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Show WES SUBMITS NEW PLAN FOR ROAD OPERATION GALL. COB Palmer Invites Every Community in Land to Cooperate With Department De-partment of Justice. Committees of Citizens, Backed by Prosecutors, Proposed to Carry on Vigorous Campaign. CmCAGO, Dee. 16. Attorney General Gen-eral A. Mitchell Palmer today mapped, out the program of the department of justice to bring down the cost of liv-rag liv-rag at a meeting of -100 city officials, heads of civic organizations and club women of Illinois called by Governor 1". O. Lowden. "Pledging the full power of his department depart-ment in the pros eui ion of hoarders and profiteers, Mr. Valn-er called for the assistance of every man and woman in the country for a national fight against high prices. Explaining the pian of action, whereby where-by fair price committees in every community com-munity become agents of the federal government in enforcing its decrees, Mr. Palmer laid down a program of five courses of action, vhich, if carried out, J would do much to deal a death blow to ! the high cost of living. They arc: 1. Organization of fair price committees com-mittees in every city and count, bached by mayo rs and prosecuting attorneys at-torneys with the committees supporting United States district attorneys. WOMEN URGED TO COOPERATE. 2. Organization of women to refuse to buy anything but actual necessities until prices come down. Holding of "' conservation and economy meetings'' in everv community commu-nity under the auspices of the civio bodies. 4. influence of mayors and prosecutors prosecu-tors to be brought to bear on the "warring "war-ring elements" to prevent "factional disturbances in industry,'-' and particularly partic-ularly to bring about an industrial peace of at least six months duration. j. Komoblizaiiou of the "four miu-ute miu-ute men'' to deliver "work aud save" addresses in theaters each night. "Despite all oh.iectious and obstacles 1 purpose to go through with this campaign.'' cam-paign.'' Mr. Palmer told the delegates. "If industrial conditions do no,1- get too bad during the next few moutLs wo can bring real relief." The wage-earners were in the class of the rich, iu that their income, as a rule, had kept pace with the rapidly : mounting cost of living, Mr. Palmer added. The salaried worker was the man who had felt tho full brunt of higher costs, because ho had beeu the last to obtain relief. CHIEF CAUSES POINTED OUT. The chief causes of the high cost of living he pointed out, were decreased production, iucident to tho war, inflated inflat-ed currency, due to government borrowings, borrow-ings, and heavy taxes, which lie charged were passed on by business men to the ultimate consumer. "In every line of trade there are selfish self-ish and greedy men who have taken advantage of after-war conditions to add a bit to their prices and profits," Mr. Palmer said. "Such men are tho profiteers, ami I propose to devote all the power at my command to root them out and expose them to public scorn, and. if necessary, in public prisons. The profiteer is worse than unpatriotic, ho is criminal. I ask the state 's attorneys of Illinois to go after these devils with all the force vou command.'5 Activities of 'the department of Justice, he said, had already uncovered 219 cases against food hoarders which had resulted in the lihelittir and distribution in eighteen st: tes of millions of dollars' worth of food. Niuety-eipht eases had been brought a train st pr'U'i leers, many of whom were Indicted and some uf timm were serving sentences. The campaign was to continue, the attorney at-torney irenera) declared, with one purpose "prices must come down." Efforts Outlined. "I am not worried over hurt in the retail re-tail dealers," he added; "they have had their ha rvest lime u nd now the people-are people-are to set a look in. The finest weapon in this ca mpa in is knowledge, ict tho people know the facts and they will take care of the rest." Mr. Palmer described the effort? belmr (Continued on Page 2, Column .) iilclIsfoT ; BATTLE OfJ PRICES (Continued From Pae One.) niM de to y i c.j r if ft.-.-s m t:cr-. ', :r :r V.: or- r;'tiin J th. I..-vr fo d cojimo! a--t for s'; moii'.s ati.-T i'r.5 declaration of I'.'ti'r. arid t'i pa. h a !;, r .: 1 r: tit; thi-::-i''.-: at w:i;-h an itr'.lcle l-ft tne producer to Ijc stamped on Uk: arli ;,-. "If w ' : can net that I '. t w we will stop proritt-frliin,'' h-; sutl. "When you o to the shoe Ktur1 if you see plainly stamped . u a ij-t ir of shoes th wholesale price ot ft.")1), you :-iiinp:y aren't Koini? lo pay for that p;j;r of shoi-s. I know of a K",'at d- partit.ej.L store- in ore of our cities : where tho sai.- price on floods baa no relation re-lation lo th- cost. T.eey adertiso a spe- i ci.u s.il", and. v.-be p. t::; peoj l- c'-me ruii-r-in;r, bec;,u."- they think tir y are uoii p to tff-t somerhi:.!? fUe:tpe-r, the price is marked up because the demand is greater. Organization Favored. "An ona nizn t ion of women, o reran 1 zed ;is the v i v r were before, will do more to hi :i:p down price-- than any single movement. Their power is incalculable. They buy DO per cent of the food and wearing app;ircl for The country. And when women make tip their minds they will not buy at present prices, then prices wii! come down. "Women should set their faces apalnst these expensive and ever-changing styles. M ere hants a re shouting 'buy now.' My advice is do not buy now. Waft for lower prices. When demand is lessened the supply is Increased and prices must inevitably fall. "We must urtre the people to exercise co riser va tion and economy, and quit indulging in-dulging In this saturnalia of extravagance. People have money today who never had it before, and the only use they seem to know for it is to blow it In. "One of the greatest crimes of the day is idleness. e must stop the factional disturbances in Industry and increase production. pro-duction. If men and women would do 10 per cent more work prices would come down 2u per cent, and if they would economize and save 10 per cent more, this problem of the high cost of living would be solved." |