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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
GIVES REPORT /
ON INDUSTRIAL
PR0FlI'EERlNC
Lauck Attempts To Show
That Profiteering is Cause
For High Prices.

WAShlhRfnn
rrofiteerins III in american industry.
made under the ansnices of the rail-.
wAs, brotherhnods Vas nresented 10
the railroad labor hoard today in
support of the railway workers' de-
mands for higher nav and to. refute
the charge that Increased lahor .costs
arr. resnonsihIe for The high cost If
Prepared nv w r Iauck. former
secretary Of Tho var Ia hor hoard. the
study seeks IN show that nrofiteer-
ing in industry 10 The fnndamental
ca,se for hish nrices in ..nra cticallv.
all commodities n gives ,nany stat
istics to s,nnort that contention.
calling attention tn the manyiwar-
that a threshold RELATIONSHIPS exists
'betwecn hirh prices nrofiteering
and mo addition r. the o,iot:, If mil.
lionaires" and that the increase in
the wealth Of the wealthy is an .'un-
ansWerapie refutation 70 an az
Iempts 10 charsc laDor W1n Proi,
Neerlng, ana 70, all attempts 10 noia
laoor responsible 1or the hlsh coSt
ol IVlng. .3
The Sugar Problem.
Of the extraordinary increase in
tl,e nrice of s,,par now amounting to
3o0 ner cent the study saws. The in
crease in labor cost Maid bv the con-
sumner was less than s per; cent. The
resuit of advanced prices. according
to the quoted reports of liz compan-
les nrod,cinr over half of the sugar
consumed in the limited States was
nictI,reS in the net nrofits of these
concerns which it was said rose from
an average Of .s11 .0O0. 900 during the
Years 1e1s-14 to s34'ooo'o 900 for tho
,,oars 1o1e-1o1e
In the meat hacking industry
where nrofits we're said to have in
creased - hetween 400 and 400 per
cent The Labor item was shown SO
small that a wage increase of 100
per cent would add less than per
cent to the total cost of the meat,
The increase in price between 1914
and 1918 was shown as eight times
the total labor cost and the 1918
{ nrice renresented 25 times the total
labor item.
~r..,. ..,. p1.su
oo'n 1iiess
Profits absorb approximately one
half the retail price OF certain KINGS
of cloth. the report declared. whftf
the labor item amounts to from ones
fourteenth to one-twentleth OF tne
price. Similar relations were pic:
tured in the manuiacture OF men
garments. 81
II Profiteering did not stop WIN tne
armistice. the report declared. pre-
senting figures to snow that cohpor'
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
STORE
TO. SELL: SUITS
WITHOUT | PROFIT
Will Do This in Effort to
Cut Down Price of
Clothing.

Topeka, Kan. May lone of the
Oldest mems furnishing stores in this
city advertise today that it will sell
all mems suits for "a days without
profit to the owners of the store. At
the end of the period Ed. T. Hackney.
state fair price commissioner is to
make an audit of the stores books to
ascertain whether or not the goods
were sold without profit, the pro-
prietor announced. 81.
IF the~retail clothing men of the
country would only make a definite
stand against the awaiting prices,
said the proprietor. the lf1antfactur-
er would be forced to reflect on the
elements that control pricesz-these
are labor and textiles" s.
Prices Are Cut. e..
The store advertises $25 suits at
$19.75; $40 suits at. $31.75; $50 suits
at $48.75; $50 suits at 7$65.75, and
numerous intervening figures. The
advertisement says:
Stabilization of wearing apparel
in America must begin at some place
between raw material and the last
point of distribution. Until this time
every element of the clothing indus
try has been satisfied to drift with
the current of advancing prices, and
while. here and there sporadic efforts
have been made to call attention to
the. necessity of finding a common
level at prices, the fact remains that
the. retail clothing dealer has been
forced to pay prices far higher than
conditions seem to warrant -
The firm advertises that the name
and address of every purchaser is TO
be taken. and that in case the audit
made after the sale shows any profit
to the owners of the. store, it shall
be pro-rated to the Purchasers. The
fair price commissioner is privileged
to name a committee to audit the
transactions. The store making this
sale has been in business here 35
years. sa =
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
WHITE HOUSE FLOCK
OF SHEEP OUrGROWS
ITS OLD PASTURE

