The evening world. Newspaper, December 15, 1916, Page 6

ooo ST ceeaiide, Lali Lewis Added to| Army of Believers in Fed- } eral Regulation. | WANTS MAXIMUM PRICES Sure His Telephone Bill Would Save Money for Housewives. By Sophie Irene Loeb. (Otaff Cor jondent Evening World.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—“There ts Ro reason fn the world why the Gov- en cannot set maximum rates : for the common necesattion of life “In my opin- jon, it can be done through the Commission now, and if full pow- : er Js not already ' there, It can be readily creatoa by legislation. “A Farm-to- the-Kitchen postal rate for foods Would be one of the best inventions to eliminate the high cost of living. “Housewives everywhere could iz to the farmer and the produce tepuld be there in the morning. T-The Government certainly has ates and ‘other important elements are settled ‘by the Government through the In- terstate Commerce Commission. “In fact, the Government has gone about nin nthe of the way toward | setting the prices for common com- : modities, : “There is no reason why it should ‘mot go the other tenth and assure jthe poorest man in the country that hie is paying the right price for the } nncessities of life. “I Ddelieve this can be done and aught to prove one of the great rem- | edial measuren in getting right at the | crux of the problem.” +} These are the opinions of Repre- * sentative Davis J. Lewis, whose ‘arm-to-the-Kitchen” rate bill chusing consilorble comment here, ewls's bill, introduced during WRhout doubt, Jewelry is ; The Best of All Gifts| : It recalls the giver's per- sonality to the wearer and | forms a strong link in the + chain of friendship, AeaTaR i Beauty with novel design from our own factory, and sold at moderate prices, Silverware and Art Objects in a large variety. for Catalogue of Christmas Suggestions sme Ne ete et te 20 John Street NEAR JOHN STREET ENTRANCE | to the Fulton St. Sspeny 6 Station You needn’t economizeon | yourgrocery orderto indie Eddys OLD ENG alice| It’s an inexpensive as well as savory relish, At Grocers and by E. Pritchard, 331 Spring St., N. Y. ~V*AITCHEN-TO-THE-FARMER’ -| PHONE WOULD PUT CHEAPE | FOOD IN MOUTHS OF HUNGRY Federal Trade| rT on! New York, the week, calls for the purchase of the telephone system of the City of Wash- ington, to be operated as an expert- ment by the Post Omce Department. He chose Washington, he told me, because the Government here is the telephone’s largest patron, paying about $100,000 per annum for tele- phone rentals, The bill ts proposed merely for experimental purposes and fixes a low night rate for the use of farmers and consumers within the first parcel post zone about Washing- ton, permitting direct dealings for farm products. Whether this test will be carried| Wiens digging inthe or nary Smannet VAIN REGRET, out is, of course, a matter for Con- | woul 1 nous, (Wrem the American gress, but Mr. Lowis has given much study to various costa of common and el World’ Cut out this coupon, fill out and mail to the Housewives’ I desire to enroll my name as a member of The-Evening THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION a Bobb; Address ..cccccccccccscccsccsecccccccesescces parth—¥ ment ring, 's Housewives’ Protective Association. OF THE DYNAMITE A GOOD DITCH DIGGER, an interesting uttio| Makes (Prom Farm and Pireside) bilshed on the primor- FLESH A Western contractor dug 5.2 miles of ditch on aw drainage tract by simply ing dynamite were used top and three a crew of four men blasted 1,800 feet of bat in ad This meth for constructing CASTH IN PEARDOM, STUDIES IN ARCHAKOLOGY. (rom the Kanvas Clty Journal) “What did you find in that supposed Indian mound?" “Some rare specimens of pottery.” Any. inscriptions? The inscription often Sage the dat af “One bore th thousand pounds und charges inches apart p, The ditch iv feet wide at tho iin half fect deep, A twe tn i oa te ganecialt woll adapted itches tl rough, unders Passenger (a the ship is stung) — Captain 's there no hope--no hope what- (From the Chicago Journal.) r? commodities to tho ultimate oon-| pq pins fet the brown bears} Captain—-None at all, my man; no A retreat hastily 7m the hotel bi ho) marae Biles when Diack bears heave Jn siehe | Passenser—Hang my luck! Ana 1] DRUG “I believe that the time will come, and perhaps sooner than we expect,” he sald, the middleman, the Government will get right in the way between the con- sumer and producer and regulate the price, “The Government has the power to do it, Lam confident that there ts no question of that, ‘There is no reson | Why It should not do it. ‘The power! of re n is there through the! Interst, mamerce Commission and | through the Federal Trade Commis- sion. “In fact, the Government has