Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-27
Revival Of War Functions Of Food
Administrator to Avert
Sugar Famine.
DRIVE on LIVING COSTS
should Conditions Demand Il, Full
Pressure Of Government Power 10 :
30 Used-Wheat Embargo
OF December IS.
STATUS OF FIGHT ON
COAL SHORTAGE AND
HIGH COST OF FOOD

GOAL SHORTAGE AND
: HIGH COST OF FOOD :
Nation will bs without coal by
December 20, unless production 10
materially increased, officials de-
clare. "
Both sides In mine-wage contro-
versy submit proposals, each Of =
: which are rejected In conference.
= Secretary Wilson steps to front
"|with new proposal said to embody >
: wage increase Of 81 per cent. II
Pinch Of fuel shortage beginning :
= to be felt oil over the country,
: especially In the Middle West. =
= Attorney General Palmer made
= food administrator by President
= Wilson.
= Move begun to avert sugar fam. "
= Inc by raising price sufficiently to
: secure Cuban crop.
= New food controller TO use
: powers In general campaign to =
: halt rising living costs.
= Lifting Of wheat and flour en-
barge ordered for December rs,
= with view to restoring normal
trade conditions.
= Influx Of Canadian wheat fore
seen az result Of removing grain
'srestrietions.
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Washington, Nov. %. - President
Wilson has placed the government
again in control of the nation's food
supply by transferring the authority
of Food Administrator to Attorney
/ General Palmer.
/ Revival of the wartime functions
Of Herbert G. Hoover as food admin
istrator resulted directly from govern.
ment efforts to avert q famine in
sugar; but the powers delegates to
the head of the Department of JUS
t1ce will be used also in an effort to
put down the ever mounting cost Of
living.
For the present the attorney gen.
eral will not put into operation all Of
the machinery permitted under the
executive order but, should conditions
demand it, the full pressure Of all the
power vested In him will be exerted.
Mr.. Palmer's STAFF will begin; tmme.
fsdiately to build up sugar, distribute
ing system which will allocate all
sugar stocks in the country. It will
provide an equitable system of dis.
tributing supplies and will defeat any
lconcentEation or boarding, officials
said.
12 Gents Wholesale Pianneds
~ Plans tentatively decided on provide
for Increasing the price Of all sugar,
excepting the Louisiana crop, for
which price OF IL cents already has
been fixed, to IL cents pound whole
sale. Through this n increase new
sources OF supply are expected ito be
opened. With assurances that "a fair
margin OF profit, said to be about $1.54
~ hunirsd pounds, would be allowed.
sugar refiners are ready to enter the
Cuban markets and purchase all avail.
able stocks, 1t was stated. Thus,
officials believe, the increase in the
price viii avert shortage which
threatens to become q famine during
thu next 20 days. ). :.
Immediate action also Is contem-
plated in curtailing the consumption
81 sugar by manufacturers whose prod.
suctss are not regarded as essential
fOod. This win apply particularly to
soft drink dealers and candy manu-.
facturers.
To Raise Wheat Embargo.
New York, Nov. Embargoes ON
wheat and flour will be lifted Decem.
!her is, It is announced by the United
States Grain corporation.
Lifting OF embargoes on both i'm.
ports and exports followed the action
g0f President in Washington In signing
Sa proclamation completely terminal.
Ing the embargo control which has
been IL effect for more than two years.