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- Endorsed by.Organized Labor cnd'Wa.c County Farmers' Union.
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VOL., III.
RALEIGH, NV-GVTE lEtSDAY JULY 17 1919
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City
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Study Juvenile Wprk--S6me Changes in Municipal
Commissioner MoqneyHqm
ScehingJnfQiinanori&alcizh ShouIdNot
At the lat4 session. of UieX.eslsla-
ture a la.w enacted making' it
compulsory upon - th pounies of
North Carolina to maintain ' a : j u ve
nile court 'and proTidie4 mans for
conductingsuca Aroriplt lso jgra'nt
ed to aUciUeWofl"ver: 10,fi00 ,ln
habitants ,4tlio privilege f coridutfc
lfig a court of lt own,Toyided the
city furnished Xbce inoiayJtocaTry
on the wrk. " For somfe jtiMd Jtoag?'
Wm. C Harris and the City Com
missioners hare Ttxeen'sstudyins this
qneBti8&vnd-i.l(0pB,rtii overctjine all
obstacles tt3U "at - aa 'early .'iaiteN-to
start this ''imjportaitt work? 2n Ral
eisli. lt Xtto bright ; mi nds 6f c bur
city oIfer. STrggesUonB, - lefe all get
togtffcer., t'swr 'a' jiiveiiile court,
let's giro uT'"best thought -toVcarng
for the yctmg Mtfltors cff the law,
-wbo at 'present icrefbeing; neglected
wnr 'ifitv. . " It Is the' concensus of
opinlOA : unrong! t1CUos ,'Ucst qualified
ChurcCi Program
Federal douh&l Issues Reconstruction Itectaration,
Ai Share in Jfla
UhenoymentRe
Americanization. : :L
The JJederal J . 1 JDouncil- v jbf the'
Churches of Christ 4n America have
just made public "a detailed state
ment entitled -'tThe Church and So-.
cial JReoonstniction" efmbodying .
large number of .view., ana recom
inendatiand' concerning after-h'e-w'ar
rebuilding of social institutions,
; 'Aftar "three .months -of -careful
tudy in which fully ne hundred oi
the leading ? churchmen of America
have participated: this constructive
statement has Jxeen given to the pub
lic for the purpose of aiding in an
orderly readjustment' of social condi
tions,':said ' Jasper T. Jones, direc
tor of the Council's publicity service.
' In proclaiming against a policyr6f
wage reduction the statement of. the
Federal "Council ot Churches says
that employers .who' seek to reduce
wages on a1 plea of a falling market,
exceptional conditions, or. exceptional
hazard should open their books to
public inspection, . i .
The statement . condemns ' violence,
pleads for a share in management for
labor, asks a relinquishment- of war
time . restrictfons Dn freedom of v dis
cussion and release of 8 persons ar
rested for conscientious objection to
war. "'- 'l ; . - 1 :r
Among the important portion of
the statement are the following:
Higli TTages, ; ,
"The hoped-for reduction in " the
cost of living has . not yet material
ized, and it is now : evident that we
are on a permanently higher price
level. The resistance s of : la;bo"r . to
general wage reductions even, when
accompanied-'by - reduced ' hours of
work, should therefore receive tmoral
support from the community, except
where the demand is clearly - .unreal.
. sonable. Wage . levels must oe high
enough to maintain ; a . standard of
living worthy . of t responsible 7 free
citizenship in a democracy. 1 As Was
pointed out in the statement on r So
cial Reconstruction by the .National
Catholic War Council a considerable
majority of the ,wage earners of the
United States were not' receiving: ltw
jag wages when prices began . to rise
in 1915. Real wages :arei. also, rela
tive to the cost of living and vary
with the purchasing ; power of the
dollar. Actuary-wagesr that' 1 Is,
wages reckoned in power to purchase1
commodities, have " beeri decreasing
for several years in spite of, wage, in
creases. There, is .urgent .need of
Provision by industry, "under the
guidance " ot the government, f or
some regular , .method of ad j ustmeht
of wages and salaries to the purchase
ing power of money. ( ,'j ' ,
"High wages' are : desirable : as -.' a
'general principle,v since they ' mean,
or should mean, a fairer 'share of the
industrial nroduct:- erreatpr ourchas-
Jhg power, andJ consequently ' stimu-1
jateu trade 'aadgnajterf. happiness;
health and hopefulness for the "work-,
ers;,and their families, It should he
keit in mind that, sunder; machine
Production, with a proper method of
distribution, all might work and all
ight .share iu f comparative , plenty.
