New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 7, 1917, Page 9

(00D BILLS SPEED Tell Semators at White Hofise Delay Is Dangerons ‘+ Washington, June 7.—The urgent necesaity of speeding up food legis- Wition ‘was emphasized by President y Wilson last night in a conference with senators at the White Hpuse. He asked the senators to do what they # could to see that pending legislation was hurried through so that the con- trol of the country’s food products -might be expedited. The conference had particular point because of its co- ;incidence with the statement in the house of commons by Mr. Bathurst, “secretary to the food control depart- ment, that it was ‘‘of the greatest fiportance to the success of the alMed <ctuse that the fobd ‘exports ' from “America should be on the highest possible scale for the remainder of © the war” and indicating that England was disturbed over delay here in « passing food regulation. At the conference were Senators ‘ {Underwood of Alabama, Walsh of Montana, Sheppard of Texas, King of Utah, Chamberlain of Oregon, and Bmith of South Carolina; democrats, ‘and Page of New Hampshire and [l Warren of Wyoming, ranking repub- . licans of the agricultural commiittee. All the democratic senators except Senators King and ‘Walsh are on the agricultural committee. Every one of these senators has taken an active part i the food legisiation at every e conference lasted more than an . President Wilgon took the sen- mtors into his confidence, telling them ‘the sitaution before the country ! it affected the Allies would bel & , unless ample power were given -y congress.to adequately regulate the ¢ountry’s food supply. This, he said, must be done at once. The president expressed concern over the future un- 3 congress took action to insure broad power to handle the situation as emergency. Tequires. 3 © Mr. Wilson felt that farmers ousght to be encouraged to produce the big- gest crop the country has seen and that one way to stimulate this was to . give the government the means to see that the farmer got the most ad- vantageous price for his effort. This meant that there ought to be the fix- ing of a minimum price for agricul- tural products, a provision that |is contained in the Lever bill now in Joint conference. The president want- | ed the bill brought out as soon as possible and acted. on. One of the features of the bill is the provision for a food administrator. The president urged the senators that a food administrator is needed to successfully carry out the work of food control, and he hoped the op- position felt in the senate against it would be dissipated. He wanted the scnators to use every influence. to have the remaining food bills put through quickly. ¢ 8 After the conference it was learned that while some of the senators be- lieved that the food control bill ought to pass, others in the conference wcre still opposed to it. The bill will have bitter opposition when it comes up. The argument against it is that it puts too much power into. the hands of a dictator. A senator who has followed con- gressional action on the food bills 'said, when his attention was called to the statement of Mr. Bathurst and the anxiety over congressional tardi- ness displayed by the London press, that he regarded the work of co: gress as rather remarkable for its speed. He pointed out that two of the n}mlnhtmtlon most important food“bills had already passed. One proyides for food survey and food stimulation. It has gone through both houses, and now only awaits be- ing reported out of a joint confer-' ence committes, which is expected to réach an agreement next week. Th vital feature of the bill as passed is the provision for a food cen- sus to ascertain agricultural stocks and for aiding farmers in supplylng them with seed at cost price. It also enables the president to. control ship- ments of food so that they do not 80 to enemy destination. Another bill passéd by the senate provides against food hoarding and NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1017. against speculation in grain futures. This is to go to the House early.next week. The only remaining bill of ‘m- portance to the administration is the food centrol measure, carrying the appointment of the food admiais- trator. . It,was sald that all the food bills probably would be disposed of within three weeks. AMERICA FACING GENUINE MENAGE Invasion of United States Possi- ble, Says G. B. Chandler (Special to the Herald) Hartford, June 7.