Washington. May THE White
House flock of sheep which started
three years ago in modest corral
on the south grounds. has outgrown
it's pasturage and soon is to have the
run of virtually the whole extent Of
parks and lawns surrounding the ex-
ecutive mansion. A wire netting was
put up today around the few flower
beds and rare shrubs from which
alone the sheep are to be excluded.
Arrival of score of spring lambs
has increased the flock to 4s.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
SAYS COTTON CROP
IS IN BAD SHAPE

Fort A worth, Texas. May 7.-,I||
President Lyday of the Texas farm
ers union estimated today that the
rains OF this week have placed the
Texas cotton crop in the worst con-.
dttion IN its history. The nooding
and washing OF fields, he said, Just
added to- the loss inflicted by the late
frosts and cold f3 5s5t
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
.METHODISTS WILL
DISCUSS MINIMUM
WAGE FOR PREACHERS

Des Moines. Iowa. May THE
chief event scheduled for today's ses-
sion of the general conference>of the
Methodist Episcopal church III ses-
sion here will be the observance to-
night Of the board of Sunday schools
anniversary. Governor Henry ]. AL
len Of Kansas will speak.
r No special order of business was
arranged for today. Among matters
before the committee on itinerancy
today were: Fixing a minimum SAL
ary Of $500 year for ministers and
recognition of women in the minis
f,.1y
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
TO COyER TWO STATES,

To OOV EE6 I"O oIrIZS5s
Fargo. May 7.-Announcemei't
was made In the. Fargo Courier
News. q League pnper, today.
the Nonpartisan League, Intends
IL use an .Rirl,lane I'm conducting
the political campaign in Minnc-
sofa and North Dakota prior to
the primary elections in the two
1fnfnS
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
TOWNLEY STILL HAS
HIGH FLYNN IDEAS;
BUYS AN AIRPLANE

St. Paul. May IA. @. Town
Icy, president, NOnpartisan league,
has purchased an airplanc. IL
was learned here today. and is
said to be taking frequent les
sons in operating it at u flying
field here.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
ROBBERS
H0LDUP J ?: BANK
Bankers Shoot; One Robber
is Killed and Another .
Captured. /;

East ST. Louis. Ill. May Eight
men today held up and robbed the
Drover's National bank here Of $1s,-
900. Ohcials Of the bank fired on the
robbers as they left and one of them
was killed. Another was captured.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
TIMBER STRIKE
IS NO NEARER :
ASEIILEMENl
Wisconsin Declares Produc-
ton is rs Per Cent
Normal.

Duluth. Mimi, May Mill oper-
ators and timber workers seemed no
nearer today "a settlement or the
workers strike in northern Mime
sofa, with the possible exception OF an
unconfirmed report that r. M. Weyer-
stockholders of the. companies he
controls with view of reaching
settlement of the strike. and the
statement that he is favorably in
clined toward the eight hour day, for
which the workers went on strike.
At Cloquet thirty special deputies
are on duty, being paid by lumber
companies there. 1t is claimed by
Sheriff Harry Mckinnon. No arrests
have been made and no trouble has
been experienced there or in any Min
nesota camp or mill.
A number of younger mill workers
are leaving Cloquet and Virginia. and
are reported seeking work in other
lines on the ranges, in mines, as
gardeners or farm help.
Today is set by the Timberworkers'
union for complete tieup of mills at
Virginia. Strikers and employers
there dispute the number of men
out. Numerous men meet daily since
the strike on Virginia streets. Police
and deputies mingle with them.
7S Fer Gent NORMAL.
Oshkosh, Wis, May 7.-Production
in timber camps, sawmills and lum-
ber factories affected by the strikeaof
international timber workers con-
tinued in excess of IS per cent of
normal, according to o. T. Swan, sec
retary Of the Northern Hemlock and
Hardwood Manufacturers association.
More than sixty mills in Wisconsin
and upper Michigan are running, ac-
cording to Mr.. Swan, and in no case
was the catrikers' demand for an eight
houF day with ten hours pay granted,
! so Tar as he can learn -
| The mill owners, Swan says are be-
/ ing supported by public opinion, as
the farmers OF the northern sections
oppose shorter hours because the
eight hour day would affect the al
ready depleted supply Of farm labor.
! The strike was called last Monday.
| No plants, according to Mr.. Swan,
have closed since the. opening day,
while several which shut down then
have reopened. Sawmills and box
factories were the principal ones af-
fected. There was little trouble. re-
ports gathered by Swan indicate. in
the woods camps, while the sash and
door factories in the Fox river valley
and at Wasau were not affected.
There has been no disorder, his
| reports show. except at Amigo, where
one man was slugged.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07

