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Suit. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair to-day and to-morrow; gentle to moderate north winds. Highest temperature yesterday, 85; lowest; 66. Detailed weather report on editorial page. IT SHINES FOP ALL VOL. L2CXXVI. NO. 343. 4- NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919. Copyright, 1919, bu tho Sun Printing and PuUUhjng Association. PRICE TWO CENTS. WILSON URGES FIVE LAWS TO LOWER PRICES; WARNS WA GE EARNERS OF DANGER .IN STRIKES; B. R. T. IS TIED UP TIGHT. EXCEPT (L ' AND SUB WA Y 5- VIOLENCE RENE WED IN BROOKLYN STRIKE; END IS NOT IN SIGHT Sporadic Rioting Marks the Day and Policemen Make Numerous Arrests. MILLIONS IN LOSSES Garrison Still Refuses to m A ITTiXl- TT ! 1.i lreai mm umuii, uuc Nixon May Arbitrate. CONEY ISLAND ISOLATED Trouble Thrcntcns to Spread to Green Car Lines in Man-. hattan Borough. Brooklyn's surface cars were tied up as completely yesterday as on the first two days of Uie strike of B. It. T. employees, but the elevated service Improved a bit. The company ran all night service, of s sort, on the subway and elevated lines for the first time since the strike btjan. It operated eighty-seven trains, of 224 cars In all, with ICO trainmen and 142 policemen to protect them. Surface lines stopped their feeble pretense of service at 5:30 o'dock. The police apparently had new .or ders. )VIlllam Lahcy, Deputy Com mlesloncr, had taken hold and his bltjfcoatswerc told, o take no' nop tense. As a result strikers Jearhed they could not .use rough tactics as freely os before- The strike, therefore, ccemed to be settling down for a -long test of strength. Will Start B4 Cara Early' To-day. At the end of a conference between Deputy Police Commissioner Lahey and operating officials of the B. R. T. at midnight last night the announce ment was made that flfty-four surface cars will be started at 6 o'clock this morning, In addition, to Increases on the subway and elevated, where tho trains will be made up of two cara each. Commissioner Lahey assured the of- men for each surface car, one for each en the elevated and as many more as wu found necessary to ofTord ade quate protection. Following a conference late last right between Receiver Garrison, Gen eral Manager Royce and operating of ficials of the B. R. T., It was announced that every effort will be made to give the largest possible measure of, sur face car service this morning, In ad dition to thei subway and elevated lines which the management hoped ould run all. night. Mayor Hylan made aft automobile trip late last night to the Easf New Tork, Bergen street. Fresh Pond and Halsey street car bams. -He waa ac companied by Capt. David Kane of' the Ralph avenue station. At East New Tork 300 strikers cheered the Mayor and asked for a speech. At Bergen street he asked how many men were ready to take cars out, and only ono responded. Ho asked the number of police at all the barns. In some quarters fears were ex pressed that the strlko might extend to the preen car lines in Manhattan. A meeting of employees, at which loyalty to the company was expressed by resolution, waa followed by a rous ing rump meeting outside In which or ganization was agitated and the sugges tion made that the men get In touch itn tho Brooklyn strikers. Organ rs are said to be working on em ployees of other lines. JTIion Take. Notice of Strike. Only the proceedings before Pub lic Service Commissioner Lewis Nixon rave my promise of a settlement W It Is only a promise of the dis pute that is costing Brooklyn endless '"conveniences and all tho-boroughs m the dty logsea running Into the Wiltons of dollars a day. At the P. o- C hearing yesterday Judicial notice was taken for the first time of the consistently maintained willingness of nn ST Undler M. Garrison ofjthe t t0 meet ft commlttea repre sentative of the employees as a whole. e remained inflexibly firm i his re t0 treat w1th un exclusively union committee. To-day tho union men are to present their case before we Commission. They insisted again f' night that they will not settle re recenltlon of the unton. ii . r auccd I" establishing their rPr"nt all but aoo of the Mr J.. ,emPlo' It Is possible that wn, X" 00 cn 60 Persuaded to treat them without formally recogalslng :f,V u"'on- Omelali of the company "aim they were certain last night that ... m couId 7101 established. They kaV. ! t0 .Mtn tnat thelr ,oyi mn ta. en 'nUrnldaUd during the first l of the(tfpke. These men, t. tConH,i on. Third Pope.) STRIKE KEEPS 9 THEATRES DARK Manager? Succeed in Reopen ing Threo and Adding ' Ono Promlerc. SUE QUITTING ACTORS Action Also Ordered Against Equity Association Pick ets Get .Busy. Both actors and managers are mar shalling their forces for the third act of the palpitating Broadway strike drama. As the) second aft surprise to bring nearer the climax the Producing Managers Association yesterday in structed its counsel, Balnbridge Colby, tS make a counter attack on