SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, lS19t
ft 12 ATiD 03SERVER.
Wilson's Message to congress V
ON HIGH COST OF LIVING GIVES :
' COMPLETE REVIEW: OF SITUATION
(COXT1XUED FBOM PAGE OXE.)
Head, in the tetond plaee, that the
Congress pass a law regelating cold
ttong at it ia regulated, .for example,
by th lawt of th State of New Jersey,
which limit tho time daring, which
goods may be kept ia storage, prescrib
. the method of disposing of them if kept
bey.ond tho permitted period, and re
quire that good released from atorage
ahall ia all eaaee bear the date of their
' receipt It would materially add to the
t serviceability of tho law, for the pur
pooe we now hare ia view, if it were
alao preecribed that all good released
from ttorago for interstate shipment
.. ahould baTo plainly marked upon each
pa-tags the telling or 1 market price
; at 'which they went inje etoraje. By
thia meant the purchaser would always
bo able to learn what profits stead be
tween him and the, producer or the
' wholesale dealer, v
. " It, would serve as a useful, example
. to the other, communities of the coun
try aa welt M greatly relieve local dia-
; trees, if tho Congress weri to regulate
all inch mattera very fully for the Dis
trict of Columbia, where ita legislative
authority it without iimit.
'I would alao recommend that rjihr
required that all goods destined for in
,. teratat commerce should in every con
where their form or package makes it
. possible, be plainly marked with' the
price at which they left the haads of
tho producers. Such a requirement
would bear a close analogy to eertain
provisions of the pure food - art, by
which it ia required that certaic de-
tailed information be given in the )a
bela of packages of foods end drugs.
For National Control.
And it doet aot seem to me that we
caa confine ouraelves to detailed meas
ures of thit kind, if it ia indeed our
purpose to assume national control of
the processes of distribution. I take
it for granted that that ia our purpose
and our duty. Nothing lesa will suffice.
We need not hesitate to handle a nat
ional question ia a national way. We
thould go beyond the measurea I hare
auggetted. .Wet should formulate a law
requiring a federal license of all cor
porations engaged in interstate com
merce and embodying in the license, or
. ia the conditions under which it is to
be issued, specific regulations designed
. to secure competitive selling and pre-
vent unconscionable profits in the
.method of marketing. Such a law
' would afford a welcome opportunity to
'effect other much needed reforms in
the busineaa of interstate shipment and
ia the methoda of corporations which
art engaged in it; but for the moment
I confine my recommendations to tho
object immediately in hand, which ia
.to lower the cost of living.
May I not add that there is a bill
now pending before .the Congress,
-wuich, if passed, would do much to
atop speculation and to prevent the
fraudulent methods of promotion by
which our people are annually fleeced of
many millions of hard-earned money.
I refer to the measure proposed by the
capital isauea committee for the con
trol of security issues. It is a meas
ure formulated by men who know the
actual conditions of business anil its
adoption would serve a great and bene'
Helen! purpose.
. A Dlfficalt Situation.
We are dealing, gentlemen nf th)
- Cngr-ss, I need hardly say, with very
critical and very difficult matters. Wc
' elioulil'go forward with confidence' along
tlie rojid we see, but 'we should also
acck to comprehend the whole of the
scene amidst which we act. There is no
ground for some of the fearful fore'
casts I hear uttered about me, but the
condition of the world ia unquestinn
. ably very grave, and we ahould face
it eomprehendincly. Tho situation of
our owa country is exeeptidnally for
' tunate. We of all peoples can afford
to keen our heads and to determine
' upon moderate and sensible courses of
action which will ensure us against the
passions and distempers which . are
working such deep unhappiness for
tome of the distressed nations on the
aide of the aea. But we may be in
rolvedt la their distresses unless we
help, and help with energy and Intel
rigenee. Tho world must pay for the
appalling destruction wrought by the
treat war. and we are part of the
world. Wo must pay our share. For
five years bow the Industry of all IJu-
ropo has bera alack ana disordered.
Tb,t normal ero.w hare aot beea pro
dueed; the normal quantity of man
ufactured goods bat aot beea turned
out. Not until there are tho usual eropt
and the usual production of manufac
tured goods oa the other aidei of the
Atlantio can 'Europe return to the for
mer conditions; and it wat npoa the
former conditions, aot tho present, that
our -economic relatione - with Europe
we-e built up.
