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Pag-e Eight LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC, THURSDAY: APEIL 15, 1920 LENOIR, N. C. NOTHING PONE WORTH WHILE IN ENFORCING LEVER ACT (Dry Goods Economist) A pertinent question that well may b asked of Attorney General Palm er, Assistant Attorney General Figg, the fair price commissioners of sev eral States and the operatives of the department of justice, is: -"What good has been accomplished by the department of justice in its effort to enforce the Lever act! Since Oct 22, 1919, when the amendment to the Lever act was passed, considerable activity toward its enforcement has 'been seen in some States, and yet, when one tries to determine what has reall ybeen accomplished by the attorney gen eral's office in its enforcement pro gram, one comes to the conclusion that while there has been consider able publicity given the department of justice, and while a few merchants have been indicted, really no results have been accomplished. The Economist has just made a survey of the activities of fair price commissioners and fair price com mittees of over thirty-eight States, and it can be safely said that the activities of these commissioners and committees have accomplished little or nothing toward reducing the cost of living. They have caused resent ment among merchants in towns where they have operatedo, but as far as achieving any practical results, really their work has been a failure. The States included in this survey were those in which it was known the department of justice was waging a most strenuous campaign and all other States from which it was pos sible to get information. It would seem that from the information at hand the department of justice is more aggressive in its effort to en force the :tct in the Southern States, particularly in North Carolina, Geor gia, Mississippi and Kentucky. How ever, some effort ha been made to enforce the act in certain parts of New York State and in one or two of the Middle Western States. It seems, however, that the en forcement of the act is left entirely to the individual opinion of some man or group of men appointed in each State, and this lack of uniform ity in the effort to enforce the act is causing considerable unfavorable comment from all sections. A letter recently received from a Minnesota concern goes into the fun damentals of the Lever act and shows the fallacy of any artificial method of regulating prices. I his letter says: '"Cany any legally-constituted au thority enact any law which sets aside the law of self-preservation? A clear, keen intellect, presenting these thoughts cogently, would smash the Lever act before a jury of men competent to consider, with out prejudice, the facts. It is not fair to blacken men's motives and call 'profiteers' those who have been exercising the right of self-preservation. The idea of selling merchan dise on cost price leads inevitably to self-destruction. Another point against the idea is, when the break comes, all will have to sell goods not on cost price but on replacement value. The public will then insist on the exact opposite of what is now the command of the law." Another letter says : "If the government seeks to con trol and interrupt the natural action of well-established trade, it would seem to be that it is hazarding in a dangerous field. No one will deny that competition is in foiee through ou the United States and that there is no combination in restraint of trade. The question might well be raised as to whether the taxpayers are really getting their money's worth when the government spends large sums of money to investigate conditions that cannot be secured by artificial treatment. I refer to inex orable laws of trade which are fixed in operation." If there is general profiteering throughout the United States it should be stamped out and stamped out at once. The work should be carried on on a national scale. A consistent, business-like policy of cutting down profiteering should be mapped out and followed to the let ter, but from the information which the Economist has been able to gath er, both from its personal represent atives in the field and from letters from merchants and from all other sources, it seems that the merchants are not profiteering. Most merchants are selling their goods at a reasonable mark-up over cost price, and in msot instances are ignoring replacement values. If the department of justice, wished to as certain these facts it could easily be done quietly and without a great deal of publicity for the merchant, and, if then profiteering were ascer tained, the attorney general could take the necessary actions to stamp it out, but this is not the way the department works. As in the cases in Louisville, the department's oper atives bring out warrants for the ar rest of merchants, on mere suspicion only, and try to get as much publicity as possible. . No publication, and no group of individuals, has a greater desire than the Economist to see every hint of J)rofiteering destroyed. But, frank y, the Economist want'' to know what has been done. It can find no single case of price reduction except on a few minor articles. The a department of justice is spending vast sums of money to carry out thk campaign, and the people are entiled to know the truth of what is freely being done with their money. " If this campaign is solely, for the purpose of getting a lot of newspa per publicity, an effort should be made to curtail its work. It seems ridiculous that so much effort should be made at this particular time to en force a law that, after all, dies as soon as peace is signed, a law that waa passed as an emergency .war measure, but didn't have teeth' put Into it until nearly a year after the war