the ac tors for striking Thursday night by bringing suit against the Actors Equity Association and all players who walked out and left their con tracts to shift for themselves. The busy actors for, their part tried to call out the performers In "Monte Crlsto, Jr.," at , the Winter Garden. They succeeded In making all but three of the principals desert, but enough other players remained so that a hast ily 'revised cast could stlU carry on the torch for clvlllratlorh- Thci man agers were able to, reopen three pro ductions .suspended among the twelve on Thursday, so that tho score at the end of the evening, with a new show, "Chu Chin Chow," added to tho twenty-three already current, stood: Managers, fifteen; actors, nine. .Six Hhovra Limp Some. The actors In their campaign to make the managers pay them for Sunday per formances and holiday matinees caused six attractions that rah last night to limp somewhat through having casta that were Improvised hastily. Other features of a day in which actors and managers put on more real drama off the stage than many of thorn can ever boast of having presented behind the footlights were: The picketing of Forty-second street and several of the theatres by the actors, featuring Ed Wynn In short steps and short white pants. The determination of the managers to "carry on,'.' and preparations by them to reopen all their shows as soon as possible with cams recruited from the four corners of Longacre Square. The Inauguration by the actors of a finance committee, wltli the possibility of an assessment of all members taking come of the charm out of the strike. The terrific slump at the theatre ticket agencies, so that their business wasted away 75 per pent. Various gatherings of actors on the streets, one of which resulted In the ar rest of eight performers, thus making the strike a regulation labor affair. The houses and shows which closed on1 the night before but were given new I'fe by the managers yesterday were: Forty-fourth Street. Shubert CJale tles of 1919" ; Selwyn. "The Challenge." and Cohan & Harris, "The Royal Vagabond." In addition to these the fol lowing were operating with changed oasts: Booth, "The Better 'Ole"; Winter Garden, "Mopte Crlsto, Jr.." and New Amsterdam, "Zlegfeld Follies." All the other nouses maintained the status quo of tho night before. v Statement 1T rrodacera. Following a meeting at the Hotel As tor at 1 o'clock yesterday, attended by all the producers numbering about forty In all and an overflow meeting at the office of their president. Sam Harris, tho following statement was Issued: "At the meeting of the Producing Managers Association held yesterday afternoon In the Astor Hotel It waa agreed to continue performances In all the theatres wherever possible and to nil all vacancies In the companies with actors engaged to replace those who walked out on Thursday evening. "A resolution was unanimously adopt, ed In which It was clearly stated that the Producing Managers Association goes on record as not being in any sense opposed to organised labor. Colby lo Brlnar Suits. "Balnbridge Colby, counsel for the Producing Managers Association, waa Instructed to bring suit against the Actors Equity Association and all actors who are under contract to the managers and who went out on strike, thereby dis regarding their written agreement as contained In those contracts. "A point was made that almost In every instance where an actor refused to play the engagement had been made with him under an Actors Equity con tract signed by him and the "manager prior to the time that the present diffi culties arose. The managers aver that such action on the part of the actors who had already signed contracts clearly indicates that a state of irresponsibility exists at the present time which would , (.Continued on Last Pat.) HUNGARY'S FATE IN THE BALANCE; MAY HAVE KING Rumania's Action, Unless Altered Soon, Will Pre cipitate Crisis. AIMING AT ANNEXATION Effort to Reestablish a Ilaps bnrg Monarchy Now Expected. By liAUItENCE IULLS. Staff Comtporulent of The 8 ex. CoptrigM, 1SU; alt rtghtt nnrvti. Pakis, Aug. 8. The nekt twenty four hours. It is behoved here, will de termine whether the Peace. Conference Is to have Its mandates flouted further by the Rumanians and to become al most a derision In the eyes of Europe, now seething with strango and con flicting social currents unloosed by the war, or whether accord is to prevail again and Its authority to readjust the affairs of the wodd is to be re established. Tho new Hungarian Government sent its first communication to the Peace Conference to-day; a note was received this evening by Premier Clomenceau signed by Archduke Jo seph, announcing that he had taken' over the Magyar Government for mally nnd outlining the programme of tho new ministry. He asks that Hun gary be allowed to participate in the" peace negotiations In Paris. Following Is the Archduke's programme: First; The immediate execution of the original armistice clauses. Second A