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NOME, ALASKA, JUNE 23, 1917.
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FOOD PRICE CONTROL.
The proposal of Senator Borah to
Invest the president with full author
ity to control the price of food and
other commodities through the federal
trade commission is a step in the right
direction and one that, in view of the
tremendous rise in the cost of food
commodities in the past ten years,
should have been instituted long ago.
It is ail very well for the food
barons to insist that the present high
price of food products is due to the
increased costs for labor, transporta
tion, etc., but a glanec at the market
reports discloses too wide a margin
between the price paid to the produc
er and that demanded of the consum
er to convince one that there is not
something wrong with such state
ments.
It Is true that the general advance
in wages has had something to do
with the matter but, taking the high
est average Increase in the price of
labor as a basis for judgment, it is
still clear that the difference in the
price paid to the farmer and that paid
by the consumer is not to be ac
counted for by placing the blame on
the shoulders of the laborer.
Neither can the increase in trans
r>orlation rates wholly make up for
the wide discrepancy between the
original and the utlimate price.
No matter from what angle one
looks at the matter in seeking an
explanation it is easily to be seen that
some one is getting a huge rake off
after the laborer has received his hire
and tho transportation company its
fee. And It is equally clear that the
fellow that is getting this rake off Is
not the one who deals directly with
the household.
The truth of the mutter is that there
Is too much middleman mixed Into
the game, and It is In dealing with
this gentry that the real problem of
food control lies.
There are more of these middlemen
than Is necessary for the distribution
of food supplies and may of them are
nothing more than mere speculators
serving absolutely no purpose In our
economic life.
The extent to which organization in
business has been developed has made
it possible for these middlemen to
prey on the consumer as well as the
producer to a degree that makes his
presence a veritable menace to the
welfare of the masses.
By concert of action It is very easy
for them to compel the producer to
accept the lowest possible price for his
produce and at the same time extort
from the consumer all that he to able
to pay.
Unless the public Is to be kept on
the ragged edge of poverty until they
Anally take matter Into their own
hands a halt must he called on the
individuals as well ns the organisa
tions which exist for no other purpose
than to take profits out of the hand
ling of food stuffs In their pass ige
from the farm to the table.
The present crisis In food mattv'.s
has acquainted the public with too
many of the details concerning mar
ket manipulations and sequestration
of food supplies for the purpose of
boosting prices, to permit of their
bearing the burden of increasing food
cost Indefinitely.
And now that war conditions have
given these parasites additional
chance to bleed the public It is plain
ly lime for the government to step
In and take over the whole matter of
distributing and fixing the price of
food commodities. In no other way
can the food question be controlled
and the public spared from system
atic robbery.
PRESIDENTIAL "PEP."
American history shown that when
ever an American president was full
of ginger our country kept out of a
foreign war.
When the French Minister Genet
acme to Philadelphia to make trouble.
President Washington sent him flying
out of the United States.
Two decades later, when it seemed
as If Europe would swoop down on
the South American states. Monroe’s
stiff upper lip, as evidenced by the
Monroe doctrine, kept It away.
Jackson was the most hot-headed
man who ever occupied the White
house. As a soldier he hanged two
| Englishmen for butting into our In
[dian affairs, but Jackson never had
a foreign wnr.
Madison, on the contrary, was an
extreme pacificist, but our war with
England in 1812 came under his ad
ministration. He always accused
Henry Clay of forcing him into it.
Oddly enough, Polk, who defeated
Clay for president a generation later,
was another pacificist, hut we had our
war with Mexico during his term.
Lincoln’s virile attitude toward Eng
land, as reflected by Minister Charles
Francis Adams, didn't get us into a
war, hut resulted In England’s paying
$15,000,000 for the destruction done by
the Alabama.
Cleveland’s famous vitriolic message
on Venezuela didn't lead to n war witlf
England.
Itoosevelt sent our fleet around the
world to let Japan know that, In the
language of the immortal Drake at
the battle of the Armada, our "match
es were burning.”
I heard a member of McKinley’s
cabinet say that a red-hot message
from him in 1897 would have freed (
Cuba and saved ns a war.
So It seems that whenever we get
into a foreign war it is by the pussy
foot route.— Philadelphia Ledger.
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U S.. NOW SUGAR
EXPORTING NATION
America's sugar consumption in
191R was less than in nny year since
1912, according to estimates by the
department of commerce. Heavy ex
ports and lighter imports, coupled
with a poor America'S crop, kept the
per capita consumption down to 78.13
pounds, against 81.05 the year before
and 89.14 ’in 1914. The world’s pro
duction declined last year more than
4.000. 000.000 pounds.
The I’nited States in 1910 became
for the first time one of the hig
sugar exporting nations, selling 1,
086.000. 000 pounds. Its own imports
shrunk 466,000,000 pounds. Of the
output the United States, 'despite the
shortage, consumed a larger percen
tage than the year before. It took 21
per cent of the total, 'against 20 per j
cent in 1915.
Tne total nilgai- production
Inst year was 37,194,000,000 pounds, ]
against 41,3515,000,000 in 1915 and
41.972.000. 000 In 1914. The United
States consumed 7,60,000,000 pounds.
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PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS !
RED CROSS WEEK
The president has designated the week commencing June 18 as
"Red Cross week," and by proclamation has called upon the people
of the United States to lend their assistance to that great organiza
tion which is always the most potent fnctor in alleviating the suffer
ing and distress of humanity, whether in war or peace. The follow
ing is a copy of the presidential proclamation:
PROCLAMATION.
Inasmuch as our thoughts as a nation are now turned in united
purpose toward the performance to the utmost of the services and
duties which we have assumed in the cause of Justice and liberty.
Inasmuch as but a small proportion of our people can have the '
opportunity to serve upon the actual field of battle, but nil men, wo- '
men and children alike may serve and serve effectively by making It
possible to care properly for those who do serve under arms at home i
and aboard; \
And inasmuch ns the American liedCross Is the official recognized j
agency for voluntary effort In behalf of the armed forces of the na- 1
tion and for the administration of relief; i
Now, therefore, by virtue of my authority ns president of the ,
United States and president of the American Red Cross, I, Woodrow ]
Wilson, do hereby proclaim the week ending June 25, 1917, as Red 1
Cross week, during which tho people of the United States will be i
railed upon to give generously and In a spirit of patriotic sacrifio • ]
for the support and maintenance of this work of national need. | *
WOODROW WILSON. j
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