f u - q - .t&4 ~ y
London -Bonar Law, in, response
to questions concerning Irish demon
strations and the reception of De
Valera in the United States; said that
Great Britain was not prepared to
make representations to- Washington.
washington-Mrs. Samuel Com
pers. wife Of the president of the
American Federation Of Labor, died,
aged So. -.. e y
Boston-Johnny Wilson acquired
the middleweight boxing champion
ship of the world when he received
referees decision over Mike
O'Dowd in IL rounds.
Buenos Aires4The overall cam
paign spread to Argentina. where
college students adopted denim Ito
combat the high cost of clothing.
New York-Governor Edwards of
New Jersey became an avowed can
didate for the Democratic nomina-
tion for president and campaign
headquarters were. opened here.
Rome 81 Leonida sBissolati- -Berga-
maschi, Socialist deputy and promi-
! nent political figure for many years,
died at the age of$58.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
WEATHER FORECAST.

Minnesota: Fair tonight;
somewhat cooler in cast portion;
Saturday fair; warmer in SOUTH
west portion. -.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
TELEGR RAPHlc BRIEFS

Berlin-Minimum imports of food
and raw materials needed by Ger
many total. 81 500, 600 tons for the
coming year as. compared with 49,,
100000 tons for 1918. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07

North Dakota: Fair tonight !.
and Saturday: warmer Saturday
in west portion.
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
Ruse That Kept Germans Guess.
Ing on Eve Of Agonne
Disclosed.
STAGE onE.N|eH1 STANDS
Their 0iun Attacks Divert TIVE ose
man Divisions Q. Army osts
First Two o. Improved Typs
OF Oattlo Tank.

Washlngton.-The story Of I'VE little
American tanks and the part they
played In the great Argonns offensive
10 told ~ follows in q statement b.
sued BY the war department:
Gen. Pershing with the nrst Ameri.
can army had Just finished awakening
the German high command to q healthy
fear Of the American soldier By ~
ducing the st. NIhiel salient, and the
plans for the Meuse-Argonne offensive
were about to b carried into execu.
tion. In these days Of the airplans
and wireless telegraphy, It seems I'm.
possible to deliver q surprise assault.
Nevertheless no pains are spared to
deceive the enemy a. to the exact
point Of attack. AZ q means Of cover.
Ing the true point Of attack, the chief
OF tank corps presented q scheme
which received the approval Of the
high command.
Cut Up Like an Army o. ranlka.
Accordingly. after the withdrawal
OF the tanks from the st. Nihiel sac.
tor. Lieut. Higgins with his platoon Of
the Three Hundred and Thirty.fourth
battalion tank corps, was directed TO
proceed from this point in a north.
westerly direction along the lines via
narrow gauge railway. He was to stop
each night and make q reconnaissance
In front Of our positions with biz
tanks and Immediately load up and
repeat the operation the foliovins
night further down the line.
on Sept. 10. the I'VE tanks and
the'r crews were loaded and ths AZ.
petition started. Tint evening thev
stopped In the renr Of a little wooi
n'nnv kilometers west of St. Mihioi
"" the little narrow guage nat carr
'"'''h'r" the the tnnks and nosed into
INC woods for concenlment. About II
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
Tells Italians to
"Tighten Belts"

prices 10 Italy causes deep anxiety to
those responsible for the countrys
good order. Recent strikes and civi
strife were almost wholly due to
discomfort caused By tho still 'n'
creasing cost Of life's prime neces'
stiles and moro trouble u yet to come
unless the upward trend II curbed.
sample lnereassa
Cotton goods cost $40 per cent
more than they did In 1915. woolen
goods go per cent. hats and shoes
200 per cent. shoddy clothes 2o0 per
cent. glass goods 800 per cent. Home.
grown produce has increased more
than foods imported from America.
For instance. eggs are now d per
cent dearer than three years ago. po.
tatoes 40 per cent dearer. beans %26
per cent. fresh pork $40 per cent.
Italian lard cS6 per cent. beef Sil
per cent. butter 30 per cent. cheese
$50 per cent. milk 800 per cent wine
sos per cent. Tho food control once
reports that wine growers made such
big profits this last year that they
paid for the land their wines are
grown on from the one years gain
alone.
The ever.growing cost OF living In
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
ARCH FOR 1oo.YEAR PEACE
Memorial Urged for Friendly 'ss's'
tions Between Canada ana
United states.

