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r V Vy;.;VVhil6 the , food : , conservation . and
a, .f , economy committees are busy:: trying to
-'H; ;' C.;:vten the ;' people how to ; conserve and;
yVi- : t !economiz6, the distribtttbrs, of the food :
vSnRPiy.prims country wno naye.pep
gouging enormous profits out of the
- l is v;:;L
i ; people for the past few years,'continue
'vft;Mr1aU
who are so deeply interested ; in the
; :r ":; . .economy ;worK wouia expeuu uau
i -5 K?5much; e&ort .in inducing the "parasites
' . s "V. ,Vlna roDDers" wno noiu , lae iuou supjuy
of this country ; to sell at a rate that
would give them a legitimate profit and
H v'"'" -at the same time be within the reach of
v V Vhe mo)fi Se limited payroll, there
would bc but little need of all this econ
:,- :.'i'rr, '
pmy and conservation agitation which
which is driving the people to hysteria.
We dp not : believe it would be neees
: tsary ; to : employ . secret service men to
fet out eresponsibility for many of
the advances in f iood ptices in. this sec
' tion for we understand that there has
been many carioids of fiour purchased
by local wholesale dealers at prices that
would justify , them in selling at a much
lower price than is now charged, but
who seem to have lost all human spirit
and determined to bleed the 'people ' to
the extreme limit under the pretext of
war.prxceRf ''C-':'''-.
If the economy agitators who are
preaching conservation and economy
will get down to business and induce
ttiosp whe control the food supply to
evince their rtrioti berificingthA.
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people for and selling the necessities of
v Hfe at ft price the people can reach wi th
'their limited incomes and which will
ftive them all the' profit legitimately
due Ihem ey wUlb; muchltoward
solving, the' food problem . . It . is not
necessary' to preach economy ; to the
workmgmai who has " been making a
desperate struggle to exist ; for nearly
two ears,"; for it e he can figure on a-
square meal once w , jz nours Tie's a
' Juoky man,!' , :;
What better evidence of the piracy of
the speculators in food -do j you want
than the action of the Chicago exchange
on Tuesday in setting a maximum price
At which wheat could be sold; and this
action in the &ce of a heated discussion
pt the food conditions by Congress and
a demand from the President that im
mediate legislation be enacted to have
the government conl the modp-:
plytwhich action they t .admit was for
the purpose of 4 forestalling legislation,
k As we have , stated before, 4t is not
necessary to employ gum-shoe men or
secret service sleuths to solvethe food
problem. The sharks and pirates who
have for years gouged the American
consumer have been bold enough t& ad
mit that they have bled the peoplefand
that haying run, the prices of fopdsfuffs
to such a. lofty height that they ardjsry
Ing'ont Congress for relief, a now
reao!ytQ Jjeethcir piratical operations
during the continuence of the war. !
V :But,: the
truth of the "natter-is; these , vultures,
realise that they , have gone the limit,
and unless some relief is given the con
sumer at once they will be called to ac
count. '
What ought to be done and the only
thing that will put a permanent end to
gambling, and speculation ! in the 'neces
sities of life is for the government to
regulale the price of foodstuffs during
the war and forever abolish
UCUi 1U uu V uuu v -4 i h i .'..its?
; ' The" Marion Sprunt Memorial : IJos
pital for tVVomen f andChUdren3;wili'f be
29. The exercises are , to take place at
3:30 p. m. 1. - -
: A; hew enterprise in . Wilmington : is
the P. K. Candy Companyi which i
cated in the ;: winerybuilding- Outh
Front street. ; It is. managed by. Mr. P.
W.Garrett. ., . ( 1
, At the.regular weekly meeting Mon
day morning the Wilmington Ministers'
Association sent a resolution to
Simmons 3 and v GbngreM
urgin g them to vote .to prohibit making
grain into beverages. '.' ' ;
Mr. John A. Xivingston, city, editor
of The Moricuv Star, has been appoint
ed as assistant in marketing in the Ag-1
ricultural Experiment Station and will
enter upon thie duties of the onlce on
June 1.; . , .. r ( .
