Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-27


and its allies show no disposition to
yield to the pleas of the so calied neu-
trail nations that have been supplying
Germany with food and other mate
rials. According 10 reports received H.
Washington. the food situation in Ger
many is growing acute. The weekly
/ ration there amounts approximately
to four and half pounds of bread
half peck of potatoes, a cupful of
beans, peas, or oatmeal half pound
of meat, twelve cubes of sugar, six
individual pattieS of butter and an
! equal amount of other fats. The cal0ric
/ value of these foods in the aggregate.
/ is less than half the amount estimated
/ by the American food administration
I as sufficient for person in a sedentarl
/ occupation.
Coal Strike Makes Trouble.
The coal situation especially in Hi
1 noiS. caused the administration a great
deal of trouble. Strikes, unauthorized
I by the union. stopped production and
/ the operators declared they could not
pay the wages demanded unless they
We're allowed to charge the general
public 30 cents more Il ton. Coal Ad-
minisrrator Garfield was swamped with
appeals and protests, ana sent out Il
message to the effect that unless min
ing was resumed the federal govern
ment would seize the mines. The whole
affair has the appearance Of greed fos-
tered by undetermined pro-German in
iuences.
Food Administrator Hoover has
been brought to a realization Of the
fact that the retail grocerS of the coun-
Try are robbing the ultimate conSum-
ers. and he proposes 10 go as far as his
powers permit in stopping the eXtor-
tion. In d statement issued Thursday
MIR. Hoover said that though neither
the food administration nor the gov
crument has authority IL regulate the
retailer as it does the wholesaler he
would beginning November l. expose
the former each week by publishing
the wholesale prices of all commodities
in every section Thus the purchaser
viii know how much The retailer is
paving and how much undue profit he
is exacting. Mr.. Hoover cites particu-
larly the retail price of flour. which is
out of all pror lrtion 10 the wholesale
price fixed by the government, and al
so the recent mWarranted advances
in the retail price of sugar.
Unless the retailer grocer behaves.
the food administrator hints. congress
may be asked for legislation giving the
government power to regulate him Mr..
Hoover asserts that the corner has
been turned in high prices and that if
the farmer and retailer cooperate with
him. the essential commodities one at
ter another should continue to show re
auctions between now and the end Of
the wear
The war department issued orders
Thursday for the entrainment of the
final quotas of the first draft from the
northwest states and the entire mObli-
zation Of the GS7.000 men of the first
army is expected to be complete by
me n'uuie Oh -NoNtli'"er' ne can l''i
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camps are oeihg mace r"p'u'y anu
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arms ana an o'i,ef necessary SuppheS'
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