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Vi&ts
to v bass' 'Judgment. onthta' 'question
that It ia f ar better to provide ; ways
and j ineans for " - reclaiming' these
young violators of the lawj than to
deal with them as criminals and pro
vide a State prison t a great ex
pense t in which; to-"c6nfin' them, af
ter they become igrowri. T "rV f ; '
, :At present Raleigh ,kas no place
suitable for starting this work. The
BtaHonf house ia : in. the . Municipal
Building In'yhicti aH clases 'of, vio
lators of the. law ar confined, both!
male and female, white and colored.
This station is- very'; unsanitary, tat
times iaithy, anfiL iould. be removed.
It ; seems tons that some arraixge
ment could lb made with the county
whereby a th city could conSn such
persons as hvy to he lockedxtp, fin
the rrC7ake CtoiiatyV jafl;' : wMdhl is' a
building that "has every convenience,
is sanitary and the, prisoners would
receive 'Jbetter j attention ",han .'.at
present. ;.,! some , airangemerCt ,like
Wjdhns.
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'Against Wage VuUmg
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Employers sWihio plead a falling mar
ket; .t Aggravated w -competition, In
creased hazard, or -exjceptional 'coni
ditiohs-n justifksatlon,- of low-. wages
9
or wage - redjicUons, , should , support
their 5onenti6ns , "by opening their
books and submitting theirfigures to
public scrutiny" ;,jr . x - " . J
IjaJjor's Share in 3Ianagement. " '
WA -dee j cause of unrest: in indus
try is the denial to'iaborof a xsharer
iOontlnued on pa .3.)
CORPORATIONS EVADING TAXA
TION.AND cbNCEAliNG EX
" 1 CESSIVE TAXATION. ' -
So Sa Basil JjL Manly .and Former
President Taft 1 Profiteering Con
tinues; immense Profits Exacted
on the Necessaries of Ufe. . -
Y What most of us have1 maintained
all along, that the chief cause of In
dustrial unrest is thWimmenie' profits
exacted by those irf a J position to
monopolize' Or "corner' the .necessi
ties of life, is borne out in a recent
statement made by Basil, L.x Manly,
joint chairman -withii former PrefJ;
dent Taft of the National War LabOsx
Board - Mr. Manly made a study of
the earnings of eighty-two represen
tative ' American corporations, a rec-
Lord of whose profits Is available foil
each year from 1 9 1 1 ) through ! 1 9 1 8 v
This is a list of all the corporations
whose earnings ' covering j this entire
period ; were available; to 'Mr, : Manly.
A compilation of those figures jshows
that the'1 same eighty-tvo cprpfira
tions which, 'In prelwar years, had an
average net , income of $ 3 2 5 , 000,000
had net incomes in -1 9 1 6 ,; amounting
tomore than' a billion dollars, in
1917 to $97.5,000,000, and;. In, 1918
of $73,6,000)0000. , This is after the
deductioh of every dollar ' of. State
and Federal taxes and the deduction
of every conceivable v charge v which
these companies' could devise for re
ducing and concealing their apparent,
profits'.'. -V. 1Yf''', -,'-
'f Manly Is convinced, as a result of
his 'study,, that the. .actual profits
even rafter the payment of 'taxes ln
1917 and 1918' were just as great as
in 1916 the difference being t ac
counted for by the fact that in 1917
and 1918 theset corporations set up
all kinds of excessive reserves for de
preciation amortization and :i other
unspecified and i fanciful contingen
cies for, the purpose of t evading taxa
tion and concealing their ' excessive
earnings from thepublic and the, tax
collector. r " ' .
. But even taking . the .ugures as
they stand, we find that ihose eighty
two "corporations earned, net, $3in
1916" and 1917. for every dollar
which they earned1 in, the pre-war period-
and over $2 in il918 for , every,
dollar -"earned in lthe pre-war periods
This is profiteering with a, Vengeance
and . the. profiteers may :weil 1 tremble
lest . the people may;- avenge ' ttiem
selves for this shameless! exploitation
during a period of the nation's
greatest . necessity. . , . . (
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NeWY6l
Lax Behind.
this - could be ' made the' ' City Com
missioners could; dispose of. the fu
tures : in the city - lock-up . and . Uc-a
this part .of the buildinge as "ofdccs
for 'the ' public health nurse, the As-
sodated "Charities, r or a; 'Juvenile;
Court: r-,"". ,. ' .- 1-' ;
PrequentlyUhere are persons Viii
fering with - venereal diseases ."Who
areketp in this-station- until some
disposition ; can, be j, made of Jflaeit
caie, often 'badly in need of medi-?
