The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-01
sets and had the backing OF the "o-
miulstration.
Hill Has Close Call.

sets. and had the backing Of the ad-
uiulstration
Bill Has Close Call.
The latter statement Of 4 tAs' az
counts for the strength OF the u" go
he house But for It, It's failure """'"
have undoubtedly resulted. Many men.
bvrS who spoke against II. N"'cu ''' 49,
Ncssrs Goodykouutz and Echo!s were
AT least, consistent ThcE N"'tu 10
they spoke. in the negative. nc op!'
ton mainly To the h'il was lhh' Il
WAS cast on Hines leading In direct
course 70 government poH'E WI, -
the Republican party has ever an"
,Iways heretofore been staunch "np"-
nent or-statc socialism. Essentially
the bill aims TO he price fNer' pro-
pos'nC to accomplish that by 'nd.E'''
methods.
Mr. Goodykoontz. before committees.
oxnrcss,L the opiniuu tina, should the
hiIl h.rome law. 4 would constitute
= clear invasion Of the constitution.
"r am aware Of the fact he sara
"th,f no nrovis,on Of the constitution
has hoau treated rs more elastic 'h""
the commerce caiusc. II mas h'"h '',
-uhicr. 90 judicial construction M"
INTERPRETATION perhaps III 6,'oV 'AS'S'
from rho case o. Gibbons vs. Ogden.
The Granger cases down through IN"
"ovingtou bridge case; ana Inc very
la.c case relating 10 child labor. ''h
aware Of tn" fac; that IN" p''N'H''',
~ nv, constitution has been 'ntcrNr"'"d
liherally and the court went :" Iar ~
- hold I'm the case "f the Rec! hn'n"-
,rcn, - Tho ngrirul,ural hill that "
,r,r should 90 across a bridge span
uirr . river which was a boundary line
N,twcru Two states. with hall. ntht
Of N0uor in his pocket, h" Was en-
gaging I'm Interstate commerce. Inc
rour, went So far Ms 10 hold thar N
tho case Of a man and p woman cross
irr that bridge Cor an immoral pur-
pose that they were guilty or an ln'r,"-
tinu Of the law regarding commerce.
between the states. In other words
presume that the court thought they
were noHutinC tho channels 90 inter-
state commerce. Rut IN" r"ur; mas
never gone so far as I" h"id that con-
gross. under IN" gus" OF regulation.
might fix the price If congress rasFe'
this hill Il will comstitui" new DC,
nar:ur" In legislation. \" ""'lSI"N o.
Tho supreme court can u" "Ilrd nS
nrc...dcu, to sustain any such l"=i9la-
ton.
Transportation More vital.
81, .ncn,s to me that you A." going
at the wron, end ~ the business The
r,lncs are ready to produce coa' ana
! are producing It. They are equ'preh
! with every facility :" turn ZOOS" a H"''
! Of coal and rather had YOU dire'' Your
! attention 10 oNening ur the channels ~
I commerce So that The coal may be car
/ ricl To market instead Of wasting i'nc
abusing the coal people. instead "H
doing that. We should direct our "'itn-
! ifnn 70 the method Of transporting the
coal and fnding a remedy for the strike
! troubles that exist I'm the country.
Before I leave the question OF 'he
validity NJ the hill ! want % u'rc',
YOUR attention to the WORD eN'"'H"h'
you say that a bureau or a department
Of the government shall have the F's"'
N decide what Is a fair price or what
IL cvtor.!nn. Are you not aware or IN"
fact ,hat the supreme court overtime"
The penal provisions OF the Lever aC'
unon the ground and for the reason
that that act did not particularly "'
Gne the facts upou which charge OF
indictment might be predtcated IN my
Judgment the hill before you - per-
fcctly useless and utterly voorhees,
7, Will accomplish nothing. and !, Tor
one will be the las: |" rcpnSe any more
power In the Interstate commerce com
mission. Had that commission acted
promptly In the reduction or frc'En'
rates the strikes would never nave
come. They are the authors or the nus
fortune Of the American people ana o.
this administration. Had they reauceu
those rates. as they should have oone'
labor would not have been discontenteu'
the cost OF living would not nave nee'
continually climbing instead OF going
down They were u. ,hletto agree Wpon
anything except mere .rttance OF
reduction. " per cent"
Echols outspokpn.
In his attack upon the bill IN the
house Roprcscnta tive Echois ''ventured
Tho assertion that there is no. n Social
ilst IA tho country who believes IN the
decentralization Of the Industries hut
! what IS I'm favor Of this hill There -
not an 7. ". W. fro m'he Atlantic -
the Pacific that will not rel"'c" Wh"h
he knows that congress + considering
the massage 81 a h!l o. this character
They know what this sort or leH's'a-
ton Will Inevitably lead 10. Russia
g., "adually moving around TO the o'her
s,d" ~ the globe
~, has been admitted ~ every a"No-
cato 81 the hill who has mentioned
. n
there will ne no difficulty In producing
T. sufhcten, quantity Of coal for the
needs ns the country. hut the bill Is
nrnrosch because tho railroads are un-
able IN haul the coal 10 the places OF
, consumption. The railroads nave h'en
regulated" until they arc wrecks. The
advny7tes Of government regulation are
now turning their attention I" another
Industry that Will not only not rHdu''
the price Of coal, hut will no doubt
cos, the consumers millions 81 dollars
before We &c; away from III" r"gu'a-
:!on.
! Must Fix Other Prices.
~ We arc To- hx the price Of coal
then We must necessarily IKE the pr!""
Of other commodities. One section OF
this country will not stand FOR hiking
the price Of the commodity produced
In that section and allow the comm"d-
itv produced In another section TO he
sold at cxtravagant and eXtortonate
prices It should not d" 50. For the
/ no.. f,u. yapru we nave been paying