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lOGALHAHRITESv v--.'' 'v ;t--v 'A.t'Ay.,-- - . - -. - 1 .. ... . . -.. . .. J. Tky!oriAddresses Sena- rtotj:!: Simmons. mm Vovermmemt - Control of, Bramcaee' , Bualaesa Should Continue. To Ef . :" feet Gradual and Proper Be- . fJ;v;' ." tarn to 'Normal., of Sr S. S. WINTERS. , '. Washington, Dec. 2. "To this end , government supervision of branches of .business now controlled, should con . tinue until conditions brought about by government action have adjusted themselves," writes J. Ailari Taylor, business man and , sound thinker on economic 'tonics of ' Wilmington, in a letter to Senator F. M. Simmons. He discusses with an intelligent grasp the economic boulders ahead in the readjustment period, and hopea that Senators Simmons and Overman will' use their good offices in' effecting -a- happy solution to the manifold prob - lems arising as an aftermath of the world conflict. His letter follows: - "I was very much pleased to see &n announcement in the press that you - and Senator Overman would be identi fied with the reconstruction policies of ,the government, and- having this In 1 .mind, together with your position as chairman of the senate finance com mittee, I beg to invite. your thoughtful consideration of the following sug gestions: "The great problem of an economic . readjustment is to so effect return to .normality as will produce the smallest - destruction of values and impairment " of business resources. That commod iity prices must eventually come down Is inevitable but that this readjust- - xnent should be by gradual processes and protective of vested rights should be the desiratum of sound statesman ship. The problem has many apparent ; variant interests but in the last analy sis all interests, are so coalesced as to v ,- make the problem simply one of the -1 public well being. . "Labor has made its authoritative declaration that it will oppose all ef forts and all tendencies to lower wage rates, unmindful apparently of the fact that commodity costs on which it predicates its demand, is made up largely of labor costs, and that with aa adequate supply of labor, which will soon be available, production must increase and commodity prices ulti mately decline. When all ..branches of trade are adequately supplied with la bor, production will sooner or later overtake consumption, which of itself will force down commodity prices, and when this condition comes about if labor is unwilling to abate its de- - snands the inevitable result must be the slowing down of .industry with proportionate unemployment. Unem ployment can be cured only by the re turn of labor activities -at economic rates, so that the decline in commodity prices must reflect a lower1 scale for wages. In this readjustment labor etands to lose nothing for wage is meaningless apart from its ability, to procure the things of life. Neverthe less, this readjustment must be . grad ual and commodity prices and wage rates made to decline simultaneously, , in order to avoid both hardship to la- bor and uncompensated destruction of commodity values. '.It fs quite probable, that demand will be maintained for some time to ' come, and that the call upon our na tional resources to reconstruct devas ;ated portions of Europe and supply Impoverished populations will keep bur commercial and industrial plants at their maximum activity, in which vent readjustment-would be so grad ual as to protect every interest involv ed and it should be the aim of en lightened statesmanship to bring about this result. As an incident of the war, the government has been forced to enter upon a policy of price control, made necessary by reason of the enormous war demands, which, - -operating on an open market, would have advanced prices to intolerable levels. The result has been to adjust commerce and industry to price levels based on this demand, o that every branch of. business finds itself work- - -ins upon war values produced by gov ernment action. Obviously, for the ; government to make sudden and radi cal cancellation of contracts exclusive of implements of war, or to throw upon the market accumulate supplies, would have a ruinous effect on values iand entail upon-business an irrepara ble loss, resulting not only in the dis charge of labor but in a serious shrinkage of the taxable resources of the country, upon which the govern ment must rely for its revenue. "In many principal lines of com merce and Industry the government has fixed prices, and business is pro tected against sudden and radical price declines the Income of the coun try will be ruinously reduced. In this problem is involved both the economic soundness and domestic tranquility f jthe country and statesmanship Jwas Tieyer confronted with a greater oppor , rtunity or a g'raver responsibility. 