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> _ - to prevent the normal operation of j the law of supply and demand. Dis- ] regarding the surplus stocks in the ! hands of the government, there was j a greater supply of foodstuffs in this country on June 1 of this year than at the same date last year. In the combined total of a number of the - , , i i 1 most important foods in dry and com j , storage the excess is quite 19 per cent. And yet prices have risen. The ! supply of fresh eggs on hand in June of this year, for example, was greater by nearly 10 per cent, than the supply on hand at the same time last | year and yet the wholesale price was j fowls had increased as against 30 ! cents a year ago. The stock of frozen fowls had increased more than 298 5 per cent, and yet the price had risen also, from 34 and a half cents per pound to 37 and a half cents. The supply of creamery butter had increased 129. per cent, and the price ^ from 41 to 50 cents per pound. The supply of salt beef had been augmented 3 per cent, and the price had gone from $34 a barrel to $36 a barrel. Canned corn had increased in stock nearly 92 per cent, and had remained substantially the same in price. In a few foodstuffs the prices had declined but in nothing like the proportion in which the supply had increased. For example, the stock of canned tomatoes had increased 102 per cent, and yet the price had de clined only 25 cents per dozen cans. In some cases there had been the usual result of an increase of price following a decrease of supply, but in almost every instance the increase of price had been disproportionate to the decrease in stock. The attorney general has been making a careful study of the situation as a whole and of the laws that can be applied to better it and convinced that, under the stimulation and temptation of exceptional circumstances combinations of produc ? x t 1 ers ana comomanons 01 traders nave i been formed for the control of sup^ plies and of prices which are clearly f in restraint of trade, and against these prosecutions will be promptly instituted and actively pushed which will in all likelihood have prompt corcetive effect. There is reason to believe that the prices of leather, of coal, of lumber and of textiles have mofoiMollv affprtpH hv forms of A/VV/AX UmVVJkiMMJ w ? ^ concert and cooperation among the i producers and marketers of these and j other universally necessary commo dities which will be possible to redress. No watchful or energetic effort will be spared to accomplish this necessary result. I trust that there will not be many cases in which prosecution will be necessary. Public action will no doubt cause many who have perhaps unwittingly adopted illegal methods to abandon them wrtmntlv anH of their owu motion. Great in Publicity. And publicity can accomplish a great deal. The purchaser can often take care of himself if he knows the facts and influences he is dealing with; and purchasers are not disinclined to do any thing, either singly or collectively, that may be necessary * for their self protection. The department of commerce, the department VI agllVUlbUlC; U1C muvuv Vi 1U bor and the federal trade commission can do a great deal towards supr plying the public, systematically and at short intervals with information regarding the actual supply of particular commodities that is in existence but not available because of hoarding, and with regard to the methods of price fixing which are being used by dealers in certain foodstuffs and other necessaries. There can be little doubt that retailers are in part?sometimes in large part?responsible for exorbitant prices; and it is quite practicable for the government, through the agencies I have mentioned to supply the public with full information as to the prices at which retailers buy and as to the costs of transportation they pay, in order that it may be known just what margin of profit they are demanding. ? - * i _ ii.? r Upmion ana concerted action uu me > part of purchasers can probably do j the rest. That is, these agencies may per- j form this indispensable service pro- j vided the congress will supply them, with the necessary funds to prosecute their inquiries and keep their price lists up to date. Hitherto the appropriation committees of the houses have not always I fear seen the full value of these inquiries and the departments and commissions have been very much straitened for means +~ i-on/lor this sprvine. That an ade WV X VUUV* VM4MV quate fund be provided by appropriation for this purpose, and provided as promptly as possible is one of the means of greatly ameliorating the Why People Buy Rat-Snap in Preference to Rat Poison. (1) RAT-SNAP absolutely kills j rats and mice. (2) What it doesn't; kill it scares away. (3) Rats killed I with RAT-SNAP leave no smell, they | dry up inside. (4) Made in cakes,; no mixing with other food. (5) j Cats or dogs won't touch it. .Three sizes. 