6 BREAK OVER STEEL PRICES TO GO BEFORE PRESIDENT Wilson Will Be Asked to Take a Hand in Controversy Be tween the Railroad Administration and De partment of Commerce Industrial Board Washington, April 11. — President] Wilson will be appealed to imme diately by cable to take a hand in the controversy between the rail- I road administration and the De partment of Commerce's industrial t board which was brought to a head j late yesterday by the definite and j final refusal of Director General Hines to accept the new steel price schedule approved by the board af ter conferences with the steel in dustry. This announcement was made in a statement issued for the industrial board by its chairman, George X, Peek, after the director general had made public his final decision. The open break between the two govern ment agencies came after Mr. Hines and Chairman Peek had conferred for about an hour. Mr. Hines based his refusal to ac- j cept the prices on the ground that j the prices were "too high"; that the industrial board had no power to impose its schedule on the railroad administration and that the restora tion of Industry to a peace basis "would be retarded" if a govern mental agency were bound by the board' 3 recommendations. In a statement denouncing the at titude of the railroad administra tion by which it was asserted "the i government is exhibited as setting up an industrial policy with one hand and destroying it with an other," Chairman Peek warned sgainst the railroad administration's I exercise of its power of "monopolistic , buying" of rails and declares that, "the diector general must assume i full responsibility for all the re- 1 suits of the course he has chosen." 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(statement by Mr. Hines, "I am still j of opinion that those prices are too high and therefore that the railroad I administration cannot approve them I as being reasonable prices, j "To the extent that the railroad I administration finds it necessary to j make purchases it will continue to make them on the best terms ob tainable by fair and just methods, with full recognition of the principle that a government agency with large purchasing power must be particu larly careful not even to attempt action which would be regarded as oppressive. "The object of the railroad admin istration throughout has been to ob tain a fair and reasonable price level. It has never contemplated that it should get a lower price level than the general public. "If the industrial board can as- I sist in bringing about levels of prices at which the railroad administration will feel justified in buying its co operation will be welcomed. High Prices Harmful "In the newspaper discussions of this matter the suggestion has at times occurred that the principal thing is to establish some price which the government will endorse to the end that the public will begin i buying at that price and that the mere establishment of a price for this purpose is more important than the intrinsic reasonableness of the price itself. I cannot agree with 1 this principle. I am keenly alive i to the great desirability of stimulat ; ing business in every reasonable way, I but 1 believe in the long run that j the endorsement by a government I purchasing agency of an excessive price level would be harmful to the public Interest and would not bring about confidence, and that the end sought to be obtained will come only by reaching a price level which the public itself shall consider to be reasonable. "I believe one of the greatest prob lems that confronts this country is | that of getting prices back to a reasonable level and I believe prog ress in that direction will be seri ously retarded by the approval of a governmental purchasing agency of prices which it deems excessive." Reviews Negotiations Recounting the history of the nego tiations, Mr. Hines stated that his counselors. John Skelton Williams, Robert S. Lovett, and Henry Wal ters, members of the railroad ad ministration's advisory committee on purchases, T. ('. Powell, the rail road administration's representative in the negotiations, Henry B. Spen cer, director of the railroad adminis tration's division of purchases, and Interstate Commerce Commissioner McChord had agreed unanimously that the industrial board's steel prices were too high. The advisers' opinion was again reiterated after conferences yesterday In New York with representatives of the steel In dustry, Mr. Hines said. Chairman Peek, of the board last night issued a statement In part as follows "The director general of railroads has to-day given to the press a state ment definitely refusing to accept the prices on steel approved by the in dustrial board as representing fair prices for public buying. This state ment discloses what has already been developed in repeated conferences with the railroad administration, that tho reasons for the director gen eral's refusal are, first that he denies the right of the industrial board to impose a price upon the railroad ad ministration, and second, that he is 'of the opinion" that the prices 'aro too high.' "The public must be informed of the magnitude of the solemn respon sibility assumed by the director gen eral in this important decision. "The industrial board was formed to carry out a perfectly defined in dustrial policy to which the govern ment, represented by the President, the Cabinet and the director general was fully committed. • • • "To the complete success of this plan, however, there was one abso lute essential, that the governmental departments should express the con fidence of the government in the ex ecution of this most important policy. "At this late date the execution of the plan this important essential to its success has been denied by the director