'As one means of solving the prob Qem and preventing serious loss to le--gitimate holders of food commodities, permit me to suggest that the govern anent could sell its surplus stocks of tfoods to Europe, and thus at once sup ply the needs of impoverished and dis tressed peoples and protect the legiti mate interests of its own citizens. To this end government supervision, of (branches of business now controlled, should continue until conditions "brought about by governmental action ibave adjusted themselves. DEMANDING A CLSED SHOP' Newport New,?, Dee. 3. Four huhdred onion carpenters, chiefly employed on ; nar activities worl and house coh- struction for the emergency fleet cor Soration, went on a strike here today, demanding a- "closed shop", Some con tractors already have, agreed to the demand but -others are hlrinxr non union men and proceeding with their wor aunougn greatly handicapped. An -attempt Is being made to have an rateable se$tlementtf the trouble. Aerial "Weatner Forecast. v . Washington, Dee. 2. The first aerial - -weatner iorecast ew rorkto Cleve land 'to be issued in the ynited States vas made public today by the weather :l. bureau in co-operation with the aerial ?nent.' . " --'ru: ''::. - - CoUl Caue Grin aail'Imfliican . " Laxative , bromo quinine , Tablets rjjromo Qui nine, E. ?W. GROVE' S Big - mature oo tae oox. sqc eovr n the bofx. 80c adv . r - WOULD USE TECHNICAL-- 0 UNITS TO AID EUROPE Morgntliat Susrgert Plan for Recon- vtrootitm- Major Henry v. Jnrr ; ; Also a Speaker, New York, Dec 2. Use of technical Units in the American overseas, army-4 in rehabilitation of war devastated re gions" and backward countries, of east ern -Europe-ad :wsterh Asia. was urg-. ed here tonight by Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador 9to Turkey, in an address before the Economic club.- With many thousands f Americans especially qualified . for reconstruction work, "fortunately W European soil, Mr. Morgenthau declared this country has -an unparalleled opportunity for world leadership if the public mind is sufficiently imbued . with -the spirit of uriselflehhesa and sacrifice to support such a policy. Maj. Henry C. Emery, of New York, who recently returned from captivity in Germany, following Mr., Morgenthau, warned lest the nation "in-the moment when it celebrates he': victory of the ewordj allow the vletory of the soul to slip away." - Declaring that even Germany habit ually, accepted American statements of war aims as trustworthy, Maj. Emery asserted he "wanted the verdict of his tory to declare us. honest." ' A ten dency is arising, he said, to regard the statement of Amerioan aims as "cam ouflage to trick the Boche" and to dis card them now that the war is won; "The war has chained:- some x evil forces for all time; it has unloosed other evil .'forces with which we are less prepared to deal.'.t the speaker con tinued. "Militarism had one head, and when we cut that, off that ob was done.' Bolshevism is 'hydra-headed and it is a grave question' .whether the arms with which- we destroyed"' mili tarism are adequate t "suppress bol- shevism. One , false ; move .no.w, and a new enemy, rrray oecQme emrencnea and the great! war, of? the - ages' may dribble out-"into petty ? conflicts, for" ages." . ".. ' . . Honor Memory of Pioneers. . Charlottesville, :Va., Contracts were awarded today to Charles Keck, New York sculptor, for the .memorial which is to be erected here to the memory of Lewis and Clark, two Virginians, who did much to start the1 immigration to ward the Pacific-, coast during the clays of the prairie -schooner' Ahd stage GERMANS PLEASED -AT THE AMERICANS ' . - , (Continued from Page One.) ' with full war equipment. ..." The heavy artillery alsorumbied, Along thoGer man roads. The main roads encoun tered during the first "idayf a marclv. In to Germany .werVlh , ood condition; At several places the Americans passed small bridges and culverts rwhich ap parently had been repaired recently. In the village of Cordell,- three war weary German soldiers4 arrived home by train fro mthe north Just as the American advance guard reached the village. A handful of" villagers met them. The appearance' of the march ing Americans appeared io awe- two of the Germans and their families; This was not the case, however, with the third soldier, whose wife took him by the hand and led him past the Americans. . .. There were no flags -or ojther decora tions in any of the toFPS through which the Americans,, matched and p music except- tnat iurnranea toy the Americans.- Wherever the Americans' asked questions regarding"-roads they received courteous . replies. - In the restaurants andr stores the Germans sold to the American soldiers any goods on hand at war time "prices: ' Perhaps the - first- American -tunes heard in Germany-as played by the bands of the army-of" occupation was in the village of IrreV just across the Sauer river. The village was entered by the 125th infahtryrhile the villag ers were on, their way t church. The villagers forgot church r for the time being and stood bewildered,' watching the khaki-clad procession. The natives, neatly clad- in their Sunday clothes, generally just stood or walked as the Americans passed. TROOPS WELqOMfeD BACK TO AMERICA (Continued from Page One.) Northern Pacific. They were hurried to hospitals. To safeguard the public against possible infections diseases, the troops were isolated as they .came ashore. Both the well and wounded win be denied close contact with re latives or friends until after they have undergone medical examinations. The units from the-' Mauretania" will be, mustered out at Camp Mills. Families of the wounded will be notified within a few days of their whereabouts and permitted to see them ' . Thankfulness a getting home was the prevailing spirit among the wound ed troops. At the pier military discipline suc ceeded the freedom that had brought officers side by side to the rails for the first view Si 'little old Tew York." Units were quickly formed and after hot refreshments had" been servide by Red Cross workers the contingents marched abroad ferryboats which con veyed them to Long Island trains. With the exception of a lew hundred men the troops from the Mauretania were in aviation squadrons. 262ND AERO SQUADRON WAS ABOARD THEr MAURETANIA Washington, Pec. 2. The 262nd aero squadron is included. In the troops re turned to this count y on the steamer Mauretania, the Var department an nounced today in correcting at list Is sued several days ago which mentioned the 267th squadron twice. MORE THAN SEVEN BILLIONS FOR 1920 - (Continued Vrom Page Onei. functioning of the war risk insurance bureau is indlcatedby the request for $12,367,000 for. administration expense. The cost of oollectlng federal taxes is put at $27,346,000. .An unusal item In the estimates is $20,000,000 osked for conducting the decennial census. A little more than 530,000.000 would be spent by the department of agricul ture in fighting plant and animal dis eases and educational work.; For the tariff commission, $400,000- is asked", or twice as much aa the appropriation, for, this year. '. ' . ' Estimates are made f or the J war trade board, 2.46M00 ; war -industries board $1,000,000; food administration; $12.000,OuQ; fuel "administration, $1. 500,000; v. capital issues committee, $450,000; and council of national de fense, $67g,000. ;v- f-:Vv--i .-. i-.- Payments to soldiers and sailors or their dependents, on ' account .' of the compensation, or ' ; government allow ances, are -expected to rurt to nearly $120.000.000: . Ten -millions Nis the esti- mated cost of collecting customs' and I administering customs regulations.. :. ORGANIZE MTION'S BUSINESS AS War Service Committees to Meet At Atlantic City. ! It Planned to Form Industry: mnfi Cam -raerce Into One General Body , to . Co-operate With Government. .' ,v In Reconstruction. -ft Atlantic City, Dec Organization of virtually alt industrial and commer cial interests -of the nation Ninto a sin gle unit to represent' business in-general v111 be undertaken at a series of conferences, opening here tomorrow and continuing until Friday,' of war service committees of each