The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 10, 1918, Page 18

Nation Regulates Sale of Implements Unjust Profits, Resales Within the Trade and Monopolies Prohibited Under Licensing System VERY jobber and manufacturer of farm implements must now get a license from the United States gov- ernment. Under a_ proclamation is- sued by President Wilson, profits in this trade will be "Jdimited by federal supervision. While this is a victory for the farmers, con- ' gress did not give the president power to limit the profits of the steel trust, which supplies the material for these implements. The official notice ex- empts retailers, although they will be under some control. It follows: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Whereas under and by virtue of an act of congress entitled “An act to provide further for the national se- curity and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution. of food products and fuel,” approved by the president on the 10th day of August, 1917, it -is provided, "among other things, as follows: “That by reason of the existence of a state of war, it is essential to the national security and defense, for the successful prosecution of the war, and for the support and maintenance of the army and navy to assure an ade- quate supply and equitable distribu- tion and to facilitate the movement of foods, feeds, fuel, ineluding fuel oil and natural gas, and fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients, tools, utensils, implements, machinery, and equip- ment required for the actual produc-- tion of foods, feeds, and fuel, here- after in this act called necessaries;.to prevent, locally and generally, scarc- ity, monopolizations, and private ‘con- trols affecting such supply, distribu- tion, and movement, and to establish and maintain governmental control of such necessaries during the war. For such purposes the instrumentalities, ‘ means, methods, powers, authorized duties, obligations, and prohibitions hereinafter set forth are created, es- tablished, conferred, and prescribed. The president is authorized to make +such regulations and to issue such or- ‘ders as. dre essential “effectively to .garry oyt the provisions of this act.” ' - And whereas it is furthef provided in said aet as follows: 3 “That from time to time, whenever the president shall find it essential to The following charge against two members of the packers’ trust has been sent Leader by the federal trade commission of Washington, D. C.: | OMPLAINTS have been issued by the federal trade com- | mission making the serious charge against Wilson & Co. and Morris & Co., that they have sold and offered to sell meat and other food products to the government with the knowledge that these products were to be to the Packers Betray American Soldiers license the importation, manufacture, storage, mining, or distribution of any necessaries, in order to carry into ef- fect any of the purposes of this act, . and shall publicly so announce, no per- son shall, after a date fixed in the an- nouncement, engage in or carry on any such business specified in the an- nouncement of importation, manu- facture, storage, mining, or distribu- tion of any necessaries as set forth in such announcement, unless he shall se- cure and hold a license issued pursuant to this section. The president is au- thorized to issue such licenses:and to prescribe regulations for the issuance of licenses and requirements for sys- tems of accounts and auditing of ac- counts to be kept by licensees, submis- sion, or reports by them, with or with- out oath or affirmation, and the entry and inspection by the president’s duly authorized agents of the places of business of licensees.” And whereas it is essential, in order to carry into effect the purposes of said act and in order to secure an ade- quate supply and equitable distribu- tion and to facilitate the movement of certain necessaries hereafter in this proclamation specified, that the license powers conferred ‘upon the president by said -act be at this time exercised to the extent hereinafter set forth— Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America, by virtue of the powers con- ferred on me by said act of, congress, hereby find and determine, and by this proclamation do announce, that it is essential, in order to carry into effect the purposes of said act, to license the importation, manufacture, storage, and distribution of certain necessaries, hereinafter. called farm equipment, in- cluding attachments and repair parts thereof, required for farm use in the actual production of foods and feeds, as follows: Binders, boilers, brooders, brushers, bunchers, carriers, . carts, cleaners, covers, cultivators, diggers, *distributors, ‘drills, elevators, evapo- rators, fencing, forges, forks, foun- tains, gates, graders, grinders, grind- stones, harrows, harvesters, headers, hillers, hitches, hullers, huskers, incu- bators, jacks, listers, loaders, markers, milkers, mills, mowers,, pens, pickers, planters, plows, powers, presses, pull- ers, pulleys, pulverizers, pumps, racks, rakes, rollers, scales, seeders, separa- tors, shellers, shredders, silos, sleds, slings, sorters, sowers, sprayers, spreaders, stalls, stanchions, tanks, tedders, testers, threshers, towers, used