The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
FOOD PRICES SHOOTING
HIGHER AND NO RELIEF
Charity Workers Declare That There Is
Great Deal Of Suffering in
Chicago
UNITED Press Dispatch.1
m Fridays Daily.


i UNITED Press Dispatch.1
From Fridays Daily.
1 Chicago, Ill.,, February 23.-Food
prices continue their upward trend.
There are no indications of a decline
or even of stoppage in the upward
movement. The condition of the peo-
pie of the tenement districts, hitherto
reported serious, was today reported
as rapidly growing desperate. Suffer-
ing from hunger appears to be grow
ing more and more acute. Relief work.
ers of Chicago declare that the city
is confronted with the worst food ia
mine of it's history. 1t is not a situation
of not having enough food on hand. but
4 it is one of prohibitive prices.
One relief worker declared that he
had seen eight families that had
nothing to eat but oat meal. They had
oat meal for breakfast, dinner and sup
per. Another said he had come across
mother and three children who had
been living on two bananas day.
Cases of many families that had moth
! ing but rice, oat meal and beans were
reported. They had leHg-been without
milk or sugar There are numerous
cases of nialnutrition brought on by
/ lack of food.
Potatoes, which yesterday were sell
ing here at IS cents to 81 peck now
are bringing 81 to 81. 05 peck. 1t was
expected that they, would go yet high
er before night. Sugar, which was yes
terday selling at 71s>>cents pound,
now is bringing 8. cents and is expect
ed to bring 81 to 9 cents tomorrow
Cabbages, which yesterday were re-
| failing at Is to Is cents each are now
! bringing IL cents each. Other foods
are going up correspondence.
The Chicago grain market suspend
ed today, on account of the inability
of the railroads to move the
grain. Many business men are
in favor of the government seiz-
ing the railroads for a time and run
ming them so as to relieve the danger
GUS food situation.
| Washington February 23. = Senator
| Lewis today introduced, as an amend
| ment to the revenue bill, a provision to
| authorize the president. to seize foodstuffs
| deemed to be monopolized in violation of
! law. The foodstuffs so seized would be
doisposed of at public sale under governs
| ment supervision.
From Thursdays Daily.
| DR.. Benjamin McCleery returned
this morning from Northern Iowa
where he was called for consultation.
| DR.. C. D. Snow leaves tomorrow to
be gone two or three days attending
the state dentists convention in Min
neapolis.
Mrs. E. M. Krings of the Viavi
| company is absent on business
trip to Rochester,, Stewartville, and
Dodge Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Busch left
for st. Paul this morning to spend
several days While there Mr.. Busch
will attend the hardy-a1S lens con-
vention.
Miss Marjorie Laughlin, who at
tended Commercial college for the
past six months, has finished her
course, and has returned to her home
at Madison, S. d.
L. w. Ainsworth, an old time sta
ton agent on the Omaha, but OF
| late with the Home Purchasing
Contract company of st. Paul, was in
Mankato today in the interest Of
that company.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Harrington were
in Mankato yesterday They are
newlyweds, having been married in
ST. Paul last Saturday. They are on
their way to Square Butte, Mont,
where Mr.. Harrington is in business.
| He owns the granite works there and
deals in building material. a.-.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert, Nitzkowski
attended the Concert of the Nations
at St. Peter last Tuesday evening
and while there were entertained at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. Hanscomb.
| Mrs. Jessie Van Slyke, who has
/ been visiting at the Eugene Hickok
home in this city, returned to her
home at Elmore last evening.
Mrs. Albert Wilson of Janesxille
| and Miss Alice Keyes of st. Paul,
who have been visiting at the home
of Mrs. Hickok, left last night on the
midnight train for Denver, Colo.
Miss Marie Kaufenberg spent the
holiday at her home in Madison Lake.
! Architect H. c. Gerlach spent yes
! terday at New Ulm on business.
Senator Frank Clague of Redwood
Falls was in the city on business to-
day.
! Dr. E. G. Girvin goes to the State
Dental association tonight at Mime
! apolis and will be gone until Sunday
{! night.
/ Judge W. A. Plymat and County
i Treasurer Johnson returned to Man
kato last evening from Minneapolis,
kwhere as delegates they attended the
grand lodge meeting of the Ancient
! Order of United Workmen in the hall
of Nicollet lodge No. H., Al Hall
man, also a delegate, remained at the
! meeting. The grand council has been
discussing the proposition of raising
the number of assessments per year.
ONE POTATO. TWO BEAkERS
j Monroe, Wis, February PA po-