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While Prices Have Increased
Only 53 to the Consumer,
the Man Who Produces Gets
100 More, Food Adminis
trator Wattles Tells News
papor Men.
(An Address by Gurdon W. Wattles,
Federal Food Administrator for Ne
braska, June 20, 1918.)
No othur Influence has been iib
potent as tlie public press of tlio utulo
Nebraska In the promotion of tliu
Mark of tliu Food Administration.
1-roin the very beginning of our work
down to tliu present time, tliu support
of tint editors of the newspapers of
this slate has been most constant uud
helpful.
I want to take this occasion to ux
prebs my appreciation of tliu groat
help the newspapers of this state
June rendered mo as Federal Food
Administrator for Nebraska In tlio
performance of the arduous dutieu
that liavo been placed upon my
shoulders during the past year.
At the beginning we sailed out on
nn unknown son; there were no
charts to mark the way; thero was no
compass by which to guldo our course.
Wo were told at the first nice! lag with
Mr. Hoover In Washington that each
Food Amlnlstrator should do the best
he could to lititl the best means to ac
complish the desired end that of
conserving the food that would be
needed by our armies, the Allies and
the starving people of Europe.
Nebraska's Loyal Response.
Knowing (hut the peoplo of Nebras
ka wore patriotic ami ready to re-
spond to nny call for jiucriileo to help
win the war, we proceeded to con
duct an educational campaign for the
purpose of pledging the housewives of
the stato and nation to assist In the
food saving campaign about to bo be
gun. Tlio result of this campaign in
lhls stnto wns most satisfactory;
more than 2.17,030 pledges wore re
turned to this olllco and many com
munities reported 100 percent signa
tures. I enthusiastically offered n Hag to
every school district that would re
turn 300 percent of the residents of
that district as signers of pledge
cards. It required moro tlmn 000
Hags to ninko good my contract.
The pledge campaign over, the seri
ous work began. It had always been
my plnn to secure a good machine
with which to do any Important work.
I thereforo proceeded to organize the
stnto by appointing a County Food
Administrator for each county and In
turn ho appointed his general commit,
tee representing every town, village
mid many country precincts In tlio
state.
This machinery when onco put In
motion quickly reached all parts of
the stnto with any message from
headquarters and. ai many times 11
lustratcd, was so eiTectlvo that no
guilty party could escape. To Must
Irate tlio manager of a wholesale
mnll order house In this city (old mo
after his business had been suspend
ed flint. In every slnglo Instance
where ho shipped more sugar to coun
try towns than the rules permitted,
he had been cnught by tlio locnl Food
Administrator;
Two Thousand Loyal Workers.
The splendid machine Inaugurated
In Nebraska brought Into Its service
about two thousand active, earnest
worl'ers, and to tbosu County Food
Administrators and their committees
and tlio general committees of the
stute with their efllclent chairmen sup
plemented by the help of tlio newspa
pers, we owe tlio distinction which
this stato has received of being In the
front rank in the work of the Food
Administration.
But what was tho necessity for nil
this work and what has really been
accomplished by It?
- The answers to these qiicslIoiiM will
either justify tho existence of the
Food Administration or will mark It
as u failure. In tho first place, It
early became apparent that there
would not be enough of the staple
foods; such as wheat, meat and sugar,
to supply the demands that would lie
made on thN country during the llrl
enr of Its entrance Into the war.
For want of ships or on account of
blockades, food products from other
countries could not bo secured and the
sole reliance of our Allies In (lie con.
duet of their war operations and for
the supply of our own hohliers was to
bo the United Stntos of America,
Must Save to Meet Demand.
llrlelly stated, vo had barly an
available surplus of li0.000.000 bush
els of wheut to tako euro of a demand
which wo know would bo for, tun
times that amount. If we failed to
Mipply food, tho war would ho lost
before our country becumo Korloiihly
engaged In It. Tho Mime situation to
u grenter or less degree existed with
our supply of meat, sugar and somo
other staple food commodities. We
could, therefore, only supply that
which we could cave and tho necessity
for saving exportable foods by substi
tuting others that could not be ship
ped was Imminent and important.
Itules nnd regulations In conformity
with the Food Lnw wero Inaugurated
by tho Food Administration nnd while
tome mistake have been made, in a
MATERIALLY BEHEF8ITE0
air enable mmiu
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GURDON W. WATTLES,
Federal Food Admlnictrator for Nebraska.
general way tho desired result has
been accomplished without any great
disaster or Inconvenience to our
people.
