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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
FORMER TOUGH MAN
SPEAKS ON SUNDAY
HIS REGENERATION TO BE TOLD
TO WHEELING MEN BY GID"
gIGGINBoTHAM.
Once OF "GIu skecter Alley" In His Speech
al tho Court Twice Born Msn"
Tomorrow Afternoon.


Press ?.;nr.S am; enthusiasts. IN
riorS"in"rlS trr!n tn. west lT|!'at" that
Cid" >lIig@:uh"ihani. reformed tough.
will 5c tin most entertaining speaker
n. Y. VI. =. y. has vt t"'uSht I" tn?
Our; t.!r;itr" IN Swm,!H% afternoon dHr-
M: rs l,ut.n m""timcS for m"n.
tiiSciuhoth;tn. VIII appear II IN" Court
Tomorrow aft"-n""n. The following
.irr"@r;,in will take Hiacc.
!'rrSidiug-li"n. ". l.. E"hiuS"n.
chorus dlrc"tor--li"u. Charles :. Nor
si$"n.
PEtniSt-Prni h',:;N t2It"h'.,,
rrcncstCa--tlr>t uIt"d presbyterian
church. pr j r: M''',tE", director aS
SISTED by Mr.. Walter Rogers.
orchestra concert hcGtaS ht -.'".
NioItn S"l"--MiSs l:"sSi" Lcin"r
Special observation-disclosures OF uuttcI
ch":r%.
Scripture Reading -E"v T.. .. How.
ard. FRS; English Lutheran ch"rch ana
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
"AusR1cAN's" VIEWS.

To thu Editor ~ the int"lliCcnrcr
SlR--1n tho ErTi$'"r "f tho 2"Td Of
March appeared Il Coalition cabinet.
The views expressed therein. after
thoughtful pcru*al of the editorial hard
j. carry other than partisan ""hcep-
lion nj cur counlryS needs at this criu-
cal time. .
III. United States faces on The other
sid Of the Atlantic. such rn"n at the
head III affairs a$ MrS$rs. H"ihmanil
Vnn lloiiweg. .Tag"w, Won Tirpitz, Hin
,irnhc:rg. Revnntlnw. AsTnith. Ronat
Law. Lloyd George. VIviaHi. Eriand.
E" ard %ih%T G Th h%y % rs9rss %m che ibc
hirh,s, type ~ developed manhood
which Enropc has nrG!nc%I, In mis- nGe.
Is II true thai our President has c"ri-
,nsr,I a r'ahiNrI Of men Of talents and
FORE. drawn from the ranks ~ on" most
representative Americans. -, cross m
;riirr;ual swords wiki i:urop"'s best
men
TO Americans VIII" ~" standing "0 for
Nn!rrira--thc contrast is embarrassing.
numiiatiug
~ Secretary OF State tn" country
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
285 LIVES LIVES LOST IN
SINKING Of DANTON

LONDON. March -. Hos y. nj
In the sinking Of he French battle
ship DanlUn in IN" Mediterranean on
March ~. says q statement from the
French admiralty received here. ."h
men were drowned. The IIanion was
turpcdoed BIZ Il hostile submarine.
The sinking Of :, French hntti"%hip
nf The pHnton class by A. German sub
marinr III thu Mediterranean "n MHrrh
II was reported IN II statement ISSUED
BY the German admiralty On March ~
and received her" by wireless. HI"
statement from III" German mdnIirhli%
said that the battl"ship. which was
protected by d"*;r"y"rs. listed heavily
after being hit and Capsiz"d i3 minutes
later Lieutenant Captain M0rAht was
named aS the COMMANDER of the Ger
man submarine.
Til. bttI!nship baGt"n diSI!acHd H.
G2A tons. and her complement h"lor"
thr war wa$ itl uf!t""rS ami men. TN"
pnnton Mas built AMI i:r"St. and was
commits *inn"d IL. l"n". Sh" had u ST-'"I
~ ~" knots mnd "H~ Al f""t long.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
No Motive Learned
For Suicide Of Girls


