The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-07
The Food supnly aucstion

The fOOu SapBfS 9ucst,ou
 "The question of the indefinite sto.- age of foodstuffs in cold storage has become live one in the matter Of the high price of food" said house. keeper, and we'll it has,
 ''The Investigations now under way show that millions of pounds of meat and eggs into the millions have beer stored, some of them for over year. and most of the quantity for 10 months. And yet these bleeders of the public c have the nerve to say in public print that this does not affect the price The veriest tyro knows that demand and supply affect the price and that they are inter-operatiye. If people shou'f quit using eggs there would be rapid decline in the price. We have but t. notice the low price of eggs in the summer season when the supply il, country districts overwh elns not only the local market but the nearby cities and towns. It is then that the cold storag ge interests get in their bost work for profit. In like manner the slau ghtering and storing of beef and mutton and the within olding from mar ket Of all that the consumers will not take at full prices, holds the price !, we'll up.
 As an illustration of the matter of supply and demand and prices, I de- sire to recall the price of natural icc some years ago before the manufac- ture of the artificial product was so generally undertaken. At one time in Selma natural ice was cents per pound, and ruled steadily summer after aummer at cents per pound. and ofter g short pound at that Many fever patient suffered from the lack of this pans cea so much in use now in tho treatment of levers by reason of the price.
 The proposition to limit to six months ell cold storage products is Q good one. Just think of so,000 liquid eggs found in cold storage in one car condemned by inspectors as unfit for use and yet these egss were being held 10 sell to bakers toi make cake with. The Fee System
 
 The campaign now on for count ' | officers has brought well into the lime light the fee system" said a man wso has taken an active interest in pol Itics.
 1 Our constitution is so framed that | tEere can be no relief from the much condemned fee system during the terma of those men to be elected at the NO vember election. For instance. if there should be an~amendment to the con stitution adopted. say next year, put ting all officers on a salary, it would not affect those then holding office There can be no legislation enacted reducing the fees of an officur dur ing the term to which he had been elected prior to the enactment. Ant the law operates in the same way a' to salaried elective officers as to ir creases fin salary. The county solicitor '; salary of Jefferson county has been fla creased by the present legislature bu the eolicitor cannot enjoy the advance of sl5e0 unles he shall be reelected a the approaching election.
 | "Tne enormous IeeS ol tne sHciiii
 office in some of the counties have pro ceeded to tho point of scandal unti
 now it IS suggested that the office h
 auctioned of to the highest bidder ant
 the money turned into the county treas
 ury."
 The stock Market
 Henry Clews in his Saturday review O
 stock market and business conditions
 says in part:
 Circumstances combined to further un
 settle the stock market during the pas week. In the first place 1t was yer evident that the big holders of securitie and prominent banking interests Ina withdrawn their support from the mar ket This left prices at the mercy c every passing unfavorabIe current. Tn : suspension of a prominent bond hous spread unnecessary lack of confidence. ;
 series of unfavorable railroad report came out, such as might have been eS E pected In view of recent interruption ! to trafFic hv had Weather.s The ant