The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-06-20
GROUND CLASS IN
FOOD ONLY ONCE
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED CAS-
10 OF THIS ALLEGED OUTRAGE
HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED.
PREFERENCE LIST FOR COAL
essued by PrIoritIss Board for Guild
anss Of Distributing Agencies
Council Of Defense Favors School
District Organizations


Wrom Committee on Public rnformation.)
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.
It has been advised by the food ad-
ministration that thorough investiga-
lions, 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
filed 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
priorities board, which names indus
tries whose operation IL considered of
exceptional importance to the country
during the war, II for the guidance Of
all agencies Of the United States in the
distribution Of coal and coke. Includ-
Cd 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-
Toys; fertilisers; IRE brick; food food
containers; gas; gas-producing ma
ehinery; guns; hemp, Jute, and cotton
bags; insecticides; iron and steel; ma
chine tools: mining tools and equip
ment; oil-well equipment; locomotives,
ears. and other railway supplies; ships
(not including pleasure craft; soap
tanned leather, save for patent leather ;
tanning extracts; tin plate; binder
Irvine and rope; wire rope and rope
wire.
Army and navy camps and canton
ments are included In the list as well
a. mines, newspapers and periodicals
OIL refineries. public institutions and
buildings, public utilities. railways, pro
ducers and wholesalers Of seeds. ex'
eept 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 uni
= VI community organization:
The school district Is small enough
% permit individual contact, and Il
non-political.
The schoolhouse supplies a meeting
place In each district, and in man,
schools includes domestic science. man
ual training, and other facilities.
The school district reaches childrei
and parents alike. and In the cities tn
school Is. to a large extent, already Il
touch with the alien population.
HI The school In an established cente
OF information and education.
The school principal or faculty pro
vides tried agency through whose AZ
J sistance community organization cal
be quickly effected.
The school district, with the school
n house as its center. In already a socis
4 community, especially In farm districts
= Wage increases in the United State
3 are not keeping pace with the advanc
z In the cost Of living. Assistant Secrt
Z tary of Labor Post asserts. Figure
4 compiled by the bureau of labor sits
: tistics of the department of labor, h
z says, show that while the cost of foo
J last year increased 25 per cent for tn
Z entire country. wages rose only on,
Z half or two-thirds Of that rate.
< The statement issued by the burea
! of labor statistics showing the II
Z creased living costs throughout tn
+ United States for the year ending JaI
! uary 10 says:
7 Comparing January IS, 1918, wit
Z January IS. 1917, the rate of food as
I whole increased % per cent. All a
3 ticles show decided increases with tn
I exception. of potatoes, which decrease
: 16 per cent. Cornmeal shows I'll
I greatest price change, an increase I
( n per cent. Bacon increased "a pa
I cent lard, SO per cent; pork chops,
: per cent; ham, 40 per cent; milk,
I per cent hens, 20 per cent; butter.
: per cent; eggs, % per cent; bread.
per cent; sugar. IS per cent; and fiou