The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
Enough to Feed Every Person
in United States for q Day,
is Held In Cold *
Storage. sss
MILES MI OF GOOD Foco
Eggs Take Tumble Today In Chicago
and Some People Can Afford
to Buy One or
Two.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Omcials OF
the department OF Justice and the
states attorneys Office, taking the
Chicago food census" have learned
that there arc approximately 160. .0O0,-
900 pounds Of meats in local storage
Giants.
Muffled to the ears. the investiga-
tors today passed up and down miles
and miles Of meat-lined aisles in the
packing plants. getting hrst hand IN
fogmation ON the food situation.
President John Fitzpatrick and
sscrstary Edward Nockels. Of the
Chicago Federation Of Labor. have
promised to deliver to officials today
evidence which may help in prosecu-
ton OF manipulafors.
The grocers efficiency bureau VIII
meet tonight to evolve system Of
discounts for cash which will lower
prices somewhat, they say.
The freight congestion situation
showed little change over night.
President Grimm of the board Of
trade was still in communication With
|the 1nters4ato commfece coRmissio1
that thousands Of bushels Of corn
held IN ana near Chicago will be-
come perishable property 40 the
warm season approaches.
Invoice. by Police.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Coincident
with the Jump Of hrom ten to fifteen
cents in the price paid for hogs on
the market here today. came tho TO
port Of the police investigators. indi.
eating that probably $50, 100 900
pounds Of frozen beef and half that
amount OF frozen pork was being held
in cold storage in Chicago.
The police investigators, assigned
to the task Of securing a census OF
food stuffs stored in cold-storage
plants and warehouses reported up
on two.
The invoice of the contents Of the
Illinois cold storage company, Swift
& Co., concern, and the g. n. Ham
mond Cold Storage Co., showed that
over 3O,OOO,OO0 pounds Of frozen
meats are stored in these alone.
What the amount is in the others,
can scarcely be estimated.
With live hogs bringing 1890 per
hundred at the yards, the price OF
ribs, lard and chops will soon be-
come prohibitive, retail market op-
orators say. The price has been In
creasing steadily for more than a
week.
No eggs or vegetables we're being
held by the two companies upon
which reports were made. One, the
G.. H. Hammond concern, had nearly
2, 900 barrels OF frozen ash on hand.
The police invoice OF the two COM
panies follows.
40 nsx -auoac
Frozen pork, 5,624,73S pounds.
Frozen mutton, 369,126 pounds.
Butter, 5O6,256 pounds.
Poultry, 3,7S5,34O pounds.
Fish 1928 barrels.
Potatoes took tumble on the
wholesale markets today, the direct
result of the boycott instituted at the
beginning Of the week, dealers say.
Yesterday shippers continued to ask
from $500 to 1925 for fancy westerns
and So to $310 for Wisconsin and
Minnesota products. Today fancy
westerns were quoted at $3.50 to $2.95
and the demand was very light. No
sales were reported on other grades
which were offered at $2.70 to $2.75
per bushel.
Eggs Take Tumble.
CHICAGO. Feb. 27.-Eggs took a
tumble on the local wholesale mar
ket today following unusually heavy
receipts Fresh eggs dropped from
Az to 5 cents per dozen, while ordi-
naries declined from to cents.
Retail prices which a few days ago
were between So and so cents per
dozen, have dropped to as low as 40
cents.
Stiff But Ambitious.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Servfce.1
PASADENA, Calf, Feb. 27.-|
Somewhat stiff in their upper ex-