Blaine, wash.-Erection OF . huge
memorial arch on the international
boundary here to commemorate The
century Of peace between Canada ana
the United States 10 being urged oy
good roads men Of Warrington and
British Columbia.
Tentative plans call for the erection
Of the arch In a big rark to be ectao'
iished on the Pacific highway on oosn
sides Of the boundary. The city OF
Blaine Il willing to purchase ths
American share Of tho park u tho
British Columbia parliament Will ooy
the Canadian side.
Samuel Hill Of Seattle. president o.
the Pacific Highway association. 70
leading the movement. Premier Jono
Oliver Of British Columbia has prom.
ised to consider the matter.
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
Lumber Jacks to Tramp
Over John Browns Grave.

Troy. N. Y.-The grave Of
John Brown, the abolitionist, at
North Elba, In the Adironducks.
10 included in the SHE Of 1900
acres Of timber land In Essex
county near Lake Placid, which
has just been bought by James
Hurley, Lake Placid. for 500.
OO0. LAUNDERING operations will
be carried. on. When Brown wns
executed in 1850 his bo,.y was
taken to North Elba, where he
had founded refuge for fuyi.
tive slaves. Sevenal yenrs ngo
monument wns placed over
the grave.
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
Enemy Ratified
by Five Tanks

o'clock all Was ready and The mlnla.
turs army started forward % IT. mis'
sion. Everything went Of % seAsd.
uled. The tanks rolled through cur
positions and into No Mans Land.
"They were operated back and forth
for half an hour. After this thsy
were quietly withdrawn. crawled back
on their little narrow gauges and
started merrily on their way. They
timed their work perfectly. and %
they pulled out . terrific barraee hit
the wood they had left.
The following evening The proeod.
urs was repeated. Again the bar.
rage descended too late 10 hurt The
jaunty band. For six successive
nights the troupe staged their one
night stands, and the reports an along
the sector showed that the Hun waS
up In the air. All day long the sky
was full Of planes searching for The
army Of tanks which the enemy vss
sure was concentrating o. this front.
All suspicious looking places wsre
oombarded with the usual Hun thor.
oushness and intensity. An MINT
!ons the darkness was dlspelled b.
hundreds Of 6sres and rockets. ana
oil indications showed that Hsinie v,s
not going to be caught mapping.
olvsrtsd TIVE Divisions
Best Of all. Just 40 the little hand
vas preparing to entrain to ct into
the big show In the Areonno there
came a message from the inteilieence
section stating two German divisions
withdrawn from Argonne front -
training for your sectoe.'"
Tho tank corps has lust rscaiv>d
at Camp Meade. Nd. from the Rock
Island arsenal two Mark VIu. tanka.
ih's type: the largest yet placed m
quantity production. was especially d.
signed TOR use against the Hinden.
ourE line and similar defeusea. Not
= 10 iast nor 20 easily handled A ~
!'shter types, II possesses the abiiitv
70 cross much larger ditchss, crush
more formidable obstacles, ana oear.
mes much heavier armament
Inc great dificulty with the la.se
.'r't'sn tanks was that they were On.
derpowered and. on account Of IN. n.
tangement Of the machinery Within.
o'd not AFFORD the proper room for ~
crews. A commission Of British snd
american experts has corrected fauIf.
largely through the adoption e ~
american Liberty motor.
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
No Hope Of Better Food Situa.
ton Seen by Food Con.
troIler at Rome.
STILL EATING WAR BREAD
Strikes and Riots Are Bred ~ stead.
lily lnersasine Cost Of Everything
-cavslns Deep Anxiety -
Government

R0me.-Ilaly'0 food situation n
worse DOW than Il has been since the
armistice and almost a. bad - II
was during the dark days Of the war.
The feeling that all u not we'll has
weighed upon housekeepers for weeks.
when Iife's prime necessities grew
rarer and dearer. But now the eoun.
try has been told the bitter truth BY
Food Controller Muriaidi In q speech
before the chamber Of deputies.
This years harvest Of grain has
yielded 200.000.000 hundretlweieht
less than last year: the government
must import 10000. 900 hundred.
weight for bread. which 10 sold at 20
cents for two-pound loaf. and means
$@00.000.000 on hard grain alone: on
soft grain the loss equals another
$400'O00.O00: on olive oil the state
loses several hundred million dollars.
ltasy 70 the only allied country
whose Inhabitants must still eat war
bread. Its price. the government says,
must shortly b raised 8 or 10 cents
for Q two-pound loaf. because the
budget cannot stand the loss Of $780,.
100000 . year on grain alone. The
public must bear part Of the burden
In dearer bread.
Rice u scarce. too: this years har.
vest shows . shortage Of half Q mil.
lion hundredweight: the oil harvest
II % poor the public has less than
one-thira the quantity doled out last
year. There 10 less than half the
quantity Of cheese. lard, butter and
milk Of last year; there 10 q serious
sugar shortage too.
And the food controller has no
remedy to suggest. The public biames
him and bis food ministry. He
blames the food ministry too, say.
ing that such chaos reigned when he
took II over last summer that hs has
been unable to straiEhten things out
and will resign ~ soon a. possible.
He told IN astonished chamber that
he found his ministry buying cheese
at 20 cents . pound, to resell to
Wholesale dealers. who doled II out
to the public at $50 q pound. He
added that one great trouble u the
lack Of food experts to advise the
government in buying foods, e.
pecially perishable kinds. And he
said he saw no hope for q better food
situation in the near future unless
people eat less and pull their belts
tighter over empty stomachs.
The perpetual upward flight Of food
The Keota news., 1920-02-27