We muat faea the fact thut unless we
help Europe to get back to her normal
lire and 'production, a ehaoo will enaue
there which will inevitably be communi
cated to this country. , For the present,
it ia man.fcst, we must ruicken, not
slacken our own production. We, and
we almost alone, now hold the world
ateady. Upon our . ateadfastaest and
self-possession depend the affaire of I ".-
tiona everywhere. It is ia this snpremo
crisis thia erisit for all mankind that
America must prove her mettle. In the
presence of a world eonfused, distract
ed, she must show herself eelf-pos-essed,
self-contained, eatable of sober and ef
fective action. She aaved Europe by
her action in arma: ahe mi .-tow nave
it by her action ia peace. In saving Eu
rope she will save herself, as she did
upon' the battlefields of the war. The
calmness and rapacity with which ahe
deals with and masters the problems
of peace will be the final tett and proof
of her place among the peoples of the
world, and, if only in our own in
terest, we must help the people over.
seaa. Europe is our biggest . customer.
Wo must keep her goih? or thousands
of our shops and scores of our mine
must close. There is no such thing
Jetting her go to ruin without oursel
sharing in the disaster.
Mast Discard Passion.
In such circumstances, face to face
with auch tests, passion must be dis
carded. Fassion and a di regard for the
rights of others have no place in the
counsels of a free people.' We need
light, not heat, in these Solemn times
of self-examination and saving action.
There must be no threats. It there
be only intelligent counsel, and let the
best reasons win, not the strongest brute
force. The world has just destroyed
tho arbitrary force of a military junta.
It will live under no other. All that
it arbitrary and coercive is in the dis
card. Those who seek to employ it
only prepare their own destruction.
We cannot hastily and overnight
revolutionize all the processes of our
economic life. We shall not attempt
to do so. These are days of deep ex
citement and of eitravngant speech,
hut with us these are things of the
surface. Everyone who is in real touch
with the ailcnt masses of our great peo
ple knows that the old strong fibre
and ateady self-control are still there.
arm against, violence or any distem
pered aetion that would throw their
affairs into eonfusion. I am serenely
confident that they will readily find
themselves, no matter what the cir
cumstances, and that they will address
rhe-ufclves to the tasks of peace with
the same devotion and the same stal
wart preference for what is right that
they displayed to the admiration of
the whole world in the midst of war.
Confident in People.
AndM entertain another confident
hone. I have suokea today chiefly af
measures of imperative regulation and
legal eompulaioa, el prosecutions ana
the aharrj correction of selfish proeessea,
and these, ao doubt, are accessary. But
mere are otter xoreea tea. wo
count oa beside those resident ia the
Department of Justice. We have Just
full.- awakened to what hat beea go
ne oa and to tho influences, many 01
them very selfish and sinister, that have
been producing high prices and la
loosing aa intolerable -bardea oa . the
net of our people. To have brought
it all into tho open will accomplish
tho greater part of the result wo seek.
i appeal' with entire confidence to our
producers, our middlemen and our mer
chants to deal fairly with tho people.
If ia their opportunity to thow that
t;ieyeomrebend. that they, intend to
art justly and that they have the pub-
lie interest eineercly at heart.
I have bo doubt that housekeepers all
over tho country, and everyone - who
buys the thing be daily stands ia need
of wjll presently exercise a greater
vigilance, a mora thoughtful economy.
a more discriminating ear ar to we
market in which L buy or the mer
chant with whom bo trades thaa he has
hitherto exercised. I believe too, that
the -more extreme leaden of organised
labor will presently yield to a sober
second thought and, like the great mast
of their associates, think and act like
true American. 'They will tee that
strikes undertaken at thit critical time
are certain to make matter worse,
not better, worte, for them and for
everybody else. The worst thing, the
most fatal thing that caa bo done now
ia to atop or interrupt production or
to interfere with the distribution of
gooda by the railway and the shipping
of the eountry. "
All Are Involved.
We are til involved in the distressing
results of the high cost of living and
we must unite, not divide, to correct it
There are many thing thai ought to be
corrected in the relations between
capital and labor, in respect of wages
and eonditiona of labor and other
thing even more far-reaching, and I,
for one, asa ready to go into conference
about these matter with any group of
my fellow countrymen who know what
they are talking about and are willing
to remedy existing conditions by frank
counsel rather than by violent contest.
No remedy is possible while men are
ia a temper, and there can be no settle
ment which does not have as its motive
and standard the general interest
Threats and undue insistence upon the
interest of a single class make settle
ment impossible. I believe, as I have
hitherto bad occasion to say to the Con
gress, that the industry and life of
our people and of, the world will suffer
irreparable damajre if ' employer and
workmen are to go on in a perpetual
contest, as antagonists. They must, on
on plan or another, be effectively aato-
eialeo. cav wa tot aieaauwss ana sou
poosettioa Bad business tens enough to
work out that esultt undoubtedly we
have, and w shall work it ant. Ia the
meantime, now and ia th day of re
adjustment and recuperatioa that are
ahead of at let at retort mora and
mora to ' frank aad intimate counsel
and make oarselve a great aad tri-
nmphsnt aatioa by making ouraelvea a
united fore la tho life of the world.
It will aot thea have looked to us for
leadership ia vale. .
roi a arm drink.