declaration of open war on Bolshevism In any form. Third The resumption of produc tion throughout the country. Fourth Immediate convocation of a constituent assembly and prep aration for elections on democratic lines. Fifth Establishment of closer relations with the Allies. The Archduke outlines as one of the essentials to the restoration of order In Hungary her admittance without delay to the Peace Conference. He expresses the hope that tho Allies will aid the new Government to restore the country to normal conditions. There are wild reports that the Ho henrollem King of Rumania is aiming to unite Rumania and Hungary under his crown, and that the Archduke Jo seph is a party to this scheme, but thesq are not credited by the Ameri cans. May Enthrone Monarch. It would surprise no one, however, to see the Archduke's Government at tempt to reestablish a Hungarian mon archy. The two salient features of the Hun garian situation here are, first, that to reestahltnh th. niithm-l. r v. - ti. ... -Conference the Americans and British are trying reverlahly to use the moral and economic weapons on the Ruma nians, wnicn, unaer tne Wilson-Cecil conception of the League of Nations, wero aunDosed tn Km all mmWhI cits, and, second, that the Paris confer ence aireaay is functioning as virtually the executive council of the League but ln thus functioning it Is torn by diverg ing ylews. This la causing a wave of pessimism hero in circles hitherto friendly to the League Idea regarding the ability of that body to preserve world peace. European intrigue of all kinds, new to the Americans, Is coming to the surface. TTntlMri tn tta vivl t h lm -lr.., " . - It-Ull. bciii to be struggling to find themselves. The stoppage not only of food but of credits iu xiunaury represents a use or me eco- cans, for while It la applied to Hungary It ra 1 1 V I nlmftrl at t h numaHlnn. The explanation of this action Is that u is useless to pour iooa inio Hungary on one side to ,have It removed by the Rumanians on the other. Hoover Qoei to Vienna. Meanwhile Herbert Hoover, the Food Controller, has gone to Vienna to exert what moral pressure he can and also to display the economic weapon at close range. The Rumanians now are gather ing a great harvest, and are assured of an ample food supply for many months. They feel economically Independent for the time being of America, and assert that If the United States tries to apply any kind of pressure they can turn to the Germans. Equally futile seems to be tle moral appeal because morally they refuse to subscribe to the same view of their ac tions as that taken by the Peace Con ference, asserting rather that their con duct, Is fully Justified. The reply In American circles to-day was to threaten economlo vengeance by the United States six months hence, when the Rumanians would And that they needed her assist ance financially. No one can tell yet to what the pres ent situation may lead, but that It has given a grtat shock to the advocates of the League of Nations Is unquestioned. On alV Rides the question Is being asked It the Peace Conference, which Is sup posed to represent the world's great moral and economlo forces, not only Is unable to compel obedience by the small nations occupying the breeding place of Europe's wars, but finds difficulty in preserving accord In Its own councils, Continued on Fourth Pagf. Palmer in Full Accord With Wilson's Plans Sptdal Dtt patch to Thi Sox. yASniNGTON, Aug. he was leaving the House oi Representatives after the address by President Wilson to-day, A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney-Gen. eral, said: I am in full accord with tho programme outlined by the President. It is one of tho best things he ever did and will give hope and com fort to the people. U.S. LISTS COLD STORAGE FOODS Subpoenas Served on Ware houses Hero in Effort to End Hoarding. GRAND JURY GETS DATA Plans Rushed for Sale of Army Food in This City on . Monday Week. Every cold storage warehouse In Manhattan and Tho Bronx received a subpoena yesterday calling for imme diate information concerning the stocks of perlshablo food on hand to determines whether tho hoarding pro visions of the Government food con trol law aro being .violated. Similar subpoenas will bo issued soon to ware houses containing non-perlshab'.o food. Accompanying the subpoena was the following letter from Francis G. Caf fcy. United ( States Attorney for the Southern District o'f New York: "The accompanying subpotna colls for tho production of certain docu ments and papers In your possession before the Federal Grand Jury August 12, 1919. It Is desired to secure promptly all tho data from which Jt may bo determined whether or not thero exist violations of the hoarding provisions of the food control law. "It would facilitate tho Grand iJury and also this office and perhaps your concern If you could have the Informa tion called for In the subpoena and such additional Information as In your opin ion has a bearing thereon tabulated