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Oil RESERVAH0I1S
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Willing To Co-Operate,
It Is Reported
TWFNTY RFP1IRI licirf''
. SENATORS ARE NEEDED
Ratification of Peace Treaty
, With Covenant Kay Be Ef
fected , By Program Which
Jiang the Line Agreed On
- By the 7 Eepublicans
.. (By Th Associated Press.)
' . Washington log. 13. The trend to
ward sgreemest oa reoervstioss ia. ths
peae treaty reached the Ug today
where tka group of Bepablieaa 8eaaton
advocating reservations received ns
enrssees trhieh they accepted a gusr
aateslag Deaiocratie aaaeat to their
Ward reached members of tba group,
it wss said, that aa aooa aa they eould
pledge a aeore of Bepablieaa votes for
resenatioaa to "tba League of Nations
'eoveaaat along tho line recently agreed
aa by seven Sepubliraa Benutors, the
admiaiatratioa foreea ia the Senate
would be willing to liae up oa that
baits for ratifleatioa of the treaty.
Lodge to Cm Ia.
There eras aa intimation alto that
the reservatioaists bad reason to be
lieve their raaki eventually would in
elude Senator Ledge, chairman of the
' Foreign Relations eomaiittiee and Be
pnblieaa leader of the Senate.
Twenty Republican!, it wae declared,
weald be eaoogh with the admiaistra-
tioas Deaaocrata to make up the two-
. tkirde aerceia ry for ratification. The
ogrsss oa which it ia sought to unite
these elements contemplates reserve-
tioas to further protect Me Monro
Doctrine , to insure domestic control
over domestic questions, to amplify
the right of withdrawal, and to fortify
IBS powew 01 voagreaa to aeciawa o
jwsee er was ander article tern. .
" - ' . iet free Hlteheaek. 1
Democrats vera ia sv reeeptSva mood
toward anck a proposal did net come
frost Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
tie aqjauuaxrsuon jeaacr, out xrom a
soarea soasidersd entirely antnorita-
' tire. Tho Kebraska Benater himself
denied that he had take pert ia any
sack aegotiatioss, aad saidTkia adrocaey
at preserved rati Sea Uoa remained un
altered. Mr. Lodge also denied that
,ae had girea asseat to the proposed
memUoasa
la CaanlttM.
Mesntinse, however, at a meeting of
k" tnrwm twIatinH MtmmittM. Sena
tor Hitchcock gave notice that unless
. the committee completed without un
due delay its eonaiteratio of the
treaty, some independent action might
be expected oa tba floor of the Senate.
It the nuggestioa for speedy action
Chalrmaa Lodge concurred, aad the
" upshot of a heated discussion was an
announcement that the committee would
May .Take It Away From las.
Althoagh Seastor Hitchcock said no
dtflsiU plaa for independent Sesate ae
tiea bad beea formulated it is known
that tba possibility of taking the trenty
sway from the committee snd bringing
it to a vote has beea discussed inform
ally ia many conferences smong Sena
tors.' Both the Democrats snd the re
sorvstloa Be publicans bare beea insist
ent that public sentiment demanded
disposition of the treaty without delay.
Beginning of the Bad.
" Among many Senators the day's de
velopments were interpreted ss marking
the begiaatBg' of the end of the long
iraate iirkt. This credietioa was by
a means aaanimooa however. Some
Bepablieaa members or the committee
. tka thiuiM knee more informa
tion" before they act, aad two of them.
Beaatora Johnson or taurornin una
TLiMfc r Miha. wrote n letter to
Chalrmaa Lodge today aakiag that Gea
oral Bliss, Colonel Bowse sad others
coaaeeted with tka Versailles aegotia
tioat be asked to appear before the
committee. -
The Pell Iatorrapted.
