Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-06-05
WILL PROBE GRAIN
BRIBERY CHARGES
Gov Hodges Wants 10 Know Truth
About Inspection.
SPECTATORS ARE ACCUSED
Kansas Executive Orders lnVestiga.
ton of Charges Made at Meet
ing of Grain Dealers at
Dodge City.

Dodge City.
Topeka.-Governor Hodges ordered
an investigation into charges of brib-
cry made against inspectors of the
state grain department. E. R. Smith,
a grain dealer at Greensburg, at
meeting of grain men at Dodge City
made speech asserting that the grim
inspectors in Kansas City had been
bribed to grade grain low in the in
terest of the grain spectators.
Dispatches to papers here in telling
of the meeting said:
"E. r. Smith of Greensburg declared
state inspectors were being bribed by
wheat spectators to grade wheat low.
Wheat, he said, that graded No. at
Greensburg was graded only No. at
Kansas City"
The governor sent letter to the
attorney general for investigation of
the charges The governor said:
"My attention has been called to the
fact that, in a public address at Dodge
City, E. R. Smith of Greensburg de-
clared that state inspectors in the
grain department were being bribed
by wheat spectators to grade wheat
low.
You are aware that no appoint
ments have been made in the grain de-
partment by this administration, but
that every man now on the payroll was
placed there under my predecessor,
and these charges reflect upon his APP
pointees and not mine. This is too
serious charge, however, to be al
lowed to pass without giving it some
attention. If such state of affairs
exists, the state wants to know it, so
that the guilty parties may be punish
ed. If not, justice to the department.
and to my distinguished predecessor
demands that we be in position to
deny officially such statements.
'Please subpoena the parties making
these charges and make thorough in
vestigation in order that justice may
be done and the good name Of the
state be protected"
Topeka.-Dr. ]. S. Crumblne, secre
tary of the state board of health, is
going to make a special campaign
this summer 10 stop the deaths ri
babies. Last year COL children les:
than years old died and the figure
represents more than 20 per cent O.
the deaths in the entire state in the
year. More than one-fifth of tile
deaths in the state were babies. o.
the total deaths of children less thar
2 years, 764 died from digestive dis
eases, or nearly Az per cent of al
the deaths.
There are too many babies dying
in Kansas" said DR.. Crumbine
Nearly all of these deaths from di
gestive diseases can be stopped, ant
should be stopped, and the board o.
health is going to wage special cam
paign for the babies this summer.
"In the hot weather the babies of
ten have to wear too much clothing
and too hot clothing. Sometimes thu
mothers are not just as careful abou
the food as they should be and the!
let the flies get into the babys milk
Flies cause more deaths of babies
than anything else. They spread
poison and dleease in their food
Give the baby just as few clothes al
the law allows and see that the bah!
has the purest, sweetest and mos
carefully guarded food that can b.
provided, and don't be afraid o
water"
The board is preparing specia
bulletin to be sent to all physicians
in the state urging them to give thu
mothers special instructions on clio
thing and feeding babies and the ny
giene of babies, and also requiring
the physicians to make exhaustive re
ports on the causes of deaths of al
children less than 2 years old, so tina
the board will have complete report
as to the cause Of deaths and will
know just where to carry on it
fight.
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