and forwarded Immediately to this office. "Data not covered by the Information you so furnish can thereafter be called for at the convenience of the Grand Jury. If you comply with this sugges tion It will not be necessary for the present to produce your original rec ords. "I am counting on your cooperation In assisting this office to arrive at the facts in connection with the food situ ation." Demands Are Detailed. Mr. Caffey said the subpoenas call for the production of all records and Infor mation covering the following matters : 1. A list of food products of all kinds In custody or control of the -warehouses, stating the quanlty of each lot. 2. The names and addresses of the owners of each lot of food and the date each' separate lot was received or ac quired. S. Copies of all contracts covering the food In custody or control of the ware houses. 4. Contracts covering food products to be acquired by the warehouses. C. An estimate of the quantity of each class of food required to supply the nor mal, trade of each warehouse for one month. This action la taken as the first move here In the Government's nationwide fight against food profiteers. It follows Instructions received from Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer by the Southern and Eastern districts of New Tork on Thursday to prosecute all persons charged with hoarding. In the Eastern district, which Includes all of Lqng Island, United States Attor ney James D. Bell began an Investigation of the refrigerating plants In Brooklyn. He ordered Marshall James M. Power to assist him In securing evidence ot viola tion of the food law. The maximum penalty for hoarding Is two years in prison and $5,000 fine. Agents of the Department ot Justice visited the cold storage warehouses In Brooklyn yesterday to discover If any food In storage Is being' kept beyond the time limit fixed by law. Attorney Bell also has requested the Police Commis sioner to aid him In prosecuting the profiteers. Thus far no cases have been reported. Flan Army Food Sale. Conferences were held yesterday by Commissioner of Markets Jonathan C. Day and his deputies to arrange the distribution of the army food that will be put on sale here a week from Mon day. Although every section of the city will have an opportunity to sample the army supplies, the greater part will be sold in school houses located in the poorer districts. Bloomlngdale Brothers, Third avenue and Fifty-ninth street, have written to tho Department ot Markets offering the use ot their store as a distributing point for city food sales. Government agents checking the food stored in Newark cold storage plants yesterday found 1,088,000 pounds of beef, 660,000 dozen eggs, BSO.OOO pounds of butter and 450,000 pounds ot .cheese. They are now checking up the normal business of these plants to determine whether they are overstocked, " 3s FARMERS URGE END OF WHEAT. PRICE CONTROL Say That Without Restric tions Bread Grain Would Be $6 a Bushel. i ... LOSING "A JJILlilUN" JNOW Charge Grading Frauds Have Cut $2;26 to $1.18 on Some Farms. Special Detpatek to Tbc Sen. Washington, Aug. 8. Agricultural producers and workers to-day got Into the fight for higher wages and higher' prices for their products. They pro pose that their case shall not bo lost sight of while organized labor keeps tho attention of the nation with de mands for more wages or for lower living costs. Restoration of the law of supply and demand to unrestricted operation is tho basis of the farmers' demands. They wish tho United States "Grain Corporation to be abolished and tho $2.26 guarantee on wheat onded, being positive that that guaranteo has served to fix a maximum price rather than to insure a minimum. Likewise they want tho food control law' re pealed forthwith. "If there had been no restrictions on the price of wheat1 it would have gone to IS or 16 a bushel," T. C. Atkeson. representing the National Grange, de clared. "We want -no price fixing of any kind, no limitations or restrictions on Importivor exports. The present guaraateed price la really not glvlng'the farmers more than an average of 11.60 a bushel at their -primary marketing points. The restriction Is robbing us of a round billion dollars on this year's crop." ."iou consider that If there were noi fixed and guaranteed price' on wheat the farmer would get more for Itf asked Senator Gronna (North Dakota). "Certainly,"' Mr. Atkeson replied, "we are willing to take our chances It you will Just remove the restrictlona." "Thxre la going to be a good deal of propaganda on this subject, but it will be the honest kind," declared Chairman Lyman of the National Board of Farm Organizations. "We are going to cor-, rect the too prevalent Idea of tho urban communities about the farmers' share In the high prices that the consuming public pays." Senator Gronna declared that the price guaranteed Is neutralized by frauds perpetrated against the farmer. In the process of grading wheat. Much of the wheat this year Is