The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-24
MANY Agencies at Work.

', ~ rnndstuffs throughout the coun-
try. to-day engaged the attch'l"h W IN
tuallv every govcruiucntai aEetSS VIZ
even 4 remote rcl;tt!on to inc Ptooicihi
PRESIDENT Wilson and the cabinet ulS-
cusScd the situation from man! '.i'S ies'
its cause and prospective fc l'!euIIs:
Views held by some OF the corr 80, 81 80
were that the record prices MctE NJ.
-wiucd with tho general car Sho' tiS:
and congestion on transportation llurS
md Indirectly affected ny the German
.nhrrrine warfare which has resulted
IN vast accommodations OF lrclsht al"
congestion at Eastern Seaports.
ueparItnrut Of Justice agents re-
surued with new energy tnclr itiHSS.'-
cation OF prices To. determine IL mere
is an actual shortage OF LOCUS rn,.s,,,i,.
large cities where rlotlng mas rnc"ht.H
i'|' Attorney General Gregory
,nr0unred that measures which may he
If considerable avail toward DrilfI-
irr that situation probably womb he
,mrounrrd shortly. The Interstate com,
,,,nrr.. commission through It's iicld
force of Investigators and ofttclaiS mere
i;nnt close watch on the raiiToauS tt
|nrrs to unravcl the iangie OIL cars III
rnnr,stcd poinsS. announced tho trans
nnrtafinu west OF many trains nj
,nntjrs. chiefly for relief at Chicag"
and was reported TO be satSlieu ma
Tho gigantic task Of restricting conu.-
lions to normal was pr"SrcSSillE 81, H.
facthrltE anu ee SPN~'
expected ,,,
1rha c,r service commission or the
American Railway Association INC IH't-
rnads' supreme court in all SUBJECTS ~
Testing shortage and conGeStl"n. ~
nI,i,,ed ali responsibility on Deh;tll ot
thc roads for contributing 70 tn' a."'
through failure to furnish TRANSPORTS
ton facilities. ana announce a,t.i
NJ lime had any complaint been receive"
which would indicate that there was d
shortage Of food anywhere in the c0u"-
try. z,,,nr;,r ho,rd sub
,niii.d 10 the president plan LOT rrltrt
d., rlocinr American vessels IN Inc
r6ost-I o-coast trade. thus f"i"aSih =
freight cars required for tranS-rpntln'n-
tai traffic y large mercnahi nl"liin
which could ho used for tins du'E N8ii
inf- nv way of the Panama Canal. w"ull
bo available on the passage by Hn I, rr ',;'
~ anrndmrnts 70 tho shipping bill now
Seizure and Embargo.
In Congress. Senator Lewis lhtT"aurfi,'
, IN amendment TO the rcN"nii" pm nu
urizins. The president tn S"lZ" any 1000,
Stunts which he may believe I" hc hri"
Nv monopoly ur for IAN unjust III
crease In price" and dispose OF !nt",
through public sale at prices to DC llN'u
the sale. Senator Martin" lhtroducSu Il
bill which would empower IN" prrSln'nr
t. declare an embargo on the export oi
fcotStuifS. -i,,I
Heads Of the departments Of aSriCut-
$50 ard commences announced that they
were using all means within their power
In umrlior,tn conditions. At tn" depart
mcnt Of agriculture Il statement was Is
sued asking that the proposed MAJ ,"h.
r;d. investigation which the pr"Sidcnt
wants the federal trade commission ami
tho dcpartmcnt To conduct b" mad" pos
ri),I, al OnCe hS Congress.
Wide diversity Of opinion as 20 ,n''
c,rsrs Of advancing prices Was nlani-
tested by expressions from the various
noenrjes concerned. Interstate com
mcrce Commission officials Ar" under
STOOD to believe that IN" relation ~,
t,rcnn tbn ear shortage and congestion
and the rise in prices is comparatively
! sijrht. Virtually all agencies agreed
| that the food supply In tn" country IS
ample to mcct al needs ana 'htt NJ Nv
question Is largely ono Of distribution
and conservation.