The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-20
WORST HOARDER
IS FRIEND Wife
Food Problem Goes Straight
to Home, Says Duluth
Wholesaler.
HORR ON INSPECTION
StOne.O rdean-Wells C HE f
in MissOula on Visit
Talks Of War.
HORR ON INSPECTION

1t Is practically Impossible for the
wholesalers Of the country TO hoard
foodstuffs in order to raise prices,
said K. A. Horn. treasurer and general
manager Of the Stone Ordean- Wells
company. wholesale grocers OF buihtn,
who was in Missoula yesterday Mr..
Horr is accompanied by j. f. Granger.
the vice president Of the company. on
a regular inspection trip throughout
the companys western territory
boarding Not Possible.
"Hoarding food is impossible with
u.s." said Mr. Horn, though doubt If
we can make the people believe II. A
person visiting our main storehouse IS
astounded at the amount of foodstnfts
we have on hand. 1T looks big TO
him because he hasn't seen it before
in such quantities, yet that great pile
of sugar must move every ID days. for
The government only allows US TO Keep
a supply large enough to last that
long Should we want to hoard
sugar there isn't storage room in our
whole warehouse to supply our GUS
toners many months. Flour IS the
same We are allowed only 30-day
supply of flour.
Just Two Hoarders.
"rhere are two kinds Of hoarders of
foodstuffs and neither one is a dis
trihuter The first is the little Specn-
later and the other is the American
housewife.
The spectators in foodstuffs are
certain professional men Who buy a
few tons of sugar, perhaps, or some
flour and hide it away to gamble for
II rise in price. Someone WAS 'cll-
ing me of II doctor IN the east who was
discovered with large quantity OF
sugar that he, was holding for exorbi-
tant prices to come.
Consumer Is Worst
But the real hoarder IS the con-
summer Mr. Horr declared 'iou
know that The average housewife.
would be as mad as a Wet hen if hei
grocer would not sell her a hundred.
pound sack Of SUGAR, Vet III surpris
ing propoltion-o homes in the west i!
n supply Of Sugaf sufficient to last i
year or more. -Grocers i'll Duluth arr
not much surprised amy more when 1
housewife orders Il $500 bill of good
to stow, away.
Hard Game for Retailer.
1.-The situation is a hard one on tn
retailer. Ii q woman cones INTO .
store and asks for 100 pounds of suea
and the merchant refuses her tina
amount but offers her 25 pounds, sh
will go TO his competitor. She de
mands Ice pounds regardless of tn
rules, and then she goes home an
knts out the rest of her patriotism
for the Red Cross. Now, under III
administration rules, the wholesale
is only allowed a l5-day supply @
sugar, the retailer Il and if the con
sumner follows the rule he must onl
keep a 5-day supply also. The sam
rule applies to flour, but we are al
lowed a 3e-day supply instead Of /!
The people must be educated. TIL
wholesaler is willing To do his par
the retailer his and SO il is UP to tn
consumer.
I'VE sent Il letter from our office I
all our retailers that the people shnul
know abont. In that letter wei
three requests. They asked the dcalo
first, NOT II sell sugar il lo0-poun
lots: second, not tu sch a consumer
dollars worth OF sugar when 20 cent
worth would suffice. aud third to So