SPROUL BACKS
NEW LAWS FOR
FARMER BODY
-Governor Says High Cost of
Living Is Not Fault
of Tillers
Washington, Sept. 4. —According
to the National Board of Farms or
ganization, a body interested in ob
taining favorable legislation for the
farmers of the United States, Gov
ernor Sproul, of Pennsylvania, has
given out a statement backing them
up in their position. The announce
ment issued here yesterday in the
name of the organization reads: —
"Governor SprouL of Pennsyl
vania, who recently visited Wash
ington for the purpose of conferring
with other State Executives on the
subject of the high cost of living,
said that it was very necessary that
the country obtain a better under
standing of the point of view of the
farmers. Without this, the Penn
sylvania Executive declared, it
would be impossible to find a perma
nent corrective for the present con
dition of affairs.
"It is very well to berate the high
cost of living," said Governor Sproul.
"It is certainly a very tangible evil
Which demands attention. It is the
duty of all persons who love their
country to study the problem and
if possible find the remedy. A tem
porary nostrum will not do. It must
be something which will pretty
nearly guarantee a cure. If the
country is sick it needs a doctor."
Governor Sproul said he was glad
to see that the National Board of
Farms organization was taking a
hand in the matter and was direct
ing its activities in a conservative,
sane and constructive way. He de
clared that the farmers were in no
way to blame for the present high
prices, but believed they would be
glad to co-operate in an effort to
bring them down to more reasonable
levels. He doubted, however, if this
could be accomplished by forcing all
so-called hoarded food on the mar
ket. This, at best, he said, was only
a temporary palliative.
Believes in Conservation
"I am not an advocate of hoard
ing, far from it," continued the
Pennsylvania Executive. "I believe
in forcing upon the markets of the
country all food needed for human
consumption. But I believe also in
conservation. This involves the
necessity for reserving* certain foods
for use in periods of non-production.
The clothier has his winter stocks
bought and made in the preceding
spring. This is conservation and
preparation. So the farmer should
be prepared to sell eggs when the
hens have suspended laying and he
should be ready to sell butter when
the cows are not giving so gener
ously of their milk.
"He could do these things through
agencies which he ought to be per
mitted to establish and to establish
these agencies it is very necessary
that he' be permitted to organize.
I am a thorough believer in the
farmer and I think he is little
understood by the city man to whom
ha sells his products."
Bolshevism Present
Governor Sproul said it was use
less to deny that the menace of
Bolshevism was present in Amer
ica. He declared that he was con
fident the country would never lay
prostrate before that monster, but it
may experience some real incon
venience from unthinking persons
and organizations which attach
themselves to the Russia economic
importation. Should the evil
threaten the peace of this country,
however, the farmers may be de
pended upon to tlirow in their lot
with those who entertain ideas and
ideals that are 100 per cent. Ameri
can. Governor Sproul said.
Farmers Anti-Bolslievist
"In any case the farmers will sup
port the country against any Bol
shevist menace," said Governor
Sproul. "But if they are treated
light they will defend the nation
with enthusiasm and one enthused
man will do more than three who
fight simply because they believe it
is their duty to do so.
Governor Sproul said he doubted
under the present conditions
whether if the farmer consented to
take a lower price for his wheat the
tirbanite would be able to buy his
bread any cheaper. The causes for
the present high cost of living, the
Governor said, were to be found in
faulty methods of distribution, the
greed of certain middlemen and
other evils over which the ruralitc
had no control.
"I am confident that the farmers
as a body will never be slackers
and they will always be found on
the side of those who believe in
America," said Governor Sproul.
"The more farmers we have the
more secure the country will be
against the menace of 1. W. W 'ism
and other disturbir.s e) disrupting
agencies. It is u good plan to get
the tiller of the soil and the man
wim lives in the city tc come to
gether and I hope this will be done."
America Must Prepare
For Next War, Baker Says
Philadelphia, Sept. . America
must prepare for the next war.
This was the statement of Secre
tary of War Baker, to the fifty
eighth annual meeting of the Amer
ican Chemical Society at the Belle
vue-Stratford yesterday. The Sec
retary of War came to express his
appreciation of the co-operation of
the society during the war, and to
thank the members for their part
in the victory.
The Secretary did not advocate
militarism. He did, however, advo
cate preparation of all the forces
which the exigencies of modern
warfare demand, in the event of an
emergency to defend the ideals for
which thousands of Americans gave
their lives.
"I hope,' said Mr. Baker, "there
will be no war in the future, but the
work of preparing the United States
to assume its place in tbe forefront
of such a fight should be begun at
once."
Save Petrograd Is
Plea of Trotzky
Iguidon, Sept. 4.—Leon Trotsky,
the Bolshevist military and naval
commissary, addressing the Petro
gratl Soviet on September 1, declared
the Bolshevists must stand proudlv
and impregnably in the defense of
Petrograd, according to Soviet gov
ernment wireless message from
Moscow.