'Tka aaaeral esneetatioa wss however
that the committee would not eksnge
" its ptsa to proceed to a decision oa the
treaty aad that eataide the committee
treats might shspe up even more rap
Mi Aftar the heard from the Drm-
; aerats today the reservsCoa Republicans
begaa a poll to ascertain just now msny
' of their party they could count ea ia
tk.I. aaantiatMna. Aa carry sdiourn-
Bssnt of the Senate interrupted the
mere, bat wttaia. a oay or two inry
" (Cow tl need oa rage Twa-H
NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH
1 UNAUTHORIZED STRIKERS
' (Bw The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. ..IX Ke dealings
with representative of the Bailroad
: shopmen aow ea strike will be made by
the Bailroad Administration, Director
General Biaes repeated today. In a let
ter to James Hamilton Lewie, former
Senator from Illinois, who telegraphed
the sdminietration August t ia the ia-
; teresta of the strikers.
"Tka strikes .which have takea place
hare not beea authorised, according to
the laws of the shopmen's organizations
with whieh the Bailroad Admiaiatratioa
has dealt. the letter aaid, "aad those
strikes have the effect of repudiating
the established orgaaixatioa aad of
bringing the consideration of the mat
ter to a staadstilL The President him
self has folly adopted the policy."
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Andrew Carnegie, his wife,
the show places in New York,
TAKES NEW HOLD
Paves Way For Better State
wide Systern and for Jteiping
National ProgranV
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ADDRESSED BY FOUR
HIGHWAY EXPERTS
Decides To Employ Whole-Time
Secretary Who Will Oondnct
Strenuous- Campaign for
New Members: Oration for
Hiss Berry; Commissioners
Meet Today
.(Special to The News and Observer.)
Wrightsville Beach, Aug. 1.1. Befui
ing to become ""enthusiastic over the
legislation for State-wide highways
which the last Genernl Assembly Anally
got through,, the tri-partite convention
of the North Csrolins Good Roads As
sociation, the Stats Association of
County- Commissioners and ths' Btsle
Automobile Association, .which opened
hsrs this morning, devoted the nisjor
psrt of its first day's session to psv
ing the wsy for bettering the present
State-wide system Tind for sseuring a
stnrtlr national system in addition.
.Ths Good Bosds convention, in one
point at least, bettered the Inst Legis
lature by securing four expert high
way buildes of reputation to attend
the convention, and plant ths seed for
sn sbsolutcly national system in ad
dition to an absolutely State system,
which everybody here Ss ready to ad
mit, hain't yet been secured for North
Csrolins.
Two hundred delegates had registered
for ths opening session this morning,
aad mori came ia oa every -train, to
day, with scores of sutomobiles still
en route tonight. By common consent
the Good Bcsds Assoclstloa hsd today
and tonight, while the commissioners
will discus their problems tomorrow,
gnd ths automobile men will give
everything an sdded boost on Friday,
ths dosing day.
Pays Tribal to ItSth Engineers.
Trlbuts to ths work of the lOBth En
gineers, who had to bnild roads under
more difficulties in Franc thsn at
tend ths tssk In ths Uaitert States,
was rendered by Col. Joseph Hyde
Pratt, who spoke this afternoon on ths
vnlue of hard-surfaced roads as lllus
trsted by the French highways. A finer
body of soldiers sever bit Frssce tbsa
the North Carolinians, Colonel Prstt
said, aad his audienee was convinced
he wss right before he had got, through
telling about their four trips to frost
liae trenches.
Speaking of th roads in France,
Colonel Pratt ssid tkere were, three
types, corresponding roughly to the
proposed Kstioaal, Stare aad couaty
system for this country. Another thing
that had impressed him wss tHst whea
a map wss msrked witk a road between
two points, the highway could be used
regsrdless ef the weather.
Colonel Pratt, who has served for
msny years as secretary of the assoeis
tion, wss givea a cardisl welcome back
to kis old post. .
Aa Interesting sddress aa the eon
structios of bard surfaced roads was
made tonlcht by E. J. Wulff. of th
United States Bureau of Good Bosds,
ana stated that the South could tear a
ausy instructive lessons from ths e
perieneesof other States la road bslld
- Th Townsend road bill, Saw before
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ROAD CONVENTION
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hia daughter, Mrs. Roswell Miller, and his residence, one of
at 91st street and Fifth avenue. ,
LAST RITES OVER
Funeral. Plans And Interment
of Carnegie Set For '
This Morning
(By The Associated Press.)
