PENNSYLVANIA FIRM FOR ORDER Officials to Co-Operate With Uncle Sam in Fighting the Gougers and Rioters Men charged with enforcement of the law in the counties and the mu nicipalities will stand behind the United States Government in its campaign to drive down prices and the .profiteers to cells and will sup port it in maintenance of law, the orderly processes of government and the combatting of extravagance. This- was manifested in no uncertain terms at the "fair price" conference at the State Capitol yesterday. The meeting lasted until nightfall and the speakers not only supported the Attorney General of the United States, but took occasion at every opportunity to compliment Governor William C. Sproul upon his stand. "It has been a great meeting and I think we have all profited by it. ,We have heard from the National Government and our State govern ment and from you rulers of cities and boroughs and from the law offi cers of the counties. 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All weights—all sizes of Peerless Union Suits At The Globe FRIDAY EVENING, ■DtßlUfflroßQ TELfOHAPH NOVEMBER 7, 1919 dltions," said Governor William C. Sproul at the conclusion of the con ference. "Get to Work" "Let tis get to work; let us come down out of the clouds. People who don't work are not worth the room they occupy. Let us live as we know that we should live and be saving and not extravagant. In closing this conference I can safely say that the State of Pennsylvania will co-oper ate with the United States Govern ment and that you all will co-oper 7 ate with the State." Both the .Governor and Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer were delighted with the spirit manifested at the conference. The Governor complimented the Attorney General upon his "brave and courageous stand," and speaker after speaker praised the Governor for affording an opportunity for expressing views. Maurcr Denounced Mr. Palmer closed his address, in which he outlined the plans of the Government to deal with price pirates, with a stinging denuncia tion of James H. Maurer, president of the State Federation of Labor, and those who would substitute the, rule of force or threats for American' liberty. It was an illumination of the reason why the United States Government refused to let Maurer go to Europe because it reviewed his remarks at meetings, and the Attorney General concluded with a declaration that happy would be the day when the influence of Maurer and Foster would pass from labor councils, because they were not of the wisdom of Gompers and William B. Wilson. Mr. Palmer preached the doctrine of work and content, and the Gov ernor repeatedly urged the impor tance of thrift, caring for produc tion of foodstuffs and co-operation, present in heads of the State gov ernment whom, he said, were ready to do their best to help and invit ing suggestions. He was given many evidences of a Sincere appreciation of his efforts to put the State gov ernment on a basis of business effi ciency and of admiration for his course. Palmer's Remarks Mr. Palmer said, in part: "This is a critical hour in the life of our DULL, SPLITTING, SICK _HEADACHE Dr. James' Headache Powders Relieve at Once—lo Cents a Package You take a Dr. James' Headache Powder and in just a few moments 1 your head clears and all neuralgia I and pain fades away. It's the quick est and surest relief for headache, whether dull, throbbing, splitting or nerve-racking. Send someone to the drug store and get a dime package now. Quit suffering—it's so need less. Be sure you get Dr. James' Headache Powders—then there will be no disappointment. country. The test ts being made whether the Government has the right and the power to protect all the people from a National disaster which would be inflicted upon them by a single group for its own advan tage. The strike of the bituminous coal miners, at the time and under the circumstances in which it was called. Involves much more than a dispute between employers and em ployes over the wages, hours or con ditions of labor. In the proceedings which the Government has taken to prevent the. strike, we have been careful not to take sides in the con troversy between the operators and the miners. Nothing that we have done is intended or designed to have any effect upon the recognized right of labor to organize, to bargain col lectively through its unions and, under ordinary industrial condi tions, to walkout by concerted action. There is involved the right and power of the Government to vindi cate its own autho'rity and sover eignty. The offer of a peaceful set tlement of the strike through the instrumentality of an impartial tri bunal was rejected and the Govern ment faced the alternative of sub mitting to the demands of a single group; to the irreparable injury of the whole people, or of challenging the assertion by that group of power greater than that of the Govern ment itself. Confronted with such a choice, the Government's duty was perfectly clear: it refused to sur render to the dictation of any group and it proposes to assert its power to protect itself and the people whom it is designed to serve. The Heal Issue I "In a statement recently issued by officers of the miners' union, refer ence is made to the 'supreme au thority' of the miners' organization; ' the question which we must now try I out is whether the by-laws of the miners' union shall prevail against the great needs of the people and whether the 'supreme authority' of any nongovernmental body can be substituted for the authority of the Government under the law. "There are men in the country who have no sympathy for our form of government and no respect for our institutions. They would trans plant the chaos of Russia in Ameri can soil. They have gained influ ence in the councils of organized labor, some of them as leaders in positions of authority in the unions and others as blatant advocates of ultra-radical doctrine seeking to force the hands of sane and patriotic leaders in their organizations. A striking instance of this tendency was the action of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor, in its con vention at Pittsburgh last Sunday, when, under the leadership of James H. Maurer, it authorized a general strike in all trades in Pennsylvania as a protest, 'unlefs steps be imme diately taken granting the constitu tional rights of free speech and lib erty of public assembly.' The guar anty of free sp/ech must be care fully preserved and the wise men who wrote it into the Bill of Rights were careful to provide the methods by which it should be preserved. The lawful remedies are at hand. It is not necessary that a whole people should be deprived of the necessities of life in order to enforce those rem edies. I cannot believe that the vast body of the membership of the State Federation Labor, which i 3 loyal and patriotic/will support this revo lutionary plan. "It will be a glad day for labor In America when men of the Maurer' type lose their influence in its