The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-10-31

ing the life out Of the soviet govern
rpent. Denikine kept up his advance
on Moscow. capturing Orel and other
important points. The army Of the
northwest under Yudenitch took Luga
and pressed on toward Petrograd.
whose fall was imminent. This army,
1t was said, was working In close I'M
Outstanding with Admiral Kolchak
whose Siberian troops were pushing
the bolsheviki back to the European
border. These three commanders have
rejected all overtures from Germany,
maintaining their connection with the
allies.
An Official dispatch from Archangel
said the North Russian forces were
pursuing the bOlsheviki In the direc-
ton Of Omega after occupying their
fortified positions along the railroad.
capturing guns and prisoners and de-
stroying an armored train. In fact.
they seem to be doing very well with
out the help Of the British and Amer
lean troops that were withdrawn.
Meanwhile the British fleet in the
Baltic was very busy. The supreme
council having declared blockade Of
all Russian bolshevik ports, number
| Of German vessels were seized. Then
| the British warships moved on Kr0n-
stadt. After a severe bombardment 1t
was evacuated by the bolsheviki and
the fleet entered the harbor. All neu-
trail nations have been asked to Join
In the blockade Of bolshevlst Russia.
| Lieutenant DAnnunziO seems to
have adopted more yielding attitude
In regard to Fiume, which he still
holds. He has sent to Premier Gle
menceau an appeal to take the initia
tive In obtaining from the allied gov.
ernments declaration making Fiume
an open port. The present Italian plan
contenplates an independent buffer
state ut Fiumc with the extension OF
Italian control over the strip OF coast
from Fiume to Trieste so the new
state shall abut on Italian territory
on that side and not be surrounded
by Jugo-Slavia influence. The dan
ger OF war over this problem Is fad
ing. D'Annunzlo sent word to Part.
that he had drafted manifesto urgin,
both Serbs and Italians to recogniz,
mutual national rights and to "main
tain the bonds of brotherhood which
have been sealed by blood
Prices OF food throughout the Uni
ted States have fallen almost 25 pc
cent, according to Attorney Genera
Palmer. But housewives, also through
out the United States, are asking why
II this Is true they are forced to pm,
as much as ever or more when the
visit the retail dealer.
The cost of leather and Of footwea
has dropped 20 per cent since the mid
die of August. says the president o
the National Root and shoe Manufat
turers' association. But the consume
Is still paying exorbitant prices 70
his shoes, and the aforesaid presdeu
explains that the shoes now being mar
ufactured at reduced cost will not b
marketed before next April.
The tremendous hullabaloo abou
reducing the cost OF living and punish
Ing the profiteer has dwindled unit
II can scarcely be heard with the nj
of microphone. Just at present tn
consumer Is exercised about the suga
situation which promises to develo
into famine with % cents poun
or more demanded for the sma
amounts Of sugar TO he had. The d,
nestle output Is nowhere near enough
and II seems most of the Cuban crop
going to Europe. Dealers blame ou
government for this condition becaus
ii limited the wholesale price Will
European dealers were willing to pa
anything
The federal trade commission cam
To bat again with another of Its reror,
attacking the big packers. stating the
! now handle more than 40 food pro,
! ucts not related to the meat lndu
/ try and bid fair to dominate the Who'll.
sale grocery trade, dividing the fiel
among themselves.
OF course the packers. this tim
, | through Louis II. Swift. declared m
; trade commissions figures were grea
! ~ exaggerated and the conclusion
, / based On them utterly absurd. As N
ual the big f,Ne" can supply facts an
: figures To uphold their entire inn.
J cence. hut for some reason the yener,
, public has learned 10 look askance ,
, the statistics these gentlemen produc
This may he due To what the trade con
. mission calls the maze and secree
/ of the packers METHODS of .ont;uctir
: much OF his business"