Lenox, Mass., Aug. M.-Amagemsnt
for the funeral tomorrow morning of
Andrew Carnegie were completed to
day after ths arrival of Dr. William
Plerson Merrill, of New York, front bis
summer home st West Weymouth.
Earlier in ths dsy ths wishes of Mrs.
Csrnegie hsd been made knows to her
private secretary, Arichibald Barrow.
Mr. Merrill, who will conduct the
service, visited the Carnegie home. He
nlso conferred with Bev. Benson J.
Wyman, pastor of the Ltnoi Congre
gational church, who will assist him
when the details of the service were
decided upon. At the wish of the fam
ily, nothing was made known regard
ing tomorrow's rites, eicept that the
Presbyterian service for the dead would
be used. This provides for a reading
from the Scriptures- and a prayer.
' There slso will be vocal numbers
provided by the quartette from the
Brick Presbyteriaa church ef New York,
of which I. Merrill is pastor, and
which Mr. Carnegie, had attended for
eight years.
Arrivals today of those who will at
tend the funeral included; Charles M.
Schwab,' Robert A. Franks, treasurer of
the Carnegie Corporation; Mrs. Henry
Phipps, of New York, and Rev. Fred
erick H.' Lynch, formerly Congrega
tional minister here, who represented
the Carnegie peace foundation abroad
during the war.
1
Solicitor Clement Says He
Examine Into Merits Of
Means Charges
Concord, N. C, Aug. 13. That Solici
tor Haydcu Clement may aot prosecute
the Charges of conspiracy snd subordi
nation ef perjury against John T. boo
ting, Assistant District Attorney of New
York, and W. 8. Miller, attorney for the
Northern Trust Company of Chicago,
wss indicated by a ststsment made by
him today.
Ths solicitor ssid thst hs would ss
amiaa ths svideacs relied oa by Gastos
B, Mesas, who brought ths charges, aad
that if he thought a bill should be eeat
into the grssd jury be would send It
at the October term of court if be did
not think a bill of indictment should
be found he would refuse to send it.
The chsrges contained in warrants
recently Issued grew out of the prose
cution of Mesns in 1917 for the alleged
murder of Mrs. Msude A. King. - '
: - Msrlne Corns Bifie Mstch. '
. Caldwell, N. J- Aug. 13. The first
stags ef the free-for-all United State
msrlne corps rifle match for the marine
corps sup was woa at ths asvy rids
range here todsy by Lieut. B. 8. Jssies,
at the Called States infaatry, with 0
consecutive "bulls eyss" at 400 yards,
or a perfect score of 100. -.
The marina corps cap, purchased is
1909 with sostributlons from every offi
cer aa the marine corps rolls, is valued
at $2,000. Contestsats for its possession
are permitted to-' use any model of
military rid and select any sight they
desire. -; - ."' . "
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N. Y. Franchise Expert De
clares It Is the Only
u Solutions - -
PROBLEM NARROWED DOWN
NOW TO FpUR QUESTIONS
Enumerating Them, He Then
Answer! Them; Among Hit
Recommendations la One
Adriaing Employes To Or
ganise And Get a Voice In
"Disciplinary Matter!"
Washington, Aug. 13. (By The As
sociated Frcss.) Municipal ownership
is the only solution for the American
street railway problem, control of pri
vate lines having broken down, Delos
T. Wilcox, New York franchise expert,
today told the Federal eWtrie railway
commission. Drawing from, aa exper-
iaaee with Uollag. maftara running back
over" many years and particularly upon
bis present coaaeotian with inxestiga
tipn of the strain of the Public Ser
vice Bailway Company of New Jorsey,
Mr. Wilcoi ssid there wss no escape
from ths logic of conditions, pointing
to the handling of urban transportation
ss sn essential publie service snd not
for .-private profit. '
For Service or Profit T
Th street railway problem, he snid,
narrowed down . to four questions that
must be determined; first, whether the
investment shonld regarded aa a specu
lative one or be -guaranteed; second,
whether the business waa to be con
ducted primarily for service or for
profit; third, whether continuity of ser
vice wss not to be gus ran teed, outlaw
ing snspensioa through strike, snd.
fourth, whether public or privsts sgea
eies should own snd opernts the roads.
