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The Commoner
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jortance of doing everything possible to promote
agricultural production along economic lines to
improve agricultural marketing and to make
rural life mote attractive and healthful; the
need for a law regulating cold storage in such a
way as to limit the time during which goods
may -be fcep.t in storage, prescribing the method
of disposing of them if kept beyond the per
mitted Derlod and requiring goods released from
storage in all cases to bear the date of their re
ceipt, v It would also be most serviceable if it
were provided that all goods released from cold
storage' for interstate shipments have plainly
mnrkod upon each package the selling or market
price at which they wont into storage, in order
thaJU the purchaser might he able to learn what
profits stood between' him and the producer or
the wholesale dealer. Indeed, it would be very
serviceable to the public if all goods destined
for interstate commerce were made to carry up
. on every packing case whose form made it pos
sible f a plain Statement of the price at -which
. they left the hands of the producer. I respectfully-
call your attention also to the recomm'en
. datibns of the message referred to with regard
to a federal license for all corporations engaged
in interstate commerce.
In brief, the immediate legislative need of the
time is the removal of all obstacles to the reali
sation of the best ambitions of our people in
their several classes of employment and the
strengthening of all instrumentalities by which
difficulties are to bo met and removed and justice
dealt out, whether by law or by some form of
mediation and conciliation. I do not feel it to
be my privilege at present to suggest the detailed
and. particular methods by which these objects
may, be attained, but l have faith that the in
" qufries of your several committees will discover
til j way and the method.
In response to what I believe to be the impulse
,o. "sympathy jmd opinion through the United
States, I earnestly suggest that the congress
..authorize the treasury of the United States' to
. make to the struggling government of Armenia
. uuch a loan as was made to several of the allied
governments during the war, and I would also
, -suggest that it would "be very desirable to pro
.'vide in the legislation itself the expenditure of
K the, money, thus loaned should be under the
v. supervision of a commission or at least a com-'
issib.nerj fpmthe United States, n order that
...revoiuntionary tendencies within Armenia, itself,
might not be afforded "by the loan a further
.tempting opportunity-
Allow me to call your attention to the. fact
that the people of the Philippine islands have
succeeded in maintaining a stable government
sliice the lastaction of the congress in their be
half and have thus fulfilled the condition set
by the congress as precedent to a consideration
of granting independence to the islands".
' I respectfully submit that this condition pre
cedent having been fulfilled It is now our .liberty
and our duty to keep our promise to, the people
of those islands by granting them the independ
ence Which they so honorably covet. I have not
so muclylaid before you a series of recommenda
tions, gentlement as sought to utter a confession
of 'faith, of the faith in which I was bred and
which it is my solemn purpose to stand by until
my last fighting days. 'I Relieve this to be
the faith of America, the faith of the future, and
of ail' the.victories which await national action in
the days to 'come, 'whether in America) or else
where; ' ; , ..;; -.
.!-!Phe following interview in the Chicago Trib
une indicates that the, -congressmen' are, bogin--ning
to hear f rom their constituents; .-.
fWasliingtonD. 0., Nov. 2 3. -Republican
members of the house ways and meatf s commit-
'teelwill be unanimous in seeking' therepeal of
tire excess prdfits tax.
"Representative Frear of Wisconsin, one of
he Republicans on this committee who will
have charge of the revision of the tax laws,
-decayed today that he. is not convinced that the
excess profits tax has had any bad effects. Mr.
Fitfkr is strongly opposed to the sales' tax urged
income quarters as a substitute for the excess
Veprtsehtative Frear presented a minority
report from the ways and means committee last
spring- in- connection with the solders bonus
bill;--He opposed the scheme favored by the ma
jority of the Republicans on the committee for
ralsjrig the money, although he supported bonus
ffHTtitude at that time attars esen.
The Armenian Mandate
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cess profits tax make it probable that Mr. Frear
.will furnish considerable trouble for the Repub
lican organization leaders if they decide on a
program which includes repeal of the excess
profits tax.
" 4I have given considerable thought to the
matter, and I fail to see why the excess profits
tax should be repealed,' said Representative
Frear. I am willing to oe convinced on the
subject, but I have some opinions of my own.
" 'It is my view that the excess profits tax
is levied against those best able to bear the bur
den. It is not true, in my opinion, that it has
been responsible for an, increase in the cost of
living. The fact that prices have been coming
down Is proof that a decline can come in spite
of the excess profits tax.
' " "" 'I am firmly against any consumption tax
"such as the tax on sales which has been urged
as a subtsitute for the excess profits tax. I fail
t'o see why a working man should pay as much
'of a tax on a shirt that he ouys as a million
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- . - "WETS" ARE DEAD
. k Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 6. Editor Commoner:
'.And it.carae to. pass." Lo, the "dead" Com
- moner returns! The "Wet" candidate is the
dead! one now. The wet "Ovation" of the con- '
yention has petered out. 1924 will jnake more
.history! Wo can afford to wait. , '
7 CLINTON N. HOWARD.
The disadvantage to a political party that
lies in having its control rest in the hands of
representatives of thb brewers may be. accurate
ly estimated by a look at the recent election
returns from Nebraska. The Democratic can
didate for president did not carry a single coun
ty and the Democratic state ticket was high in
but one county. In 1916 the Democrats carried
.. the state by 41,000, In 1920 they lost it 'by
a30,qoo: : ' v? .
ENDORSES MR. BRYAN'S SUGGESTION
Fullortori, Calif., Noy. 19, 1920. W. J. Bryan,
Lincoln, Neb. Dear Sir: I have been constant
ly in touch with your position on all national
matters, through our speeches and your paper,
for about 20 years,' During this time I hav
seen the sledge-hammor blcAvs you have deliv
ered in moulding public opinion, and In this way
you have forced the Republicans to help to en
acUinto law mauy of the things they fought
until public opinion forced ibeni to reverse their
position. Then they always studiously avoided
giving any credit to you. In fact, they claimed
the credit for thomselves.
Now a strange spell has come over the Los
Angeles Times, and even Ibat standpat Repub
lican organ steps to the front of the platform
and announced that Mr. Bryan is right. Wilson
and Marshall should get out of the way and let
Harding assume control at once. Can it be that
the personal interest of f.he Times had anything
to do with opening its eyes to the wisdom of
youf suggestion? Perish the thought. Sincerely,
S. W. McCOLLOCH.
(Editors Note The editorial from the Los
Angeles Times referred to above appears on an
other pago of this issue.)
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A lot of bragging is done by our publicists oyer
the Improvements in the methods of communica
tion and the quickness with which one may ex
change messages with another. Apparently, how
ever, the packers and the retailers find the wires
reported "busy" every time they call one an
other up.
The fact that business is reported to be un
usually dull may account for the great increase
in the number of robberies In the Mfi cities. The
gentlemen who were so busy profiteering dur
ing the war acquired habits that it will be ex
tremely difficult to. ureas on sucu buim-i. uuuuc
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