Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-06-20
Chris Christensen Talks on
Consumer and Distri-
button" at WOman's
Bureau Meeting.
ACCOMPLISH MU(
Six O'clock Club to Take up
City Beautiful
Project.

day afternoon, only a few women at
tended the meeting OF the Women's
Bureau held in the Chamber of Com
merce at 3 o'clock. Following the bust
ness session the bureau was addressed
by County Agent Christ Christensen
who spoke Interestingly on the Con
isumer and Distribution" Mrs. w. E.
Brown presided as chairman.
Accomplished Many Things.
The Woman's Bureau has accom-
rlished many things since the meeting
of April 8, as was revealed in the min
utcs Of that meeting as read by Secre-
tary Alvin Burger. Much good has
ALREADY accrued from the city's obser-
walton of 'clean up week. and health
week" The welcome cards which have
been sent to strangers in the city by
Mrs. w. w. Pearce, chairman of the
welcome committee, have brought
response. \ measure of the success of
the "Jambouree" and "Jiggs" dinner
was due to the efforts of the bureau.
The employment bureau established for
the benefit of housewives in the city and
Ct which Mrs. II. b. Pray has charge,
IS proving most satisfactory. The bu
reau will in short time run series
1t ads in the paper informing house
wives Of the services which it is able to
give.
Mr.. Burger commended the bureau
Oh the excellent work which has thus
far been accomplished. Beginning III
september, he stated that it was plan
ned to hold series of general meet
ings once every month to which all the
members of all the bureaus of the Cham
Der of Commerce will be invited.
Speakers of state and national repute
will be obtained to address the meet
ings.
Resume Health Week.
Mrs. Alexander Groves, who had
charge of the program for health week,
gave short resume Of the work accom-
plished. DR.. Peck. specialist from
Des MOines, who, assisted by DIR. Nc
Coy, also of Des Moines, conducted the
health clinic, declared that he had
found fewer diseased threats here than
he had found at the other clinics he
had attended. This is no doubt due to
the efficient work Of the school nurse
and dental clinic. Among the eighty
three people who were examined at the
clinic. however, several active cases of
Tuberculosis were found. Other speak
ers during health week were DR.. r. c.
Crumpton, Miss Vera Darling, Earl
Waterman of Iowa City, Mrs. VOlding
and DR.. Christine o. Mitterling. Mrs.
Groves declared that the success of
health week would no doubt be the
means of establishing a permanent pub
lie health center in this city. At the
| time of the Red Cross membership drive
| in the fall, the nursing question will be
submitted to the board of supervisors.
City Beautiful Project.
The city beautiful project which has
been contemplated by the Woman's Bu-
reau will be taken over by the Six
O'clock club which has made a thor
ough study of the question. 1t was
announced that the Chamber OF Com
merce would carry out the suggestions
and wishes of the soldiers mothers and
the American Legion in preparing for
the celebration of July 1S-sOldiers'
day. 1t was suggested by Miss Char
lotte Crosley that a registration booth
be provided again this year where sol
diers might register their names. Miss
Croslcy hopes in this way to secure adj
ditional names for the service record
which she is compiling for Kendall
Young library. The matter of super
vised playground for children figured
in the discussion and the need of pub
lie swimming pool was pointed out.
Mr., Christensen's talk on the Con
srmer and Distribution" was both in
teresting and instructive. He declared
That both producer and consumer are
today face to face with a most serious
rrOblem-that Of distribution. The
present system of distribution has been
made so complicated by middlcmen that
the consumer is obliged to pay an enOr-
nous price for the staple commodities
of life. A certain number of steps
are necessary before the raw product as
raised by the producer can reach the
consumer, but several of the steps in the
present method of distribution are en-
tirely unnecessary.
The system of marketing which farm
ers all over the nation are now adopt
ing will do away with the unnecessary
steps i'm distribution, declared the
speaker. AS an illustration Of the in
efficiency of the present system of dis
tribution, he told of now one shipment