The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-07-31

at Ekaterinburg. In this Wilton, who
has been attached to Kolchak's head
quarters, relates and describes the
preparations for his retreat from
Ekaterinburg. "This," he says, "means
a fresh start on an entirely new sys-
tenn and another year of fighting be-
fore we reach Moscow.
Canned Goods Scandal.
Full information as to reasons why
General R. E. Wood, recently acting
quartermaster general of the army,
obtained his present important post
with Montgomery Ward & Co., a
large Chicago mail order house doing
a heavy traffic in canned vegetables,
will be demanded by the house SUBJ
committee probing the war depart
ment's failure to put on the market
it's millions of dollars worth of sur.
plus food products.
r. J. Thorne, president Of Mont
gomery Ward & Co., was General
Woods right-hand man in the quar-.
termaster generals office as q dollar
a-year" official. The two had control
of all supply matters in this country
while General H. J. Rogers, regular
quartermaster general, was overseas
with Pershing. It is asserted that
General Wood. an old officer of the
regular army, had never had any con-
nection with Montgomery Ward until
after he and Thorne, president of that
organization, worked together deter
mining policies in the quartermaster
generals Office.
Goods Held Out.
Testimony brought out before the
congressional Investigating committee
already, particularly that of Colonel
A. M. Davis, director OF storage, shows
that Wood and Thorne together were
responsible for the agreement made
between the war department and the
National Gamers association where.
by a surplus of $23, 0O0, 900 worth of
canned vegetables is being kept of
the domestic market.
Representative Reavis of Nebraska.
chairman of the subcommittee investi-
eating the surplus food scandal, has
summoned General Rogers to testify
next week regarding the agreement
between the government and the can
ners to keep the unneeded stock off
the market, and thereby prevent the
cost of living from being forced down
to the detriment of the food trust.
Information in the possession OF
the committee" Reavis told your cor
respondent, Shows that General Rog.
ers, on his return from France in Feb
ruary, Immediately laid plans for dis
posing OF the canned vegetable sur.
plus"
League Victory Attracts.
1t is no e~xaggeration to say that
the s~even,fold referendum victory of
the Nonpartisan league in North Da-
kota on June 26 has reused the keen
est interest throughout the East. In
thinking circles everywhere there is
close study Of the League program,
tremendous interest in the possibility
OF its extension on a nationwide
scale, and considerable discussion as
to whether or not its principles will
be extended so as to become a ma
tional program.
Liberal circles everywhere heartily
indorse the League and by many It is
seen as the bulwark which rural
America is raising against the forces
Of plutocracy on the one hand and Dol
shevism on the other. AS the Public
state in it's last issue, what North
Dakota does today her neighborins
states will do tomorrow"
nd Investigations" Demand.
The National Consumers league,
representing the housewives of Amer.
lea, is strongly of the opinion that it
Is now time to stop Investigating
the high cost of living and, instead.
do some %legislating against it.
In a letter to Representative Tink.
ham of Massachusetts,, who has just
introduced a bill appropriating $780,.
900 for a natiop-wide probe, of soar.
ing food costs, Jessie r. Haver, legis.
lative representative of the Consum.
ers'' league, points out that no more
| Ill xOSI46dt4Oxx6 OIL ACCOOu' " SIOW tu0G
the packers and their allies are exert,
Ia + nresant stranglehold on the
national food supply. and demands
speedy passage Of the Kenyon-Ander
son packer regulation bill, now pend,
ing in both houses.
"We should like, to remind you,s
Miss Haver wrote, that a very thor
ouen investigation took place las
winter before two committees Of con
gress, during which very astounding
facts were brought to light.
"As a result Of the hearings wha,
is known as the Kenyon-Anderrson bill
has been drawn with the cooperation
Of the producers, the farmers, and ths
consumers. This bill seems to us K
strike at the root Of the evil; namely
the monopoly which is exercised b.
the five great packers Of the country
a monopoly SO ~far-reaching that 4
threatens to extend to all lines Of fooi
products. We are convinced that sui
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