The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-06
Palmer Directs Agents
to Hunt Down All
Food Hoarders.
WILSON TO ASK LAWS
President Will Go Before
Congress in Fight
on Costs.
TO MAINTAIN WHEAT PRICE
Barnes Keeps 1t as RE
serve Protection" to Be
Used Later
ACTION UNDER FOOD LAW
Procedure to BE Made I'M
der Existing Law, Says
Statement.
ACTION UNDER FOOD LAW

WASHINGTON. Aug Two
hrunchrs ot the federal government
executive aud judicial acted to-
day IN efforts to bring about cut
In the cost Of living President VIII
son decided 10 send a mesHlGe to
conErcAa recommending further leg
islatlon TO aid In reducing cost OF
food, and department OF justice
agents were ordered tp Scek hoard,
era OF neccssarics and profitecra
They are TO be prosecuted under the
food control act
In addition, Director J. ~. Barnes
OF the grain corporation dec.t>d TO
mnlntgSn the governments guhran-
tee on wheat NJ t2.2s n buahel as "a
reFervc protection against u higher
price later"
A. the conclusion ~ days hctiv-
lty by the president. the subcommit-
tee OF the cabinet appointed by AZ
torucy- General Palmer. ana by the
attorney general himself. announce
menta we're made ~ these lmmdlnte
steps 10 be taken. and Of the gov
ernmentH wheat policy
adjust Flour Price.
In n lengthy statement showing
why the price ~ wheat would rise
but for the government guarantee,
Director nurnes promirad read
lustmont Of flour prices az the OK.
psnse ~ the national treasury ~ nu-
ihorized by congress n later develop
ments were made OF those immediate
wheat lower than The guaranteed
basis
Immediate steps will be taken by
tho grain corporation 10 sell stan
dard export flour IN every commun-
Ity nf the country In carload lots az
% price not greater than so hnr-
rel. Mr HarnoH announced. This
price. he addd, IL lower by 81 Than
any price ruling Turing the last
four months
Using figures described as com
ing from the grain curporRiiou'H own
private sources Mr. Barnes predicted
a shrinkaRe of probably 400 900 600
bushels I'm the wheat production for
North America. 10000 600 huaheh
~ which N I'm the United states,
from The Juno forecast and r. further
shrlnkaEe In European wheat and
rye production of 900 900 900 bushels
outside Russia
The high coa, 0f living wns no,
discussed AZ the regular Tuesday
cahinci meeting bur Alfnrncy-Gcns
rrol Palmer remained after the meet
ing 10 confer with the president ana
presented memoranda prepared ny
the subcommittee stating what mo
ruveruWpni was doing and what "
proposes doing under existing laws
and possible additional laws 10 cope
with the situation.
Smri Investigation
The department of iusticc agents
throughout the country. 'hr Mt
iornr, general mid. on leaving tho
have been ordered to in
sumta special Investigations 10 flnd
evidence ~ huardinr Nrd profifCrr-
Irr ta prohibited drdnr thcEt7~eFr 3.
food con'r0, act and prosecutions
will ne Instituted without delay
Attorney General Palmer declined
~ Disclose what rcmelill laws were
surgesirN go - president OF to 50
INTO details aH1o how Me department.
would proceed under the existing
'rv beyond saying that operating
under the 'gvcr net did not mean
the function ~ 'ha food 1dmiu'H'ra-
iion would hn assumed hy tho de-
parfmrrt ~ Justice
Secretary Tumu'tv pnld after nj
rector pnrnea had Ion the president
'hni nu statement would ho forth
coming FROM the white hnus" mn'"hi
h.vnrd hn MERE announcement mat
hn president "vNI address 1 Uns-
sage 60 congress HH soon 1900 Doc has
time % ur.rn 90" % wot Hu' on.
nunrrd whether The rr. .'."'
would rr n.f.r. ranrrr-a nr f"nf