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WEB. 1338 The Jones Poro Culture College Positively Grows the Hair >|$%DR0r / HAIR GROWER \ II fl MADE ONLY J)jl // y V. 7fUt iM/TvJrt /]I 1 I r V I ,1V I [ r LOU'5 MISSOURI 1 \ II I FOB OANDBUFF FALLING MFIB ITCHING ) 111 V ,\ SCALP, GIVING LIFE BCAUTY.COLOB //III '' *"°,Ae(UM(D*HT Try our scientific method of treat ing the scalp. We positively grow hair or money refunded. Electric massage for scalp and face. System taught. Sterilized equipment. Steam heated boothB. All work private. i MRS. ANNA EVANS JONES 1516 North 24th St. | Webster 5450 Harney 5100 TEXAS __ ^ WHEN IN TEMPLE, TEXAS 11 STOP WITH Mrs. 1. S. Dawson 218 South 4th Street Who gains pleasure in making you comfortable. Satisfaction guaranteed. Hates reasonable. Write or wire for accommoda tion. FOOD CONTROL HAS MATERIALLY CENEFITTED GOTH PGOGUCER AND CONSUMER AND ENABLED AMERICA TO FEED THE ALL-ES While Prices Have Increased Only 53% to the Consumer, the Man Who Produces Gets 100% More. Food Adminis trator Wattles Tells News paper Men. (An Address by Guidon W. Wattles, Federal Food Administrator for Ne braska, June 20, 1918.) No other influence Inis been us potent ns Hie public press of the slate of Nebraska in Ihe promotion of the work of Hie Food Administration. From the very beginning of our work down to the present time, the support of the editors of the newspapers of this stale lias been most constant and helpful. I want to take this occasion to ex press my appreciation of the great help the newspapers of lids state have rendered me as Federal Food Administrator for Nebraska in the performance of the arduous duties that have been placed upon my shoulders during Hie past year. At the beginning we sailed out on an unknown sea; there were no charts to mark the way; there was no compass by which to guide our course. We were told at the first meeting with Mr. Hoover in Washington that each Food Amlnlstrator should do the best he could to llnd the best means to ac complish tlie desired end- that of conserving the food that would lie needed h.v our armies, the Allies and the starving people of Europe. Nebraska's Loyal Response. Knowing I hut the people of Nebras ka were patriotic and ready to re spond to any call for sacrifice to help win the war, we proceeded to con duct an educational campaign for the purpose of pledging the housewives of the stule and nation to assist in Hie food saving campaign about to lie be gun. 'I'lte result of this campaign in this state was most satisfactory; more Hum U.'iT.OiiO pledges were re turned to tills office und many com munities reported 1(Ml percent signa tures. I enthusiastically offered a flag to every school district that would re turn 100 percent of ihe residents of that district as signers of pledge cards. It required more Hum •ibi) lings to make good my contract. The pledge campaign over, the seri ous work began. II had always been my plan to secure a good machine with which to do any important work. T therefore proceeded to organize ihe state by appointing a Putin I y Food Administrator for each county and in turn he appointed his general commit- j tee reprt settling every town, village and tunny country precincts In the state. This machinery when once put in motion quickly reached all parts of the state with any message from headquarters and. as many times i| I list rated, was so effective that no guilty party could escape. To illtts trate—the manager of a wholesale mail order house In lids city told me after ids business had been suspend ed that in every single Instance where lie sh'nned more sugar to coun ter towns than Hie rules permilted. he had been caught by the local Food A dm|,,|str,|tor. Two Thousand Loyal Workers. Tlie splendid machine inaugurated in Nebraska brougul Into ils service about two thousand active, earnest workers, and to ihose County' Food Administrators and their committees and the general onminiltees of the state w ith their eflielent chairmen sup plemented by the help of the newspa pers, we owe the distinction which lids stale lias received of being ill the front rank In the work of Hie Foo l Admlnlst ration. Bill wbllt was the necessity for all tills work and what lias really been accomplished by it? The answers to these questions will cither justify the existence of the Food Administration nr will mark it as a failure. In the "first place, it early became apparent that there would not be enough of the staple foods, such ns wheat, meat and sugar, to supply the demands thal would ne made on Ibis country during Hie first year of Ils entrance Into the war. For want of ships or on account of blockades, food products front other countries could not he secured and Hie sole reliance of mxr Allies In Hie con duct of their war operations und for Hu* supply of mtr own soldiers was in be the I'nlted States of America. Must Save to Meet Demand. Briefly stilted, we had Imrt ly an available surplus of l’ii.ikni.ikhi bush els of wheat to take cure of a demand which we knew would lie for ten times that amount. If we failed to supply food, the war would lie bid la fore our country became seriously engaged in it. Tin* same sltuatiou to u greater or less degree existed with our supply of meat, sugar and some other staple food commodities. We could, therefore, only supply that which we could save and the necessity for saving exportable food by subtsti tutlng others that could not be ship ped was imminent and important. Hides and regulations In conformity with the Food I.nv were fimiRiir ilcd by tin* Food Administration and while ■ r. mistake: have been made. Ill a GURDON W. WATTLES, Federal Food Administrator tor Nebraska. general way the desired result bus been m-eumplished without any great disaster or Inconvenience to our per iple. To protect Ibe consumers of this country against exorbitant prices for final produels which usually prevail during war periods, the full power and authority of the Food Administra tion has been exerted. The result 01 its efforts in Ibis regard may be sum marized as follows: The retail prices of food stuffs in the United States have increased on the whole about 53 percent over pre war years; the increases received by the producer for such products