cal alteiitioa and nursing bui owing
to the ;present arrangement "have to
be neglected, until they can he sent
to Samarcand a - State 'institution
near .Aberdeen,. N. ,C: where they
can get ' such treatment as needed
- oucn a mixing up of old- and
young, -white and ;coloredr diseased
amd' healthy." should , not exist,;' and
rlt is to, be hoped that both the ways
pand means can he provided to put
into effect without delay . this pro
gressive undertaking. -; '
STATE TIiCk)PEBS 5ENT TO
QUELL STRIKE RIOT; "FIRST j T
TBIE USED FOR THIS,
if A' purpose.,:'-'
Rome, N. Y,, July 1 jEff orts to
settle the 'Strike in the metal trades
industries in -'this cityv which if has
been in progress f orjxn ore . Uian five
weeks, have failed; and work in tti
piants 01 me jttome ttjrass ana njop
per i Company, RoWeManuf acturifig
Company- RomOj Wire .Company and
two T allied industries remains practi
cally at a stand-still; The principal
demands , of "the' workers, who num
ber about 4,0 00',-is for an eight-hour i a
the manufacturers havfe refused to
grant... - - J '
Up to today the strikers have been
rather quiet 'Crowds of themhavt
gathered on the streets leading ' " to
the factories, hut little violence has
been - offered; - This morning, how
ever, a' number. of the employes of
the mills and some of the employers
were attacked ' by the ' strikers ? and
roughly handled. Stones, clubs, and
fists were used. . Some of the vic
tims .had . teeth knocked out and
were' badly cut and bruised. A large
number of extra policemen ' and ; dp-'
uty sheriffs are on-duty.' .
Albany, July 14. Because the po
lice of ftome, fourteen ; In L number,:
were unable to cope with a gang: of
Italians employed in the mills in
that city, a detail of sixty-five' State
Troopers was sent to render ; aid. It
is the first time that the State Troop
ers 'have' been, f sent tout on, such' an
errand. There are some 3,000 Ital
ians . employed in the mills. '
Mayor' s Hoffman";: communicated
ith i the executive chamher . this , aft -ernoon
and asked for aid.. Major
Chandler,' ' Superintendent of - the
State r Police, -Was-appealed ' to; and
when he put, the matter ut to Gov
ernor Smith in New .York City, . the
latter told him to take all precau
tions ; to safeguard the ; people of
Rome. s 's - 1 -'
Major' Chandler thereupon ordered
out. ; twenty-nine .. members of Troop
D, at Oneida, " under cqmmahd of
Captain Hamilton H. Barnes, and
then troopers from Bata via Y onk
erSj and Albany were dispatched-by
trainl l-' Major Chandler 'went to
Rome to take personal charge of the
troopers.. .
- No, request for aid : of the State
militia has -come, and it Iss not be
lieved there will he any, for. the
troopers mounted as they are will
doubtless he able to' handle' ; any dif
ficulty that may arise. ' ;-''
TEAMSTER "RAISE WAGES.
Rock Island, Jill. -Through . arbi
tration ice-; wagon drivers have raised
Wages $3 and $4 a" week ; - . ,
' Peoria, 111. Practically every . em
ploying . teamster in , this - city . has
signed; the' new 'agreement' of the
Teamsters', Union! ..;' ';. .
jackso n,Mich: A one-year's
agreement secured "by, the Teamsters'
Union provides for an 8-honr day and
wage rates that range from $21.60
to. $26 a week. " - - - -
; Memphis, Tenn.A strike of, milk
drivers inv'this city has ended,1 and
the dispute,; will be freferred to arbi
tration." The drivers are , assured
that unionists will not be victimized.
SILVEXl BUTTONS ,KOW'; READY
; roil issue to toxjnded:1 -
Bronze Buttons, for All Participants
in World '- War r Boon; Available.'
The. government' 'is issuing the
JVictory'?" button for iise 1 with civiK
ah clothing4 to all who ,. participated
in the World War as soldiers of the:
United. States.5; The 'design Is'' a five
pointed star .which bears the initials
"tJ,." S.'"and ."is " superimposed Tupon
a .laurel wreath , five-eights of an inch
w i ,uiamew?r j? or .inose wno were
wounded '.the' buttons are of T silver
ttuu tor aivovaers oj, oronze. , ;
a supply 01 tne saver-buttons has,
been, received , by the ,U. S, , Army 'Re
cruiting OSlcer, 334 1-2. S'. , Elm .St.,
reensboroy-.N, C.and . application
by those entitled may be' made," di
rect.: jt Announcementr wfll he made
through rthe press fas soonas i the
bronze' huttonsare avaU'ahie.'