Trotsky added that unless Fin
land gives guarantees of her sin
cerity and the cessation of further
provocation the Bolshevists will
make every preparation for an
overwhelming advance into that
country.
The Soviet approved unanimously
a proposal to offer peace to Estlio
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THURSDAY EVENING, BXRimBURQ TEE3K3RXPH SEPTEMBER 4, 1919. ~i
Attorney General Palmer
Named as Co-Defendant
in Four Big Libel Suits
New York, Sep. 4.—Attorney Gen
eral Palmer and Allen Property Cus
todian Garvan were named as de
fendants in four libel suits tiled in
Federal Court here by Julius Forst
mann and the Forstmann and Huff-
"The Live Store" , Opetl All Day Thursday "Always Reliable"
Only Three [3] More Days
of Our Great Semi-Annual
What a great benefit this sale has been to thou
sands of customers throughout this territory. Those who have bought /ifFy "mWf
Clothing, Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, etc., at this "Live Store's" semi-annual clear- yjjoSKn
ance sale have saved a considerable amount of money on their purchases. If all the | Jk
savings during this sale were put into one lump sum, it would be quite a huge sum to
look at. But we are glad that we could be of so much service to the community in .\" •
helping to make money go farther than it would stretch under ordinary conditions.
Perhaps you have not been to this sale, or if you have been I
here you had better come back again before it ends on Saturday night, you'll find good as- j Jl
sortments of the very things you will need for future use, mind you, we are selling, at our extremely low / 5
prices, B. V. D. Underwear, Monito Hose, Brighton Garters, the finest Sweaters, Boys' Clothing, Hats, Caps, / ri
Hart Schaffner & Marx,
Kuppenheimer and IInHP*
Society Brand Clothes -HH
One customer spent $3§0.48 at this sale Tuesday— ? . jjp bblh
and we are just wondering how much money you and your friends are
anxious to invest in good wearing apparel when we offer an unequalled opportunity I Mijf
to save such as this. These are the last three days of our semi-annual House Cleaning, <
when we dispose of all Spring and Summer stocks, we don't want to carry anything
over, you get the benefit of this business policy we adopted years ago, by getting the ! Illf
profits. Be sure to take advantage of it. Saturday last Day. |||g
AH $25.00 Suits &1 ft 7S All $40.00 Suits s3l 75 §■ fl
All $30.00 Suits $23.75 All $45.00 Suits $3575 Mr jPI
All $35.00 Suits $?.7.7S All $50.00 Suits $39 75 MA feyfck
W" _ _ _ lb® Hou of Kupp®nh®im
Underwear Boys' Clothes at Mark-Down Prices] Trousers
All B. V. D. Union Suits ... $1.19 All SIO.OO Boys' Suits $7.89 All $3.50 Trousers $2.89
All SI.OO Underwear 79c A }j „ oys ! f u !* 8 J 8 ' 75 AU $4 00 Trousers $3.19
AH t, an 11 A CQ £r ™ o° yS , o^ t8 $9 ' 75 A " s 4 ' so Trousers $3.39
All $2.00 Underwear $1.59 All $15.00 Boys' Suits $10.75 aii 5 00 Trousers SI M
All $2.50 Underwear $1.89 A " $lB-00 Boys' Suits $13.75 All %50 Trousers ! 1!!!!
All $3.00 Underwear $2.39 ! Boys'39c Black Cat Hose, 33c— Boys 1 SI.OO Kay nee Shirts, 79c All $7.50 Trousers $5.89
All s3.soUnderwear $2.89 All Wash Suits at Sale Prices Al!s<2Tro™ §"2
man Company, of Passaic, N. J.
Damages aggregating $850,000 arc
demanded. The suits are based on
articles written by Mr. Palmer tor
the Saturday Evening Post and
Xlunsey's Magazine, and by Mr.
Garvan for the New York Tribune.
The three publications also are made
defendants.
These articles, the complaints al
lege, charge the complainants with
disloyalty during the war and with
being enemy-owned and operated in
the Interest of Germany. In the
"Munsey" article, written by Mr.
Palmer, It was stated, the complaint
alleges that the great woolen plant
of the Forstmann and Huffman
Company had actually been taken
over as enemy property by the Alien
Property Custodian. These Charges
the complaint alleges, are wholly
false, a large majority of the stock
in the woolen company having been
for many years owned by American
citizens, who have conducted it with
scrupulous regard to American in
terests. The plant, it is alleged, has
never been taken over by the Gov
ernment as enemy property or oth
erwise.
Emma Goldman to
Go Free October 1
By Associated Press.
Jefforson City, Mo.. Sept. 4.
Emma Goldman has not been re
leased from tho penitentiary here
as was reported In a telegram read
at the Socialists' convention at Chi
cago yesterday. Prison officials last
night said she probably would be
released October 1, next. She is
serving a two-year sentence for al
leged Interference with tho selec
tive service act.
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