The New Hanover Board of Educatien
on Monday voted an appropriation of
1300 to assist the Pood Conservation
Commission in employing a whole time
demonstrator for the county. ; r :
City' Tax Collector Blair i ssUes a
statement to delinquent J ' taxpayers
whose property his been advertised for
sale, that the will turxLautioneer for a
short while on ;Wednesdry, May 3..
t The PederaljJJmployeea Union met iri
regular monthly ssion ; on Sunday
The ' Allied ;Pf iniirig . trades : Council
met on Tuesda They 4 are now mak-
iiig a successful Vlabelc campaign and
urge that ; uniqjrjmeu and their ifriends
insist that all printed , matter bears the
Allied Printing Trades" Label. . I
3?he Carpenters.and Joiners are a busy
brunch these days.-! They are now hold
ig specimeetings and are perfecting
their organization, r ' , '
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: stt7UmnerfAti TmHas f!nnTlftll will m ft At
on Tuesday night, May zz. Airaexe
gates are specially urged.to attend.
friends of Mr. Tc McD. Jones,vsecre
tity of .Broth eViioo4 of Hail way Car
Mfen, will - regret to hear that he has
boon confined at(V his home lor several.
&iws with fever. We; wish him a rapid
recovery. . '
Of. -
. Scberer was before the Recorder
Wednesday v charged with carrying a
concealed weapon and an; assault with a.
deadly, weapon , He- paid;he, costs in
the first case and was .fined $60. in the
second.; , ....
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The Boys Brigade unit left ion the
A. C. IilT Tuesdap morning forOolds
boro, where, they were mustered into
the . Second regiment, N. C. N. G., at
Camp Koyster.; .C;;,.;
Vacancies in several branches of the
civil service have been announced by
the civil service commission. -Salaries
range from $800 up, and the dates.of
the examinations are for May and June.
J5'uu inrormation may be haa by apply
ing at the local postofELce or to "the com
mission in. Washington.
4 Interesting . exercises marked the
close of the i school term in' the city
schools during ; the week; The exer-"
cises were held at Sunset Park school
and : Peabbdy school : on' Wednesday,
rt Corn elius Harnett, Tsaac Bear Me m o
rial, Union and Hcwenway schools on
Thursday, - and at William Hooper
school .on 'Firiday.-7-.;: ;- ..."'.i.--
t The adoption , of the free'sites propo-;
sition has had a good effetst already, for
our city -has beeh visited during 'the
past week by . a numbeV of . prospective
manufacturers who are investigating
the advantages offered by our city j and,
while no plans,haye been . made by any
of them, it is understood that they look
favorably on the situation. Those in a:
position to know say that the free sites
proposition has boosted Wilmington as
a prospective manufacturing center.
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through which these robbers operate.
Let Congress give the necessary leg
islative relief and as Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture ; Hoover says . the food
supply will tbe , sufllcient, , and can' be,
Co-operation Is the Fxrst Principle
or Success -
: ' We print today on our sixth page the
cards of some of iyVilmington's progres
sive business me,p ho are friendly to
organized labor, and who are co-operating
with this paper in bringing about a
condition in our city by which the
.union men and friends' of labor will
be enabled to spend their money at
homer for goods vthat have been pro
duced under fair conditions of labor and
at the same time; assures : the business
men of the city that money- earned by
the union" men of this city will be spent
at home' .The .cards', appearing in to
iday 's 'paper are only a part of those who
are, to-, take part t in . this buy-at-home
movement by organized labor. : In.our
next week 's papery we will publish the
full list, which .will be repeated every
four weeks . in order V that union ' men
and the friends ; of organized labor can
co-operate with " those who are aiding
them in.this movement.
Organized Labor? endorses this move
ment through Wilmington Trades Coun
cil and the Label products Committee
which assures that this buy-at-home
movement will receive the solid sup
port of organized labor . .
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Local Amusement ; Mana gets Fair
to Organized Labor
An agreement' has been made between
the Howard fc Wells Amusement Com
pany and officers of the local branch of
the International Association of Theatri
cal StagejEmployees, ? through- he f ef
forts of Wilmington Trades Council and
the. Label Products Committee, by
which ' the . management of the local
playhouses and moving picture shows
will hereafterrecognize 5 the union and
employ its members, which will ulti
mately result in a-contract between the
union and the show management." To
those i who , have ' had the impression
that tbecconditibns under which the
Wilmington . amusement fhonses have
been operating were unfair to organ
ized labor. we wish' to state that the
agreement entered'" into between the
management and . thecommittee repre
senting the Tyilmington Trades Council
is considered by that bodf as indicating
that the Howard & Wells Company de-
sires to deal fair; with organized labor
auu wi sign : a coaira.cc :wuo me x. a.
