Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-31
KANSAS 99.99 PER CENT
LOYAL, SAYS ADMIN
ISTRATOR
CUT SUGAR AND FLOUR
Restrictions for General Public
VIII All Be OF by February
Is, After More Than a
Year of Sacrifice

Wichita, Jan. 27.-The Kansas Of
fice of the United States food admin
istration will practically pass out Of
existence when all of its offices fur
niture win be sold at auction at 10
o'clock next Wednesday. A few en-
ployes will be kept in the office for q
few more days to close up accounts.
The closing of the state office here
will be simultaneous with the closing
Of other state offices over the country
and that will practically mark the
passing Of the administration.
In record of achievement the Kan
sas office stands at the head of the
list, according to Washington Off
cials, who repeatedly recognized the
ability of the Kansas administrator,
Walter P. Innes, by calling him to
Washington for conference.
Kansas 99.99 Loyal
In carrying out its work the Kan
sas office always had the support of
99.99 per cent of the people, accord
ing to Mr.. Innes. The fraction of one
per cent who would not be loyal were
brought into line by the patriotic ma
jority. Many of the things adopted
by the United States food administra-
ton were first tried out in Kansas. 1t
was here that the threshing division
was most effective, and in recogni-
ton of that effectiveness, a large pa
pier mache shield, bearing the in
sigma of the United States food ad-
ministration, was given to Mr.. Innes'
Tests for clean threshing originated
here. It was in Kansas that the mill
feed rules were first worked out. The
saving railroad ties started here.
The smashing of the sugar bowl
during the sugar famine worked in
Kansas first.
OPOto OSSSN
Following is a chronological record
of the high spots Of the food admins
tration in Kansas:
December S, 1917-Walter P. Innes
head of the George Innes department
store of Wichita, appointed federal
food administrator for Kansas, sue
ceeding Henry ]. Waters, who re-
signed.
December 5 to April food ad
ministration has direction of relief
work to provide feed for stock in
drouth counties of western Kansas
and provides transportation Of feed to
areas thru snow blockade.
January 2-Forty-two price inter
probation boards organized in leading
shipping centers to stabilize prices
Loyalty organizations of groceri
formed in towns where price boards
exist and agree not to cut prices Of
sugar or flour or to advertise same.
February 1-Fifty-ffty rule en-
forced.
March 20-Three hundred families
of Brown county, all farmers, at the
call of County Administrator Peter
Berney, return $1,000 pounds of flOul
to channels of trade and begin buying
-four with substitutes on the 50-5C
basis.
March 20 to May 1-0n million
eight hundred thousand pounds ot
-four returned by various farmers ovel
the state to channels of trade. This
flour was bought by retailers at cur.
rent retail prices and merchants tool
no profit for handling the commodity
April 3-Retail grocers in forty-twc
cities where price boards are in oper,
alton agree to handle potatoes April 8
to 18 without profit so that the people
will be induced to eat them, thus re-
lieving the potato congestion in Colo
rado and at the same time save wheat
April 6 to 13-Six leading clubs Of
state have potatoes three times day,
April 6 to 18-Home economics
teachers in 200 high schools of state
and twenty-eight home demonstration
agents of the United States depart
ment of agriculture demonstrate 1O1
ways of preparing and cooking pOta-
toes.
April 6 to 1s-RepOrts. from forty
two shipping centers show pOtatoe
sales for week were 400 per cent
above normal.
April 20-Colorado food admins
traitor thanks Kansas for potato week.
April Is to May 15-Farmers mar
ket wheat held for seed except in
drouth counties and trust to 1918 crop
70 urovide seed for next year.
Saved 100000 Bushels
May Is to June 20-Nineteen thou
sand threshermen agree to thresh
wheat on a grain saving basis. They