Answering the first question, he said
street railway inrestmeeits should aot
be treated ss speculstive, but should
yield s fixed retura. As to the second
he declared service always should be
the governing motive of operation.
Disruption of street car service through
strikes should be prevented, he ssid,
and strikes be "outlawed and peoal
Ircd," but only sfter full protection
of (th workers hsd been provided. .
Operative Urged To Orgs else.
' Operatives should be urged to or
ganize, he said, adding thst seen some
Federal government depsrtmests would
be bettered by a decree 'of "dsmocrsti-
nation which gave the workers a voice
ia qnestioa af sdministratite policy and
disciplinsry matters.
Fisslly, Mr. Wilcoi aaid, be hsd
reached the conclusion that "no ulti
mate solution of these questions eould
be resehed unless we wsdertske local
trsnsportstion as a pnblic faactioa."
v Ke Becedlag.
Public control had reached suek a
point, he snid, and a point (rom which
there could be no receding, that pri
vate eompenies could aot bt givea that
( , (Coatiaaed ea Page Two.)
A. C L. Mea at Wilsniagtoa Bestial.
Wilmington, Ang. !3v The 300 strik
ing Atlantis, Coast liae shopmea here
todsy agsla refused to vote to re
tura to work. Strike leaders state that
they are awaiting actioa of the shop
mea at vVayeross, Oa., whef it is also
reported the men aa refused to re
turn to work. Way cross and WUsalaa
ton are Said to be the only poists oa
the A. C. L. where shopmen are still
oa strike.
CITYCONTROL IS
STREET RA LVAY
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GREAT QUANTITY
FOODSTUFF PULLED OUT BY
SECRET SERVICE AGENTS
More Than a Million Eggs and 30,000 Pounds
of Sugar in the Seizure. .
(By The Associated Press.)
. Tampa, Fla Aug. 13. More thaa a
aillioa eggs, hundreds of thousands of
tine of canned goods snd sbout 30,000
pounds of sugar figured ia a seisurs
of foodstuffs here today by Department
of Justice ageatS ' operating under
Federal District Attorney II. S. Phillip.
Hii wholesale concerns were eerved
with papers libeling huge stock of
goods, the hesrge being that the goods
so libeled are being held fo.- aa ad
vance in prices.
Goods libeled snd the firms involved
are:
Grenshnw Bror. Produce Company,
4,000 rases of eggs; Jose Garci 41,450
pounds of salt, 3,240 cans of peas, 58,3.16
cans of tomatoes, 36,200 pounds of rice
aad 27,650 pounds ef sugsr; Charles F.
Moorhouse, 1,800 pounds of ostmeat.
Delegation At Washington Ask
Completion of The
Cantonment
EXPORT RATES TO SOUTH
ATLANTIC AND GULF PORTS
Senator Simmons Informed of
the Removal of Discrimina
tory Practices, Placing Them
On Parity With Eastern
Points; Movements of Tar
heel at the Rational Capital
: Xews aad Obnemr Barean,
W District National Baak Bldg.
By & I. WINTEBS.
(Special Leased Wire.)
Washiagtoa, D. C Ang. 13. A Fay
etteville delegation composed of Q. K
Nimoeks. H. L. Cook nnd Fred Hnls
wss ia Washinrton today la behalf of
ths farmers aear Camp Bragg who are
seeking relief from the indecision of
the Wsr Department in completing the
eaatonement. The delegation was re
inforced by Bion II. Butler, of 8outbern
Pines, who has made a detailed study
of the unsettled sres snd who hj.l
previously made presentations to the
War Department.
