The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-16
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

BY EDWARD w. PICkARD.
The senate last Wednesday adopted
the conference report on the food con.
troll bill, the measure was signed by
Speaker Clark and President Wilson,
and IL now the law of the land. II law
concerning on the president tremen-
dous powers over the food and fuel
supplies Of the country. and designed
to protect the people from cxtortlon.
Sixty-six senators voted for the bin
and seven against It. Those who per
sisted In their obstructlonlst tactics to
the end were France, Gronna Hollis.
Hardwick, La Toilette. Penrose and
Reed. Sherman and Gore both were
paired against the bill.
The law contains drastic prohibl-
tion provisions. Thirty days after the
date of Its approval 1t will be ,inlaw-
ful to use foodstuffs I'm the mnnufac.
ture OF distilled beverages or to i'm.
port distilled spirits for beverage pur.
poses, and the president will be en-
powered to commander for military
purposes distilled liquors now held in
bond and to regulate or restrict the
use of foods In the manufacture of
wine and beer.
The senate also adopted the con-
ference report on the food survey bin,
designed to stimulate production and
to give the country information on
food resources, and thus the adminis-
trntion's food control program was ut
last completed.
Coal Prices and Profits.
Coal prices nre causing a great STIR
especially In the Middle West. and In
Illinois the state council of defense
advised Governor Lowden to seize the
mines because the operators would
not sell ut what was considered a
reasonable profit. The governors and
defense councils Of Is Middle West
Stntes were asked to meet In Chicago
to confer ON relief measures.
President Wilson last week made Il
personal visit to the federal trade
commission and the department OF
Justice to urge the Fastening of nc.
ton to curb high prices, and made 1t
evident that he intends to do every
thing In his power to stop the exact.
Ing Of exorbtnnt profits. The war
industries board followed up this by
announcing that American producers
selling war necessities to Americas
allies would be permitted to make
only reasonable profits provided that
the allies must reciprocate In selling
to the United States and to one un.
other. The president, moreover, has
said that the prices to the public must
be made the same as to the govern
ment.
Record. Breaking Corn Crop.
Cheering news came out of the de-
partment OF agriculture In the form
Of the August crop report, which In.
dicntes II corn crop Of 3,lol 100000 |
bushels, the largest In the history Of
the country. The prospects improved |
during July To the extent of GG,OOoGoO |
bushels. and general rains over the |
corn belt since the reception of the
data on which the report Is based en-. !
hancc still further the expectations of |
the farmers. The onts yield also will |
he II record breaker, hut the report |
ON wheat Is II bit disappointing. The |
government already has under way a |
campaign for the raising next season |
of n crop of more than u billion bush. |
els of whcnt and S3,OOO,OOO bushels ot |
rye. The food control law authorizes |
the fixing Of fair prices for wheat and |
the sale by the government to thr |
farmers of nitrate OF soda from Chile |
to be used aS fprtIliZpr Ey,rv Stnta |
Is asked to plant AS large nm ucrcn ge |
In wheat and rye as Is possible with |
out upsettlng proper farm practice. |
The experts In Washington say that |
while fertilizer muy he scarce, there |
will he no shortage of seed. farm ma A.!
chinery or transportation facilities.
On Thursday Provost Marshal Cen
eneral Crowder issued the regulations
for calling the National army to the
colOrs. The first 100000 are to be
called up to September and sent to
cantonment camps by September 8.
of the mobilization appropriately cele-
brated throughout the country In or
der that the citizen soldiers may be
fittlngly honored.
Some Antidrat Riots.
Taking the country as II whole, the
exemption boards are having mighty
little trouble In carrying out their du-
ties In the drafting OF the National
army. Part OF Oklahoma and some
districts In the Southeast, however,
are glaring exceptions to this rule,