25c, 50c, SI.00. Sold and guar-j anteed by Newberry Hardware Co., j x and Gilder & Weeks Co. V present distressing conditions of v< livelihood that 1 have come to urtrs, te in this attempt to concert with you c< the best ways to serve the country in b this emergency. It is one of the ab- h solutely necessary means, underlying w many others, and can be supplied at i f < once. I h Extend Food Control. j ^ Let me urge, in the first place, that v the present food control shall remain C( in operation both as to the period of ?; time during which it shall remain in operation and as to the commodities t( to which it shall apply. Its provisions u against hoarding should be made to o: apply not only to food but also to ^ fnnHst.nffs. to fuel, to clothing, and a to many other commodities which are j ^ indisputably necessaries of life. As ^ it stands now it is limited in opera- b tion to the period of the war and be- w comes inoperative upon the formal ^ proclamation of peace. But I should ^ judge that it was clearly within, the ** constitutional power of the congress w to make similar permanent provisions ^ and regulation with regard to all ? goods destined for interstate com- 12 merce and to exclude them from in- P terstate shipment if the requirements | n -- - ... I +r of the law are not complied witn. \ Some such regulations is imperative- u: ly necessary. The abuses that have o: grown up in the manipulation of S] prices by the withholding of food- tl stuffs and other necessaries of life w can not otherwise be effectively pre- ^ vented. There can be no doubt of either the necessity or the legitimacy 111 of such measures. May I not call at- ^ tention to the fact, also that, al- a though the present act prohibits S1 profiteering the prohibition is ac- n companied by no penalty? It is clear- P ly in the public interest that a penalty should be provided which will be *i persuasive. gf To the same end, I earnestly recommend, in the second place, that the congress pass a law regulating cold ^ storage as it is regulated, for example, by the laws of the State of New Jersey, which liirfit the time during which goods may be kept in storS age, prescribe the method of dispos- . ing of them if kept beyond the per- *!' mitted period, and require that goods t*7 released from a storage shall in all " cases bear the date of their receipt. It would materially add to the serviceability of the law, for the purpose w we now have in view, if it were also *** prescribed that all goods released 0 from storage for interstate shipment ^ should have plainly marked upon each package the selling or market price at which they went into stor- w age. By this means the purchaser Ei would always be able to learn what m profits stood between him and the 01 1 ? m producer or tne wnoiesaier. Chance for Direction. as It would serve as a useful example S to the other communities of the country, as well as greatly relieve local w distress if the congress were to reg- ci ulate all such matters very fully for ** the District of Columbia where its ? legislative authority is without limit. n< I would also recommend that it be ti required that all goods destined for a< interstate commerce should in every ^ -* ? ?i?~ ai case wnere tneir iorm or parage makes it possible be plainly marked s* with the price at which they left the J1 hands of the producers. Such a re- a quirement would bear a close analogy n< to certain provisions of the pure food C( act by which it is required that cer- w tain detailed information be given on ^ the labels of packages of foods and j ^ drugs. ry | And it does seem to me that we can j ^ confine ourselves to detailed meas- j nrps of this kind, if it is indeed our je purpose to assume national control of jai the process of distribution. I take it 01 for granted that is our purpose and SI our duty. Nothing less will suffice. We need not hesitate to handle a national question in a national way. We ^ should formulate a law requiring a P( federal license of all corporations en- a:* gaged in interstate commerce and >c< embodying in the license or in the ^ conditions under which it is to be is- Cl sued, specific regulations designed to ^ secure competitive selling and pre- ^ vent unconsionable profits in the w <* 1 -L-* o ! th metnoa 01 marKeung. oui-n <x ia.w would afford a welcome opportunity ^ to effect other much needed reforms w in the business of interstate shipment and the methods of corporations which are engaged in it; but for the : h< moment I confiine my recommenda- j ni tions to the object immediately in I ai hand which is to lower the cost of j ai I TV living. r, May I not add that there is a bill now pending before the congress tl which if passed, would do much to r< stop speculation and to prevent the fraudulent methods of promotion by h; which our people are annually ei fleeced of many millions of hard si earned money. I refer to the meas- hi ure proposed by the capital issues al committee for the control ol security p issues. It is a measure formulated by o] men who know the actual conditions 0: of business and its adoption wo-ild i sen'e a great and beneficent pur-ci pose. Jo ' Mar?y D'f'Tererit {t} W'd rre deling-, gentiemer of the i tc congress, i uoed hardly say, with I t} Ery critical and very difficult mat- ! ?rs. We should fro forward with J anfidence along1 the road we see. , ut we should also seek to compre- j end the whole