, The War Department has recently
announced,, as, a part ot . its general
Vocational, training scheme that en
listments for one year, . without . re
gard to whether, or not the, applicant
hashad prior service will ; beacj.
ceptea for, the Quartermaster and
Medical Corps: " '. -'"7,'"'
"There 'has deVelond arked in
clln ation for service: on the Mexican
border, A v few years agovtbe Rid
Grande was nflt deemed', particularly
Of harracks the " installatlbn of coinf
fortsandr added facilities for recrea
tion there has been' adecided" change
in 'the attitude of onrmili tary; forces;
Qvera third of the garrison of Eagle
Pass Texas, has, enlisted for service
atHhatpoint and onefouf th 7 of the
force at 'Columbus N. - M.",s "has Indi;
cated ; aj desire to stay " on Sixteen
hundred1 soldiers-' at Er Pasa'an'd .vi
cinity have elected to remain in that
delightful locality. f; v . f ;:;
riTor "those of adventurious spirit
'the.:prent'f.interestir:sitmtlonin'
Siberiais offering' an attractive; pros
pect. -The service-of pur troops In
China, has continued interest ;for the
lover of travel and - new experiences,
while the; waving palms of . the Philippines-
are still beckoning' to those
whosing ''Ship me somewhere" east
, of Suez -' ' . 7 ' :' 1 ;t v c " ' K-
EXTENSION . WORKERS, , TO GIVE
RURAL DRAIA
Asaparr ot thesoclaTtelalht
ment' 10 do proviaea visitors to tne
Farmers' and Farm Women's Con
vention,; to be held at the State Col
lege , of Agriculture on August 27,
28, and 29, some of the county men
and women agents, V' together with
other extension specialists, will ,en
deavor . to present a rural drama;
"Kingling the Hearth Fires' by Es
telle Cook, of the University of Min
nesota. ; . .
This ; i a royalty play in three
acts iounaea, on tne line "Keep , a
clean hearth and' a clear fire for me",
In Tennyson's "Enoch Arden." Prac
tice will begin on this v production
shortly.' 1 A committee consisting of
Mr. H. H. B. Mask, Assistant State
Agent in farm demonstration work;
Miss Laura Wingfield, District
Agent!, In home demonstration work,
and" Mrs. T. E. .Browne, have charge
of . the presentation - of the drama J
Already enough ; copies for all : those
taking part have been bought and
tne right to present tne piay se
cured. " ' ; ' " J- .
Mr. W.,F. Pate, Secretary , of the
Convention; r. states J that this "one "at
traction is enough to guarantee any
one to make the trip, to the Conven
tions, However, he - has provided
many other attractions and -is now
preparing, a lecture program- for the
day sessions that will ' have a special
appeal to the, farmers and ' their
wives. ' , iSeveral J noted ' men and wo
men agricultural workersf rom dif-
f eren - sections.; of the country ',. have
been Secured, - among whom are -,Br .
J. Watres of " the . Kansas City
Star; apno;ed livestock specialist ;
Mr. Sam . "Jordan, the - noted county
J agent of Missouri; several speakers
from the - Federal Department of
Agriculture and leading farmers and
specialists from -' North Carolina: -
CHARLOTTE MACHINISTS WIN,
: : After: a . record - short- strike, the
Union- machinists employed by the
Jarrell Maf hine Company, Charlotte,
won " their fight. Thewalkoutwas
oi short duration; occurring Monday,
agreement reachedbetweenemploy
ers. and "employees '.Tuesday, and
back to work; "Wednesday. .. .
; t President JarreU - announced Moni
day that a "closed shop proposition
was handed : him which he declined
to consider with the . statement-that
as long, as (he owned a dollar of stock
in the company, the: plant -would be
operated as an open shop and ' would
stand for no dictation from any one.