as food for American soldiers, and that these prod- ucts were spoiled and “unfit for human consumption.” Thousands of pounds of unfit meat were offered for’sale to \ LANT THE BEST CORN A 3 ‘ P ~ . - DT O 0200000, §00 000 ¢ wg,&“‘ ,&9& e e & & 4l {7 0} mva‘%. AWSATERT 2 eeaog’aee 1§02, *% 0088 3508050040 iSoagtoea gl Here it is ‘corn planting time again. In the cluster of three full ears above there is one (at the right) which from external appearance should make ideal seed—its rows straight, the kernels well dented, flat and uniform. By breaking off the tip and the butt this ear would supply the finest seed, provided its germi- nation is strong. On the other side is a good average ear. In the middle is an ear made up of crooked rows of ill-shapen kernels—the kind rot to plant if a - Camp Travis, Texas, according to the information on which the complaints are based. Indictments were returned against the two packing concerns by a grand jury in the United States district court for the western district of Texas, charging violation of the fourth section of the food law, but these indictments failed. It was found that no penalty for violating this section of the food law had been provided. ] o The federal trade commission has been informed that in ad- dition to spoiled and unfit beef, the national army cantonment at Camp Travis was offered chickens for sale which were unfit for human consumption.’ : The commission has decided that selling meat produéfé carried with it the implied representation that such meats are wholesome and suitable for such use. i, : PAGE: E ~ made to the law department, license bleak that even the birds will shun i, S ISR P A N T e e farmer wants to improve his strain of corn and produce the best. tractors, trailers, troughs, trucks, wagons, weeders, weighers, windmills and all other tools, utensils, imple- ments, and machinery required for |, farm use in the actual production of foods and feeds. AR ,, All individuals, partnerships, asso- ciations, and corporations. engaged in the business of importing, manufac- - turing, 'storing, or distributing the - said farm equipment (except those specifically exempted by said act of congress) are hereby required to se- cure licenses on or before June 20, 1918, which will be issued under such rules and regulations governing the conduct of the business as may be pre- scribed under said act. - The secretary of agriculture shall carry into effect the provisions of said act, and shall supervise and direct the exercise of the powers and ‘authority thereby given to the president, as far .‘as the same apply to the said farm equipment, and to any and all prac- tices, procedure, and regulations ap- plicable thereto, authorized or requir- - ed under the provisions of said act, and in this behalf he shall do and per- form such acts and things as may be -authorized or required under the pro- visions of said act, and in this behalf he shall do and perforrh such acts and things as may be authorized -or re- quired of him from time to time by direction of the president and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the president from time " _ to time. All departments and agen- cies of the government are hereby di- rected to co-operate with the secretary of agriculture in the. performance of the duties hereinbefore set forth. " Applications ‘for licenses must be s R R B S division, United States food adminis- tration, Washington, D. C., upon forms prepared for that purpose. Any individual, partnership, associa- tion,” or corporation, other than as hereinbefore excepted, who shall en- gage in or carry on the business of im- porting, manufacturing, storing, or distributing such farm equipment after the date aforesaid, without first securing such license, will be liable to the penalty prescribed by said act of congress. . In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and caused the seal - of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this 14th day of May, 1918; and of the iindependence of the United States o America the 142d. ; (SEAL) WOODROW WILSON. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. . LET TREES PROTECT YOU - Is your house or barn the first ob- ject that the winter winds strike in _several miles sweep across the prairie? ‘A good windbreak on the north and west and 10 or 15 rods back from the buildings will make a world of difference about the farmstead. It -will add much t» the comfort of both man and beast. Even the ‘birds do not ' regard the bare wind-swept prairie as a home. The windbreak will make a home for them too. A row or two of willows will do the business, says the North Dakota Agricultural college. The -willows cost but little and are easily planted. Don’t let that home on the prairie year after year remain so.