of the scene midst! hich we act. There is no ground i Dr some of the fearful forecasts I j ear uttered about, me, but the con- j ition of the world is unquestionablyery grave and we should face it omprehendingly. The situation of r own country is exceptionally formate. We of all peoples can afford > keep our heads and to determine pon moderate and sensible courses f action which will ensure us against le passions and distempers which re working such deep unnappmess sr some of the distressed nations on le other side of the sea. But we' may e involved in their distresses unless e help and help with energy and indigence. The world must pay for le appalling destruction wrought by le great war, and we are part of the orld. We must pay our share. For ve years now the industry of all urope has been slack and disorgan-.j ;ed. The normal crops have not been | roduced; the normal quantities of | tanufactured goods has not been i lrned out. Not until there are the ! pn?T nvnrye Qn/1 tlia llfillJl] -iVnrinrtiOIl ! OUCVi V/I UUU W44V Mk/v*v>* |#> -r W. f manufactured goods on the other I ide of the Atlantic can Europe re-1 irn to the former conditions and it > as upon the former conditions, not | le present that our economic relaons with Europe were built up. We lust face the fact that unless we sip, Europe to get back to her norm- | I life and production a chaos will en I le that which will inevitably be com-' lunicated to this country. For the resent, it is manifest, we must iiicken, not slacken our own produc on. We, and we almost alone now 5ld the world steady. Upon our eadfastness and self control de?nd the affairs of nations everyhere. It is in this supreme crisis? lis crisis for all mankind?that merica must prove her mettle. In le presence of a world confused, disacted, must have self possession, j :lf contained, capable of sober aeon. She saved Europe by her ac T? : Oil in peace, in saving liutupc one ? ill save herself, as she did upon the ittlefield of the war. The calmness id capacity with which she deals ith and masters the problems of iace will be the final test and proof : her place among the peoples of the orld. - ...?- -: | Help People Overseas. And, if only in' our own interest, e must help the people overseas. iirope is our biggest customer. We ust keep her going or thousands of it shops and scores of our mines ust close. There is no such thing 5 letting her go to ruin without ourslves sharing in the disaster. In such circumstances, face to face ith such tests, passion must be disirded. Passion and a disregard for te rights of others have no place in le counsels of a free people. We sed light, not heat, in these solemn mes of self examination and saving ition. There must be no threats, et there be only intelligent counsel, -J Koc+ roacnns win. nnt. thfi 1U 1Ct ii vumv?*W ** . 7 I rongest brute force. The world has ist destroyed the arbitrary force of military junta. It will live under 3 other. All that is arbitrary and >ercive is in the discard. Those ho seek to employ it only prepare leir own destruction. We can not istily and over night revolutionize 1 the processes of our economic life. re shall not attempt to do so. These *e days of. deep excitement and of ctravagant speech; but with us these *e thinsrs of the surface. Every | le who is in real touch with the lent masses of our great people iow that the old strdng fibre and i eady self control are still there, rm against violence or any distemjred action that would throw their j fairs into confusion. I am serenely ^ mfident that they will readily find lemselves, no matter what the cirlmstances and that they will address lemselves to the tasks of peace with le same devotion and the same stal- ( art preference for what is right that ley displayed to the admiration of le whole world in the midst of ar. Other Forces Available. And I entertain another confident :>pe. I have spoken today chiefly of ieasures of imperative regulation id legal compulsion, of prosecutions id the sharp correction of selfish rocesses, and these, no doubt, are ecessary but there are other forces lat we may count on besides those isident in the department of justice. T_ 1 J 4-? tttI,Qf I e nave just j.uiiy awancucu tv ??u?u as been going on and to the influ- ] ice, many of them very selfish and < nister, that have been producing < igh prices and imposing an intoler- ] ble burden on the mass of our peo- i !e. To have brought it all into the 1 pen will accomplish the greater part ] f the result we seek. i I appeal with entire confidence to ; ] ur producers, our middle men and;] v merchants to deal fairly with ; j le people. It is their opportunity {1 > show that they comprehend, that j i ley intend to act just and thatii 118 cents a package i T^XPERTLY t JC, Turkish and c tobaccos in Camel < nate bite and free i unpleasant cigarett unpleasant cigaretty I Camels win instant success with smoke blend brings out tc refreshing flavor and R. J. REY SBMSgBSBBBaa ihey have the public interest sii *erelv at. Vipart. And I have no doul that housekeepers all over the coui ;ry and everyone who buys the thinj le daily stands in need of will pri sently exercise a greater