PORTSMOUTH,. \. Fl. March ?i.--A
motive :.r III. Su!rjd" AZ Il local res
rnUran; las, Night "f Miss Marsar";
Spn!GinS IN instructor in IN" H'riAn't
school III Boston and h"r "nnpaninH.
Miss. Ethel Stanton. Il. pupil "t Dana
Halt school. :. preparatory institution AT
W"li.<,vy. Mass. vas sought by ihe
;tnts ief; h, III" girls signed
"P.:cy" AZ Miss SraldinE was KNOWN
:n 'l"r in,lr,at"s. AMI Ethel sand Nh"
-i.ncrs hal decided hat il w"uhIo Il"
h.:-rr far Them 10 di". hut gave ms clue
l.. thc cause or n" tragedy.
r.r II r. Taylor assistant medical
=. r..r.~ :.Ficr an examination 81 tn"
, hr.ii%s today said that each girl had
S!,"t n.rS',i III tn" r,SHt r"invt'. MlSN
Stanton using u revolver "t %@-"aiihr''
and IN o,M"r n 2c-rr,lihrr weapon. ~
;h. ,Itnc %: 'h"ir Death III" young wo-
n,..u wore IN normal and apparently
!.alrhru; conditions. h" said. An in
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
GERMANS INCENSED
WITH NORWEGIANS

AMSTERDAM, March -. via Lon
don, 2:1S p. m--[ndcatlNns OF ~,
newed tension between Norway ana n,'
Germany are appearing in tn" Yer
man newspapers. The Cologne va,
Zeltr makes a feature Of an eniioF'al
headed Norwegian lnSol"nce' Ill
which is says: o
"rhc press Of Norway IN 'h"Se
days has assumed Il tone OF an m
cutting character which Germany eau
not tolerate. The Nurweg!anS would
do we'll TO remember that their IN
bridled press campaign once before
led TO diplomatic tension. \ sense
the papers from again singing inc
Same tune"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
P|TTSBURGHER TO
ADDRESS MEETING

- t. S"ili"l. member 90 the cNCru-
'iv" conmitter nr III" \atiOna! Base
hnll r.G"ratinu. viii nrriv" in tho city
M"uiHy aft"rr"on 1" address Il mass
hrS.hnll meeting 10 b" held that even
INK In n" Market auditorium in the
assembly rooms a: the Wheeling Com
rurrcial association. Mr. Sctk"l will
point out n" advantages Of hFill!atlnE
with II" federation.
President Harry i"ll announced last
night TINT The meeting would b-<all"d
at = o'clork. and that the public is in
Niinh 10 aIlrNI.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
HOLMES SWORN IN

LAmcs Holmes ycstetday was sworn IT
AS .xtran!nn Of the Wheeling police
si;ion by Chief LcylaGd% Mr. Holmes
is an experienced officer, having served
rs a policeman in tht% city under ~"
administration az two ch!cfs and thir-
teen wears as Il polio" officer IN ih' DIS
i-Iri Of Columbia upon; appointment ny
Srnn;or y T.. Scott. ftr also h"'i
post ion as guard at thu state prison ~
MnuutSvillc for aomc tIrc.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24

mustered ont Of the federal service" 'hhI
Tho two t-hnrlcs;uu COMPANIES will prob
ahl,. return HON" tomorrow. General
Bond is preparing Ia report IL tH' war
department what equipment is necessary
in 1!nCing III" First and Second infantry
regiments of this Stnir on II III ";tr
strength basis. Tho department has re-
GlI"slci II list Of thcs" needs.
" z. Rur,lrttc. uf l."wisburg. has
loaned to III" state DEPARTMENT 90
archives ard history III" IHE Of tho
tirrclhrirr lIEh; inran;"? eray$. which
was IL S"rrir" for many years follow
ing tho cl'lse 81 The civil WIT. II has 4
brdy. Of DAN; blue. with a gray firing"
mi letters ~ gold.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
Weak, Nervous, Rundown
Men and Women

