Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
NATION IN DRIVE
FOR CUT IN FOOD
Federal, State and City Forces
Band to End the H.
c. of [.
BATTLE AGAINST PROFITEERS
Senate Banking and Currency Com
mittee to Study imitation Charges
House Starts investigation
May Restrict Packers.

Washington, Aug. 4.-Local officials |
all over the nation are lining up to sup
port the government in ehe fight
against high prices now being planned
by Attorney General Palmer.
Investigations are beginning in
many sections to determine production
costs and wholesale and retail profits.
Governors, mayors and grand juries
are ordering searching probes.
officials of the justice department
predicted Investigations will be under
way in at least thirty states within
two weeks. Local officials in Ohio
Michigan, Maryland and New York al
ready have investigations under way.
States to Give Data to Palmer.
Data to be obtained by local investi-
cations will be at the disposal of At
torney General Palmer if he wants 1t
to aid in his nationwide campaign
against profiteers, officials here said.
A vast amount of data bearing upon
every angle Of the problem of eliminat-
ing profiteers and jamming down the
cost of living is being accumulated in
congress and by executive departments
of the government.
Exact figures on prices of all farm
and dairy products received by farmer
and wholesaler are being collected in
all sections of the country by the agri-
cultural department.
Retail price figures for all principal
cities are being collected by the labor
department, while the federal trade
commission is investigating scores OF
articles, including bread, canned vege-
tables, steel and shoes.
| Data already printed and available
here would make path 10000 miles
| long if the volumes were laid edge to
edge, when it is completed.
First Skirmishes in War.
Some of the developments scheduled
we're:
Attorney General Palmer's commit.
tee. made up of cabinet officers and
| day will hear the report of a subcom.
mittee which will recommend the re.
vival of the food administration in
some form.
The committee will also have up for
discussion measures to reduce coal
prices, forcing the stamping of produc-
| ton costs on necessities, licensing food
dealers, and proposals to cut the wheat
price below the 1929 guarantee.
The president will await the report
| of Palmer'S committee. His recon-
mendation, which will follow this re,
port, probably will take the form of a
| message to congress.
| Study Currency DefIation.
At the capitol, the senate banking
and currency committee will begin
hearings on possible ways to defiate
i the currency as ordered in d resolution
introduced by Senator Myers and
passed by the senate Saturday.
In the house, Representative Igoe
will demand action on his resolution
authorizing the federal trade commits
sion to investigate the price of shoes
and the alleged control of packers over
the leather market.
League supporters were planning tc
use the situation presented by mount
ing prices and the fight to bring then
down as an argument for the early
ratification of the peace treaty, so thdr
the world can get back to a norma
base.
Consideration is being given to bill
submitted by Representative Kelly
Pennsylvania, and approved by thu
federal trade commission, which would
restrict packers handling food staple!
to a four months supply at any giVe1
| time.
The Kelly bill is intended to opel
the warehouses of all packers handlin.
general food lines, such as eggs, but
ter, canned goods, smoked and frozel
meats and grocery staples, and b.
keeping these products flowing through
the packing houses restore operation
of the law of supply and demand as
applies to foodstuffs.