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U.ka. ill fruft trinka ta-tiar. msrt nfrtshlnt
aaa ntsrfrmc. At dmawtots. 4Adv.
Soendthrifts ' ar aorry after every
over-indulgence, but toon fall into an
other :pre. ' ,.'.'.,
ed. Lewis exhibits- .
some sea wonders
Mr. Ed. Lewis of th State Adalalt
tratioa building, hat received from kU
eouain, Jolia E, Lewis, of Mo-ahead
City, soma very interesting aea curio.
One it th teeth of a msa-eating shark
weighing a thousand pounds aad bo
ing fourteen feet ia length. Another
is the tail of a devil fish which- weigh
ed 2,500 pound and wa thlrteea feet
wide. Still another is th award of ,a
sawfish. Mr. Lewi exhibited hit spe
cimens to a auraber of people 'yester
day and they were pronounced at very
unusual and interesting.
No man ia necessarily tl -.lie because
he lives the simple life. - ,
PERFECT HEALTH IS YOURS
IF THE BLOOD IS KEPT PURE
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Almoat Every Human Ailment
It Dim to Blood Impurities
You cannot overestimate th import
ance of keeping th blood free of im
purities. When yoa realize that the
heart1 ia constantly pumping thia vital
fluid to all part of tb body, you can
eaaily see that any impurity in the
blond will cause serious complications.
Asy slight disorder or impurity that
ereepa into the blood it a source of dan
ger, for every vital organ it the body
depends upon the blood supply to prop
erly perform its functions. -
Many painful and dangerous diseases
are the direct result of a bad condition
of the blood. Among the most aerioua
are Rheumatism, with its' torturing
pains; Catarrh, often a forerunner of
dread consumption; Ectema, Tetter,
Erysipelas and other disfiguring skin
diseases; Malaria, which makes the
strongest men he!p!esand many other
diseases are the direct result of Im
pure blood.
You can in a large measure avoid
nihility to disease, by the nse of 8. .
R., the wonderful blood remedy that
has been in constant use for more than
fifty years. 8. 8. 8. cleanses the blood
thoroughly. It is sold by druggist
everywhere. .
'For valuable liters, ure and medical
advice absolutely free, write .oday to
the Medical Dept., Snift 8peifie Com
pany, 256 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta,
Ga. Adv.
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The Lalley Light savings you read about
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know of them now.
Some fortunate Lalley owners have
known of them for many years. That
is how long the plant has been in farm use.
So these old Lalley owners have paid for
their plants, out of the savings, several
times over.
Oiwr Thr Ytm Economical Service-
W have had on of your plant Installed In our Long
Distance switching- atatioa for three yeara. Ws use It for
(Siarcina the batteries for both tone distance telephone
aad telegraph operation. During the entire three year It hat given continuous aervic and ha
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Crest line. Ohio, Very truly your, (Signed) Milton C Reed,
February 17. 1919. Dist Mgr.
Four Yoar$ Of ExcMont Swvict
We have had your electric light and power plants since March 13, 1911.
During all thia period the hart given excellent service; have provided electric light for the
main building of 37 rooms, men' cottage, o room, one other cottage, bant and garage. Thia
electricity has been a treat saver of labor for us.
Route 4, WeetcrviDe, Ohio, Your respectfully, (Signed) W. X. Chapman, Supt.
February 15th, 1919.
Cont tM Than 50c Pw Wk for 3Vl Years
Tour electric plant now in operation here baa done aplendid work from th time of it installation.
It ha been weed in lighting church, pariah house and eider house for almoat three years and a
half. The expense of operating the plant has been about twenty-five dollar a year. Very few
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(Signed) Jacob Kuebler, Pastor, Sacred Heart Church.
Shelby Settkment, Ohio, February 17, 19191
Serve Labor for Ovr Ytart -
Your electric Vght and power plant, which wa In
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Very truly your. s
(Signed) X. Jay Una,
Gallon, Ohio, R. D. 1.
February 17. 1919.
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Last Call ,
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on Summer
Dresses
Dresses for vacation wear and f
out of town Dresses for neigh-
borhood ' or afternoon wear.
Opportunities to own one or more
pretty garments at but a fraction
of the former cost
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DRESSES of Gingham, Voile and other popular wash
materials, that sold at $6.95 to $9.75, for choice
$4.95
DRESSES of Gingham, Voile, Organdies and Nets,
that sold from $11.95 to $17.50, for choice
$7.95
DRESSES of Voile, Organdies and Net that sold up
to $29.50, for choice
$11.95
Every Summer DRESS Most Go
Every Sis in One Model or Another.
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Xhia eoapany liberally loan red the lghtlag isoa. War elaojee ao tliasl
Qsted. t ;
All extra war preralaau refaaded. Wa eaa a fifty eaergetie, eapablt Bta. t
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