Your symptoms toll you that y"a
need a powerful yi!aliZin@ tonic 10 re-
gain your lost health. strength and AM.
bition. Go 20 your druggist today anu
ask for small hoN 81 Pamg!n Tablets
with Gentiaa They are guaranteed 10
telp your OF mo1ry back C. II. Griest
& Co. can supply rOu
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
GAS MEN TO MEET

: 80! Uss:a,rl, To- Tg" lat. .i.-"H""r.
CLARNS BURG. W. Va. Marrl! 49,.
Following 4 meeting 'of It's directors
here announcements Vas made today
mat Parkorshuy@ had been selected
a+ the plar" for fhr 1911 convention Of
m" Wrsi Virginia Natural Gas asHo-
citation. T. will tak" plar" in Ma. IN"
exact dates 10 h." announced later.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
MoLLWITz RELEAsED

iI' MO. March 222.-r'rrG Mnllwj,,
panty i!rSt ha$"man was to-day re-
;";'$''h h$ III" 'hirag" Nationals to III,
citation. " -''-'''
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24
pJra1 rrrnd II, s 70 Il DlrS

pr;cg,Sts refund money II PAZO ONT.
NEET fails TO cure ltch!n. Blind
Rlrcdiug or l'rotrUding PILES. First ap-
rlicntion gives relief soc.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24

oucst did not appear necessary "''
a>.cd for by relatives. ,.,r,.,
Ths polio to-day rr'"iEyd lr;"S I%..l
f,"m {. +. Malshury. 81 ,i'"'nn s.,,,a,,.s
,nn,h.- asking that III" body Of M'SS
G...tton H., rrinov.d IL that city
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24

been burned Oft He died Of exposure.
ACCORDING 10 my calculations We
wsrs. well within The so-cail"d SAT"
channel when the U"aldton was tor
iF1lued'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-24

W. l.. Robinson.
Charles :. Nnr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
KAISER WILSON"
Woman's Party Picket
Displays Banner
Inscription Declares Twenty Million
American Women Not Self Governed
and Asks President to Take Beam
Out Of Own Eye-Banner Torn Down

Washington, Aug. 10 A banner
displayed at one of the White House
gates by a woman's party suffrage
picket addressed to Kaiser Wilson"
was torn down today after an in
dignant crowd had jeered and Kissed
the suffragists for several minutes.
Lucy Burns Carries Banner
The banner was carried by Miss
Lucy Burns. who figured in several
of the previous demonstrations in
front of the White House. 1t was
inscribed:
Kaiser Wilson-Have YOU forgotten
your sympathy with the poor Ger
mans because they are not self-gov-
erned? Twenty million American
women are not seif-governed. Take
the beam out of your own eye"
1t Immediately drew a crowd which
gave free voice to it's Indignation.
There was no concerted attack on Miss
Purns, but James P. Delaney, Navy
Department clerk, tore the banner
from the pole and shot out through
the crowd and up Pennsylvania av-
cnue before anyone could touch him.
He was not pursued.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
Weaver Breaks Finger

Washington. Aug. 1o.-Buck Weaver
star third baseman Of the Chicago Am
orleans, suffered a broken finger in the
game here with Washington TO-DAY
and will probably be out of the game
for the next three or four weeks,
critical period in the pennant race
The accident was in the third inning
when Ainsmith. sliding into third,
spiked Weaver's left hand as the lat
ter tried to touch him out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
ARh0URS DENY
CONCERTED PLAN

