Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-04-01


turer.. jobbefs and retailers OF shoes
COULD make and sell shoes only Of
specified quality at fixed price, ef
fective July, 1919. No one who did
not have a card Of the War Industries
Board in his window could sell shoes
and only the standardized shoes could
be. Sold No jobber or manufacturer
would sell shoes. to anybody who. did
not have this card. The shoes were
to be stamped Glass A, B or c and had
TO be OF the quality prescribed and
sold at the price fixed The country
was so organized in every district that
there could be Immediately reported
to Washington the name of. any Shoe
retailer who did not carry out the reg
ulations OF the War Industries Board
as to price and quality Through re.
strictions on his labor. money, raw
materials and transportation no man
nfac.urer would have been permitted
TO sell to any dealer violating the reg
ulations. The Armistiee chopped the
execution OF this plan.
Another plan of this nature: The
manu factprers OF mems and wonsen's
wearing apparel had in 1918 been CAN
ed to Washington, together with the
retailers OF various goods, and nOtified
that regulations would have to be
made in regard to retail prices and
Standardization of clothing.
The rulings by the board were made
known through. the issaafoei of 0fficial
bulletins at irregular intervals and
were widely distributed by the press,
which .co-opegated in this most neces-
sary work with a whole7hssrted pur-
pose that gave to the orders Of the
War Industries Board the instant and
broAd circulation they required
/ Mr.. Hoover already was doing much
to perfect his control OF food products
and prices There was also talk Of
fixing rents. and in some cities this
was done.
IL we we're to start, in the event of
another war, at the place where we
were industrially when the World War
ended, the President, acting through
an agency similar to the War Indus
tries Board. would have the right to
fix prices OF all things as Of date
previous to the declaration OF war
when there was a fair peace time rela-
tionship among the various activities
of the nation. 1t would be Illegal to
buy, sell, serve or rent at anr other
than these prices. Brslcs world be
applied to every agency az iIsfat;op
before the hurtfnl process started. An
intelligent control of the flow of men.
money and materials would be i'm
posed. instead of having the blind pan
ic heretofore ensuing on the first ap
pearance of the frantic demands o.
war. The Draft Board would have be-
fore it the rulings of the priority com
mittee, together with the estimated
needs of every business and profess
sion IN its relationship to the conduct
of the war; and men would be select
ed accordingly. The Draft Board
could more intelligently decide, with
many of the problems with which it
would be faced There would be no
sending of men to the trenches who
were needed for expert Industrial war
work and then bringing them back
again. Businesses not necessary to
the winning of the war wonld be cur
tailed. The Draft Board would have
that information before it.
The prices Of all things being fixed.
the price fixing committee would make
any necessary adjustments, as was
done during the war. Under the sys
tenn used in 1918 these prices were
made public and adjusted every three
Tn0nths,sso that any consumer or pro-
Queer had his day in court when he
considered prices unfair. Those who
| com planned that during the gar prices
were too high had this ready recourse
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In the meantime all the industries OF
the country would have been modified
{ by the formation Of committees repre-
sentative Of each industry as wAs
done In the World War Over them
would be placed 81 5gpvernHsent .direc-
tor or .e0mus.AttY CHIEF u The ~ aFio,rs
government debsrt,n hts I. wpniti ap-
Ioint sses a tinga their
.:sS46fS IN ents, 80 thst en- one commit.
tsaa The rsaosGcess.l sae nation would
be represented AMI an he other ths
demAEids eassfhs s@v ~ pmsnt.f The gov
eslments director N9uIi ata5si betvSen
tasAeeias. giK eesiaaetiqa VIII ttIAe, iIr,i-
eFtty soRM'f' eexste L, whrt aspsttmsnt
sS VRgRssllese lsi'sEasS Vs. asNS.yss# a$eRay
Money would be controlled agaA al.
rectetl Ike any Other resource TAX
iAs, the. prcfit spt OF way" 10 not
sypsay mOsss with aconsey iptton OF
wssalth.H as 1t Ia sonnet lines regarded
The latter 10 a theoretical project pro
|, hibited hy.ss. onr Consultation. contrary
&c, The spirit OF oGiiF, soefszii ANA 4polticAi
! INSTITUTIONS. and impossible in prac-
tice. Taking the profit out Of war ia
an orderly and scientific development
OF the economics and conduct of mod
eFn war, necessary to the effective
mobilization of nstiorai resources and
Indispensable TO. eoualizing the bur
dens of war among the armed and
civilian population. Born of expe-
rience and proved by practice. 1t re-
moves some cf the most destructive
concomitants of modern war-the con
custom and waste incident 10 war time
| imitation.
This term "conscription of wealth. -
usea by SO many, has. created = hope
among. Nose Of ssocialistic tendencies,
and a fear among those who. like me.
believe in ssanr ssrtem. btssed lipsn peg
sonsl fhiti3tiSs and reward. of q TAX
ing OF money without payment. for
the use OF State Neither the hope
nor the fear is .lustified by the recon-
nsendatiOn herein contained or by our
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