general of railroads, and bv that denial the labor of the industrial board is set at naught and the gov ernment is exhibited as setting up an industrial policy with one hand and destroying it with the other. "Presuming the government to have been committed to this import ant industrial policy, the board feels that the railroad administration Is under a powerful, if not a compelling obligation, either to have the gov ernment policy abandoned by the same source ttiat announced it and to assume full responsibility for the inevitable effect of such a step, or to support the policy, or to demonstrate that the industrial board has failed in its function and that prices an nounced by the board are not fair. "This brings us to the director gen eral's reason that 'in his opinion' the prices are 'too high." The significance of this expression cannot be over looked. "A representative of the railroad administration Is a member and a part of the board. Contrary to Mr. Hines' Impression, this representa tive did not maintain that the prices of steel generally were 'too high.' He finally dissented only on the price of rails. That Is not, however, the cir cumstance of greatest significance which is that, throughout tho dis cussion from its earliest work to this latest pronouncement, the figures representing costs of production were constantly available to the railroad administration's representative and basis upon which conclusions have been reached has been repeatedly represented to the advisers of the director general and to Mr. Hines himself. "Never have these figures been contested, never has additional or contradictory data been presented, never bas the argument of the rail road administration been addressed to those figures nor to the conclu sions drawn from them by the board. "In fairness to the railroad admin istration it must bo admitted that, by using the full effect of its power of monopolistc buying it might secure a price on rails somewhat lower. The figures stand to prove, however, be yond all question, that such a price would he lo\ver than production costs of any but one or two of the most highly organized, powerful and low est cost producers. * * * "The Inevitab'e result of the use of the enormous buying power of the railroad administration to reduce any price would be to create a situation which would have to be met in one of the following ways: "(A) Increasing of prices to the t public. s. "(B) Throwing all railroad buat- ness into a monopoly of powerful producers. •'(C) Reducing wages. • • "Doubtless the direclor general is within his rights in insisting upon his technical prerogative to deter mine prices for himself. The board insists, however, that in the exercise of that right, the director general must assume full responsibility for all the results of the course he has chosen. "It is not the opinion of the board that the governmental organization as such that important policies can be so lightly frustrated. The railroad administration's refusal to accept the steel prices puts a temporary check on the work of the board, but before abandoning the vital industrial policy which it represents, the board will see that the whole controversy is submitted to the President for final decision." High Grade Cattle Presented to Belgium by British Society London, April 11.—Six hundred shorthorn cattle of the very best breed have been presented by the Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain to the people of Belgium, and 300 of them have already reach ed farm in the vicinity of Bruges. The remainder will follow In a few weeks. The cattle, which are valued at $200,000, will be supplemented in the near future with additional gifts, after which more cattle are to be sent to Serbia and France to take the places of the livestock killed or carried away by the German in vaders. Money for the gifts is being collected In all the English cattle raising counties, and leaders of the movement expect the fund to reach $1,250,000 within the next few months. 7&9S.MarketSqr. LIVINGS TON'S || 7 & 9 S.MarketSqr. PRE-EASTER BARGAIN CARNIVAL 8 DAYS OF BARGAINS, STARTING FRIDAY MORNING, AND CONTINUING UNTIL SATURDAY, 19TH $50,000 Worth of New Merchandise Placed on Special Sale for 8 Days 1500 Women's and Misses Brand New Spring Suits, Coats, Capes, Dolmans and Dresses Placed on 4 Special Sale. 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Linens, ct* $1 5Q <ti nrpccpc qqa $2.00 Dress or Apron $1.49 Brand New Spring Suits placed on Special Sale, in the New Cloths, ji.su uresses aoC nft pt Anrnn 1 QQ Styles and Colors. $2.00 Dresses $1.49 | 4 Dressor Aoron $249 $2OOO Suits $l4 - 98 $ 3O 00 Suits $19.98 $3.00 Dresses $1.98 |J-°° n r ess or Anon S2M $22.50 Suits $16.98 $35.00 Suits $24.98 $4.00 Dresses $2.49 $ s qq Dress OT Aoron $298 $25.00 Suits $17.98 $37.50 Suits $26.98 IfiOO n™ MM A c£cks and strip $27.50 Suits .... , $18.98 $40.00 Suits $28.98 $7.50 Dresses $4.98 |in Pood washable materia], Sizes up MEN'S SEPARATE TROUSERS —— For Work or Dress, at Special Prices, during our Pre-Easter Bargain Car -1000 BOYS' SUITS 'p-, . ., p..