graded very low and farmers are getting as llttlo as 11.13 a bushel for It. Tet that same wheat Is merely light and when ground Into flour produces as good, an article as If It graded high. The flour always sells Just as high no matter what grade Is put on the wheat, ho Bald. The Immediate repeal of the )2.!l guarantee on wheat will be called for by a bill which Senator Norrts (Neb.) will introduce at once. It will have the support of substantially all the Senators from the wheat States. The agricultural Senators are fully in sympathy with the demands of the farmers for an end to restrictions,- Mr. Gronna announced that In a few days he will make a pub lic statement on the whole subject. LINER GROUNDS OFF YARMOUTH; 280 SAVED North Star From Boston Hits Stcften Island Man Hurt. Boston, Aug. 8. The Eastern Steam Mr. liner North Htnr. whlrh tft ttm ton for Yarmouth, N. S yesterday with zsu passengers, weni agrouna in a thick tog on Green Island, nine miles south of Yarmouth, at 6:1Q. A. M, to-day. The removal of her passengers, 280 In all, and their transfer to Yarmouth were accomplished without accident and at 11 :30 It was announced that all had landed. HAurax, Cs. 8.. Aug. 8. Capt S trout, of .the steamship North Star, which, struck on Green Island, off Yarmouth, to-day, reported upon being landed with his crew that the steamer had been abandoned. The only person Injured was Capt Thomas H, Anderson, of Snug Harbor, Staten Island. N. Y who was severely bruised and cut EICHHOEN REACHES WEIMAR, Former Berlin Police Chief Ira. mnne From Arrest. By (As Aitociattd Prut. Berlin, Aug. 7 (delayed), Former Tollce President Elchhorn, against whom Indictments are pending, appeared sud denly In the National Assembly at Wet mar this afternoon. He waa elected a member of the body at the first elec tion before his career a-s Police Presi dent developed. Elchhorn, who has been a fugitive from' Justice for months, was able to appear In the Assembly because of the Immunity automatically granted to the members ot It, ha never having been formally expelled. L President Wilson's Address WASHINGTON, Aug. J Jn to the joint session ot Congress to 'Ctejittemen of the Conorcf. r have Bought this opportunity "to, address you because it lb clearly my duty to call your attention to the present cost of living and to urge upon you with all the oer suaslve force of which I am capable the legislative measures .which would be most effective In controlling It and bringing it down. The prices the people of this country are paying for everything that it is' necessary for them to use tr order to live aro not Justi fied by a shortage In supply, either present or prospective, and are In many cases artificially and delib erately' created by vicious prac' 1rceswhlch ought immediately to bo checked i by law. -They constitute a burden upon us-'Which is the more unbearable because we know that It Is wil fully Imposed by those who have the power, and that it can, by vigorous public, action, be greatly lightened and made to square -with the actual -conditions of supply and demand. Some of the methods by which these prices are produced are already illegal, some of them criminal, and those who employ them will be energetically pro ceeded against: but others have not yet been brought Tinder the law and should be dealt with at onco by legislation. I need not .recite the particu lars of this critical matter. The prices demanded and' paid at the sources of supply, at the factory. In the food markets,' at the shops, in the restaurants and hotels, are alike in the city and In the village. They are familiar to you. They are the talk of every domesUc cir cle and of every group of casual acquaintances even. , It Is matter of familiar knowl edge, also, that a process has set in which is likely, unless some thing is done, to push prices and' rents and the whole cost of living higher and yet' higher in vicious tlrclo to which there is no logical or natural end. ' r Increased Wages Asked. With the Increase in tho prices of the necessaries of life come de mands for Increases tn wages de mands which are Justified If .thero be, no other means of enabling men to live. Upon tho Increase of wages there follows close an in crease in the price of the products whose producers have, been ac corded the lncreaa. not a propor tionate Increase, for the manu facturer d5?S not content himself with that put an Increase con siderably greater than the added wage cost, and for which the added wage cost is oftentimes hardly more than an excuse. The laborers who do not get an Increase in pay when they demand it are likely to strike, and the strike only makes matters worse. It checks production. If it affects the railways. It prevents distribu tion and strips the markets, so that there is presently nothing to buy, and there Is another excessive addition to prices resulting from the scarcity. These are facts and forces with which wo have become 'only too .familiar; but we are not Justified, because of