The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-03
Roasters Predict Increase and
Will Spend $15O,000 in
Telling People All
About It.
NOT DUE TO THE WAR
Packers. Say Maybe Pork viii Not Go
Any Higher and Flour Might
Take a Sudden
Tumble.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, April 3.--Coffee impor-
ters and roasters have decided to
spend $150,000 in four-year campaign
to tell the truth and give the facts"
about coffee, according to announce
Elnet today by roasters OF the MISS
issippi valley in convention here
A similar fund of 81 100000 has been
raised by Brizilian coffee planters, It
was said.
Coffee prices will advance, 1t was
predicted, and will remain high until
future crops develop. The advance
was not due to the war, 1t was said,
aut to devastation of coffee fields In
i South America. a.-
Pork May Not Rise. ).
CHICAGO, April 3.-The proletarfah
a. well as his monied brother is to
have his ham and eggs for breakfast
occasionally despite removal OF the
pork packers license system.
This was the opinion here today OF
packers and grain men
II do not expect any apprec1aDle In
crease in the price of pork excepting
that due to demand" said F. Il. Bur
roughs. # Swift and Company. he
citeT the European demand as mean
in a nossi Die slight rise in price.
T.. u H. Weld, Of Swift and Com
pan,s : commercial research depart
ment was equally as sure OF reason
ableness" in increase.
"The effect Of removal of the IL
cense system by the food administra-
ton will be practically nil" said Weld.
Grain men also were confident pork
would not make an undue rise III
price and even predicted possible re-
lief in grains and -four.
"The packers are not trying to raise
the price Of pork products" declared
C. Walter Beaven, Of the board or
trade. Demand, he said, would be the
only factor.
Beaven predicted possible drop
within six months in flour prices. due
to probable import into America OF
dutiless Canadian wheat.
I,prooram Threatened With Discard.
WASHINGTON, April 3. = The
whole program Of lower prices
through agreements between indus
tries and the government Industrial
board. is threatened with discard as
the result of the refusal of the rail
administration to accept the board
prices for it's purchases.
ONLY President Wilson can save
the situation, it Is believed. He has
been cabled full report of the diff
ficuIty and has been asked to give
direct orders as to whether the view
of the board or Director General
Hines shall prevail.
= ont nf
previously agreed upon to the board
for further conferences with tne
railroad administration may have
disturbing effect on business condl-
tions. members OF the board Tear.
This action was decided on at con-
ference of government officials after
Hines refused to change his attitude.
Nearly all the prices already have
been put into effect by the Industrial
board.
With unemployment increasing
throughout the country, members OF
the board believe industrial chaos
will follow the present business stag
nation unless lower prices are
agreed upon and stabilized.
!. The view of the railroad admins
tration Is that prices can be forced
lower than those of the industrial
board. The board claims that return
to pre-war levels cannot be expected
with the present high wages, which
they are opposed to reducing. Rail
road wages are greatly increased and
members of the board point out it
is unfair for the railroad administra-
tion to try for extremely low levels
when it is a big factor in holding up
wages.
Rscommitlnent of the steel prices
means another conference with the
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