—About seventy of the state’s ' most representative men, all members of auxiliary and sub-committees of the - Connecticut State Council of Defense, met the state capitol late vesterday afte n, heard of the serioua situation which this nation faces in its war with Ger- many and listened to reports of the ‘work already undertaken tn behalf of the state defense council. Chiarman Richard M. Bissell of the council presided, and several commit- tee chairman made reports. In the first address of the afternoon Com- pensation Commissioner - George B. Chandler described Germany's suo- cess in gaining control of & vast part of the territory: included in her stra- | tegists’ dreams of a great Pan-Ger- man émpire, and declared that, {f England and France are brought to their knees by ' starvation. Germany can demand transports of England and an ‘nvasion of America is cer- tain, “It is written in the stars that unlses we win this war, we or ' our children must face & German inva- sion of America,” he sald, and Chair- man Bissell later declagred that he had 'visited Washington: nearly every week for m 5, had talked with of- ficials there, &nd could ‘say with cer- tainty that Mr. Chandier had not ex- aggerated in his statement of the sit uation. - Chairman Bissell in opening the meet- ing, “so great that no man or woman can escape responsibility if we are to carry it to a successfu] conclusion, as I believe we shall.” He spoke of the inadequacy of the military establish- ment of the United Stutes, as shown by the Spanish war and the Mexican crisis last summer, declaring that an 0 men would be needed by this country in this war be- fore many months. Early in the war, he pointed out, the task of planning for the conflict ‘was put in the hgsds of the Coundil of National Defense. The first step \was the appointment of an advisory commission, a permanent organization with a large number of sub-commit- tees and bhoards. Members of the ad- visory committee and the sub-com- mittees serve witlout pay or expense allowance. State councils of defense were then organized to supplement and localize the work of the nati oouncil and to work along lines of their own determination in carrying along the civillan activities of the War., the states, Governor Marcus H. HolM comb, by proclamsgtion, named the Connecticut Councti of Defense. Chairman Bissell outlined the organ! zation of state defense ocouncll, teiling of the sub-committees named and the work which each will under- ' take, and of the plans made for the activities of the county auxillary com- mittees, 3 Chairman Bissell pointed out that there is much work for the ‘county committees. “It is beped that thess,” he said, “not only will carry out the work laid out for them by the council or-its sub-committees, but will find for themselves problems in their own localities to solve.” The council’s office will be open at all imes and can be reached by any of these auxillary committées. The council will meet at least weekly, ‘Wedhesdays, and stated meetings of the county committees wers urged. The chairman ssid that the council's meetings increase in interest each week. “The’ council will be pleased at any timeé to receive suggestions from functional or county commit- tees,” he said. 4 “Yesterday, from all accounts, Con- necticut made another splendid rec- ord in primary steps of preparation for this war,” said:Mr. Bissell. “One of the tasks 6f your committees will .| be to cultivate and keep alive such a ’ It-certainly does: It pleases the taste, :sure enough. But that isn’t all. It ateps out and delivers to smokers the one thing they’ve always wished a cigarette would deliver— Chesterfields “get know you are smoki; ~ - Yet, they’re Mild. It's the new blend of pure, natural Im- ported and Domestic toboceos—th_nt’s what gives you this new. i ", tsey let you ' they ““Satisfy’’! / joy- ment. And the blend can’t be ‘cop Buya packageof Chesterfields and see! LopT e MporsIitsea On 206108 ’. ~ spirit of devotion in this state. The registration yesterday went off as & matter of course. It was a great un- dertaking, but such was the temper of our people and their understanding of its objects that when the time came the registration passed without a hitch.” . The committees must arouse a spiFit of patriotic devotion that will make possible the successful acocom- plishment of the many - hard tasks which must be met, the chairman de- cl w‘l\flk By G. B. iler. Bissell introduced Com- peusation Commissioner George B. Chandler, chairman of the committes In line with this action/by all, on publicity. Mr. Chandler spoke of the body of representative men: as- sembled as members of the council's committees, saying that, in the time of crisis, the state had called upon.: a group, each member of which had dis- tinguished himself in some line of ac- tivity, as a volunteer to help in its war activitles. “Two issues today, maid Mr. Chandler, “are freedom ver- sus feudalism, the freedom of the seas, the sacredness of agreements, rights of women, children and non- combatants, and the fundumental is- sue of law and order. We are at'war to determine