Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-10
FOOD PRICES FIXED
Federal Administration Takes
Initial Step for Regulating
Charges in Kansas.
eROcERS TO POST SCHEDULES
Wholesalers and Retailers In Kansas
City, Kan, Readily Agree to
the Government Plan.


The initial step of the federal food
administration toward regulating food
charges in Kansas was made recently
when forty representatives of whole
sale and retail food distributors in
Kansas City, Kan, met at the Cham
Der of Commerce and adopted a maxi
mum charge schedule for several food
stuffs The action was ordered by
Walter p lines of Wichita, state food
administrator. R. o. Mccormack. dep
uty state food administrator, presided
at the conference.
A schedule termed '-fair food prices"
was arranged and adopted and will be
effective Immediately. The schedule
includes charges to be made to the re-
tailers and to consumers. Efforts by
wholesalers to evade the schedule are
to be reported to the federal food ad-
ministration, and, as wholesalers OPP
crate under federal licenses in selling
sixteen of the leading food necessities.
little difficulty is anticipated in en-
forcing the schedule.
Representatives of the retailers were
Informed that all grocers will be re-
quired to post the schedules in their
stores and that patrons will be urged
to report overcharges to the local food
administration officials. A price fix
ing commission was named and this
body will meet on Monday and Thurs
day nights to issue revised price
schedules when necessary. The fol-
lowing prices were fixed:
Cost So
Beet sugar 81 .s9 per 100 lbs. to loo per Id.
Flour:
4s-lS. sack .s2.7o to s2.75 $3.50 to $500
24-lS. sack 1.so to LAO 1.5o to 100
4s-ib. sack. ESQ to 2.eO 2.7o to ESQ
a4-ib. sack. 1.so to LBS LAO to Las
per b.. rs. Is to .1s IT to .1s
per lb-.-. .osA to .os1s 10 to II
The prices fixed, several d1stribu-
| tors asserted, practically are the same
as those now charged by az majority of
| the grocers. Mr.. Mccormack said that
| they also are approximately the same
as those which will be adopted IN all
| ether centers throughout the state.
He said that the government control
plans will provide for fluctuations due
| to increased freight rates and that the
| schedule will be subject to revision at
any time.
| M. E. Endowment Fund 5000, 00O.-
| The Methodist Commission on Confer
ence Claimant Endowment Fund met
| at Hutchinson and decided on a pro-
gram to present to the General Con-
| ference that meets at Pratt, March 6.
| The commission must obtain 5000, 900
| for retired ministers and widows and
orphans of deceased ministers. The
Rev. L. M. Riley Of Wichita. is the
| travelling agent for this commission.
| The General Conference will be told
that the ministers themselves should
| be taxed to pay the remainder of the
| fund.
Adopts SO Orphans.-As Christ
| mas greeting, l. A. Pribble of Salina
sent a cabIegram to Marshal Joffre,
Paris, that Sa1ina had adopted thirty
| six war orphans of France. One is
taken for the duration of the war by
| Sunflower Council, U. G.. T.. the First
Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday
| schools adopted ten and the rest were
| taken by individuals and business
houses.
Hoover to Wichita in February
Herbert Hoover, the Nations food adj
ministrator, will be in Wichita Febru-
1 airy % to make an address before the
Kansas State Live Stock Dealers As
| ISOLATION He will explain his policy
| in fixing stock prices.
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Valley Falls Doctor Dead.
| Dr. A D. Lowry of Valley Falls died
| of heart disease recently while on his
way home in his motor car after visit
| ing a patient at Winchester. Doctor
| Lowry was coroner of jefferson county
i several years and was well known
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| Pratt Has 100 Men in France.
Pratt county leads Kansas in the num-
| Der of men in France. There are one
hundred from that county including
those who are with the ammunition
train.
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Kansas Walnut for RifIes-A num-
/ Der of workmen have begun cutting
walnut trees on the Foraker farm
southeast of Wellington, for shipment
to an eastern gun factory, where they
will be. made into rifle stocks.
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