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

ticle last Saturday morning. "They
can bury their noses in it and wallow
in it to their hearts content-32
bushels of it, 1872 dozen ears. The mar
ket price of this corn, freshly picked,
was 121a to 20 cents dozen, whole
sale, 20 to IS cents dozen retail, &C.
cording to the store at which it might
have been bought.
"It's free to the pigs and it didn t
cost Leonard a penny. Two News
Tribune men, travelling along London
Road yesterday afternoon, met Leon
ard DeCaigney driving towards his
farm, the old Ben Grimm place on the
fischer road. He had one horse and
q light farm wagon loaded with pro-
duce. He estimated that he had 80
bushels Of half-spoiled sweet corn, two
bushels of tomatoes slightly overripe,
six cracked but not broken water
melons and miscellaneous other garden
truck.
"swhere did you get its' he was
asked.
"'I don't know just the place but
it was from a Michigan street pro-
duce DEALER he replied. There are
two right together and I generally get
from either one.'
What did you pay for its'
Didn't pay anything. Some
times I have to pay as much as So or
So for load like this, but sometimes
they let me off easy because I am a
fire sufferer and hard up
What do you do with it9'
"'Feed most of it to the hogs
"'What do you do with the rest
of itq'
"'we pick out quite little of it
and eat it..
"DeCaigney begged almost tear
fully to keep it out of the papers,
"'I get load of it every day or
so,' he asserted.
"DeCaigney's farm is four and a
half miles northeast of Lester Park,
he said.
"The News Tribune last night en-
deavored to get in touch with some Of
the produce dealers but succeeded in
reaching only J. B. Culbertson, treas
urer of Culbertson Brothers Co. He
; refused to comment or make any ex-
PLANTATION Of the matter.
'Sure, go ahead and write it up,
he suggested to a reporter. Say any
thing you want to-itHl make good
reading. And if you canno, use it,
give it to that Rip
Saw man. He can mako good use
of it,"
For two years, now, the Rip-saw
has been telling the long-suffering
public something of the stunts pulled
off by the Food Hogs on Michigan
street, the Milk Hogs, the Meat Hogs
and the difference in retail prices
between those in Duluth and those in
Minneapolis. The dear old News
Tribune has been quite silent until re-
Gently, when Bre'r Mitchell not only
scented the rising storm Of anger and
resentment all over the United States,
but thought he saw chance to blame
President Wilson for conditions. Since
then, the News Tribune has printed
quite a number Of enlightening and
helpful articles on Food Hogs, Prof
iteers and H. c. L.
The dear old Herald, which Bre r
Mitchell fondly calls his Little Sister
on First Street, has been so busy
printing advertisements and laying up
treasure on earth during war times
and this national revel by Food Hogs,
Profiteers and others who have helped
boost the n. G. L., that these deplor-
able conditions have not been needed
at all.
i A, few days ago, however, the Her.
aid squirrel discovered the fact that
potatoes were retailing in Minneapolis
for just about half of the Duluth
price. It stated the fact in a timid,
half-hcarted way, using space and
words very economically. It may be
that the Brainy Bingham win throw
a few of those slow, ponderous "Big
Berthas" at the profiteers, but the
dear old Herald is too busily engaged
in helping Wilson secure a ratifica-
ton Of the League of Nations and the
Peace Covenants to pay much atten.
ton to so small matter as two prices
for potatoes to the proletariat.
But, as newly converted as they are
and as limited as their support of the
ultimate consumer may be, the Rip.
Saw welcomes these two organs of the
. Big Interests, the Fat Boys, the Cop
perstoek Aristocrats and the snobbish
. Newly Rich over to the Lords side.
New converts are noted for their great
zeal. May these two greatly erring
but now mildly repentant brethren
stick at least until after the next ma
, tional election before they backslide.
But that's another story. Back to the
Food Hog tales for the Rip-Saw and
its readers. Here's story that beats
the one unearthed by the News
Tribune boys.
Many Duluthians know Title Lar.
son, who conducted a restaurant at
Two Harbors for many years. Title
gave up the task Of feeding railroad
men some time ago and retired to a
farm at Mile Post 80 on the d. & 1.
R., north Of Two Harbors.
Some weeks ago, Title was both
puzzled and surprised to have six bar