Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25

2-Not the grave of Kaiser Wilhelm,
terry of Pargny. 3-Italians hoisting
and its allies show no disposition To
yield to the pleas OF the So-called neu-
tral nations that have been supplying
Germany with food and other mate
rials. According to reports received in
Washington, the food situation in Ger
many is growing acute. The weekly
ration there amounts approximately
to four and Il half pounds of bread,
Il half peck of potatoes, a cupfnl of
beams, peas, or oatmeal; Il half pound
OF meat, twelve cubes of sugar, six
individual pntties of butter and an
equal amount of other fats. The caloric
value of these foods in the aggregate,
Is less than half the amount estimated
by the American food administration
rs sufficient for q person in a sedentary
i occupation.
] Coal Strike Makes Trouble.
The coal situation, especially in ILL.,
deal of trouble Strikes, unauthorized
by the union, stopped production and
/ the operators declared they could not
/ pay the wages demanded unless they
were allowed to charge the general
public 30 cents more ton. Coal Adj
minislrator Garfield was swamped with
I appeals and protests, and sent out
I
/ ing WAS resumed the federal govern
ment would seize the mines. The whole
affair has the appearance of greed fos-
tered by underhanded pro-German In
Guences
/ Food Administrator Hoover has
4 been brought to realization of the
| fasg that the retail grocers Of the coun-
try are robbing the ultimate ,consum-
crs. and he proposes to go us far as his
p'wers permit in stopping the extor-
lion. I'm statement issued Thursday
MIR. Hoover said that though neither
Ihe food administration nor the gov
s'lment has authority to regulate the
retailer as it does the wholesaler lie
would, beginning November 1. expose
4 HE former each week by publishing
(, l'lc Wholesale prices of all commodities
n eycry section. Thus the purchaser
viii know how much the retailer is
paving and how much undue profit he
is cXacting. Mr. Hoover cites pnrticu-
larly the retail price of flour, which Is
out "i all proportion To the wholesale
price fixed by the government, and ul-
so The recent unwarranted advances
IN The retail price of sugar.
Unless the retailer grocer behaves
HE food administrator hints. congress
may be asked for legislation giving the
"s,g,rnment power to regulate him. Mr..
!,ooyer asserts that the corner has
been turned in high prices and that ii
he farmer and retailer cooperate with
hnl The essential commodities one af-
TOR another should continue to show re-
iuctions between now and The end of
Tie year.
The war department issued orders
thursday for the entrainment of the
iinai quotas of the first draft from the
northwest states and the entire mobil-
1ali0n of The GS7 600 men of the first
army is expected TO be complete by
The middle of November. The call for
the second craft is not expected be-
mens for j, are under way and it may
be that the remaining 100000 eligi-
bles will be examined in advance so as
10 establish waiting Hst. Prepaln-
tions for the winter in the training
camps are being made rapidly and
there is reason to believe that there
will be no shortage of warm clothing,
arms and all other necessary supplies
The Liberty bond campaign went
I With Il rush last week, despite the dis,
l,,yul opposition displayed in some 10
e,llties. The government has taken
steps 10 punish the pro-German work,
el's who have fostered this hostile sen
i timenl. and Secretary McAdoo has ask
cd banks to report the names of those
who have sought to intimidate bank
l crs by threats to withdraw their de
posits.
The senatorial committee investigat
ing Senator La Follette's loyalty helt
several sessions but was temporaril.
foiled by the willy fellows demand tha
he be given the opportunity to cross
examine those who had contradicte,
his assertion regarding Bryans state
ment to President Wilson anent tn,
Lusitania. AS the committee cannO
well summon the president or MI
Bryan, it adjourned to think the cas-
over
Former Senator Pettigrew of Soutl
Dakota is emulating the record of Ii
Toilette and defying the governmen
to have him indicted. His utterance
are If anything more reprehensiblt
than those of the Wisconsin man, bu
he himself is much more negligible
If alI their readers and hearers wer
persons of sound sense, neither on
would be worth the powder it woul