* , y 7,1, r A V, $4.00 Pants $2.49 $7.50 Pants $4.98 Placed on Special Sale for our Pre-Easter Bargain Carnival, in Plain Colors no Pants QQ <Rs sn PantQ cc QQ and Mixtures of all kinds. qo.uu rants Kants $6.88 $5.00 Suits $2.98 $12.50 Suits $7.98 Hundreds of Boys' New Wash Suits $6.00 Suits $3.98 $15.00 Suits $9.98 At Special Prices for our Pre-Easter Bargain Carnival. $7.50 Suits 54.98 $16.50 Suits $11.98 $l.OO Suits 79c $3.00 Suits $1.98 $8.85 Suits .' $5.98 $lB.OO Suits $13.98 $1.50 Suits 98c $4.00 Suits $2.49 $10.75 Suits $6.98 $20.00 Suits $14.98 $2.00 Suits $1.49 $5.00 Suits : $2.98 TROOPS IN RUSSIA THREATEN MUTINY IF NOT RETURNED Statement From Washington as to Their Removal Is Demanded By Associated Presq. Washington, April 11. —The War Department issued last night an official statement confirming Asso ciated Press advices from Archangel that what amounted to a mutiny oc curred among the American troops there on March 30. A company of infantry, the message stated, re fused to entrain for the front until personally urged to do so by Colonel George E. Stewart, commanding the American contingent. Open threats were made of general mutiny unless a definite statement from Washing ton insuring early withdrawal was forthcoming. The text of the paraphrase of the code message dated March 31 fol lows, the department having elimi nated only the identification of the company and certain military in formation not bearing on the inci dent: War Department Message The War Department's paraphrase of the message follows: "Yesterday morning, March 80, a company of infantry, having re ceived orders to the railroad front, was ordered out of barracks fbr the purpose of packing sleds for the trip across the river to the railroad sta tion. "The noncommissioned officer who was in charge of the packing soon reported to the officers that the men refused to obey. At this, some of tho officers took charge, and all except one man began reluctant ly to pack after a considerable de lay. The soldier who continued to refuse was placed in confinement. Colonel Stewart, having been sent for, arrived and had the men assem bled to talk with them. "Upon tho condition that the prisoner above mentioned was re leased the men agreed to go. This was done and the company then proceeded to the railway station and entrained there for the front. That they would not go to the front line positions was openly stated by the men, however, and they would only go to Oborzerekaya. They also stated that general mutiny would soon come if there was not some definite statement forthcoming from Wash ington with regard to the removal of American troops from Russia at tho earliest possible date.", Asks For More Details The department has cabled for more information. From the mes sage received yesterday officials were unable to ascertain whether a con dition of mutiny had in fact devel oped in the past ten days. Pend ing fuller advices, no comment was forthcoming as to the course to be pursued 1 . Presumably, it was said, Colonel Stewart already had been advised directly that it was the purpose of eh Supreme War Council, in charge of the policy governing the move ment, to withdraw the tntire force from Northern Russia when the ice blockading the harbors goes out The British relief expedition, orig inally scheduled to be 2,400 strong has sailed as have the two com panies of American railway en gineers sent at the request of the British authorities to keep open the railroad south of Murmansk. Announcement of the purpose to withdraw the force was made of ficially to congressional military committtees by Secretary Baker February 17, on Instructions from President Wilson. Supplementing that statement. General March, chief of staff, said last Saturday that the American contingent would cer tainly be withdrawn by June. Frcncli anil British Involved The official report makes the in cident even more serious than the original press accounts. Both Brit ish and French troops have been involved, according to rumor in similar incidents, but American of ficers on the scene liave felt that the fiiorale of the American troops was too high for such an outbreak. The dispatch yesterday did not show to what extent Bolshevikl propagandists could be held respon sible for the behavior of the troops. The Three Hundred and Thirty nin'h nfantry of the Eighty-fifth division forms the bulk of the American contingent in the Arch angel region. The unit is almost wholly composed of selective service men from Michigan. It is com manded by Colonel George E. Stew art, of the regular army, who servea in (cmc of the most northerly posts in Aiaska and became thoroughly familiar with weather conditions such as those at Archangel. While the action of the company at Archangel undoubtedly is mu tinous under any strict interpreta tion of the military code and would render the men liable to severe dis ciplinary action under ordinary cir cumstances, War Department offi cials did not believe such action would result. It was pointed out that the men apparently obeyed their orders subsequently when the situation had been made clear to them. Only in the event of a refusal which jeopardized tho lives of other rncn, it was thought would any drastic measures of discipline be in voked. Officers here were frankly doubtful that public sentiment at home would permit any other course and many of them expressed sympathy with the feelings of the i men. Mackey Has Bill to Re-Educate State's Handicapped Persons PltUlmrgh, April 11. Rehabilita tion and re-education of handicapped persons in Pennsylvania, is the aim of a bill which will be introduced in the present Legislature, Harry Mac key, chairman of the State Work men's Compensation Board, announc ed here. Mr. Mackey, who prepared the bill, stated that it will take in all handicapped persons, and that through it, the subject of physical reconstruction will be placed In the hands of the compensation board. The board will meet hero to-mor row to review 250 cases for the west ern section of the state. Chairman Mackey announced to-day that the meeting on workmen's compensation legislation, which was to have been held next Tuesday, has been post poned to Tuesday, April 22, in llar risburg. It's Springtime Celery King Time Blood Cleaning time is here! What will I give the children and take myself? Celery King, of course—the kind that father and mother take every spring. 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