Chicago, Aug. 1o.--Watson Armour vice
president of Armour g. Co., in a state
ment late today said:
I'VE are in no way acting, in unison
with others or alone. for the purpose of
purchasing the tomato crop of the Pa
ciac coast. The facts are that our pur-
chases of tomatoes on the Pacific coast
have been negligible during the last six
weeks or whereabouts.
I'VE have neither purchased or con-
tracted for any tomatoes on the Pacific
other than perchance few small
amounts possibly by some Of our western
branch houses for local consumption, to
fill immediate orders. Insofar as Ar
naour & Co is concerned I can state
positively that there is no truth what
ever In the report"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
Food Control Provisions

The food control bill estab-
fishes, during the war. broad gov
eminent control over foods. feeds,
fuel, fuel oils, natural gas, fertil-
izer and its ingredients. tools. utensils
and equipment required for the actual
production Of all such products, desig-
rated "necessa ries."
In establishing government control,
the bill authorizes the President to en-
ter into any voluntary arrangements,
create or use any agency or agencies.
TO accept services Of any person with
out compensation, to cooperate with
any agency or person, to utilize any
department or agency OF the govern
Continued on Page 2, Column 8,
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ASSAULTlNG FORCES GAIN DETECTIVES TO
SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS IN FIRST RUSH
BREAK IMMINENT
Peru Is Likely to Sever
German Relations
Sinking Of Bark Lorton the Cause
Peruvian Senate Refuses to Aecept
Prize Court Findings and Endorses
Wilson's Stand in War

Washington, Aug. 10-Failure of
the German foreign office to placate
Peru has forced that country into a
position where some officials of the
state department believe it can do
nothing less than break relations with
the Imperial government
Manuel De Freyrey Santander, the
Peruvian charge daffairs, today was
informed by his government that Peru
would not accept the new German pro-
posal to submit the case of the Peru
wan bark LOrton to a prize court.
Cnoff1cial advices yesterday said the
Peruvian Senate had endorsed Pres
ident Wilson's stand in the war and
break in relations is now expected
by many officials to follow shortly.
The Official Message
The official message to Mr.. de Fryere
said
The German government having de-
cided to submit the circumstances of
the sinking of the Peruvian bark Lor-
ton to a prize court the government
of Peru has instructed the minister
of Peru at Berlin to state that in ac-
cord with the declaration of London,
invoked by Germany. the sinking of
the Peruvian bark Lorton is wholly
nnjustifed, owing to the nationality of
the ship, the quality and destination
of its cargo, the locality where the
ship was sunk, with the impossibility
for the ship to be acquainted with the
German decree establishing a barred
zone, which decree moreover the Peru
Wan government does not recognize,
and the principles ruling maritime
warfare and protecting neutral ships.
THE minister of Peru has been in
structed further to declare that the
Peruvian government does not and
will not accept to submit this ques-
ton to a prize court and that it in
sists upon the PREPARATIONS and indem-
mites previously clain1ed"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11

injured men in vocations by which
they could earn livelihood also is
provided for.
Under the terms Of the bill, soldi-
eIs, sailors and marines would be en-
ahled to obtain insurance on their
lives during the war in sums from
$1,000 to $4,000. the government TAX
Ing the risk and the men paying pre-
n7iums. The rate would be approx :
mately IS per $1,000 of insurance and
the premium would be payable by in
stalments out of pay.
The cost of carrying out the pro-
gram is estimated by Secretary Nc
Adoo at approximately SIG. 600. 900 for
the first year of the war and $3.50. 900
600 for the second. The bill provides
no method of obtaining this sum and a
bond issue to cover it may he deter
mined upon later
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11

The proposed legislation was framed to
follow plans already announced in gen.
eral outline and would provide insurance
at minimum cost. for American soldiers,
sailors and marines, the insured men
paying the premiums; family allowances
TO dependents Of men in the nation
military or naval service: Naturalization
for disabilities and the re-education and
rehabilitation. at government expense. Of
injured men
Allot Compulsory Minimum
feature not previously announced
would make it compulsory for officers
and men TO aliot a minimum of SIS a
month out of their pay TO dependent
wives and children. The maximum com
pulsory allotment is half pay. These al
lotments would be supplemented by fam
lily allowances, TO be made by the govern
ment, of from S to $50 a month. accord
Continued on Page 5-Col. =
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Perhaps New Policy

