The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-22
THE DAILY GATE CITY

dump their present holdings on th
market. has caused some AlArr
{ amour the farmers in Colorado and
more liberal movement OF potatoes
market Is expected TO result
, Denver housewives have followed
policy OF restricted consumption
potatoes since prices reached IN
. prSer, high levels, but there Ia
: been no organized effort to ooycoS
the s2ui.
other vegetables are retailing .
about the same range OF prices .
|, prevail in other western cities
Some quotations are: cabbage. nes
j! la1- cents . pound: cauhhower, :;
cents: carols. four cents turnips
irs cents. onions Is cents Hna
ssscs 20 cents and navy beans II
cents a pound
/ ESss have declined is 70 20 cents
nom The top prices OF the WINTER
now selling At IS 10 Is cents, accotu
ling to grade Butter IS cents . pound
three cents lower for the best grade
/ Might Reduce Prices
J! SAN FRANCISCO Feb Ser
nauy's submarine blockade OF francs
and Great Britain may be the meaHs
/ OF reducing the high cost on 1000
stuffs in the United States. IN the
opinion Of z. g. Connolly secretar!
! OF the Retail Grocers' association eA-
pressed today.
The Retail Grocers associaeion re
Gently asked President Wilson 70
place an embargo on the expoEIa.ion
OF wheat. tiour, sugar. canned mhAs
and canned tomatoes
-sTha German submarine blockade
may accomplish for the people Of the
United States just what we nave oeea
trying to do said Connolly
Expectations OF toodstuffs have de-
creased materially since the suhma-
rue blockade order took effect
slight decrease in prices may be
expected any time IL Atlantic SHIPS
c,otfnue 10 obey the blockade. said
cono1ly. The New York docks VIII
hecome so congested with foedstuffs
thar speculator. viii be forced 10
nlaoa them on the American Market
ne declared
Tempest 10 Brewing.
CHICAGO. Feb. 22-OltEardly.
Chicago. with her seventy million
and hacking industries turning out
meat enough TO feed q nation, IS not
In the rhroes OF food pa1ics, but IN the
tenement districts and the cougested
factory centers- a spirit OF unrest IS
brewing So menacing has this be
come that oMciais, fearing an outbursi
similar 10 the enc in New York are
doing their utmost TO secure re1le1
becomes too late.
Derourcfnx railways and the in
terstate commerce commission for
their hesitancy. board OF trade omciais
are eiamoT.ng for action
Il have no hesitancy in declaring
that both the railways and commission
are completely overwhelmed end have
lost grasp of the situation" President
Grinn. Of the BOARD OF trade. said to-
dav. As q matter Of fact the inter
-eutton @. the interstate commerce
commission has been harmful ratae-
( tina, beneficial. Their relic, suz<es
r,ors are tancifnl. not practical
/ within less than thirty days un.
less relic. comes, tie commerce OF
this country viii be Frustrated a
power more influential than the com
merce commission should De placed
/ in control OF the situation
[ Food stuHs which have advanced
gradually every day this week, eoncin-
ued their upward trend today. Pc
tstces, yesterday selling for ninety
cents Per peck today vent TO 81 Pork
chops. boosted to IS cents Per pound
also will advance before night. butch
ers state Live hogs sold al sie-s5 Pei
hundred pounds. highest eyer known
and S4sG higher than last year
From Aurora, Ill, the center Of mills
distribution, today came the announce
ment that the Mix Producers $3.50
citation has voted TO raise the prizes
10 s2-z5 per hundred for summer milk
II has been hiss This means ter
cent milk ice also will he higher hi:
summer Fred Upham, president OF the
Consumes company. announced today
-PersouaIIy-and confdentialiy-l
can see absolutely no Justification fol
am further advances IN meats" the
president OF one OF Cn;cago's larEssi
PACKERS stated today. For obTiou:
reasons he asked his name be With
held so Ia as rs know there IL NJ
scarcity OF cattle that would affect the
situation The demand has increased
On account Of the ssr, but that Ia.
Teen rrua With other food stuSs and
products used By Europe
Spectators. retailers and Others
are using var arguments a. fiinsy
excuse for pirching the consumer
And OF course everybody has 10 &c;
his finger n the pie
America money mad. and running
sugck AMID the deiuge Of gold from
Europe, * roohius herself 10 quench
al Unsuitable greed for profit.
Like F-aakeusteil's supernan. re
are creating beinz-or class-vith,
CIT soul And once created-the in
sTttzbIs-Eood riots and a social revol
r-iol
! Another Food HIet
! PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb IL
Food -iotirg broke out in Philadel
?h5s this afternoon Shouting IFS
robbery. robbery" several hundred
Jewish women attacked dealers WIG
had advanced prices Push carts
were overturned and several shops
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