Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-08-22
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BIG FOOD RAIDS
Government confiscates Provi-
sions for Resale to Public.
AoARDED FOOD IS SEIZED
Loss of Property to Be Added to Fine
and Imprisonment of Profteers-
Cost of Army Goods Lowered
by Secretary Baker.

duce the high cost of living, the fed
eral government began the seizure of
huge amounts of foods in storage
houses.
The first seizures were reported
from Chattanooga. Tenn, and Jackson
vile, Fla, and the United States dis
trict attorneys office announced that
similar action would be taken in the
Chicago district.
Governors of number of states
have asked the assistance of the de-
partment of justice to force into the
market amazing qantities" of food
being held in storage, apparently until
prices increased. Attorney General
Palmer announced in Washington that
district attorneys had been ordered to
cooperate with the governors.
Not only will Chicago food hoarders
be fined and imprisoned, but their
stocks will be seized and sold.
confiscate $4,000 Dozen Eggs.
At Chattanooga government agents
went to the storage plant of the At
lantic Ice and Coal corporation and
took possession of $4,000 dozen eggs
that were being held for Morris & Co.
of Chicago.
The district attorney at Chattanooga
managed the raid. He filed an infor-
nation in the federal court. under IL
be. proceedings, charging that the eggs
were held unlawfully for the purpose
Of increasing prices unreasonably.
At Jacksonville, according to an AS
ISOLATED Press telegram, more than a
million eggs, hundreds of thousands
of tins of canned foods and 27,50O
pounds of sugar were seized in raids
on wholesale food warehouses and
cold storage plants by federal Off
GERS
Plans for the Selling of all noards
Of food that may be found are now
being perfected, according to Mr.. Mil
roy. Violators of the authorizing
law will be liable not only to pay a
fine of $4,000, or Imprisonment for two
years, or both, but are also likely to
have the government confiscate the
food and sell it.
1t is expected that this punishment
will be effective against profiteers.
The Cuban sugar crop is the largest
this year in the history of the island,
according to FL. FL. Rolopp, who is
the head of the sugar distributing COM
mittee for the government. Most of
it has been marketed, he said.
Sugar prices forced from Is cents
Their slump as 100000 pounds of beet
sugar purchased by the government
for the middle West is reported on the
way
Food caches will be seized for uses
of the army and navy and later will
be directed to civilian uses. Release
OF sugar for the canning season is
promised.
Determination on the part of con-
sumers to take advantage of the gov
eminent cooperation in bringing about
a lower cost of living was indicated
in the restricted buying of distributors
in the produce market during the
day.
Eggs were lowered in price one cent
a dozen, a reduction of one cent
pound was made in the cost of butter,
and potatoes were offered at $1,000
3.25 hundred pounds. against $1,000
$50 Tuesday. Live chickens at Csc
a pound were one-half cent cheaper.
Despite these reductions in prices.
leading retailers and shippers were
slow buying and receipts that Tell
short of normal for this time of year
were slow to clear.
Sales of government foods continued
with reflected lower prices in compel
ing commodities.
Postmaster Garlic announced that
he had received word from Washing
ton that the price lists on army food
which he will sell will reach the city
the end of the week.
Members of the Chicago butter and
egg board passed resolution extend
ing to President Wilson their co-opera-
ton and services to him in the estab-
fishing of some form of temporary reg
ulation of their industry.
U. S. Cuts Food Prices.
Washington, Aug. Ito meet re-
auctions recently made by retailers, a
new scale of prices for surplus food
stlffs was put into effect by the war
Roast beef was reduced from S213
to $1.90 per six-pound can: bacon from
81 to 81 cents per pound, and No. 8
cans of beans from II to 9 cents.
Prices on other items were reduced
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