was over. . May we ask' again, "What !' the motive back of it allV a a P. FINDS IT NO EASY JOB TO END THE WAR The Republican leaders of Con gress are "up a tree" on the peace treaty, says H, E. C. Bryant, Wash ington correspondent of the Char lotte Observer. They have had their way to the extent of eliminating the pact, but somehow they fear a return of the "spirit-' The Senate Repub licans would have the House leaders "do something." The House mem bers tell the Senate leaders to beware of the man that goes out of his way to tabs a dog yb the ears. That is the situation in Washington now. The proposed resolution to end the war is not as popular as it seemed to be some days ago. It is not as easy to end the war as they had antici pated. The President is sitting tight; he is not worried. Strong opposition to the program of Republican leaders for declaring an end to the state of war is developing in the House. It is not certain that a majority of the membership of 435 can be counted upon for the resolution or bill, as the case may be. While much indecision is due to lack of knowledge as to what final plan will be "recommended by the steering committee, much of it is attributed- to doubtfulness as to the workability of an act of Congress in creating a state of peace. Democrats are in the dark. They have not been .consulted. To them the proceedings thus far look much like a political plot to save the face of the Senate Republican leaders re sponsible for the treaty failure. To some of the Republicans, who are more or less independent of party leadership in their action, the adop tion of a law of Congress will not accomplish anything worth while so far as this country's legal peace status is concerned. Champ Clark says he had been unable to learn "a blame thing" about what the Republicans are. do ing. Representative Flood, ranking member of the foreign affairs com mittee, has not been consulted, and says he knows only from hearsay what the Republicans have been do ing. Mr. Flood is not enthusiastic for the resolution if it is anything like to the Knox resolution, which he thinks is unworkable. So far as securing a guarantee from Germany is concerned, Mr. Flood points out that the matter is now out of the hands of Germany and in the hands of the allies. The treaty, he said, went into effect when ratified by three of the allies, so that the United States would have to deal with them rather than with Germany, even under the proposed act of Con gress. He said that it would be nec essary to set up some triounal for settlement of the differences with Germany. The Republicans have struck dif ficult snags in their efforts to draft a resolution. One of the worst re lates to the act creating the alien property custodian. Something must be done to safeguard the German property held in American hands. A repeal of the alien property act would no tbe feasible at this time. ED EE 0 ID 10 Mil IT Irt brandmother's Redp to keep Jicr Locks Dark, Glossy, Beautiful. The old-time mixture- of Sac Tea aad Sulphur for darkening (Tar. streaked and faded hair, la . grand mother's recipe, and folks ar again using It to keep their hair a good, even color, which is quit esneible, aa we ara living la aa as when a youth ful appearance la ot the greatest ad vantage. Nowadays, thoujrh, - we don't have the troublesome task ot gathering the ss?e and the mussy mixing at home. AU drug store sell the ready-to-use product. 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HARSHAW Mr. Editor: Plaese allow me a short space in the Lenoir News-Topic to say a few words about my friend, Mr. Harshaw. I was very much grieved to hear of his deaht. I have been knowing him since he was a child. We were reared together. We lived together at Collettsville until 1865, then we both moved to Lenoir and remained friends until he died. The Lord has always called the best men to lead the people. Mr. Harshaw was a good leader and ad viser until the Lord took him away. When Moses was taken away another great man was chosen to take his place, so I trust that some one will take the place of this good man and be of such benefit to our town as was Mr. Harshaw. I believe the Lord had prepared a good place for him and that he has gone to the "home not made by hands, but eternal in the heavens." GEORGE COLLETT. PROPOSE GIVING ARMS TO THE ARMENIANS A recommendation that the United States government supply to the new republic of Armenia sufficient arms and ammunition "to equip a stable Armenian army," has been made by a Senate sub-committee, which has conducted an exhaustive investiga tion of conditions in the near east. Dispatch of American marines to protect American interests along the railway from Batoum to Baku also was recommended by the sub-committee. "The sub-committee's hearings," the report said, "clearly establish the truth of the reported atrocities and massacres from which these unfortu I nate people have suffered, and im I press us deeply that deplorable con ditions of insecurity and starvation exist in Armenia today. "Your committee recommends a suitable resolution of the Senate con : gratulating the people of Armenia on the recognition by the peace council of the independence of the republic 1 of Armenia, without prejudice relat , ing to territorial boundaries involved, I and said resolution might well ex i press our hope for early stability ! and the full realization of Armenian aspirations to nationality. "It is further recommended that the executive branch of the United States government dispatch a war ship and a force of marines to the port of Batoum, with instructions to land the marines to protect Ameri can lives and property at that port and along the railway line to Baku. 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