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Show ' ' nhoi.it i n .'NT'"1 vs I In' ill'!'1 :t t c..' .. other at h'virinijs to rcu.M-L-r :it:!l i'ur- til' r incrfrisrs. ' ' ! ''rr- r,r. ii:;i;iy :i ! n --.-i i;''-m in t!i-, t!i-, 'o u n t r v who jm not i ti ttio prof il fiTin I lnmr, ;i 1 1 1 1 there an' liim-h-cU of tln'ti- vamH of proffH'-ional men ;upI v.oim-oi .inl proph' v.'urliiii for salnricH who hnv ht-cn har.i hit by 11..; hi-h of : living, run I tlu'y all vvrinjuie. a fall in prices if it crui bi' ln-oiiht about. MUST COME DOWN. I, ,:, mi'iuMKt:il that the government, will sell $ I '', 000,0(10 wortli of food ili-reet ili-reet lo consumers through tho post-ninsUT.i post-ninsUT.i of Hi" eoimtry. Thin should hnvo tho effoe.t of ahuttintf out tho f.,ceulalorH and profiteers mid materially mate-rially redum the liitfli tost of living, l or some time past the people of tils fluted Stall's have been murmuring and muttering; governors of some of the stall's have boon ordering investi-Ijalions investi-Ijalions and fjrand juries havo been summoned in some of tho larger cities lo make a thorough invesli;:ation of the present ominous situation. Many M Tikes for higher wages 'havo boon called on account of tho cxo.es.ilvo prices churned for food and tho representatives repre-sentatives of the railroad brotherhoods have bluntly informed President Wilson Wil-son that Oicro must be another wage, increaso unless tho cost of living comes down in the near future. Of course we all understand that the seesaw with higher food prices on one end of tho board and increased wages on tho other, cannot go on for any great length of time without something cracking under the additional weight, and it is obvious that nalion must be taken very soon in order To avert disaster. dis-aster. War invariably results in high prices, not only while tho conflict rages, but for soino time after the declaration of peace. But iinusunl conditions have arisen since (icrniany started out to rule tho world. The people of the various countries are not so patient as tlie people peo-ple of bygone generations, and they insist upon being paid for their work in accordance with tho prevailing prices of food. Realizing the fact that it is the next thing to an impossibility --:c-i'mployers to obtain a reduction in wage scales, once they nro raised, it is apparent that further advances in foodstuffs food-stuffs must, bo prevented, and the present prices charged for food forced down within reasonable limits. This may be much easier said than done, but the effort must' be made. The president presi-dent has control over food purchased for use of the army, and if a feasible plan to place it in the hands of tho consumers con-sumers has been worked out, well and good. Tf not, it is up to- congress to legislate in tho premises without nny further ado. The chief trotiblo at the present time " is that the senators and representatives have bent their minds in the direction of investigation instead of taking up the. matter of legislation. Tt is said to bo tho intention of congress to repeal the tax on luxuries. It is unfortunate that the house voted to take a recess for five weeks without passing the repeal re-peal bill, if it is the inteutiou to put it through some time iu tho fall. It did, however. Take action ou ice cream and boda waler. The high cose of living problem bids fair to take yrcccdor.ee over every other issue unless the profiteers are curbed. Xo doubt it is difficult, of so-i so-i lutio.u. li inn -t bo solved, however, before tho howling blasts of winter uescend upon, the country. IKe decision t? dispose of the surplus army food wiih the postmasters and mail carriers as salesmen was due to a request of (lie lioe.se of representatives, which is entitled to credit for making the suggestion. .Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania, author of the resolution, resolu-tion, assisted Secretary Baker and Postmaster Post-master General Burleson in working out tho details. There is no politics about the matter, and tho plan was decided de-cided upon before the railroad brotherhoods brother-hoods issued their ultimatum as regards lower prices or higher wages by the first, of October. In justice to tlie railroad mm, however, how-ever, it must bo. said that they would prefer to see the cost of living reduced rather than to strike for higher wages and Chairman I.ee of the trainmen hit the nail on the head when he declarod i that "all of us are to blame becauso ' we are exerting every effort tn get more money for ourselves and better conditions. Kvery day we must realize that the profiteers arc taking doublo from tlie workingnicn what is given them; and the trouble with the people on tlie Mil (capitol). with us ami with every corporation and with evervbody, is that we are exerting ourselves to act tho dollar, while tlie workingaian ,s merely existing, and while the profi-Vcr profi-Vcr is idling up millions. I will admit you, gentlemen, that we are going - y e wrong way.'' It is the opinion of is labor leader that the railroad and eminent departments had better be isting to cn:";h profiteering than |