Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-17

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ton and likely to begin to spoil a.
soon as warm weather arrives, to these
starvation areas. The -four was made
of soft winter wheat, and it represents
all the profits" of the grain corpora.
ton. 1t will be sold to the govern.
ments of these suffering countries and
the people will consume the -four re.
CARELESS OF whether it is in first-class
condition.
1t Is we'll recognized that these gov.
ernments can not pay for the -four:
their purchase" of it is a purely or.
namental method Of thanking us for
what will remain sgift-at least for
many years. to come. The house lead:
ers have decided that Giuseppe must
have the flour, and that it will be bet
ter to cover the gift by loan" Of a
definite sum Of money-$50, OO0, 000-
rather than to leave the grain corpo-
ration saddled with $50,00O,000 in
worthless promises to pay. The Pol,
ish, Austrian, Armenian and other
governments claim that they are 60
ing to give us lot of security for the
loan, but the house members merely
smile at this notion.
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HoUsER PROBE ASKED.
Senator Reed of Missouri is press
ing his resolution calling for an in
vestigation of the charge made by the
Spokane federal grand jury that Vice
President Houser of the United States
Grain Corporation used the authority
and credit of the government ma
nipulate the grain market for the en-
richment of individuals. The senate
committee on contingent expenses has
favorably reported on Reeds resolu-
ton, insofar as the matter of the ex-
penses Of the inquiry is concerned
Its passage is considered assured.
Attorney General Palmer, who has
been accused of trying to shield Hou-
ser, and Messrs. Barnes and Hoover
as the responsible superiors Of Houser,
has sent an angry letter sof denial to
Chairman Calder of the committee. He
says that he has ordered the federal
district attorney at Spokane to inves
t1gate the whole affair, Senator Reed,
who is familiar with the sympathy be-
tween: Palmer and Barnes and the In
stders Of the administration, suggests
that SINCE HOuser and Barnes claim
they have nothing to fear Palmer
should welcome the senate's inquiry.
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WOMEN OPPOSE PACKERS
Hearings on the An derson-K Kenyon
bill, regulating the meat packers BY
law through special commission.
nave resulted in convincingea major.
1ty OF the house committee on .agricul-
ture that legislation should be passed
before adjournment of the present
session. Latest of the elements TO- be
heard, and to make a strong impress
sion, has been the League Of Women
Voters. It's spokesman, Mrs. u. p.
Costigan, chairman of it's national
committee on food supply, showed
that the packers are not merely max
ing 1t impossible for the American
people to eat beefsteak or other stand:
ard fresh meats, but that meat sub
st1tutes are likewise beyond the reach
OF the pocketbooks Of the great ina
.jority. = -. - ~.:.szS. 8.
Six million American children are
underfed, undernourished and can not
become normally healthy human be-
ings' because their parents can : no
longer buy sufficient milk, butter,
cheese, poultry and. other meat substi-
tutes for their nourishment, ~ she said.
inc women of this country, now com
ing into political affairs, are interested
IN feeding their children. They see
this food question as one of the first
Importance. They ask fol. this reEu-
iat1on OF the meat and food. supply Of
the nation by law, not by injunction, !"
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