The walk-out was complete, not an
employee left in the plant. On Tues
dav Mr. Jarrell 4 changed his mind.
which resulted In an amiable agree-;
ment heinfiT " reached as announced
by bolh employers and h employees,
and , that work would resume
Wednesday.' -' " "k' 'V
Telephone: Operators "'Bs:::
&tognition
t-",7f.:ii of 1 5. : : t -
Several Systems Completely
Resultoi Walk-Out
.' , Cleveland 'OhiOjTelephone . ser
vice was tied up here when approxi
mately. 9 0 0 iunionoperators. and elecf
trical workers of the Cleveland (Bell
system S aad . Ohio State': Telephone
Companies iwent " on. strike a t
6'clocklast Saturday1 morning; tb en
force, their -demand for union recog
nition; -, rr; : -;- - ;' ; ' -; ; "", '
Miss Rose. Sullivan, of Boston, in
ternational' organizer for f the ,tele
phohe ; section of the International
Brotherhood of Electfipal : Workers
is In charge of the7strike; for the
girfs 4 tiKr ii 'f '? f ;
5 Union' "VMcfalav dedared -.requests
for increased wages f or-the operators
are to( be added to the demands.
r Youngst6wn, 4 O bi 6. .Operators
brougni irom otner cuies are pamaia
ly maintaining telephone r service here
during the strike: of "200 Bell tele
phone ' operators.- Meanwhile the
striking - girls; are conducting; an or
derly Campaign foripublic support" of
their demands for recognition by. the
STATETAIiES ADVANCED STEP
V IN: SANITATION WORK.
"- i-v 3 . ti . 1;. l v i r t; n
Ym asession lasting-two days the !
North . Carolina 5; State Board ' of
Health n tackled;" the": biggest ' problem
created oy legislation enacted by the
last General - Assembly and worked
out ' plans and j detailed;, specifications
for. the Installation and inalnteiiance
of sanitary closets ,int all urban .and
semi-urban "communities in the State.5
: This1 measure providing for . the
proper-disposal ;bf-sewage,5 is consid-
ered the hikgest .undertaking yet: at-
tempted by" the State health author
ities. : Communicable : diseases "are
spread through three sQurces: secre
tlohs ' of the .mouth and nose;, the
mosquito': -human excrement. " In at
tacking ; this-n last-named sour.ee - ot
disease, which is responsible' for the
spread of typhoid) feverand -the ;va
rious diarrheal, diseases North -Car
ol 1 asr4si-iet tin apace that -is -attracting
attention ;froni all sections
of the country. , f 1 1
i ; The act of the legislature provides
for .the installation .and maintenance
of an .'.approved method of sewage
disposal in all homes and places of
business located within three hun
dred yards ' of - another, this being
considered the . fly range and files be
ing .recognized as the chief agents In
the ; dissemination" u of typhoid fever
and allied diseases The .' members
of ,the Aboard adopted the necessary,
rules and. regulations to carry - into
effectthe provision of the tate'law.,
Foodstuffs
Army
Labor Vnions, of Newport News to Purchase Sup
plies and Dispose of Them to Public at Cost Price. !
; . Newport News, Va., July 15. Ap
proval of the! plan of organized labor
of Newport " News to,buy $2,500
worth of ttood supplies from the gov
ernment storehouses and sell it to
the public at cost was given by the
common ; council when labor;: leaders
appeared ' before the council i and
asked -.that they ; be ' alowed . to ; buy
and . sell the ! goods without - license.
The council 'granted their ' request
for a period of 6 0 ; days and mem
bers of the body; offered to personally
assist in the 'work .whicii is, designed
to relieve the : excessively high cost
of living in this city: ' : . '
Js. D. Cllnedinst of the .Painters'
Union, headed the delegation of la
bor jnen 1 which explained ' to . the
council the proposed plan, He stated
that the labor unions of the city now
operate a commissary at Thirty-first j
Street and Huntington i Avenue, and
that this buildine will ' be used i in
disposing of the goods to be bought
from the government. s: At present
the ' labor . commissary:' sells t goods
only to labor men, hut . the - goods
purchased from the government will
be sold to any citizen who : offers to
buy.it. - ',rr, -V,''- '
The Salvation Army : and 1 members
of the labor-unions have 'volunteered
to handle thebusiness without cost.
and ' Mr. - Cllnedinst 5 declared that
not a dollar -will be spent in the ex
penses -of the! transaction -except in
the) actual oost of the goods
J.' Reyner. prominent eroceryman
and aid to.be head of the . biggest
grocery business in - the 'city,; ap
peared before the ; council : and told
them he had come expressly to ' tell
them he' believed the : proposed plan
most excellent one and recom
mended that I the city itself, if pos
sible buy as much as $100,000 worth
of the government supplies 4 because
of Tiislr, ZJfiion
rnr f 7- ,
Tied Up cs
Last Saiurczy IZomihjs
company of their recently organized "
union. Switchboard men, installers,
and, linemen of the telephone com-
pany have been " on strike two Weeks. .