gone nine-tentho of the way In fixing the} price that the consumer shall pay for the common commodities, and it ts . step to do the other tenth and maximun | decide what shall be the price the consumer shall pa mon commodities, such as bi meat, butter or coal, “1 ‘believe this is one of the big cause certainly the Gov-| not going to confiscate a producer's property by setting a max imum price that does not give him a fair return on his product. | “At the same time, the Government | is going to protect the consumer in this way by being able, through Its power, to cut out the artiflelal mid- dieman's profit that at present ever-| lastingly gets in the way. | “We do this with public service | utilities now, and certainly a public commodity such as bread or coal is clothed with a public use that ts un- mistakable in its necessity to the poor man as well as the rich. | EXPECTS A HARD FIGHT FROM, VESTED INTERESTS. | “Of course there are always the vested interests to fight these propo~ sitions, and the tank will not be easy. ig! But if it in possible to create the ma- chinery to pass on what shall be the maximum price paid for a few com- mon commodities this very price set- ting by the Government on the neces- sities Will prove a precedent, a guide | for price setting on other similar commodities, go that an abnormal profit’ will be unusual on the com mon everyday needs of the common | | individual, It will, prove “| cheek for other thins “If this whould be made a Federal | will bring the closer wh they be] interstate measure It consumer and prod t 4 paradoxical that the Gov- | ronment up ull now has created va- | rious kinds of legislation that Is in- | tended to protect the consumer as to sanitation, storage, method of pack | ing, and in fact every other element for the welfare of the consumer, but | has not gone to the point of ae the maximum price. “Of courses with public utilities like | the telephone, electricity, gas, &c., the | | Government regulation goes all’ the} | way, It sees that the consumer not only gets the proper quantity and | quality, but fixes the maximum Ogure that bo shall pay. Why not in ite | matter of the very necessities of life, such s is mentioned? step | have suggested in my Viv in dine with this, in that » price fixing bet umer and the produ telephone ¢ | cons gether by | nication. “It is of probable fundamental im- portance that there be a kitchen-to- | furm rate by which the consumer | | could connect with the farm and have his produce brought him direct by cel post at its frst price and with s firat smell, The telephone pro- ides the personal contact neceswary bargain making. The letter does vt, SAYINK Nothing of its delays and rer ¢ ad jlabor. Dut the telephone cannot be used now because of its prohibitive rates. Washington |» completely en- vine ed by farms, yet [ fnd thatsthe vife cannot reach a single here at a cost less than 15 ents, a rate prohibitive in such | sinait, tr tates below a | nickel ¢ say, for the je « ' use of the |1ines is less than cont of the potor as 4 conts for tw in in Australia, | Germany and postal rates t a m within a region of fifty miles." patie alee | | A LITTLE LATE. Francis Joseph has left $12. 000,000 for wounded and invalid soldiers and relatives of those i | Carmin is @ Nth that is filled with coal and pulled by a mule An insulator is like thie: Teall you a Mar, which ts an insult, and therefore I ain an Insulator | A farmer buye a ploce of land and puts stockings on it and it is then @ stock | farm | aijcoln said you can fool the 1 a) the time becuuse there is a guccor born rt of machinist who Ing mbout this + iniinal,” | ays the devil made her do it" | at won't add anything to unwrit- ten law. He baw figured in jurispru: | dence before. and the fatter, in turn, thameeclves one at the approach of the “when In order to eliminate | om wouldn't eat any cucumbers for dinner promptly, because | wae afratd of indigestion! wet | two pleces of cake are too mach | Aristocrat” » DECEMBER 15, 1916. WISDOM AND AGH, the Pittsbergh Cbroniclo Telegraph.) monstrated Bobb; ‘andma’s sho use feces of cake.” h® ought not to have dona said his mother, "I think ar 1 “when T to let me ¢. ttle bo: The oi rou, row the Protective Association. Evening World, Post Office Box 1384. J) tore wisdom you will gain’ = Bobby was silenced, Tat only for a 1916 moment. “Well, ma.” he aald, “grandma te a food déal older than you are.” pte Slates POSSIBLE. (From the Boston Transeript.) You hat have t seen my engnKe- Marie—1 don't know, Who ts the zest JOHAN HOFF’ ALT EXTRACT TONIC FAMILY Taken m With Meals Imparts An Indescribable Flavor to Food. lao Aide Digestion. STORES EVERYWHERE. Jranklin Simon & Co. 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