With many of the farmers abandon
ing the idea of planting crops, witn
publie school houses sold, msil routes
discontinued, churches sbsndssed ami
neighborhoods disintegrated by random
government purchases, ths Csinp Bragg
area Is ia sore distress. A citizen ef
Baeford writes: "Our people here feel
thht tltef INT aot being treated fairly
by the government, because the gov
ernment does not know the true facts
in the case. It nukes no difference
whether the esmp is continued or not,
there ought to b something done and
done st once for the relief of the peo-
vie in Camp Bragg area." The War
Department has ths mosey for the com
pletioa of the ramp, bnt the army ap
propriation bin forestalls its utiiira
tioo In completing the nrmy esmp.
Frank Hampton, private secretary to
Senator Simmons, who spent three
hours st the Wsr Department in hopes
of obtsining relief for the citizens of
the Ssndhill section, was advised that
a bill has beea drafted by Secretary of
Wsr Baker anthorixiag the expenditure
of necessary funds for the completion
of Camp Bragg. The bill will be trans
mltted to the chairman of the military
affairs committee in a few days.
Here is the ststus of the Csmp Bragg
serotlations:
Contracted for a total ares of 120,424
seres already purchased SOIL'S seres
st s cost of fS81Tl(M-uader condemns
lion proceedings in the Federal court,
60,T4O acres. The additional cost to
complete the buildings is $43,000, snd to
onrrhase sll the kind will necessitate
an expenditure of $1,138,000.
Citizeas of the Ssndhill section state
that owing to the disrupted conditions
of the area thst to fsil le purehas
the entire ncreare will work undue
hardship on the farmers.
The acreage can aot be reduced aince
farms hay been purchased !a scatter
ing lots here snd there. .
Owing to illness in his fsmilv, Repre
sentstivc Godwin was unable to be in
Washington to sccompsny th Fsyette
ville delegation to the Wsr Department.
Rentwvnl ( Unfair Restrictions.
The railroad export rates to South At
Untie and Gulf ports srs to bs placed
noon a rarity with rates ob
tained at northern porta, accord
lag to aa order made publie
imisr bv the director general of
railroads, Walter Hiacs. While in the
office of the director general today,
Senator F. M. Simmons snd Senator
E. D. Smith, of South Csrolins, were
adYlsed of the removal of the diserim
instorr nrsctices whieh have beea la
effect for cm time. The order ia -
Mckllv favorable to the Bouts at..
laatie Maritime Corpo ratios ia its ef
forts to eetsblish trade mates betweea
Wilmington aad other Rpnthern ports
ta South .America, tier is tne order as
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SANDHILL FARMERS
URGE CAMP BRAGG
OF STORED
21,000 eaos of pess, 4,000 cans of baking
powder, 22,800 cans of corn, 47,048 cans
of tomatoea, 10,000 cana 'of tomato
pulp, 0,580 pounds of flour and 7,000
pounds of tea.
Swift k Co., 29,948 cans of beans,
4,804 cans of salmon, 14,400 cans of
corn, 20,208 cans of pess and 31,224
cana of tomatoes.
Jose Snares, 30.000 pounds of salt,
14,400 rnns Cf tomato pulp, 1,380 cans
of benns and 1,752 cans of pess.
Beinn Bros., 12,000 cans of tomato
pulp, 720 csns of tomatoes snd 3,000
pounds of rice.
In each instance ths libel filed states
that ths food is held from the market
for the purpose of unreasonably in
creasing the pre of the goods.
Mr. Phillips says other like esses
will be brought to light within a '
dsys.
Senator McKellar Would Put
It Under Control Of U.S.
Government
irS PACKERS WEAPON TO
KEEP UP PRICES, HE SAYS
Bat The Middleman Aa a Profi
teer Is Hard To Distance; 55
Per Cent On Frown Eggs,
For Example ; - Menace To
Health Also, Deolares The
Tennessee Senator
. Wsshingtoa, Aug. 13 Federal rega
latioa of told, itprag of food was urged
ia the Senate today by Senator Mc
Kellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, as a
cert sin mesns of reducing the cost of
living snd ss the only remedy for
"the most outrageous plrcs of profi
teering thst esn bs Imagined."
