Show PLAN TO HELP REDUCE HIGH COST OF LIVING by J 1 TANNER clover utah following is a brief outline iane ot ol a plan that if carefully followed will it is be materially assist io in correcting some of the ills 1113 of out our social bujin ss and industrial indus rial si structure which at present time seems to need come peaceful assistance explanatory of what I 1 desire to present will call attention to the deveral fled fied classification of merchandise etc on which tariff and freight la Is computed and duty or freight collected on entera to the united stat states es of america and for transportation within its foundries bound boun rles dries this tariff and transportation charge is now controlled by the federal nov gov ernt pent to a large extent notwithstanding that much of this service Is ii Par performed formed by privately owned companies and individuals first let the federal Go government make a classification atio p of all the he products of industry produced or used within the united states and opposite to each article or clays clars specify the per of profit not the minimum bat the maximum per cent that may be added to its first cost by the manufacturer fac jobber r retailer at the time the article or commodity leabes their hands the term ferrii first cost to embrace the freight or carrier charge to place of sale and it if an imported art article iclet alto also the duty duly but no storage refrigeration or insurance or other overhead expense may be added under the term terin first cost cos all of this expense that is considered necessary for or the proper hand ling of tle the article mut must be pro prodded aided vided lot for out of the 1 pe of 0 1 S be charged chare edor r gehi the article by the federal government second As the percentage per of pro hi fit allowed must in justice vary according to the class or article handled so then would the percentage per of profit allowed to be added by the manufacturer jobber or retailer of different classes of produce or merchandise also need to vary that the legitimate manufacturing fac turing and handling costs that vary so much in the production and handling of various kinds of products might be provided for in the per of profit allowed to be added to the first cost third the products of labor wherever produced or found should all be classified and upon every one of them this maximum percentage per of profit over the first cost of production manu facture handling and sale should apply in every case where for a consideration the material product merchandise or thing is sold or transferred fourth to ro make the above effect tive equity must prevail and the common people the workers worker s and consumers must together with the general purchasing public have placed within their easy reach the untrammeled legal power of at action to compel even a neighbor their local storekeeper or jobber to strictly comply with the provisions of this plan by selling within the limits of the maximum profit allowed by law fifth this plan will stimulate the production of necessities with the price trend downward instead of upward as at present by making competition with well organized production and distribution compulsory to illustrate suppose that tha over fiat cost or production price is allowed say on wheat corn salt and oil thus it is easy to understand that while the inefficient and doorly managed farm welt well or factory would have a perfect right to add 20 to their already high cost price if they did this it is very evident that their product would not naturally find such ready sale on the market or through the jobber as the cheaper product oi of the better managed larni farm or factory that could not under this plan grab an extra profit by a ral of prius sixth with the adoption of 0 ahls pr any other workable plan that tends to lower the price ol of labor pio products ducts and actually established establish re and compel competition in their distribution manufacture ul and prod production ution it is very evident that the producing power labor must also contribute lla its share in the readjustment by allowing com competitive peti tive effort find and the price of same to be established reestablished re alone lines of justice to cooperate co operate and assist capital in I 1 its ts labors of p production manefa manufacture in and d distribution by allowing the he open thop hop by increased service during duang working hours and by refraining from using the strike weapon to intimidate justices Justi ustice cei or to arbitrarily stop atop or hamper production tion etc seventh the organization of labor to the end that the federal government be orcil forck into business prisoners released or capital confiscated without due process of lawi law by calling nation wide strikes should have the disappio bation of every liberty loving american citizen as the de solution of out our Ins titu lions and the destruction of our can con ution or its ser serious lous impairment will tit follow such a course coune of action eighth the plan outlined is bently elastic to allows allow of application wherever within the confines of the united states or the world the products or mans labor and industry are battered bartered sold or exchanged for a consideration and in its application if 11 followed consistently and carefully no legitimate business or activity need to suffer buffer true readjustment along unes lines of justice and humanity han unity would have faveto to take place trade secrets price jugal ing rebates con complicated discounts secret cost and price marks barks toge secret dise Dual sheets 1 1 ay ab offic i t devious ff K q saor 66 collecting a an crofit fit from to in the consumer would of nelo necessity ity dis abear and along with this fist would have to go thousands of human parasites who at the present time appear r respectable but who in truth are valueless so far as their service to humanity is cont concerned arned and it if required to reveal the actual cost of their wares and to dispose of them within the reason reasonable ab lc set maximum limit of profit boule would have to immediately enter the productive field la fu order to gain a livelihood lively hood thus becoming an assisting instead of a retarding factor actor the writer dues not believe this plan to be a universal panacea for all the ills from which we now suffer nor does he for the moments moment apprehend that the profiteer or the parasitic itic bunch above defered to would approve of or support this or any plan of equity that w would dethrone them from their present position of pleasure and profit but he does believe in the inherit honor and integrity of the countless thousands of Indu men and women who today in all parts of this great nation are staggering under a load of care foreboding financial stress and oft times injustice and that they will if given the by their lead arsand era and the of public u thought and opinion arise to their opportunity and nd by the adoption of the above or a similar plan establish an equitable and stable condition of affairs in the social religious industrial and business world that will again make of libor labor and tile rearing and education of the family a pleasure and the erection and main knain lai tai nance of the horn hom e surrounded by the fruits of industry liberty and justice not the irksome or unattainable task thit thi t so many under present con editions rind find it |