The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
Henry j. Waters to Represent
the State at Washington.
Secretary of War Calls Big
Council Meeting for May.
ALL STATES TO COOPERATE
Governor Informed That Many
KansanS Are HOarding Food.
Everything Possible Being
Done to Discourage This.

National steps to mold the Council
Of National Defense and state, county
and community defense councils into
one smooth running unit were taken
today. Governor Capper received
telegram from Newton ID. Baker, sec
retary of war and secretary of the
National Defense council, asking
that the Kansas executive appoint a
delegate to represent this state at
meeting of the federal council in
Bakers office May .. Governor Cap
per appointed Henry ]. Waters, presl-
dent of the Kansas State Agricultural
college. Secretary Baker stated in his
telegram that one man from each state
would represent his respective COM
monwealth at the meeting.
The meeting in Washington will be
to consider the relationship of state
and federal authorities in preparation
Of war methods and the organization
Of state and local communities. A ma
tional plan bearing upon mobilization
for foodstuff production, s well as
military organization. will be worked
out. Plans will be made to utilize
every resource Of the country, with
agricultural means receiving the most
attention.
To Work in Harmony
After the meeting President Waters
will return to Kansas and direct IN
this state the campaign as organized
at the meeting of the national council
The Kansas Defense council, as or
ganized by thirty prominent Kansans
recently in Topeka. will work in har-
mony with the national plan adopted
and will practically be an auxiliary
of the federal board.
Kansas, after taking up the ma
tional plan will work it out in every
county and community within its bor-
ders. This policy viii be carried out
in every state in the union, it was de
clared in official ton reaching
the governors office today.
President Waters, it was stated to-
day. was named to go to Washington
because Kansas wishes to furnish the
most pable man obtainable. Be
caues of his wide experience at the
college and otherwise, the Aggie pres
ident is regarded as probably the
most efficient agricultural resource
expert in the west
The Kansas defense council was to-
day wrestling with the problem that
has arisen over the tendency of
wealth. consumers of the state to buy
up advance supplies of foodstuffs-
Report after report that this is being
done has come into the state house in
the last few days.
One Family We'll Supplied.
A western Kansas banker wrote in
today and said that one family in
his town had, since the high price
scare began, purchased 12O pounds
of bacon, fifteen sacks of sugar.
big supply of flour and numerous
other staples in large amounts. This
policy, according to members of the
council, is doing much to drive high
prices still higher and threatens to
cause a serious foodstuffs situation.
The poor man, it is pointed out, will
be driven by desperate straits, be-
cause of inflated cost of every day
necessities. The boarding of food
stuffs has been condemned by Cover
nor Capper and members of the coun-
Gil. They expect to direct a drastic
campaign against it.
The Merchants Trade Journal this
week devoted a page to condemning
the practice. The journal urged re-
tailers not to sell large orders to in
dividual purchasers where it is known
the supply is to be boarded.