Previous dispatches direct from
Rome credited Many Italian newspa-
pers and some authorities on Vatican
affairs" as affirming that Cardinal
Gasparri had resigned partly because
of i'll health and partly because of the
Pope's desire to institute a new policy
in relation to Germany. The semi of
fetal Vatican organ fatty denied, how
ever, that the cardinal had retired. The
message received by the bureau of in
formation quotes Mgr. Tedeschini as
declaring for "a peace of justice" 1t
follows:
In a conversation with Mgr. Fred
erico Tedeschini, new secretary of
state Of the Vatican, had with the
Rome correspondent of the A. B. c., a
Spanish newspaper, he made the fol-
lowing interesting declarations:
Peace of Justice
Only a Christian peace is desira BILE
because it viii be a peace of justice.
Some people have pretended that a
Christian peace ought to be a white
peace or a peace without result; that
is, a peace bringing the world back
to the status quo ante.
"'This is not exact We believe on
the contrary that there are rights
which justice must respect. We can
not believe, for instance. that Catho-
lie Poland will revert to the same state
as it was before the war AS Chris
tians We cannot approve that Pales-
tine should remain under the Turkish
yoke.
I've believe also that everyone
would he satisfied to see Alsace- Lor-
raine returned to France. We believe
finally that if the Italian provinces
now under Austrian domination would
be attributed to Italy, no Christian
would oppose it Just as no Christian
would declare himself opposed to the
unification Of Rumania in the Fast"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
Disastrous Day for Ger
man A ir Service
Seven Enemy Air.
planes Crashed to the
Earth and Another
Driven Out of Control
: Observation B a l.
looms Also Had Bad
Time

British Front in France and Bel
gum, Aug. 1o.-(By the Associated
Press).-Field Marshal Sir Douglas
Hatg's forces at daybreak this morning
attacked and captured virtually all the
German forward positions east Of the
Belgian town of Hooge, on the battle
front between Frezenburg and the
Ypres Mcnin road.
The assaulting forces gained virtual
~ all their detectives to the depth Of
several hundred yards in the first rush.
British, Hold New Lines
The German defenses stiffened after
the initial onslaught and heavy fight
ing developed at some places, but at
the latest reports the British were
holding their new line strongly.
This section of the front was the
scene of some of the hardest fighting
on the first day Of the battle Of Elan
ders. South Of Westhoek the terrain is
n.arshy in places and in the wooded
section the Germans had strengthened
their positions by constructing deep
GUgouts. These obstacles, however, did
not deter the onward rush of the Brit
ish troops this morning.
II is known that the British troops
forged forward in the wake Of a pro-
tecting barrage from their artillery and
achieved NEST of the object in re-
markedly short space of time.
German Airplanes Beaten
Yesterday was disastrous day for
the German air service, which again
vas active after long spell of bad
weather that precluded observation
Seven enemy airplanes were crashed
10 earth and another was driven down
out Of control.
The German sausage observation
talloons also had a bad time. Two Of
them were destroyed and four others
were forced to descend in a flabby
condition. Three others were hit by
British airmen and still three more
were forced down by long range fire
from the British guns. The German
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WILLIAM H. TAFT
is MUCH BETTER

Clay Center. Kas., Aug. 10.-William
H. Taft is much better tonight. He
wonderfully today" accord
ing to the statement Of the attending
physician, given out tonight. Mr.. Taft
asked for food today, the first time
since Monday, when he was stricken
with an intestinal disorder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
VATICAN CHANCE
May Mean New Policy
Regarding Germany
Tedesohni, New Secretary at Vatican,
Denies that Christian Peace Should
Be White Peace-Cannot Approve
Palestine Remaining Under Turkish
Yoke