vigilance, more thoughtful econmy, a more di: criminating care as to the market i which he buys or the merchant wit which he trades than he has hitherl exercised. I believe, too, that tl more extreme leaders of organize labor will presently yield to a sob* second thought and, like the grej mass of their associates, think an act like true Americans. They wi see that strikes undertaken at th critical time are certain to make ma ters worse, not better?worse fc them and for everybody else. Th worst thing, the most fatal thin that can be done now is to stop c interrupt production of or interfei with the distribution of goods by tl: railways and the shipping of tl country. We are all involved in tl distressing results of the high cost c living and we must unite, not divide to correct it. There are many thini that ought to be corrected in the ri iations between capital and labor, i respect of wages and conditions c labor and other thinsrs even more fz reaching*, and J, for one, am ready t 20 into conference about these ma Lers with any group of my fello countrymen who know what they ai ** ? ? t n* j talking aoouc ana are win-ng i What you pay out yot is cigarette satisfaction you do get it in ever; )lended choice low-mildness < :hoice Domestic taining the des :igarettes elimi- are simply a r them from, any smoke them wi y aftertaste or odor. For your own compare Cam< and permanent in the world rs because the you'll best r< > the limit the quality and i 1 At * i ueiigmiui raei- iney proviae. NOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Winiton-Si iis / Mr. A. N. Sparr of 446 Magnolia street, Jacksonville. Fla., says: "The 'Pin' left me in a very weak, rundown condition. 1 was so nervous that my hands shook like an old person with palsy, and I am only 36 years old. My kidneys also were in bad shape, and my liver sluggish. My food digested very poorly, and I often Kii/i ?Mmno mv Rtnmarh. find wai bloated with gag. "I took a bottle of DRECO, and I've found It the finest medicine I ever saw. It went right after my troubles quids, and now they are all gone. My nerves are steady and my sleep sound. Pains all gone over my kidneys and stomach, and liver acting fine." DRECO is made from Juices and extracts of many medicinal herbal plants which act on the vital organs in a pleatant and prompt manner. Dreco is highly recommended in Newberry by Gilder & Weeks Co. 1_ | remedy existing conditions by frank counsel rather than by violent con3_ test. No remedy is possible while ,s men are in temper, and there can be no settlement which does not have as a its motive and standard the general 5 interest. Threats and undue insists f n ence upon the interest of a'single h class makes settlement impossible. I ;o believe, as I have hitherto had occasion to say to the congress, that the IV, J !(j | industry and life of our people and ;r i f the world will suffer irreparable ^ damage if employers and workmen LCj are to go on in a perpetual contest, 11 as antagonists. They must, on one js I plan or another, be effectively associated. Have we not steadiness and )r self possession and business sense ie enough to work out that result? Un1 1 ' 11 1 J TtTrtvlr [g aouDiecuy we nave, aau wc oxian ??win >r it out. In the meantime?now and in e the days of readjustment and recuie peration that are ahead of us?let us ie resort more and more to frank and ie intimate counsel and make ourselves >f a great and triumphant nation by e, making ouselves a united force in rg | the life of the world. It will not then a. < have looked to us for leadership in n j vain. )f j ir j Tribute of Respect. i Wtioi-noc if niiT* Vlpnvpnlv ,0 | ,v , t-! Father to take from this world to w : that home above, the early and prcm e j ising young life of Alma Lorine Liv,o ingston, 011 July 14th, 1919, just in irTWI ir good money for H ?and, my, how n y puff of Camels! B of the tobaccos vet re- R iirable "body." Camels B evelation! You may B thout tiring yourtaste! B satisfaction you must If sis with any cigarette Eg at any price. Then, N salize their superior B the rare enjoyment n ilem, N. C. lO B the 13th year of her age. Lorine -. was of a sweet disposition, kind hearted and true. Therefore the members of Bachman Chapel Sunday | school, to Avhich she was a faithfuL j member, offer the following resoluI tions as a token of our love and esi teem: j 1. That we bear testimony that I her life was one of service and in her * j death a great loss is sustained, yet ; we would not murmur nor complain. ! at the dealings of on All-wise ever! lasting loving Father, we would hum bly submit to him and even through tears say, "Thy will be done not ours." j 2. That her worship was active and a manifestation of Christian grace. 3. That we extend to her loved' ones our sincere sympathy and commend them to the loving savior who best can comfort and sustain them. May they find comfort in the promise' "God doeth all things well." 4. That this tribute of loving esteem be recorded in each of the county papers. Erin Taylor, Jula Kinard, Mary Long, Committee. i ' Field experiments in Ireland have shown that liquid manure producesj better hay crops than any other ferj tilizer.