Speaking in support of his bill, first
introduced in 1913 (and now reintro
duced before the Sennte Interstste com
merce subcommittee, considering high
cost of living recommendations of
President Wilson, Senator McKellar
said if the bill bsd been psased in 1913
he felt sure ths present conditions ss
to excessive living cost would not
exist.
The meet psekers were chsrged by
the Tennesaee Senator with uaing cold
atornge facilities to fix food price.
Ml is being used by ths packers,"
he ssid, "for the purpose of controlling
prices. As used by the packera it pre
serves in seasons of plenty snd permits
them to iftfhusld inrh largo quantities
of foodstuffs from the uisrket ss to
make a season of scarcity at any time
they see fit snd thus they Increase the
price to ths consuming public."
Kxplaining his bill, Menstor McKellar
said it would limit the time foods could
be held in cold storage and has been
vigorously opposed by ths packers.
"Heretofore I have been unable to
get any action on this bill," said Mr.
McKellar, "but I am constrained to be
lieve that under existing conditions we
will get action at this time. My bill
does not fetter cold storage in any way
but it regulates it as that the people
can get the very best benefits out of
it."
Citing recrot statistic of the Federnl
Trade Commission of food hold in
storage, Senator McKellar said they
showed vast increases over the amounts
stored last year. lis compared roti.il
prices, secured from the manager of
the Senate rcstsurant, shewing largo
increases in price, despite the Increased
supplies in storage.
"Some middleman," said Mr. McKel
lar, "ia making 66 2-3 per rent profit
on eggs alone. The only possible wny
in which these prices ran he manipu
lated ia th rough the medium of cold
storage. Put a limit on ths time in
which these goods ran be held and the
packers will be compelled to sell."
Eg, psrticulsrly, tho Senator as
serted, are monopolized. "They are in
the hsnds of the most giant monopoly
there ia in the world," he snid. "TUo
price the peckers pay snd the price
st which they srs sold is out of sll
proportion snd they never will come
down until eggs srs stsmped snd regu
lated." Present cold storage practices also
arc s menses to public health, Senator
McKellar declared, asserting that meat
and poultry often are held too lon
in storage. Chickens, he ssscrted, ire
killed and stored without removsl of
their heads snd sntrills, which con
dor to quick putrefeetios sfter they
srs tskca from storage.
RUN DOWN BY TRUCK, '
DIES OF HER INJURIES
Winston-Salem, Aug. 13. Mrs. Sarah
J. Moore, an aged womaa, who was
knocked down, by a Isrgs truck Bear
the court house squsr yeeterdsy aft
eraooa, died last night. Ths driver of
track will be givea a hearing ia city
court tomorrow, ! :
REGULATION Or
COLD STORAGE
Fine, of $500 Imposed. On
Grocer For Selling Sugar. '
At 15 Cents .
$5,000 OR JAIL FOR TWO
YEARS IN NEW AMENDMENT
Atty.-General U. 8. Submits
Draft of Amendment To food
Control Law ; Storage ' Con
ditiona Engaging Attention
of State Food Commiiiion
en; Palmer Sayi "Go Eight
Ahead, I Am Interested in
Getting Much Information";
Fair Price Committees " Or
ganised CONGRESS WILL DO IT,
LEADER MONDELL TBIKKS.
Wsshlagton, Ang. 13. Bepablieaa
Leader Mondell, ef the Hewee, ssid
todsy he believed Congress weald
adopt 'the President's suggestion aad
amead the food control act aa ss ta
msk It spply to other necessities.
This view Is said to reflect the st
tltnds of the majority la tho House,
at least. Mr. Mondell ssid there was
some opposition to ths Attorney Gen
eral request that the Treaanry's
secret service force he nude avail
able for the job of breaking up
profiteering. ' ,
(Br The Associated Pnu l .
