The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-18
TURN DEAF EARS
TO STORAGE MEN
Representatives Pass Beatty
Food Probe Resolution
Only EIGHT VOTE AGAINST IT

Give az TheirtReason That lnvestiaa-
ton VIII Be PowerIess to Remedy
Conditions-"3ack to the Farm" Is
Solution Advanced by Aericultursts
In Attendance at Corn and Apple
show-TeIl Why Pork Prices Are
Higher Than Ever.
Columbus, o., Jan. When Sen.
ator Beatty's joint resolution for a
state investigation into the causes
leading to the rapid rise in the cost
Of living was presented in the house,
eight members voted against It, and
many more would have cast their
votes in the negative but fof
the fear Of confronting an angry
constituency. The eight members
who voted in the negative were:
Braun and Jones. of Franklin. Guard
Of Champaign, LeBlonde of Cincin.
natl. Ritter of Miami. Wilber OF
Union, Bowersox of Williams and
Moon of Clinton. They all opposed
the Beatty resolution on the ground
that it wouldn't do any good.
Senator Beatty said that he was
strongly urged, In the interest of cold
storage men, to hold back his inves.
tigation resolution. A. II. Judy, ex.
member of the legislature, is busy in.
terviewing members. Those he talked
to said he was trying to place few
obstacles in the road of the investi-
cation. With this clash of interest
agitating the legislature the question
Of the personnel of the committee
and its attorney became even q big.
ger issue than it was yesterday.
On this depends whether the in.
quiry will be fiasco or real effort
to get at, take apart the machinery
that's boosting prices and see what
makes 1t go round.
The best bet in the senate was that
Lieutenant Governor Treadway would
appoint Senators Williams and Got.
shall. Williams is an editor, from
Jackson. Gotshall is a manufacturer
from Archbold. Cetone of Dayton also
Is a strong possibility. Williams, in
his paper, has been agitating inves-
tigating the question, and the views
he has expressed have been in favor
of real inquiry. Gotshall has wanted
to be appointed. He said he'd like to
get whack at whoever it is that's
responsible. Williams would be chair.
man of the committee.
Back to the Farms.
Probes into the high cost OF living
now being instituted by congress, leg
islature and county prosecutor, are
all so much energy wasted-so think
the farmers visiting the corn and
apple show now in progress here. The
remedy, they say, is back to the
farm" Those who were interviewed
on the subject were almost unani
nous in the opinion that high prices
of foodstuffs are due to a shortage in
the supply and heavy increase In
the demand. Fork, they say, is high
because the high price of corn In
duced many farmers to fatten fewer
hogs. Had they done SO, corn would
now be selling at 80 cents bushel
Butter prices are high, according to
the farmers, because the milk supply
is short, people using more milk in
their homes than formerly. One ven
tured the prediction that the coming
generation will see Ohio farm lands
selling at $3.50 an acre, the increased
valuation to come. when the exodus
from the cities to the country begins
In earnest.
In the senate, Dean of Sandusky
presented a resolution distributing
the $50 sets of Howe's Histories now
in the secretary of states hands as
follows: One, set to each member;
150 sets to the state library for dis
tribution among libraries, and the re
mainder to be sold at So per set. The
plates are to be delivered into the
custody of the state librarian.