have been more than 100 percent. Retail food prices in the United Staten have increased less than in any other coun try. As against an increase in this country of 53 percent England shows an increase of 105 percent, Canada 65 percent, Germany 160 percent. Consumer and Producer Benefit. While the price of a loaf of bread has increased in the United States 66 percent, the producer receives 140 percent more for the wheat that goes into it. The price of beef has in creased about 40 percent and of pork about 50 percent. The producer gets 100 percent more for the raw products. At iIn- In'ginning of llw work of ilit* Food Administration. Miiy 13, 11)17, tbo prior of flour ]irr Imrrrl nl Min neapolis was SKI.73; on Miiy 4, IMS, It wns $11.80. n decrease of 11 percent. Tim difference betwrrii wlmt I In* I'ormiT got for Ills wlirut nnd lit** wlmlrsiilr prior of flour Wits ct|lliv.l h in in $11,1 |K per I hi itoI. At tin prosoiit limo iho wholrsiilr prior of stigiir is 7.:! oonts por pound 1 our your Hgn It whs 8.351 oonts por pound. I'liis is reflected in iho prlc° in tIn- iimsiimor mid represents n snv ing nf ii|i|iriiximntoly $55.000,imni.oo por your in tin* American pooplo. Until sugur mill flour offered tin pri ooilontrd opportunities for spi i u Intion. Ilnd it not boon for tin* fund rcguhil ions, Hour would uiidoubtrdly him* boon $30 por burri-l mid sugur 25 in 510 mils por pound nl ibis limo. During tbo I'lvll wnr sugur wont to 3(1- mils por pound roliill. Other necessities, not under control,' have increased an follows: Muslins, from 9 cents per yard to 30 cents, an increase of 233 per cent; ginghams, from 61 i cents per yard to 22'/7 cents, an increase of 24*1 percent; stockings, 'CO percent; woolen serges, a staple, 500 percent; overalls 200 to 300 per cent. Department store owners say the average increase in all articles handled ha' been not less than 80 per cent. Speculation Eliminated. Tin* Fund Administration bus pm* - tli-ully 1*111111111111*11 speculation in fun (In 1111*111uI fund products mid it Inis also *'llniliitili(] tin* purclmsi* mid side m l nl m i's. Tburi* Is no wny In de lurndm* lliu full i-Mi id of tin* linmiri.il snviiig In tin* AiucriCtin |m*o|iI(* by lids wise mid imeessnry ngulatiun. Tlinsc fond products Hint were not consider'eil essi mini 1111(1 Imve there fun* mil been sirleUy regubited. sin h us corn, outs and vegetables, have shown a much greater Increase iti cost to the consumer than have those pro ducts that have been carefully regulat ed under the provisions of the Food Law. The saving of essential food pro duds by the voluntary action of the people of the United States lias been so great that we have been able to ship to foreign countries unprecedent ed amounts of such products. Out of a visible surplus of barely 2! 1,1 HHI.IMMI bushels of wheat tlds country has al ready exported about 10O.OtKl.OOO bush els. Our exports of wheat have shown a much greater increase. In April, 1914, a prewar year, our ex ports of meats amounted to only 48. 700.000 pounds. In April, 1918, we exported 3SIi.0ri8.000 pounds of beef and pork products. Before the war our average exports per annum of meats were-—beef. 3,000,000 pounds; pork and Its products, 48,000,000 pounds. We have increased these exports by more than 800 percent without ma terially impairing the health or neces sities of our own people. Our exports of condensed milk have increased 30, 000 per cent; sugar, 4,000 percent; rice, 2,500 percent. Response is Voluntary. All Ibis has been accomplished by the voluntary submission of the Ameri can people to tile rules and regula tions of the Food Administration. In many eases no law has existed to en force these necessary rules and regu lations Inti the patriotism of our peo ple has been so great that no law was iicpiIi il except the law of necessity for I winning the war. Newspapers, public men and of ficials In all departments of the state and the Government have .joined in tin* great work of saving food to win lIn* war. This work has furnished an outlet for the spirit of self sacrifice ■which lias Iiccii hum anew since tills world war began. Kvery man, woman mid child In this country has been given the opportunity of making a small snei'iflci* in order to help his country in ils timi* of peril. This has made better citizens and better patri ots of us all. Democrary Will Be Saved. We arc marching with a new step to the music of our milioniil anthem. We are sacrificing and saving to help our brothers who are lighting our but tles. We are reviving anew the spirit of our forefathers and we will come out of Ibis great conflict not only with victory upon our banners, but as bet- j lor citizens witli new thoughts and aspirations and new desires to serve our country, the country which has furnished In us one and all opportuni ties and privileges under its free | form of government, uneqiialed l*y tltose of any country under the con trol of ii monarch or a king. We will save democracy for future generations and will preserve the heritage handed down to us by our forefathers who fought the battles of freedom In the Revolution and again to preserve them In the battles of the Rebellion. T! e Federal Food Administration Asks You — TO CAT O !LY TWO POUNDS OF SUGAR EACH MONTH. TO CAT ONLY V/4 POUNDS OF CLEAR BEEF EACH WEEK. IF r-OCSIBLE. MOT TO EAT ANY WHEAT OR WHEAT PROD UCTS UNTIL NEXT HARVEST. TO CAN AND PRESERVE SUFFICIENT FOODS TO RUN THROUGH THE WINTER. Wc muct cupply sufficient foods for our army and for the armies and civilian population of our associates in this war. America is the lact hrpe—if vc fail, then Democracy fails. Wc mu: t ,i'eo build up a reserve which will meet all demands of the future. To the present time, every pound of meat and every ounce o’ wh ;.:t v e have saved has been for immediate use. In the face of an rbundant crop, we mur^ lay aside a reserve and conservation will continue. The Business World Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People—Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Webster 4443 24th and Grant DR. CRAIG MORRIS ! DENTIST i 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4021 f 4...—, I PATTON HOTEL AND CAfTi N. A. 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