despotism. Mr. Chandler said that today it.can be seen that Germany, far from fail- ure, realizes her Pan-German dream of an empire stretching from the North sea to the Black sea. The dream of German strategists was an empire of about 4,000 square miles. Today, sald Mr, Chandler, she holds an area of 3,600 square miles. She holds in slavery 82,000,000 people. “No wonder Germany is ready for peace,” he saidl.. “No wonder she is conniving through Stockholm and other instrumentalities.to bring out a peace of the Dbasis of tus quo.” If the submarine succeeds, he said, it means England and France will be starved to their knees, it means that Germany can demand transports of England and thst she can bring a force to America. “It means thal within two years, if Germany is not stopped, a German army may be marching up the Con- neeticut valley to the federal arsenal. at Springfield,” he said. “It is written in the stars that un- less we win this war, we or our chil- dren must face a German invasion of America,” Mr. Chandler declared. Mr. Chandler said that the spirit of America must be kept alive else all else will go to naught. He spoke of the spirit of Canada in her response to old England, and the gathering ap- plauded vigorously. The speaker spoke of the sacrifice and service of the men af 1775 and of ‘61. “We are now facing this. world crisls, and if we do not accept our duty as a sa- cred obligation because of the sacri- fices of our fathers, we are worthy be called slackers, ' paltrpoms ai cravens, unworthy of fur sacred her- itage.” N Chalrman Bissell saié that he had been in Washington pearly every week and he could testity that the serious condition piétured by Chandler were by no means exag- G. M. Landers on Food. George M. Landers, chairman of the committee on food supply, outlined the work being done to increase and conserva the state’s food supply. This committee was organised before the defense council was named, and later became part of the council. He sald that sub-committees had been organized in towns throughout the state. The resuits were shown by in- creased acres opened up in all parts of Connecticut. Robert Scoville of Salisbury, member of the food supply commit- tee, outlined the efforts being made to increase live stock production in Connecticut. The .committes is buy- ing cattle in Chicago and bringing them to on the state’s farms, he said. A dairy cattle census is being undertaken and a cost survey is in progress. 5 The question of marketing agricul- tural products, including milk, at & price at least satisfactory to the farmers, is being takem up by the committee. The state’s peach crop this year will be the largest in history, he sald, and the committes will take high schoal boys ‘for agricultural vice. He said that, to date, 500 boys had been placed. in farm service. The response of the high school boy ‘was wonderful, he said. John P. Eilton of Waterbury, a member of the board of directors of FRUTT MEDIGR Thousands Ows Health Strength To “Frait-a-Hiv “FRUIT-A-TIVES”, the man medicine made from fruit juloss 2723 the Cheshire Refarmatory, spoke of} the use of penal labor on farms. He said the reformatory boys are calti- vating the land conmtrolied by the in- stftution - ,and hopes to cares for its own needs and help meet the needs of other state institutions. Some boys ‘have been sent out to help farmers in the planting season. The use of jail 18bor in agriculture . alse is taken up. - { Herbert Knox Smith, chairman of the committes on man power and labor stated that war was e matter of elaborated metals. Upon Comnecticut an dits labor supply may depend the outcome of the war. It is necessary to find out facts in regard to the supply of labor, what product is most needed, what are the seasonal varia- tions and the question of shifting of labor from mnon-essantial to essential Ilsbor. Matter of supplying labor must depend on voluntary agreement between employe! and employes. The actual exe n of the work must depend on the country, auxil- itry wnd town committees and their o= 2 1s greatly meeded. Frank . D. Cheney, chairman of committes on industrial survey stated that the figures of the indna- trial census ‘in Connecticut - show that * thirty-two planta, munition works of various kinds, employ 2,000 people, 266 plants employing 199.- 000 pécple, have been ‘engaged in cantract: work with the federal gov- eftnment or foreign governments, 239 plants employing 121,000 people, are dolng work of a character which could be made available for govern- ment work. There are six taxtile plants in the state working to full umn .army ocloth aad clothing equip: ‘and’ . fourteen plants capable of taking & government con- tract for army cloth which have no contracts. 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