Washington, Aug. 13. Important new
developments ia ths government's fight
to reduce the high cost of living eame
todsy. One of the most interesting
was the snnouncement - by Attorney
General Palmer that the first Federal
conviction for profiteering had beea
obtained. Diatrirt Attorney, Lueer
telegraphed from Blnghsmton, Y
that a retail grocer had beea lined 1100
for selling sugsr at IS cents a pound.
No details wars givea and the law aader
which the case, was brought waa aot
known hers. ., .
A Pew Coed Caasa Needed.
"A few good ' cases ' ef profiteering
ia sack 8tsts will tattle that trouble,"
Mr. i Palmer remarked, ' . .-
Ia Order to bring to book persons
guilty of raising prices exorbitantly er
hoarding food to advenes prices, Mr.
Pslmer submitted to the agriculture
committee of Congress the draft of aa
amendment to the food control act, ex
tending it provisions to clothing aad
containers of food and feeds, aad pro
tiding a penalty of 15,000 fins er two
yesrs imprisonment, or both, for vlo
lution of ths Isw. Chalrmaa Eaugsn,
of the Bouse committee, announced
that the amendment would be consid
ered immediately ty s suo-commlttee
and that a report might be made to
morrow.
Urges Amendment at One.
It is Mr. Palmer's idea that this
amentimeni anouia DC considered DCiore
taking up other amendments suggested
ny r resident Wilson to extend the ef
fective life of the food control act he.
yond the war period.
Three cabinet officials asked special
appropriations from Congress for the
Finjpulga sgslnit isbled prices. - 8
rotary Kedfield requested $410,000 for
the work of ths Bureau of Standards i
sssuring.full weight snd measur snd
of the Bureau of fisheries ia introduc
ing new fiisb foods. Secretary Wilsoa
asked $473,0)0 for the employment of
special age .its and others snd Mr. Psl
mer requested $1,000,000 for ths Buresa
of Investigation and for ths expenses of
State Food Administrators assisting the
Department of Justice. Another $100
000 was asked for snti-trust suits, espe
cially that against the big pseking com
panics. The Attorney-General also wants
$.100,000 for other work of ths depart
msnt, not directly connected with the
living problem, such ss the enforcement
of wsr time prohibition, prosecution ef
cppeala snd hiring of special assistants.
State Laws Also Violated..
Asked today if he had any reports in
dirating sufficient food held la storage
to affect price materially if released,
Mr. Palmer revealed thst a aumber of
Governors bad appealed to him to cut
"rod tape" in forcing on the market
"amaxing quantities" of foodstuffs now
in storage. In some esses, it was said,
the food has been held longer thsn per
mitted by State laws, but technicalities
rt-Knriiiup; inirrpim cuminvrw nBT
prevented the Governors from under
inking seizures or prosecution. Mr.
I'almer ordered all district attorneys te
assist the Governors. 1 '
Excessive tacks of Stored Peed. '
Reports of excessive stocks of 'food
held in storage hsve been received from
at least six states, the Attorney-General
said. He declined te be more specific
but It was indicated thst New Jersey
was one of the Ststes.
Storage conditions slso sre cngagin
the attention of the Stste food admin
istrators, several of whom have asked
if they were authorised to pablish th
facts where it sppesrsd that mora foot
was being held from ths publis Jtbac
the vcssonsble requirements of a deslci
demanded. ' .' ,
"Go Akesd And Use The Names."
"I told them to go right ahead aad
to ' .use the names," Mr. Palmer aa
nounced decisively. "I am iaterestef
in getting as much Information on ton
subject to the ultimata consumer as 1
possibly csa." 1
Reports of the department shewed
thst organisation of fair price commit
te la counties wss proceeding rapidly.
Tie effect of the government's cam
paign was ladicated ia the revision by
the Wsr Depsrtmcat of priees to be
charged for surplus army food. Bo
(Coatiaaed ea Pegs Two-) v