The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
REDUCE COST
OF LIVING
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REDUCE COOI
OF LIVING
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: under the war revenue bill. by raising
prices. -,
Profteering Is responsible for high
costs. according to the Brotherhood OF
locomotive Engineers. The advisory
; board of the brotherhood, sixteen men
headed by Warren S. Stone, called Oh
president Wilson late yesterday.
"At this time we find ourselves
Obliged to again request an increase
in wages" Stone told Wilson. we
believe the true remedy for the sieua-
tion and one that will result IN lit
ing the burden under which the whole
people are struggling, Is for the gov
eminent to take some adequate meas
IRE to reduce the cost Of necesSlues
of life to a figure that present wages
and income Of the people VIII NEST
'Should not this be considered Teas
tble, we will be forced to urge tnas
these whom We represent be grahteo
AN increase in wages to meet inc oo
terioration Of the purchasing price Oh
the dollar"
In a letter to Postmaster General
Burleson today, Assistant SecreM'
Iof War Crowell asked that repro
sentative of the postofice department
he appointed to confer with Assistant
director of Sales Emorse of the war
department regarding arrangement Oh
details Gin connection with distrinu-
ition of food supplies to tho puDlc
through the channels Of the parcel
post" ~. =,
It has been stated that the cost OF
postage. under the plan, would Do IN
icluded in the price Of the food.
Burleson said he would be giad 70
ico-operate in the direct to table
sale of the millions Of dollars WORM
of food. 80
Under the scheme, orders for 1904
may be placed with any OF the n1ty-
five thousand postmasters in the coun-
strv. They will send the orders 10 tne
proper distributing station ana inc
provisions will be brought around 10
the house by the postman. Price lists
will he supplied. The postmasters
will also advertise that the army
food is for sale so the news may oe
Ecarried into the most sparsely settieo
communities
Ask Higher Wages.
WASHINGTON, July 51.-Dlrector
General of Railroads Hines has Deen
iconferring since Monday with com,
mittee of more than one nundreo
representatives of railroad employees
I with regard to "a very SUBSTANTIAL
increase in wages to meet the raplo-
w increasing cost of living, Hines
announced today.
/ Packers Foreign Business.
! WASHINGTON, July 31.-The fea-
eral trade commission today OFFICIALLY
denied that it had been in communt
cation with officials of the BRUSH
government with regard to prosecu
ton of American meat packers IN
England.
This denial was in the form or
communication to the senate, IN re-
Spouse to resolution py oena.os
sherman directing the commission TO
make known what correspondence 1t
has had with the British government
regarding export trade in meat.
The report incidentally disclosed
alleged details Of the operations OF
| the great American packers in for
eigu countries, especially In Great
Britain.
Milk Is Boosted.
/ CHICAGO, July 81 Chicago
housewives today were notified by
the larger dairy firms here that the
nrice of milk will advance one cent
a quart tomorrow.
Increased prices paid farmers and
higher feeding and upkeep costs
were blamed for the boost to 10
cents a quart.
Flour Substitutes for Sale.
WASHINGTON, July 31-The war
department today put on the market
an addition 10000 pounds of flour
Substitutes. Bids will be opened at
the st. Louis zone supply office Aug
ust 9. The substitutes are stored at
Fort Sill, Okla, and include l5,Ooo
mounds of white cornmeal; $4,000 OF
yellow corn meal: 10000 pounds Of
Tissue" flour; 10000 pounds of rice
-four; 10000 pounds of corn starch
flour; 5000 pounds OF oatmeal -four,
and 5000 pounds of white corn flour.
Bids must be for entire lots Of the
-four and corn meal, with the excep-
ton of the Issue" -four, which will
be sold in lots Of 10000 pounds or
more.
Representative Igoe today con-
ferred with house leaders In an effort
to get immediate action on his reso-
/, luton to have the federal trade COM
mission investigate the prices of
shoes, clothing, sugar and coffee and
to have the ways and means commit
. tee investigate high rents.
MY idea is that the effective way
, to stop prof1teering is to tax the ex-
, torsions of the proflteer into the
treasury" Igoe said. This business
, of prosecuting violations of antitrust
laws is good. but it is slow, tedi-
, Gus process"
, PERSHING is