The Benson signal., 1918-05-11
GROUND GLASS IN
FOOD ONLY ONCE
MORE THAN rWo HUNDRED GAS.
Es OF THIS ALLEGED OUTRAGE
HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED.
PREFERENCE LIST FOR COAL

issued by PrloritIcs Board for Guild.
aree Of Distributing Agencies
Council Of Defense Favors School
District Organizations
fFrona Committee on Public Information.
Washington.-The frequent and
widespread publication of statements
concerning the presence Of ground
glass In foodstuffs has led the COM
mittee on public Information to inquire
into the authenticity Of these reports.
1t has been advised by the food ad-
ministration that thorough investiga-
tfons, Of more than 200 of the cases
has disclosed only one instance In
which ground glass was found in the
foodstuffs inspected.
The case In which glass was found
occurred at Fort Smith, Ark. A baker
in that town had had trouble with his
employees, one Of whom. desiring to
destroy his employers business. had
filled with glass a loaf of bread which
was to be delivered to an orphanage.
When the bread was served to the In
mates of the institution several Of
them suffered decorations of their lips.
No more serious injuries resulted.
The first preference list issued by the
priorties board, which names indus
tries whose operation is considered of
exceptional Importance to the country
during the war, Is for the guidance Of
all agencies Of the United States in the
distribution of coal and coke. Includ-
ed In the list are plants engaged In the
manufacture Of the following:
Aircraft and supplies; ammunition
and small arms for the United States
government or the allies; chemicals !;
coke ; electrical equipment: electrodes {;
explosives; farm implements and farm
operating equipment; feed; ferro-al-
loys; fertilizers; fire brick; food; food
containers; gas; gas-producing ma
chinery: guns; hemp. jute, and cotton
bags insecticides; iron and steel; ma
chine tools; mining tools and equip
ment; oil-well equipment; locomotives.
cars. and other railway supplies ships
(not including pleasure CRAFTY; soap !;
tanned leather, save for patent leather; !;
tanning extracts; tin plate; binder
twine and rope; wire rope and rope
WIRE
Army and navy camps and canton
ments are included In the list as we'll
as mines, newspapers and periodicals,
| oil ref1neries. public institutions and
buildings, public utilities, railways, pro-
ducers and wholesalers of seeds, ex-
cept flower seeds.
In statement urging the creation Of
{ Community councils" the council Of
national defense cities these advan-
tages Of the school district as q unit
Of community organization:
The school district is small enough
70 permit individual contact. and is
non-political.
place in each district. and In many
schools includes domestic science, man
ual training, and other facilities.
The school district reaches children
and parents alike, and in the cities the
school is. to 3 large extent already In
touch with the alien population.
The school Is an established center
of information and education.
The school principal or faculty pro-
vides a tried agency through whose as
sistance community organization can
be quickly effected.
The school district, with the school
house as it's center, Is already social
community, especially In farm districts.
Wage increases in the United States
are not keeping pace with the advance
In the cost of living, Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor Post asserts. Figures
compiled by the bureau Of labor sta
tistics of the department Of labor, he
last year increased rs per cent for the
entire country, wages rose only one
!! half or two-thirds Of that rate.
The statement issued by the bureau
! of labor statistics showing the in
creased living costs throughout the
United States for the year ending Jan
uary Is says:
comparing January IS, 1913, with
January IS, 1917, the rate Of food as a
whole increased 25 per cent. All ar.
ticles show decided increases with the
exception Of potatoes, which decreased
1e per cent. Cornmeal shows the
! greatest price change, an increase OF
IT per cent. Bacon increased 64 per
cent; lard. SO per cent; pork chops, a
per cent; ham, AZ per cent: milk. 35
per cent; hens, 20 per cent; butter, %
per cent; eggs, q per cent; bread. 10
per cent sugar, Is per cent; and flour,
II per cent"