The Washington herald., 1918-07-19
LEADER
HITS HAIR DAT
PRICE FIXERS
If People Stand Extortion,
They Deserve to Suffer-"
Says Dickman.

If the people Of this great city let
a little bunch of swivelcchair crooks
sfK exteVtionate prices. they deserve
to suffer-" said President Diekman.
OF the Central Fedaertion, last night
at a meeting Of the delegates OF the
unions Of the city to consider profiteer-
ing in Washington.
Delegates from the other unions
met with local No. 2. OF the Ma
tional Federation of Federal Employees
in Elks Hall, Tenth and E streets
northwest.
Resolutions to cooperate in all
Union were passed
IF the people in a great city let It
be run by a bunch of crooks who sit
In swivel chairs and fix prices for the
next day, we deserve what we get"
]. W. Ginder said: "As long as we
sit idly by and let them squeeze US,
they VIII squeeze harder and harder
each day.
LET US not be content with reso-
Iuticns."
1.-THE government has given US a
small increase over our salaries of
twenty or thirty years ago. Let us
insist that commodities be sold TO US
on the anne basis"
The Committee.
Harry L. Watson presided at the
meeting last night. ]. H. Kesecker
was secretary. The committee ap-
pointed consisted of Miss Catherine
Horan of the General Land Office, C.
A Miller. and W. I. Swanson, both of
the Postoffice Department.
Yesterday a representative from the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes investigated the rent situation.
He said he found numbers Of suitable
and pleasant rooms-for $50, SIS or
800!
: One woman with a 3-story house
said she was not making any money
renting the two upper floors. There
were eight rooms which she rented
for s35 a piece. She paid 800 per
month rent. In other words, the ex-
ira $50 per month went for light and
laundry.
A member of the federation reported
that all janitor service was stopped in
her apartment house, because the ten
ants refused to pay 50 per month
extra.
Comparative Prices.
The Navy Yard employees, under
their president, W. w. Keeler, have
compiled a list of comparative
prices from newspapers from other
cities. The following Is a partial
list taken from a chart in possess
sion of W. W. Keeler:
Comparative prices In Washing
ton and other cities: Bacon, so;
TDes Moines. a.; Topeka, 2s; ten
derloin, -; Fort Wayne, 81; Cedar
Rapids, 2s; hamburger, 30; Indian
apolis, 20; Topeka, 20; butter, 81;
Muskogee. Al; Dayton, As: potatoes.
S.; Topeka, az; Dayton, 42.
Hogs" Is the name for the men
in Washington who are looting the
city" said william A. Ayres, Rep
resentative from Kansas, who has
introduced an anti-profteering bill
in the House.
Wa ashington has more hogs than
any place in this country. Profiteer
is too good q name for them" he
said.
Mr.. Ayres has made a speciaI
study of the food boosting PROPOSE !.
ton in Washington. He considers
the situation .monstrous and un-
paralleled. ~
There is 20 to 30 per cent in
crease on every commodity in Wash
ington," he says.
Fruits which have to be shipped all
the way from here to Kansas are
much cheaper there than they are
here. in spite Of the fact that they
have to be shipped 1900 miles to
that State. while they grow within
hundred miles or SO from WASH
ington.
Lemons. pineapples and such fruit
are also much cheaper, although
they have to be shipped In. refrig-
orator cars all that extra distance.
Railroad facilities are the came,
all conditions are similar and the cnly