Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-12
Scraps aud fats.


tober Z, 8, 9 and le. The annual meet
ing of the Confederate Southern Me-
mortal associations and the Sons OF
Confederate veterans will De helo IN
Atlanta on the same dates, General
Mickle announced.
The Chicago stockyard workers,
who went on strike last week agalnst
the continued military occupation OF
the stockyard district, voted on Satur-
day to return to work on Monday pro.
yided the military was wlthdraWh. ~
was expected that 30 soon as the WORK,
ers went back to their jobs they Woulo
demand the discharge OF all hesroes
employed in the stockyards VINO are
not members of the union, to the mum.
Der of 5000. The negro members oi
the union number about S,0oo.
Julius B. Barnes. United States
Wheat Director, has made public a
plan whereby the United States Grals
CORPORATION would sell flour at Sls
barrel. Restrictions are proposed on
the price to be charged by wholesalers,
iobbers and retailers. The flour Will
he sold in 14O-pound sacks on a OASIS
of $40 in the territory west OF lns
Illinois and Indiana lipe. and west oi
the Mississippi, from Cairo 10 @ the
Gulf Of Mexico, not mcludins lne
Pacific coast region, and at Sio.LS III IL
the remainder of the country. Joopers
and wholesalers must guarantee to re-
sell to retailers at not more than 10
cents additional, and retailers are con-
fisea to an increase Of not more tran
s125 over the wholesale price FOR the
original packages, and not hlsner tnah
: Cents pound for broken packages
of any size. The Grain Corporation
also announces that Its weekly pur-
chase at Baltimore or Wheat Houi
hacked for export was l,OSl'eIo paI
rels, at prices ranging from S''oo "
5000 per barrel.
= Secretary Hesters annual Iepors
IN the commercial cotton crop, issued
last SATURDAY, puts the crop OF 1918
1918 at l1,639,653 bales, decreSSe
under the crop of 1917-18 OF 261, ,sZo
end a decrease under 1916-1S17 OF J..
SoI 2S1. He says that the crop OF
TeIas is 541 900 bales less than iast
wear. the group of other gulf states
(embracing Louisiana, Mlsslss,Ppi'
Arkansas, Tennessee. Oklahoma, MS
souri,, Arizona, California, Kansas anu
New Nexico) shows decrease OF Se!,o
. 600 bales and the group Oh Atsam. Mdr.S
states Qncludins Alabama North
Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida. Kentucky, and Virsinia) an
increase of 655, 900. Crop grade aver
ace barely mtddling. He puts the
average price per pound OF mlddhns
for the year at 80.s6 cents, as COM
pared with zS.SS last year, lS.M year
before last, and 11.s9 IN 19l5-lslo anu
the average commercial value per pale
at s15s.14 against Sl41:ss iast -
and s94.S2 the year before ana tne
walue of the crop, including the SEED,
at s2.O45,251,S6S against $2,00l,6sz'sSS
last year.
Tho war department has made
public a complete price list on al! SUP.
si,tence stores available for sale el
the public through the parcels past OF
through municipal selling agencies.
Cost of the commodities TO the goVSrn-
nent, the department said, hao neen
disregarded entirely In fixing the pr,ces
of sale which are materially fewer tnan
prevailing market rates. Inc pies
Quoted are I. o. D.. ana from stot &c
noints in each Of the Is districts INTO
Which the country is divided for war
denartment subsistence purpose. Inc
denartmeat now Is re- distributing tne
food supplies in the 1S acres In oroer
that each may have It's proportion per
nopulation of the 72 articles onereo
for public sale. Quotations on some Oh
the leading commodities are: Bacon,
s4.15 per can Of II pounds; corneo
beef. SIS cents per can OF 1.36 pounos;
baked beans, cents per can o! ~
pounds; sweet corn, l0 cen.s per 1ao
hound can; dry beans, $6.49 per loV
nonnds: crackers and cents
nound: army hour, Sc per 100 pounds;
nacaroni, 7 cents per Ii pounds; roll
ed oats, 12 cents per tive POUNDS; seeo-
ed raisins, 10 cents per pound; rice
1914 per hundred pounds; tomatoes,
cents per two-pound can, and WHITE
corn meal, $3.50 per hundred pounds.
The reaction from the long ad-
vance in cotton says an ofnclal new
Orleans market summary, cohtinueu
last week and in the early Sessions
nrices were sent $50 to S71 points un-
der the level of the close OF 'ne pse- a
csding week. Valaes were at net oe-
clines the week through, although there
we're strong recoveries from the lowest
after the middle of the week. CLOS
ing prices showed net losses OF AL 10
23S peints. October closed at Biz
and middling spots closed at 3l:1o.
Snots lost $50 points in the net results
The labor troubles over the country,
the agitation over high living costs,
slumps in foreign exchange and the
absence Of a spot demand were the
main selling Influences but on the
close there was better all rouno
feeling. President Wilson's message 10
Congress being we'll received While the
hetter turn in railroad labor troubles
was regarded as important Ihere
were strong advances on the Closing
session because of the appearance OF
a tropical storm in the Carlppeeh sea
and some buying was also dons ps
cause of complaints of insect damage Ia
the western belt. In some quarters i, !,
is thought that this weeks market WIN
ba rEat than any,
thing else because of the critical slaSe
of the growing season now at hand.
Washington, August 10: A national
conference to consider all plans SUP
,aitted to congress for solution or the
railroad problem will be held mere
October 6, under auspices Of the rluHlp
organization bureau. In making pub
lie announcement tonight OF the meet
ing, Chief Justice Walter clark, OF the
North Carolina supreme court anu
chairman of the Plumb plan prehllll-
nary conference, SAID speclal cU
mittees would be appointed TO anelyZe
the different proposals. "One OF THESE
committees" Judge Clark said IN
Statement. will be composed OF e0-
gtneerinS and technical experts 10 re-
port upon the proposals as resarus
their meeting the test OF economy anu
efficiency; another will be composed
of legal auth0rltleS 10 FepoII upVi t'N
various legal and constitutional ques-
tions. and a third will be composed OF
economic and financial experts =, VINO ths
will report upon the soundness OF the
mans from a financial standpoint.
The American people were urged by
Judge Clark to consider all the pro.
posals without prejudice and without
passion, and to examine those Whlch
have been outlined in the light OF the
principles which we have ehuRciatea. Ia1oSl,
Declaring that efficiency and economy
in TRANSPORTATION are the keys to the
solution of the problem Of the high
cost of living, Judge Clark added Una tnas 4
any plan for solution of the railroad
nrohlem "must meet the test that II
will provide transportation at actuai
cost"
Tangible results from the invesd-
cation of boarding and profiteerins IN
itiated by Attorney General Palmer are
expected to develop in the immsdiats
future as the result OF an order issued
from Washington last Saturday direct
Ing the entire secret service of the