern.
ment. II Is well to have II understood
that business huS u right to pursue rs
normal, legitimate and righteous way
unimpcdcd and II ought have no call tu
meet government competition where all
risk Is borne 10y the public TREASURY.
There Is no challenge to honest and
lnwful business success. hut govern
mcnt approval ~ fortunate. uutrnm-
mcled business does not mean tolera-
ton nf restraint Of trade ar Of main
lulnrd prices hy unnatural methods. II
is well 10 have legitimate business I'M
dcrs'und That u just government, mind.
ful of the Interests Of all the people.
has q right 10 expect the cooperation
Of that legitimate business In stamping
out the practices which add to unrest
nnd inspire restrictive Legislation. Ans.
ions as we ARE tn restore the onward
Flow Of business, II Is fair To combine
assurance aud warning In one utter.
nnrc.
one condition In the business world
mny well receive your inquiry. Drfln-
tiun has been IN progress but has
fullcd to reach the mark where II can
be- proclnlmcd 10 the great mass Of
consumers. Reduced cost of basic
production has been recorded, but high
cost of living has not yielded In like
proportion. For example, the prices
un grain and livestock have been de-.
flutpd, but the cost Of hrcud aud mrnts
rs not adequately reflected therein. II
rs To be- expected that nOn-pcrishubl,
-lnplrs win be slow In yielding to low.
cred prices, but the maintained retail
costs IN %pcrlshublc foods cnnnot be
Justified.
have asked the Federal Trade com.
mission for u report Of its ohseryn.
tIons and its provisions aud us nttri.
hutes, In the main, the failure to nd.
lust consumers cost 10 basic pruduc.
iInn COSTS to the exchange OF luforma.
ton hy 'opon pricc associations" which.
operate evidently within the law. to the
vcr, great advantage OF their members
mud equal disudNuutupp fo the runsum.
Iu- public Without the spirit ~ hos.
1Ni, or haste Goo accusation Of prof.
lo,r.u.. some suitable Inquiry hy Con.
re-- might speed the price rcndiust.
uHul 600 unrmal relationship with help.
uiur-- OBJ. both producer and cousum.
rr A measuring rod of fair prices viii
.lt'-l the country and give u- O bust.
uD-- r,ti,ul tn end an depression aud
unemployment.
RAN Rates Must Drop.
THE great interest of both thc pro.
ducrr and consumer Indeed. nll our
Industrial und commercial NE, IRON.
agriculture to finance iu the problems
ul transportation viii find lts reflex la
your concern to ui' ro-rstnhlishmvul
zoo restore efficiency and bring trans.
porti'Iu 300 cost into u helpful re.
lu|lI0n,lIp m,hcr Than continue It as
% hjndrucr GO resumed activities
% is little To bee wondered that IN.
considered legislation. the war strulu.