T. S. E. in due time, and "should be
- congress has decided not to raise the .
amount of the revenue till at this; time. ;
; An ; important victory v is ' rpported
-irom tne Italian front at Isons4 Heights.:
xxiiauouat viuara organizations will -
w v wuicu imu x euerai service , tei w een
Xuly 15 and August 5r ' -" v-': :N - v "
A picked- division "of , TTnffW! Sfo f
wilf be senr to ' Prance in, cominhnd of .
General Pershing at' an early date.
,' Japan will now enter the war, A Jap-
rfnese :navalf:'force;as:;arrivd at Mar
seilles to join ethe submarine campaign,1
yesterday's dispatches official v state
luat uuiiecuun is at ias?t in inn nn.ianr .
the British, and they are pressing on to v
Queant, which is doomed. . ' - v '
All the Virginia division steamers of ,
tied up, at Norfolk, "on account of -a
strike of engineers for increased wages. , '
Tf fe nffiAmllir n4-n I 1
ship of the new Bussian cabinet includes
six Socialists, and that all difficulties. '
uau pbu inereuy aajuscea, tnough uer- :
man rumor has it "that a truce is nhniit
tosbe signed with the, Teutons,V ; , , ,
cil of workmen's and soldiers deleffalesi v:
after discussing the internal situation tut
Russia, on Monday, decided bv a vote :
of 41 to 19 to favor the ' participation of :
representatives of Socialist parties in the
provisional government." , '
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Mrs Lavinia Albertson Passes r
On Thursday, morning at 7 qi'clqck.
Mrs Lavinia Albertson, mother of Mrs
C. F. Bell and Mr. Hugh Alberts6n,2 f
of ibis 6ity, died at the James alk!r
Memorial Hospital, at the age- fjf -6 ,i
years. ' - . . : 'vs ; I
ikr . . a it a. : j si" vvi
ivirs. Aiuenson was a consistent unr is? -
tfah wbinan, having-heen.a membeif df:
Fifth-Avenue Methodist .'Church for
many.years, and was highly esteemed ,
by her, wide circle -of Christian asso- ,
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ciates. . -The hfirftavftd rfilati vfts havo I Tv.. f
sympathy of the'whole community.
- Funeral services iwera conducred )?
xvev. ss. xi..; xicjraciten, at JLopp -sup'.
dertaking parlors, : after whith th e .re '
mains were taken ; to -Ellisville,1 Miss.;.
for interment. . v ;: ' .'- '
.. George Davis Camp of Sons. of Confed v
ing Monday night at the' W. Til I.-arm-,v f
uory. iir. vv. u. uaiioway, commander,-
and Mr. W.-S. Ciayton, adjutant were ' :
re-elected, unanimously. 41 - f
Delegates named to represent ' the :
1 i. At TTT li i. - .JV.v-.--.;.'.
camp at nuu vv asmugLun reuniou were
as follows: Dr. W.' C. Galloway, K. A. :
Hawes, S. P. Raines,' Col. Walter hy
lor, A. M. King, James F.' Wiwtvint?i
C. Fergus, and W. S.f Claytori. V Spon
sors: Mrsi James F. Woolvin' adMfs.' - '
W. C. Galloway. -: V: 7
A committee was appointed to aid
the Veterans to secure funds to attetid', .
the reunion. Addresses were made by
CnlonplI Walker Tnvlnr. llr.'D. JAPan
gus and Paul D. Satchwell, Esq. - " -
Fleet of Catfish Cluh , Makes Fish'-' -
- The Catfish Club is now getting real v
action; for this week one of the niost-r
enjoyable; cruises was , made to Ratlsv
land, up the Northeast river, where the' ".
on the finny tribe, making a nice Haul :'
of the varieties of perch and trout thatj j"
abound in the s waters , of the Northeast.
Ti a 'floof' ' mcHo a run nn -fr rhn idTir! 1t.r
VAJ . UVVV) CWtV f-'UUi Uf " rJT ' VUV tClifcMM 4 i
the morning and laid a few mines, and 4
was iouowea aoout 1 p. m. Dyine, yk ;
insr King, and when the- did cet in act '
tion, with rod and reel,' there was some-1'
thing 'doing 'among the .subteranoean r'
dwellers - ,
The expedition was most successful,
the system I reduced 40 to 50' per cent in price. -he considered as &ir to orsranized labor : and will be repeated in the' near,futurer-;