coun cils. Until that day comes, we can give the honest, patriotic working men of the Nation no greater help than by preventing the Maurers and the Fosters from accomplishing their thinly concealed revolutionary plans." . Farmer Hasn't Struck When Mr. Palmer had finished his remarks, the Governor said that the State of Pennsylvania had to raise more food, although it was a leader in the way of supporting itself. "The farmer has not struck, and we must work with him," said he. "I'm proud of Palmer." Secretary of Agriculture Frederic Rasmussen, Commissioner of Labor and Industry C. B. Connelly, Com missioner of Health Edward Martin and Superintendent of Public In struction Thomas E. Finegan, at in vitation of the Governor, outlined what their departments would do. Colonel Martin saying that when he got his system of health working the future generations would be taller, thicker and more efficient than the present. Attorney General W. I. Schajfer said that the State had al ready taken some steps to bring down living costs and had demon strated by its Governor its adher ence to a government of land. The result of the conference will be that in many cities and, boroughs fair-price committees will be named. The mayors of the three big cities were the first cajled upon by the Governor. Mayor Thomas B. Smith of Philadelphia congratulated the | Governor upon taking the initiative 1 1° tteet a condition almost intoler able, and after outlining the work, ■ j* lle mayor's price committed pledged support to the Palmer pro-1 gram. Mayor E. V. Babcock of 'k'kurgh sa 'd he would go home with an inspiration and that no one knew better than he the effects upon a community of idleness and ex travagance. He became very ear nest in discussing law and order and in urging that the people pres-< ent should not "let George do it. but start and go right down the line." In closing, he said of W. Z. Foster: He s housed in our city. I wish some one would take him away; ne re tired of him." Mayor A. T. Connell of Scrnnton outlined the fair-pnce committee in Scranton and said that as a means of getting into touch a meeting of all farmers of i Lackawanna was to be held in Scranton. Kelster Hits Out The meeting was then thrown open and there were many speakers, Mayor Daniel L. Keister of Harris burg winning attention by his re *hat fair-price committees should take rent gouging into con and that th e Governor have more conferences, Governor is- to be congratu lated upon the success of this meet ing and I think we should have more conferences like this. They are a fine idea" said the Mayor. "It strikes me that rents should be considered by the fair price committee. Harris burg has suffered more at the hands I of the rent profiteers than any place i that I know of. The rent of small I houses has gone up 125 per cent, i in a year and I think it is the duty !of the next Legislature to p. ss a 1 I law that will end rent gouging. Peo- I pie are ordered away with no place to go. Harrisburg has had condi tions which have been very bad in deed. They have been caused by | combinations in real estate transac tions. The officials of Harrisburg will be glad to co-operate with the State and national officers. We al- I ready have a fair price committee with a very efficient man, the food administrator during the war, at : the head of it. We have passed a ; forestalling ordinunce which has i worked very well and we are try ing to let the producers know what we need here." The Farmer's Side The farmer was championed vig orously by John A. McSparran, mas ter of the State Grange, who said the farmer was not getting a fair deal. District Attorney H. H. Row and, Allegheny county, expressed the belief that the common la.w would enable cases to be made out against "gougers"; Mayor Archibald John ston of Bethlehem spoke on con certed patriotic effort; Mayor Ei S. Hugentugler of York said that the remedy should come from Washing ton and not from the community; Mayor A. M. Hoagland of Williams-' port discussed difficulties in estab-1 lisliing food sales; Mayor John V. ' Kocek of Wl.kes-Barre said some farmers were profiteers; Burgess George Grayson of Darby also in cluded rent as something in the list to act against; District Attorney John B. Hannum, Jr., of Delaware county, suggested lavs against profi teering like those against usury and the regulation of labor by law As capital is regulated; Georg'e T. Sobs. Philadelphia market sales commit tee spoke on the organization of sa'es of Army and Navy foods; c. H. ' Keats. Philadelphia, on organization of public sentiment, with remarks by 1 Mayor J. A. Heineman of Butler and i others. Joseph R. Grundy, presi- \ dent of the Pennsylvania Manufac turers' Association, called upon by tlie Governor for remarks, said that he thought when Europe begins to produce again price conditions will adjust themselves and stirred up th" meeting by remarking that it hardly lias in the month of a Depiocrati- Administrat on to criticise the State which produced one-sixth of Un taxes. He said that very little of textiles and other materia's was stored away, closing w'th the remark that Washington officials should at tend to their own end and leave Pennsylvania to' the "cupable hands, of its Governor." Injunction Restrains Labor Unions From Ordering Strikes; By Associated - Press Philadelphia, Nov. 7.—A prelim- 1 Inary injunction against the Council of Associated Trades and more than twenty of its atfil'ated unions and their officers and agents-restraining them from ordering strikes of union workmen employed by J. F. Bu chanan & Co., electrical contractors. Is granted by Judge Staake, of Common Pleas Court. The injunc tion also restrains the unions and their officers from dlrciplining tin on workers who may choose to work on operations of the Buchanan concern where nonunion men are employed, J or from bringing pressure to hear to I cause a rescinding of any contracts ' to which the concern is a party. i In applying for the injunction the counsel for Buchanan & Com pany said a contract of h s clients had been rescinded because the As sociated Building Trades had noti fied the firm that placed the contract that unless the nonunion men em ployed by Buchanan & Company were taken off the Job all the union men engaged in other trades would quit work on the building. J Sunday Flying No Blue Law Violation, Magistrate Decides By Associated Press Philadelphia, Nov. 7.—A police magistrate .after pondering ten days over the question, decided that air flying on Sunday does not violate the Pennsylvania blue laws of 179 4. j'„ "Birds fly on Sunday," he said, 1 ' and I, therefore, do not see how : the law is violated by a blrdman I who runs an air taxicab on the Sab bath." , Lieutennnt John C. Howard, the airman, was prosecuted two weeks l xf° a charge °I violating the i blue laws by accepting money for j carrying passengers on Sunduy. Women's Congress Closes With Banquet .By Associated Press. 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