our familiarity with them or because ot any hasty and shallow conclusion that they are "natural" and inevitable, In sit ting inactively by and letting thorn work their fatal results It there is anything that we can do to check, correct or reverso them. I have sought this opportunity to Inform the Congress what the Executive is' doing by way of remedy 'and control, and to suggest where ef fective legal remedies are lacking and may be supplied. We must, I think, frankly admit that there Is no -complete. Immedi ate remedy to be. had from legisla tion .and executive action. The. free processes of supply and de mand will not operate of them selves and no legislative or ex ecutive action can force them Into full and natural operation until there is peace. World Waltlnar (or Pence. There' is now neither peace nor war. All tha world is waiting with what unnerving fears and haunting doubts who can ade quately say? waiting to know when It comes; a peatw In which each nation, shall make shift for Itself as it can, or a peace but tressed and supported by the will and concert of the nations that have the purpose and the power to do and to enforce what Is right. Politically, economically, socially the world Is on. the operating table, and it has not been possible to ad minister any nnres'thetlc. It is conscious. It oven watches the capital operation upon which it knows that Its hope of heaUhful life depends. It cannot think Us business out or mike plans or give intelligent and provident direction to its affairs white in such a case. Where, there Is no peace of mind there can be 'no energy In en deavor. There can be no confidence In Industry, no calculable basis for credits, no confident buying or systematic selling, no certain pros pelt of employment, no normal restoration of business, no .hopeful his address on the high cost ot living day, President Wilson said: attempt at reconstruction or the proper reassembling of the dislo cated olements of enterprise until peace has been established and, so far as may be, guaranteed. , Our national life has no doubt been less radically disturbed and dismembered than the national . life of other peoples whom the war more directly affected, with all Its terrible ravaging arid de structive force, but it has been, nevertheless, profoundly affected and disarranged, and our Indus-, tries, our credits, our productive capacity, our economic processes are inextricably interwoven with those of other nations and peoples most intimately of all with the nations and peoples upon whom the chlLf burden and confusion of the war 'fell, and who are now most .dependent upon the cooper ative action of the world. j Exports Setting- Record. Wo ore Just now shipping more goods out of our ports to foreign markets than we over shipped be fore not foodstuffs merely but stuffs and materials of every sort-; but this is no index of what our foreign sales will continue to be, or of the effect the volume of our exports will have on supplies and prices. It is impossible yet to predict how far or how long foreign pur chasers will be able to And the money or the credit to pay for or sustain such purchases on.such a scale; how soon or to what extent foreign manufacturers can resume their former production, foreign farmers get their accustomed crops from their own fields, foreign mines resume their former output; foreign merchants set up again their old machinery of trade with the ends of the earth. All these things must remain uncertain until peace Is estab lished and the nations of the world have concerted tho meth ods by' which ttormal Hf' ftnii jnr dustry are- to be' restored. All that we shall do, In the meantime, to restrain profiteering and put tho life of our people upon a tol erable footing will be makeshift and provisional. There can be no settled condi tions hero or elsewhere until the treaty of peace Is out of the way arid the work of liquidating tho war has become the chief concern of our Government and .of the other governments of tha world. Until then business will inevitably remain speculative and sway now this way and again that, with heavy losses or heavy gains as It may chance, and the consumer must take care ot both the gains and the losses. There can be no peace prices su long as our whole financial and economic system is on a war basis. , Knrope Looks to Vu. Europe will not, cannot recoup her capital or put her restless, distracted peoples to work until she knows exactly where she stands In respect of peace; and what we will do Is for her the chief question upon which her quietude of mind and confidence of purpose depend. While thero is any possibility that the peace terms may be changed or may be held long In abeyance or may not be enforced because of divisions of opinion among the Powers as sociated against Germany It Is idle to look for permanent relief. But what wo can do we should do, and should do at once. And there Is a great deal that we can do, provisional though It be. Wheat shipments and credits