Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-08-22
ADVANCED PRICES
ROBBERY IS THE CRY
FR0M MANY ESTATES
Floods of Facts and Figures
Aid Administration in the
investigation
COMBIN ATOMS ARE
SEVERELY SCORED

Declared Responsible for Crisis a
Federal Probe is Pushed Vigorous
Iy-Special Agents Sent to Nam
Places to Conduct Inquiries and Sc
cure Facts.
fhe department Of justice was food
| ID with information from all parts o!
| he country with regard to the inves
| tigatiCn ordered by the President
| the increases in food prices. Vary
| ing opinions are expressed as to tho
| cause Of the increases. From tive
| tative opinions that the price Of -four
was fixed by agreement entered into
| either by combinations Of millers or
! by trades organizations. Other In
| formants believed that retailers had
| entered into combinations aga ms;
| he consumer.
| There were many evidences Of &C
| tivity on the part OF district attor
tneys and special agents Of the de
| partment Of justice, and Of the keen
est interest on the part Of the gener
al public. This last feature of the
| situation is the source of especia
qualification to those having the in
vestigation in charge, for the attor
ney general realizes that the depart
| ment must have the assistance of thu
| public in gathering information il
order that the inquiry be hastenet
10 a successful contamination.
Additional special agents have
Ibeen sent to Cleveland, Providence
baltimore, Pittsburg and Buffalo, tt
tassst in the investigation at those,
places Of the increased price in food
stuffs.
Special Efforts at Buffalo.
| The district attorney at Buffalo
Twill direct special efforts to an ID
tvestigation Of several large packing
houses located there and also into
1.-The rise in cost Of four-Buffalo being
one Of the largest distributing points
in the country.
| A letter to the attorney genera!
from the manager of one Of the larg-
lest live stock commission companies
in the west reported that while hogs
declined in Chicago 81 per 100
lpounds, and cattle declined 65 to So
cents per 100 pounds, dressed pro
lducts to the consumer advanced sew
feral cents per pound. "The packers
Iclaimed that reductions were made
lon account Of financial conditions and
money stringency," he wrote, "but
do not know what excuse they gave
for advancing the dressed article
lThere is very little beef or pork ex-
lported."
Gamers are entering vigorous pro
test because Of the increase in the
Iselling price Of sugar. One large firm
in the middle west writes:
! THE refners, by their joint sys.
tenn Of selling their product through
certain brokers, have the public at
their mercy. They magnify the de-
mand for refined sugar by insisting
that brokers submit offers for con-
firmation. When orders are placed
Iljgious capital Of Belgium thea rcll-
bishop, the primate of the Catholic
lchurch Of that country residing
There. II gave the name to Mechiin
tlace, for which it once was famous.
1t is one Of the busiest railroad CEN
tres in Belgium, the lines from Ant
werp to Brussels and from Client to
Liege crossing there. The Lordaltp
of Malines was conferred by Pippin
the Short on Count Adon in 1874 Dur
ing the following century Charles the
Bald bestowed the fef on the Bishop
Of Liege. During the religious trou-
bles Of the sixteenth century it was
J sacked During the seventeenth and
| eighteenth centuries it was captured
in turn by the French, Dutch and Eng
! fish The French fno11v ran,oyod