industrial or trade group formed during, the war as mediums r for: negotiating ; between the government and their respective business. There are more than SOo of these committees each -composed of the leaders of the industry or -trade, and the conferences are expected to bring together between 2,000 and 3,000 prom inent business men, to .discuss prob lems of reconstruction; industrial rela tions after the war,, raw materials and their control, pried regulation, amend ed anti-trust legislation, export and impprt regulations, financial supervis ion" and similar subjects. It is planned to organize the indus tries represented by these 800 or' more committees into 35 groups, aligned ac cording to interests, and finally Into ten master groups, whlchs will federate in a single organization. The import ance of this movement. Its" organizers say, is that it will effect the largest organization of business Interests ever attempted, in the United States. The conference was called by the Chamber of Commerce of the, United States, whichv has assisted in, the or ganization of, war service committees for each industry to co-operate witty the War industries board. . and., other government .agencies iny regulation of production during the war. . "A .number of prominent speakers have been en gaged for the general sessions, - and eachy Industrial 6r trade group T has formed its own program of t6pics for consideration .and' o.f speakers, -v . , The, principal Immediate purpose-of tne conference will be to dter jjplne practical : methods ly Which industry may co-opera.te more, closely wlththe gpvernsient during the reconstruction period by a more centralized scheme of organization. Here are some of the more Import ant qu&stionS to be presented for dis cussion and as the basis for 'recom mendation to the government! . . , , ; "What method should ; the" ieyerxi-. ment pursue in the'cancellation" Qt yil tracts to -insure the least -Jh4rs.hJ pX? What should be done with the; enor mous war plants the governmenfrefect-. d? What conservation measures put into operation in your craft during the war can be continued ? How are we to rlng about better relations between .employers and employes? How can men discharged from the ' army . and navy. lest be absorbed, by; industry! -ow far should American -business men go. in combining to buy and sell latsforeign countries? What aid should American business men give the European coun tries In their' rehabilitation? .How closely should business work with the government in studying reconstruction antl ddmobilation plans? What kind of government agencies should he es tablished to deal with reconstruction? What legal -methods or-meansr: couid. be introduced in the craft ? lb ietter stabilize prices during the - reconstruc-i tion period? . . r . - "What is your financing problem during reconstruction? Do you recom mend government aid? An ttndeliver ed government orders, what percent age of materials on hand, - supplied either by the government or purchased by you for government orders, can be utilized by. your craft for commercial r purposes- during 1919? What is the value of a uniform method of cost ac counting for the individual manufac turer and the craft as a whole? What new methods and practices would sim plify materials, eliminate waste, reduoe number of styles, save materials, with out destroying individual creativeness? What propaganda is necessary to. cdu cate the retailer and. consumer to ac? cept these eliminations and simplifica tions?" ;4 . It is planned also jto prepare for the quick assembling of extensive informa tion on industrial and labor conditions -for use by business representatives, congress and the government execu tive branches in the reconstruction. NO CHANGES NECESSAHY- IN PRINCIPLES OF COAST DEFEASE Washington, Dec. 2.