The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-08-23

A few are printed in this issue of The
Rip-Saw. Lack Of time helm anl
strength has prevented the Rip.Sav
reporters from giving such stories az
haustively in this ISSUE, ..s ~, ~
One thing that makes details nv FL.
hlp.Saw hardly necessary at this time
Is the fact that both the local dailiee
have been converted to the cause Of
the ultimate consumers and weaned
away from the welfare of the Food
Hogs, Profiteers and Hoarders. Pub.
lie indignation is SO great that it i,
not believed either daily will lese much
advertising. The objects Of publis
wrath very likely will hump their
backs to the storm and make the best
OF 1t until the wind changes. =,
For some weeks, now, the kindly
old News Tribune, first editorially and
then in its news columns, has exposed
the Food Hogs, Profiteers and Hoard.
ers. Even the Herald squirrel admits
that potato prices are much heavier
IN Duluth than in Minneapolis. It must
not be expected that the squirrel viii
become very rampant but the Brainy
Bingham may fire "Big Berthah
now and then, deliberately and in Q
very dignified manner. Anything more
than that will be considered "Bolshe-
vistic" by Duluth's famous money
trap, the Herald. 81. s. sa.,,,.,
Ransom Metcalfe, that sturdy com.
moner, ever has been on the side of
the hungry and the overcharped when
1t came to things mankind eats. In
his issue Of last week, Mr.. Metcalfe
said in, the Steel Plant News: 6,
eff q. s. District ATTORNEY .Jaouas
is DESTROYS of obtaining testimony
that there is profiteering and combi-
nation in restraint of trade ON the
part of the food hogs Of the city Of
Duluth let him read an advertisement
printed in the st. Paul Dispatch on
Thursday of last week by .Schoch
grocery Of that place and compare the
prices quoted therein with the prices
exacted by the Duluth food hogs and
he will have all the evidence that In
necessary to convince any sane man.
"This advertisement offered blue
berries in 16-box cases at ,$2.55; per
box, 16 cents. On the same day they
could not be bought at retail in Du-
luth for less than 30 cents box.
"Schoch's advertisement offered
sweet corn at 9 cents per dozen ears.
"On Tuesday evening last, Frank
Brand, the local grocer, made the
statement at the Commercial club
meeting that on that very day he had
been compelled to pay % cents per
dozen to the Duluth Food Hog com
bine and that he could not possibly
sell them for less than Is cents. On
the Friday previous when Schoch was
selling for 9 cents the price here was
30 cents.
Gin the Schoch advertisement Gu
cumbers were offered at Is cents per
dozen, here they sold on the same day
at Is cents each. Other offerings
were: Apricots, per box, $l.19; Bart
lett pears, box, $1.39; apples, Iowa
Duchess, per BARREL $4.2S; blue plums
and seedless grapes, per basket, IS
cents; tomatoes, per basket, 12h
cents; fresh eggs, As cents per- dozen.
"On the day that potatoes sold
hoI0 Aoi 0o c0Abo Poi P0CA VI ~
pounds, Schoch was selling 10 pounds
for % cents, which would make q peck
cost AZ cents. -..., ~
"Last week on Tuesday the editor
paid 40 cents per pound for halibut
steak to Duluth grocer. On Friday
Schoch sold halibut steak for % cents
per pound. .'..'@r. ". <
"And 50 on throughout the entire
list. Practically everything adver-
tised was from so to 100 per cent
higher in Duluth on the same day.
"L. 8. Donaldson wrote to the Eve.
ming Herald Wednesday stating that
he would furnish all the potatoes
needed in quantities at $1.50 to $1.75
per bushel. Mr.. w. Gage Baldwin,
the head and apologist for the Food
Hog trust in Duluth, says Il can't b.
SO. Schoch's advertisement shows that
it is 50 and that it was 80 On Friday
Of last week. It is evident that M.
w. Gage Baldwin is not hampered
like G. Washington"
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