Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-04-27
GROUND C[ASslN
FOOD ONLY ONCE
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED CAS-.
Es OF THIS ALLEGED OUTRAGE
HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED.
PREFERENCE LIST FOR COAL


issusd by Prieritiss Board for Guild.
aneS Of Distributing Aseneies-
Council Of Defense Favors School
District Organizations.
Urom 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-
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
flied with glass 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 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. Inclnd-
ed in the list are plants engaged in :he
manufacture Of the following:
Aircraft and supplies; ammunition
and small arms for the Omitted States
government or the allies; chemicals:
coke; electrical equipment; electrodes:
explosives; farm implements and farm
operating equipment: feed; ferro-al-
Toys; fertilizers; fire brick; food; food
containers: gas; gas-producing ma
chinery; guns; hemp, jute, and cotton
chine tools; mining tools and equip
uent; oil-well equipment; locomotives.
cars. and other railway supplies; ships
mot including pleasure CRAFTY; 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 we'll
as mines. newspapers and periodicals.
oil refineries. 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
to permit individual contact, and is
nOn-pOlitical.
The schoolhouse supplies meeting
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 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 tried agency through whose as
sistance community organization can
be quickly effected.
The school district, with the school,
house as its 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
SAYS, show that while the cost Of food
last year increased 25 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
whole increased q per cent. All ar
ticles show decided increases with the
exception of potatoes. which decreased
Is per cent. Cornmeal shows the
greatest price change, an increase of
u per cent. Bacon increased "a per
cent lard. % per cent; pork chops, A
per cent ham. AZ per cent; milk. 35
per cent; hens, % per cent butter. %
per cent; eggs. q per cent; bread. ~
per cent sugar. 1s per cent; and flour.
II per cent"
A review Of the first year of opera
ton Of the federal farm loan system
shows that 2SOS national farm loan as
sOciatiOns were Incorporated. repre-
senting about four associations to each
five counties Of the United States. They
average 20 members. or a total MEM
bership of about $4,000 farmers.
The II land banks have received ap-
plications for over 100000 loans.
amounting to about $3OO.OOO.o0O. About
10000 loans, amounting to over $780,
100000, have been approved. and on
10000 of these loans over $SOOOOOOO
has been paid to the farmers.
Nearly 500 boxes of athletic goods
have already been distributed to troops