Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
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Meatless days. do not mean
much to lot of people in Harris
purg ana IL what was learned yes
terday from half a dozen butchers'
establishments is correct there are
Iamllles which honor the patriotic
request of the national food admin
istfatlon more by breaking 1t than
by observing it. 1t would seem that
the feeling of resentment which ev-
eryone really has against food and
luel administrators and which If
should be the duty of every person
TO keep down, as we restrain harsh
words at overcrowded cars, scarcity
OF sugar and refusals to sell coal
because there is none on hand. ia
cropping out where it is going to
do most harm. One butcher said
Yesterday that 1t was nobody's busi-
ness now much meat he sold, but
during the morning he filled q mum. .
Der or orders which were demanded
over the telephone ''in time for
lunch" Another man said his
trade was the same on a "meatless
day as on day when everything
went, while another confessed after
some prodding that he actually had
done more meat selling on Tuesdays
lately than heretofore. , One man
gave the explanation that some men
who cannot get meat down town at
restaurants go home for lunch and
insist on having meat for the mid
day meal. That is a rather rough
statement to make, but he extend
ed an invitation to go and see how
many men were taking lunch at a
well known cafe. One man who
conducts an eating place said that
in spite of his sign that he would
not serve meat on Tuesdays he was
being continually roasted for not
having it on the bill of fare. A
butcher who handles a good bit OF
fine trade was asked about the sale
OF meat on Tuesday and laughed
when he said that he had the an
swer why people ate it in defiance
of the food administration. Don't
you know the reason?" asked he.
We'll, they want to be contrary"
Maybe he Is right but there is such
| thing as being contrary and un-
patriotic with no earthly reason.
The State Board of Agriculture,
which is holding it's annual meeting
here, has been meeting in Harris
burg for thirty years. Created in
| 1876 its members have been coming
here, occasionally wondering why,
but nevertheless attending the ses-
slons and debating farming. politics
and other things. The board start
ed meetings in the old Supreme
court chamber and has met in vari-
Gus places about the, city, lately
| faVoring the House caucus room
from which it was barred by the
| draft board this time. 1t is meet
ing now in the hall of the Repre-
sentatives and while the weather
has put a crimp in it's discussions
there is still good bit of ginger
manifested.
! Farmers who come to the citys
markets say very frankly that they
are by no means certain they will be
able to set out much additional
acreage in foodstuffs this year be-
cause of the labor conditions. Farm
hands, according to the men who
till the soil: are very hard to find
and the men who have been work
ing on farms are finding better paid
Jobs in the cities and on the rail-
roads. In some instances farmers
have been talking of cutting up
farms and subletting portions, fig
uring that they can handle a certain
part themselves and that a man
leasing will care for the rest. An
other thing Dauphin farmers say is
that there. will not be much land
cleared this year
I'm my opinion the school chill
dren of Pennsylvania are going to
be great help in launching thrift
stamps" says DR.. ]. George Becht,
secretary of the State Board Of Edu-
cation. There are children saving
money which can be converted into
the stamps at the end of the school
year and be great help"
Deputy Attorney General William
II. Keller is rejoicing in the title
OF grandfather and it Is claimed by
Deputy Emerson Collins that he is
the youngest grandfather on Cap
itol Hill. Attorney General Brown
says he is the proudest, anyway.
DIR. George Signor, who was for
merly in charge of the Spring City
State Institution and later at Her
shey, was here yesterday. He is
connected with the food conserva-
tion activities of the Public Safety
committee.
Governor Brumbaugh, who pre-
sided at the meeting of the State
College trustees here on Monday,
has fulfilled that duty four times.
The meeting of the trustees is pro-
vided by law and when the Cover
nor came in he decided that he
would do the presiding as required.
Heretofore governors have delegat-
ed that authority. This recalls the
time when the late Governor Sam
uel w. Pennypacker called upon the
trustees of the University of Penn
sylvania to meet here once q year.
He discovered that the law re-
quired II. And the trustuees came
here to meet at the command of
the determined old governor.