Springfield; 111. A-strike of tele- ;
phone 'operators' and electrical; work-;
ers affiliated , with the International --
Brotherhood of Electrical Yorkers in ,
Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio, has ? ; ;
been; sanctioned; according v to , an .
nouncement of Secretary, Ford, of the '
Electrical Workers' Union. Mr. Forti'
said officials of the telephone comr: : ,
nies in both cities, had refused to folr v .
low out the provisions of theBurle-
son order, which extended to the op-T,
erators and, electrical workers. . thV ,
ne situation , the Pacific" Coast
district, tere 1 0,0 0 0 telephoneop-
Wt6rs and electrical, workers have
been on strike' fof a month, is un
changed, Mr. Ford said. The strike
of operator employed by . the Bell
Telephone. . Company kn StJ - Louis
which was called several weeks ago,
is still in effect vV f 1
FIVE-DAY WEEK FOR : EDITORS
Northcliife- Establishes J' It on
His
, - 'Daily, Newspapers.-'
" The London correspondent , of Ihe
Associated -Press says that4 all 'the
regular editors;, special writers -.and ,
reporters of theTimes, JJailyMall.
and Evening News ;are to .-have two
days each week for rest or recreation
under r the . "five-day working week"
which ;Lqrd:Northcliffe. is. introduc
ing in ,his newspaper ' properties. ' :
The writing staffs :of the " Times ,
andDaily Mail have' already been'
reorganized on this 'basis,, and the'
system Is. to be "extended - to the.'
Evening News ' , . ' . '
The same. system Is to.be, arranged
in thehear future f or all others,
on these ' papers' Including all' mem-
bersof the ; business' ' staff si and ) the
printing and mechanical forces. -This
is not possible; at present' on account "
ot the scarcity" of-skilled lahor ;' '
iLprd .Nortficliffe's view Is that all
men??, 'esjfecfally , those engaged in.
brain work, attain, their highest; effl-
ciency by this division -of work and
recreation and by a complete change
at these regular; 'and frequent inter
vals. ii - ' '
t "The chief rival of Lord Northcliffe
in. adherence to the theory of short,
hours and better Nrork is the great
soap manuf acturef; 1 Lord ' Lever- r
hulme, formerly William Lever. - His
ahxbition is to; have a working' day,
of six monthsj for,4 all his thousands
of employes, and he has even hinted ;
at a four-hour uay ras al possibility
of the future. , -, ; , '
to be
5
at Actual Cost
ri
he believed in ' that s way ' the . 'con- " ,
sumers of the city would be' relieved
of a portion of the excessive oost of'
foodstuffs. -: C- "C "VV:
- 'Mr. Oinedinst stated that he, with '
a- number of r his associates, , had in
vestigated the' matter and had ,ar-
ranged . for. the ; purchase ' of ' these 'I
army supplies on a satisfactory basis.
and that the labor unions had suffi
cient funds to finance the proposi-'""
tion, with other money available if '"
they needed it ": " - 1 c j' ' y
The plan, as now being framed, is
to: dispose) oi the goods two or three
daysjeach weekat the labor unioh
commissary, and it may be necessary
to : limit; the sale of the quantityof.
goods ; to individuals? in accordance )-
with .the quantities available' for pur- ;
chase. "For Instance!" ' Mr. Cllne-
dinst explained "if we are able to:
buy 5,000i hams:we maylbe-able to,
sell five hams to a man, but if , we
can't get ibut 2,0 00 hams , we may
have to 'cut downthe' number to be
disposed of to) one individdal. ' , '
: ' The supplies will be purchased in ,
Norfolk, and will he brought here
without additional cost to the public
and sold without.;; further expense.
The price the; public f will b& asked
to .pajr will be the actual price of
thie goods paid, to the government, in
the! original purchase. 1 1. - , f ,'
' At the rarehouse where the goods
are kept, Mr. dendinst - said he was ,
quoted at-;- random"" the following
prices paidfor foodstuffs' at, .'.local
government warehouses ,'last week
by. Chicago; New Orleans and other
far off interests: , flour ' (best grade) , ""
5, -1-2 cents a - pound ; : pickles (15
gallons kegs ), $2.50 per: keg; wiite
corn ; meal, 3 cents a pound; best1
peas, 9 1-2 cents a can; best corn,
10, cents per can and ham 20 cents
per pound. " - , , ; -
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