,..n once the cheapest country u
Eur;pe. the paradise Of the poor uaan.
.e.ms 10 bs 10 q Vicious circle
Dear food and discomfort 80 hand''n'
hand. breeding strikes. riots. blood
shed. They again react on local pro
ductjon and cau.e prices to rass
hieber than before. Then to''ow
fresh strikes and disorders: the screw
IL turned yet again and the vicious
circle must be rounded once more.
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Coo0tipatioo invites other truslll
which conc speedily unless qdd
checked and overcome BY Gnaa
August Flower which 10 . sentle NJ
tivA regulates digestion bosA
stomach and intestines. cleans =
sweotens The stomach and alIntsn
canal. stimulates the liver to sds
the blls and impurities from The W.
Il - . sovereign remedy used 10 -
thoosands of households all oves
eivtlisod world for more than ns
century By those who have sssd
with Indigestion. nervous dype
aauSolsh uvee: coming up OF food
pitatioo. constipation and otha
toetinal troubles. Sold BY dreo
and dealers everywhere. Try q ssu
take 10 substituteCAdv.
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
Nc Life Saver.

No LIE Saver.
n asked the boss for raise ''as
told him I couldn't live on my p'sS'
salary"
"Fine. and what did he sny' +.
'sThat he didn't think man F"
position should be considered "s'''
- q life saver."-I.cxington leao<''
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
YOUR COLD IS EASE0 =.
AFTER THE FIRST Mt
sPapsis Geld Compound" The" ~
W Q eoId In . ss~
hours

Relief comes instantly. A dose ~
every two hours until three oo.. =.
taken usually breaks up sever.
ana ends ali the grippe misery. =
The very nrst dose ope'" ~
clogesd.up nostrils and the =" ,,.
ages In the head. stops nose ~
relieves The headache. du''nesS. -
ishness, snseslns. soreness '''
ness. -. s,ovs
Don't say stu6ed.up' ou'. as.as o~
and suumingi Clear your sa eu dr|
headi Nothing else In the .. wo.,. a.
such prompt relief as pap, , n
Compound" which costs ""s ".,s NJ
cents at any drug store. IL 1sn,.ips 4
out assistance. tastes nice evd e"Id.
Quinins-Insist upon Pape
The Keota news., 1920-02-27

The average politician ~ ..",sncs "S
ns India rubber and MS 'o"
more elastic.
The Keota news., 1920-02-27
MAfa un 70 QAta.

Mers Up 70 oats.
do you make your living BY ~
penf' 'Of course not. always ~ &
typewriter"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-05-27
Cupper Opposed
To Present Fort
Rock Proiect

The expenditure of any consider.
aPle sum of money in the develop.
ment of the Fort Rock irrigation dis
trict without first reaching an under.
standing with the U. S. Indian serv-
ice as to the priority rights to che
waters of Syean creek and Silver
creek and their tributaries, is discour-
aged by Percy A. Cupper. state engin
eer, in a letter to w. E. Sprague of
Fort Rock, a director of the district.
Filings made by the Indian service.
Cupper points out, would appropri-
ate all of the low water flow of these
streams, requiring the storage of win
ter water for the irrigation of the
Fort Rock project if the Indian serv-
ice clans and can prove priority right
over the states claim to the water in
volyed. Cupper suggests that the dis
trict make application at once to the
Indian service for the right of way
across the reservation for the neces-
sary canal lines, which action, he de-
clared would probably bring the en-
tire matter to the immediate consid
Grafton of the department.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-05-27
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