The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-08-23

packers. naturally. are the chief tar
gets, because they are alleged to oe
in control of the cold-storsge business.
not onIy there but all over the coun-
try. This they deny. Senator Nickel
lar has introduced q bin for federal
regulation Of cold-storage plants and
In supporting II he told Of the vast
amounts Of poultry, eggs and butter
In storage and Of the apparent exorbi-
tant profits made on those commodi-
lies By some middlemen- Louis Swift
saws he has been and Is In favor OF
regulation Of storage methods; n
President Horn Of the American Re
frigerating association asserts his or
g~anization would not object to reason
able regulatory measures. but that
most of the suggested plans are too
drastic.
The governments fight against the
sugar hoarders also conferred In Chi
caro. and the nrst test case Ii that
against the oficials Of the Central SUI
gar company who were arrested q
week or more ago. Henry g. Rolapp.
head of the sugar distribution COM
mittee of he food administration. said
the situation was serious, as Gamer
and dealers were clamoring In vain
for sugar. The railway shopmen's
strike entered into this. as 2O,OOO,OOO
pounds Of sugar was delayed In Cali
fornia by lack Of cars. Nj. Rolapp
Sid that In a few days the arrival OF
cane sugar from New Orleans N beet
sugar from the West would flood the
market.
The entire food crusade had its ef-
feet on retail prices. In some instances
only slight and In others. notably po-
tatoes, very marked. The federal
agents intend to 90 after the retail
Rrocers and butchers for p~rofteerfng,
as well rs after the bigger game. n
before long the suffering consumer
may get relief that will actually affect
his bank roll
In Boston a grand jury investigation
ELECTED the rather surprising informa-
ton that the American people demand
shoes Of high grade and high price n
scorn the cheaper grades, Of which the
manufacturers say they have large
stocks. In a way this is borne out by
the statement Of a Berlin paper that
American shoe dealers are making
strenuous efforts to find q suitable
market for their goods in Germany.
The witnesses in Boston said their
margin of profit was no larger than
when shoes were selling at much lower
prices. and hat q decline might be
expected. perhaps q year hence.
The British, too, are attacking he
cost of living problem with vigor. The
house Of had before II q bill
to curb profteering, and after a hard
fight the measure was amended SO as
tC empower the board Of trade. after
an investigation, to fix wholesale and
retail prices. Sir Auckland Geddes.
minister Of national service. said this
would operate In cases where COM
munities were likely to be bled by any
combination, national or international.
for the purpose Of raising prices; and
Andrew Bonar Law made 1t clear that
the government had no intention OF es-
tablishing a general system of price
fixing throughout the country.
Belgium is suffering, like most of the
rest of the world, and the labor party
there has suggested to the prime min
lister a series of measures to arrest the
increasing prices of nec~essaries, to en-
courage the home growing of food and
to insure the equal distribution Of Inn
ports. The party wants the govern
| ment to fix the prices of foodstuffs and
to control the prices of coal and cloth
ing.
Paris was the Gene of some lively
| scrapping last week between the food
vendors in the markets and the price
vigilance committees and would-be
| purchasers. The committees endeav-
| ored to prevent foodstuffs bought by
| the hotels and other large consumers
| from leaving the markets, asserting
that the willingness Of those buyers
| to pay any prices. however high, 70
| suited In the raising Of all prices. Dur
ing the fighting many stalls and shops
were looted.
The labor situation In the United
States did not show marked improve
ment. In spite of all efforts to make
them return to work, the striking rail-
way shopmen In many localities wera
obdurate. and the officers Of their in
ternationaI union were compelled to
threaten them with expulsion from the
union II they did NOT their Ia
bors. Then delegates representing