The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-02


One Oe them provided that manueac-
turofs. jObberB and retailers of shoes
could make and sell shoes only Of 9
specified quality 81 q Rxed price. eC-
fective July, 1919. No one who did
not have q 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 class 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
70 Washington the name Of any shoe
retailer who did not carry Out the reg
ulations Of the Val Industries Board
as TO price and quality. Through re-
strictiOns on his labor, money, raw
materials and transportation no man
ufacturer would have been permitted
to sell to any dealer violating the reg
ulations. The Armistice stopped the
execution Of this plan.
Another plan Of this nature: The
manufacturers Of mems and women's
wearing apparel had In 1918 been call
ed to Washington, together with the
retailers Of various goods, and notified
that regulations would have 70 be
made in regard to retail prices and
Standardization Of clothing.
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known through the issuance Of OmCial
bulletins at irregular intervals and
were widely distributed by the press,
which c~o-operated In this most neces-
sary work with a whole-hearted pur-
pose that gave TO the orders Of the
War Industries Board the instant and
broad circulation they required.
MI. 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
II we were 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
tx prices Of all things as Of a date
previous to the declaration OF wal
when there was a fair peace time rela-
tiOnship among the various activities
Of the nation. It would be illegal to
buy, sell. serve or rent at any other
than these prices, Brakes would be
applied to every agency Of imitation
before the hurtful process started. Ar
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 profes
sion in its relationship to the conduc
OF the. war, and men would be select
ed accordingly. The Draft Boart
could nor intelligently decide, witt
the advice Of the priority committee
many Of the problems with which /
would be faced. There would be n,
sending of men to the trenches VIII,
were needed for expert industrial wa.
work and then bringing them bacI
again. Businesses not necessary t
the winning Of the. war would be cu1
tailed. The Draft Board would hav
that information before It.
The prices Of all things being fixed
the price fixing committee would max
any necessary adjustments, as wa
done during the war. Under the sys
tenn used in 1918 these prices wer
made public and adjusted every thre
months, so that any consumer or prC
Queer had his day in court when b
considered prices unfair. Those VIII
complained that during the war price
were too high had this ready recours
: to hand.
: In the meantime ali the industries {
the country would have been mobilize
. by the formation Of committees repr,
sentative Of each industry az wa
done in the World War. Over thel
would be placed a government dire
tor or commodity chief. The varioU
government departments would a
point committees representing the
= requirements. so that on n commi
> tee the resources Of the nation wou'
d be represented and on the other Il
demands Of the government. The go
8 eminent director would stand betwee
Q to decide, in conjunction with the d
q Ority committee, to what departmel
d supplies should 90
Money would be controlled and 1
rected like any other resource. 'l a
< ing the profit out Of war; Is n
I synonymous with transcription
Z wealth." as It is sometimes regarde
Z The latter Is a theoretical project. Or
hibited By "a Constitution, contra,
= to the spirit Of our social and polite
: institutions, and impossible IN prs
q tice. Taking the profit out Of war
: an orderly and scientiRc. deveIopme
: Of the economies and conduct Of mo
4 ern war, necessary TO the eRecti,
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