New York, Aug 1o.--A cable message
from Paris received by the official
French bureau of information in this
city and made public tonight indi-
Gates that Monsignor FREDERICK Tedes-
chini, who has been under-secretary of
state OF the Vatican, has succeeded
Cardinal Gasparri as Pope Benedict's
prime minister.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
Two Food Bills Signed
bv President Provide
Sweeping W0r Powers

passed to go ahead with the work.
The first move of the food admins
tration will be to bring about changes
in the system Of distributing wheat
and the manufacture and sale Of -four
and bread. 1t will take up next the
production of meat and dairy foods.
The trade commission has investiga-
tors now in the -four mills and in the
packing houses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
British and French
Armies Strike Hard
Blows at Their
Antagonists
CANADIANS LIE
AT DOOR OF LENS
Teutons Continue Gains in Ga
licia, Bukowina and Southern
Observation-Disclosures Russian
Frontier Positions.

Both the British and French armies
facing the Germans in Flanders have
again struck hard blows at their an
tagonists and been rewarded with fur
Their gains in the line of Crown Prince
Rupprecht of Bavaria. While the
fighting has occurred only on isolated
sectors, it seems evident that the
heavy artillery duels that are in
progress all along the front from
Newport to the Franco Bulgarian Dor.
der are the forerunners of resump-
ton Of the big allied offensive which
the rain and the accompanying mire
stopped almost at it's inception more
than a week ago.
Drive Began at Dawn
Driving eastward from the sector of
Ypres in the early dawn of Friday,
Field Marshal Haig's men took for
their own all the German first line
positions east of HODGE between. Free
enbers and the Ypres-Nanin road, in
Guiding the village Of Westhoek, and
held them in their entirety, notwith-
standing the counter attacks launched
by the Germans under an extremely
heavy tarrage fire.
To the north near Bixschoote and
Langwarck the French troops have
captured several positions held by the
Germans and have also taken num-
Der Of machine guns from them. While
these gains are characterized as
Slight" they nevertheless are another
step forward eastward toward the Os-
tend-Lilie railroad. toward which the
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Three Concerns Involved

The commissions Investigators in CAL
ifornia reported today that three large
canning concerns are involved-Armour &
Co., Morris & Co. and Libby. Mcneil &
Libby These companies, they declared
have attempted to purchase the entire
California tomato crop from local can
ners and prices consequently are jump
ing.
Although at 92s cents dozen local can
ners are assured of a good profit, the
three packing companies. according to the
trade commission, have sent the prices
up to s13o and higher. The retail price
Investigators reports say, also is TAX
ing an upward turn.
Trade commission officials are Of the
opnion that the California situation
should not appreciably affect prices IN
other parts of the country, as the total
California output is only one-twelfth of
the entire country's pack.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
Purpose Is Threefoid

Purpose Is Threefoid
The hopes of the food adnlinistra-
ton are three fold. First. to so guide
the trade in the fundamental food
commodities as to eliminate vicious
speculation, extortion and wasteful
practices and to stabilize prices in the
essential staples. Second, to guard our
exports so that against the worlds
shortage we retain sufficient supplies
for our own people and to Cooperate
with the allies to prevent tne imitation
of prices: and third. that we stimulate
in every manner within our power the
may increase exports 10 our allies TO a
point which will enable them to prop
erly provision their armies and to feed
their people during the coming winter.
To Stabilize, Not Disturb
The food administration is called
into being to stabilize and not to dis
turb conditions and to defend honest
enterprise against illegitimate compe-
tition. 1t has been devised to correct
the abnormalities and abuses that have
crept into trade by reason Of the
world disturbance and to restore busi-
ness as far as may be TO a reasonable
basis.
The business men Of this country.
! am convinced, as a result Of many
hundreds Of conferences with repre-
sentatives Of the great forces of food
supply realize their own patriotic OBJ
legation and the solemnity of the situa-
ton and will fairly and generously
cooperate in meeting the national
emergency.
Il do not believe that drastic force
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