- Experience and lessons of the great war-do not. make necessary, "any change in the funda mental principles" upon which the sea coast defense of the United States now is planned, Maj. Gen. Wm. Black, chief of, engineer, said today In his annual report. Nothing lias happened, he adaed, "to throw any doubt upon thej injia ui tne principle . mat property constructed", eeacoaet . defenses when properly manned and operated may. be relied upon to successfully resist a naval attack." ... CAPTAIN VICTOR BLUE IS TO BECOME HEAR ADMIRAL ' i Washington,' Dec. 2. Captain Victor Blue, now- commanding the super dreadnaught Texas, has been selected for detail as chief of the bureau of navigation with rank of rear admiral. He was chief of the bureau for four, years, ending in August, 1916, when he was assigned' to sea duty. King Nlchola Deposed.: London, Dec. 2. King Nicholas of Montenegro,, has been deposed by the Skupshtlne, the Montenegfin national assembly, according to a message -received here from Prague today. Do Not Get Impurities Invite Disease, Tou should pay partlcplar heed to toy indication that your bloodsupply is becoming sltiggkh, ot : that thereis a lesaeningf ;ln its strong and , vital orce. " . V - ' "--v : ;' ' . Rv Xrmvntf vovt Wood pnrlfled, "V vour system 'mora easily Vwards.oflf disease xns to attack wherever there Is an .pptB? 1 " to attack wherever ther UNIT ant . r Tii.iiitiiii ,Ti-mi J , M I I I I m Open your package this AMERICAN PRISONERS WERE KEPT WELL FED Major Dennett Telia1 Of Red . Croum Ite Hef Work In Behalf Of Those In ':: German Camps , - Ldndon, Dec. 2. -(By the Associated Press.) -The" Americans are "the best fed and best' clothed of all the prisV oners returning from Germany, ac cording to Major Carl 'Dennett, deputy commissioner s-of : the American Red Cross in Switzerland who has been in charge of the work of -prisoners re lief for the Unitetf Stated for this past few months. Major Dennett sailed to day for New York, to -make a report on the work. ust prior to his depart ure he made tVts statement: "A" great deal has- recently been said in the papers-about the condition of returning prisoners, 1 have seen thousands of them, and there is no question that a majority ot the Eng lish, French and American prisoners are very well fed and clothed and pre sent a normal appearance. This is not due to any. care or .Ojttentlon on the part of the German authorities, but is due to the relief supplies sent from their respective countries. : "The prisoners in Germany and Aus tria who . have not been supplied .with foodk and 'clothing by their govern ments are in a deplorable condition and many thousands of themhave died of ' Starvation." This5 is especially true of Italian .prisoners. . . "On the - day of the signing of the armistice there were, . 2,445 . American prisoners ii ' 74 German prison camps. The first American prisoners, to come out arrived through Met and the first Americans to greet them, were Red Cross representatives sent tbere," from BerneVfor that purpose. The American 4 tm Blood Sii great vogetaDP Dwoa jaoaw, revitauze your diooci awt TO new strength and a healthy vigorous vftality.r Everyono iieeds it Just now, to keep the.system in perfect cono ; tion- Go to your drug stor anagci. a botwo " ito-day,- and. 1 you .neeQ any. medical '-' advice, vott . can obtain it- without cMt by. writing" to edical J Director, gwttt pecjnc vo, pply Victory Bread save wheat That's animportr obligation with you now. t r .When you have it toasted right, atid buttered hot, yoiill find that this "substitute1' bread has a lot more flavor. Toasting brings out flavorevery time. It makes tobacco deticious, . Try Lucky Strike Cigarette-itfs toasted , J 1 I n SAVE the and ehre it to Red Cross already has a representa tive in Berlin superintending the work of caring for returning prisoners and other Red Cross representatives have gone to various points in South Ger many, including Rastatt, Danmstadt, Gressen, Villegen. and. Iiandshut to hasten, their transfer. . - "About 2,00(K Americans are expected to return by way of England. These include more than 100 civilians who should arrive in . England within ,a few days. - The remainder will return by way of France and Switzerland. " "That the American prisoners have been well 'provided for has been sub stantiated by the splendid condition of the men- who already have arrived." WOtJWtf INCIDDE THE GERMAN - ' COLONIES IN BRITISH EMPIRE Dondon, Dec. 1. (Via Montreal.) Walter Hume Long, secretary of state for colonies, speaking at Bristol to day disclosed the fact that he was a member of the committee mentioned by the. premier on November 28, to consider the terms that should be de manded from Germany. Therefore he could emphasize that the empire need have no. anxiety on the ground of un due tenderness on' the part of ! Great Britain and