The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21
FOOD CONTROL
ENDORSEMENT
ADOPTED BY WHEEL ING CITY
COUNCIL FORWARDED TO
THE CAPITAL:
Wilson, Sutherland and Nicely to Ses
Copies of the Resolution.

Copies of the Habig resolution
adopted by Weddings new council
Tuesday evening. urging the enact
menl OF the Lever bill providing FOR
, Legislative food control, were lor-
; warded yesterday to President Wilson.
Senator Howard Sutherland and Con-
gresham NJ. NJ. Nicely at Washington.
Copies of the Hahig resolution, en-.
, dorsed with the approval OF council
! were made in the office Of City Auditor
Charles Ahrens and sent by mail 10
the executive OF the nation and the
representatives of West Virginia and
! the First congressional district In
/ congress. The resolution, introduced
by Councilman Ambrose I. liablg,
was adopted by unanimous vote.
! The resolution declares that 'legls-
3 lation 10 administer the Distribution
Of the necessities Of life must be en-
acted before July l, if The prices Of
! food necessities are 10 be reduced 10
something near normal. After July
, the new crops will be moving To The
! markets. food SPECTATORS will have
: cornered crops. prices. Will be torceG
! up and the people will feel actual
want"
Wages have not Kept pace with the
increasing cost of living, it continues.
1t declares wages have remained prac-
ticaliy. while prices have more than
doubled.
. "a grave DANCE: contnnts the
American people. the danger OF
hunger. which. unless our government
takes effective and immediate action
, 10 prevent. will pOrtend greater injury
! than the threats Of the foreign foe"
| the resolution continues.
Gambling on Necessities.
Declaring mat ordiuar3 checks or
competition have disappeared and
that food spectators are gambling On
the peoples necessities, the resolu-
lions says: we must devise new
machinery to meet tremendous vital
needs We will have TO establish
economic agencies 10 control food so
that the people may be insured SUD-
siStence."
The resolutions cites the fact that
the House Committee on Agriculture
has just reported 10 the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES the Lever Food Ad-
minislration bill, creating govern
ment control of necessities. prohibit
ing boarding and cornering products
and illigitimate speculation by intro
ducing stabilizing control at the
most effective point in the distriDutiVe
chain, and seeks 10 stimulate prouuc-
ton.
The proposed bill does not set up
a food dictatorship or methods that
infringe upon the liberties of citizens.
It does not propose 10 ration the peo-
ple but attempts to protect the people
against speculation by rational prac'
Teal means. !
Food Administration Effective.
The resolution concludes, as fol-
lows:
The immediate. effective &C
ton is demonstrated by the fact
that the worlds grain crop Is
seriously below normal. The
wheat crop in this country is even
smaller than that OF last year, and
we are confronted with the gigan-
tic task of feeding our allies and
maintaining our own army and
civilian. population.
The war cannot be fought by
hungry men. The work neces-
sary to maintain the continuity
of this nation can not be done by
starving people. Food admins.
tration Is effective, as is demon.
strated by the fact that bread Is
cheaper in Belgium. France and
Italy than it Is in this country,
and this even when We ship the
grain to Belgium from which their
lower priced bread Is made