to facilitate the purchase of our wheat can and will be limited and controlled tn such a way aa not to raise but rather to lower the price of flour here. The Government has the power, within certain limits, to regulate that. We cannot deny wheat to for eign peoples who ore In dlro need of It, and we do not wish to do so; but fortunately, though, the wheat crop is not what wo hoped it would be, it is abundant it handled with provident care. The price of wheat Is lower tn the United States than In Europe and can with proper management be kept mo. By way of Immediate relief, sur plus stocks of both food and cloth ing in the hands of the Govern ment will be sold, and, of course, sold at prices at which there is no profit. And by way of a more perma nent correction of prices surplus stocks In private hands will be drawn out ot storage and put upon the market. Fortunately, under the terms of the food control act the hoarding of foodstuffs can be checked and prevented; and they will be, with the greatest energy. Hoardlnir Can He ICnded, Foodstuffs can be drawn out of storage and sold by legal action which the Department of Justice will institute wherever necessary; but so soon as the situation Is systematically dealt with It Is not lely that the courts will often nave to be resorted to. Much of tho accumulating of stocks has no doubt been due to the fort of speculation which always results donlinutd on Second Pap. President Sees Interference With Production as Fatal Error. JAIL FOR PROFITEERS "No Threats," He Says, as Rail Men Are Told to . . Avoid Crisis. PLEA MADE FOR LEAGUE Retailers Get Part of Blame for High Prices Sales Plan Outlined. Special Vupatch to Tne Sck. .WasiIisgton, Aug. ,8. President W(Ison went before Congress In joint session tb-day and ' recommended specific measures of legislation with which (o deal with tho present ncutc problem of living costs. His actual recommendations for legislative ac tion are summed up ns follows : Extension of the food control act both ns to time and the commodities to which It shall apply. 2 A lnw regulating cold storage patterned after the cold stor age, lnw of New Jersey, limiting the time foods may be kept In storage, prescribing tho methods of disposal, and requiring that goods released, shall bear the dote of their receipt. A law requiring that nil goods destined for Interstate ship ment have plainly marked upon the package the price received when they left he hands of the pro ducer. v , A law requiring Federal li cense, providing, conditions to insure competitive selling, and pre venting profiteering In methods of marketing. EJ A law to check frndulcnt " methods of promotion through Government control of security Is sues. In addition to these recommenda tions to the Congress the President made n direct appeal to producers, middlemen nnd merchants "to deal fairly with the people," nnd to every householder nnd housekeeper In the land to exercise the most thoughtful care nnd discrimination In marketing and dealing with merchants. Strikes Called Menace. The threatening and ominous nttl tude of the employees of the rrtll ronds, as their actions directly nfCect living costs, were dealt with too by the President In his address. Ho de clared It to be his belief that "the more extreme leaders of organized labor" eventually will "think and act llko true Americans." Strikes now, he onld, will make matters much worse and accomplish nothing. The President declared with emphasis that "the most fatal thing that can bo done now Is to stop or interrupt pro duction or Interfere with the distribu tion of goods by tho railways nn I shipping of the country. "Unity, not division, is the only hope of solving the question," Mr. Wilson declared. Mr. Wilson's allusions to tho labor situation, nnd his tnud toward It, were heartily cheered by Republicans nnd Democrats alike. "There must be no threats," tho President declared, and the Congress applauded vigorously. He virtually repeated what he said in his letter to Walker D. HInea, Director-General of Rnllroads, made public Inst night. Retailers hove In many caJc.i been lu large part responsible for exorbi tant prices too, tho President de clared. Whllo appealing for tho forms of legislative aid enumerated tho Tri dent declared there is no complete remedy available through IcgHlatlvo nnd executive action, nnd then man aged to mako a plea for early ratifi cation of thij peace treaty, with the I-cague of Nations embodied In It, as the panacea for the high cost of liv ing situation nnd practically all other nntlonnl ailments. I.eauue lMea Amasea All, This part of his address to-day nc tnally nmazed Congress, even the President's blindest and most ardent supporters. Tho President's reception at the Capitol was cordial. Republicans and Democrats were keenly Interested nnd road)' to cooperate lu any sound plan tho President might advunco to deal with the living cost problem, re garded as by far the most Important question to b solved hy the agencies