the allies. He said that although he did not desire to enlarge the British empire, be saw no alternative to the solution of the problem of the German colonies save by their inclusion in the empire, y?here the natives had been consulted they overwhelmingly1 favored" that course.' he said. TROOPS FROM. CAMP POIK EXPECTEt AT FORT BENMNG . Columbus, Ga., r Dee. 2. Fortl3en ning. originally planned -as a training school for. machine' gunners and other small arms men, is to be, combined with tank units and made into a com binatioh of infantry school of arms, machine gun school and tafc' school, according to an ahnouhcenient! tonight by Col. H. C. Eamesi the commander. Four hundred and fifty men -of. the tank cdrps ': are expected within a few days, 200 from Camp Dix, New Jersey, and 260 from Camp-Polk, N. C. ; GERMANS HAVE ONLY EIGHT MORE DAYS FOR EVACUATION ' Paris, bed" 2.(Haya9.)-Eight; days remain for . the Germans to evacuate the, left banlt of the Rhine frphi lower Alsace to Holland. '. French sr4 1 allied forces which crossed 'the German : f ron. tier yesterday have received strict ln struotions as. to their attitude - toward the German population in the occupied territories. France will fce represents ffd by contingents:, in:. all enemy terri tory, according to an - announcement. way iM I III " TIN - FOIL from the Red Cross BURBLE SON DISMISSES TWO POSTAL COMPANY OFFICIALS New York, Nov. 2. Postmaster. Gen eral Burleson has dismissed from gov ernment service Edward Reynolds, vice-president and general manager of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, and A. B. Richards, general superin tendent of the company's Pacific coast division, for alleged insubordination against the government's plans to amalgamate the Postal with the "West ern Union Telegraph company POLICE CHIEF DIES FROM WOUNDS INFLICTED "BY NEGRO Suffolk, Va., Dec. 2. William E. Brinkley, chief of police of this city and one of the best known officers in the state, died today from wounds in flicted Saturday night by a negro boot legger. Chief Brinkley headed asauad who met an Incoming train and at tempted to arrest James Bowser. He opened fire on the - officer, Shooting down Brinkley. The rfegro . was wounded and captured later. . THREE SENATORS SWORN IN . TO FINISH OUT SESSION Washington,- Dee. 2. Senators Pol lock of South Carolina. Gay of Louis iana, democrats, and Baird of New Jersey,, republican; all elected to serve terms expiring March 3 next, '. were swqrn in today. . " " - Senator Pollock was. elected chair man of the national banks committee and Senator Gay head of the" Insular surveys committee. ; , V - . '- STREET CAR MEPT To' STRIKE UNLESS " WOMEN ARE DISMrSSED Cleveland, X Dec.: 2.- Unless President John J. Stanley,: of the Cleveland Ball way company, takes women conductors off the local street cars before B o'clock tomorrow, morning Cleveland will face a-, street car strike at that hour. Presi dent Stanley has said he would not dismiss the women. - . - - Fire 'At Deer1d. - ' J: f" Harrisburg,; Va., Dec 2.Fire de stroyed several buildings1 at Deerflelov Augusxa, county-eany Sunday morn ing, it became known iiere today and the damage is ' estimated at 9100,000. The fire originated in the plant pf the Augusta . Wood Products corporation ahd spread to the corporation-building, Xtel.i motion picture theatre.V apdV1 a atore..- -' . rsi ;-'w';;.-i, IS 15- QrdTevTasteless - iCMU" :.TJox-r:' restores vitality and energy by "purifying- and enriching the blord. You can Boozr ta-: ts Strengthening, ;Drigorat- ina:iEaeet'PrleaeTo,S.;;vu.:s mJi ' TANKER COLLIDES WITH THE LOSS OF EIGHT OF HER CBEW London, Dec. 2. Seven memberi of the crew bf the British tanker Konakry perished and one member is missing a result of a collision today near Gal ley Head, between the tanker and tftl Cunard liner Ardunna. , Thirtyiflve survivors of the Konakry have been landed at Queenstown. 666 cures Headaches, Bilious- 4ness, Loss of Appetite, foul breath, or that tired aching feeling due tp Malaria or Colds. It removes the cause. 1 ron f T" 6 Bell-ans Hot wa er Sure Relief VI E-LL-ANS FOR INPIGESTION Looking For a House, Apartment, Room or V Turn to the Business Xoea,: cdlumns where you wiU find large and Representative lists that : are sure to prove help-
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