To protect the consumers of thlfe
country against exorbitant prices fot
food products which usually prevail
during war periods, the full power
and authority of the Food Administra
tion has been exerted. The result of
Its efforts In this regard may ho sum
marized as follows:
Tho retail prlcca of food stuffs In
the United States have increased on
the whole about G3 percent over pre
war years; the Increases received by
tho producer for such products have
been more than 100 percent. Retail
food prices in the United Statco have
Increased less than In any other coun
try. Ao against an Increase In this
country of 53 percent England shows
an Increase of 105 pcrocnt, Canada 65
percent, Germany 160 -percent.
Consumer and Producer Benefit.
While tho price of a loaf of bread
has increased In the United States 06
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. Tho producer gets
100 percent more for the raw
products.
At tho beginning of tho work of the
Food Administration, May 1.", 1017,
tho price of Hour per barrel at Min
neapolis was $10.7."; on May -J, 101S,
It was S0.SO, u decreaso of -11 percent.
Tliu difference lietweon what theWorco these necessary rules und regit-
farmer got for his wheat and the
wholesulo price of Hour was equiva
lent to 0.0S per barrel.
At the present tlmo tho wholesale
prlen of Mignr Is 7,!t cpnts per pound;
one yeiir ago It was 8.5KJ cents per
pound. This Is reflected in tlio price
to the consumer nnd represents a sav
ing of approximately $53,000,000.00 per
year to tho American people.
r.oth .sugnr nnd flour offered un
precedented opportunities -for specu
lation. Had It not been for tho food
regulations, flour would undoubtedly
have been ?30 per barrel and sugar
i!5 to !I0 cents per pound nt this time.
During the civil wnr sugar went to
.'!0 cents per pound retail.
Other necessities, not' under control,
have Increased as follows: Muslins,
from 9 cents per yard to 30 cents, an
Incrcaso of 233 per cent; ginghams,
fiom C'i cents per yard to 22'i cents,
an Increase of 244 percent; stockings,
100 percent; woolen serges, a staple,
ECO percent; overalls 200 to 300 per
cent. Department storo owners say
the average Increase In all articles
handled has been not less than 80 per
cent. Speculation Eliminated.
The Food Administration has prac
tieally eliminated .speculation In fun
damental food products ami u has
also eliminated tlio purchase and sale
of futures. Thoro is no way to de
termine tho full extent of tho financial
saving to tho American people by this
wise and necessary regulation.
Thoho food products that wero not
considered essential nnd have therefore-
not been strictly regulated, such
The Federal Food Administration Asks' You
I ONLY TW0 POUNDS OF SUGAR EACH MONTH.
Tr?DTe?JY 14 P0lJNDS OF CLEAR BEEF EACH WEEK.
UCT8 uSTfLDNEX?0HTATRVEESATT ANY WHEAT R NVHEAT PR0-
thrTo0ugTtheNwintEerERVE,8U'jficient rooDS T0 RUN
.h uu?UBt Up?lY, 8U,,iclent '00ls for our army and for the armies
and civilian population of our associates In this war. America Is the
Inst hope If we fall, then Democracy falls.
We must also build up a reserve which will meet all demands of
the future. To the present time, every pound of meat and every ounce
of wheat we have saved has been for Immediate use. In the face or
an abundant crop, we must lay aside a reserve and conservation will
continue.
ora pboritcer
TO FEED THE ALLIES
as corn, outs nnd vegetables, have
shown a much greater Increase in cost
to the consume than have thoso pro
ducts that have been carefully regulat
ed under the provisions of tho Food
Law.
Tlni saving of essential food pro
ducts by tlio voluntary action of tlio
people of tho United States has been
so great that wo have been able to
ship to foreign countries unprecedent
ed amounts of such products. Out of
u visible surplus of barely 20,000,000
bushels of wheat this country has al
ready exported about 100,000,000 bush
els. Our exports of wheat have
shown a much greater Increase. In
April, 1014, n prewar, year, our ex
ports of meats amounted to only 4?,,
700,000 pounds. In April, 101S, wo
exported .130,058,000 pounds of beef
nnd pork products. Before tho war
our nvorngo exports per annum of
meats were beef, .1,000,000 pounds;
pork' nnd its products, 43,000,000
pounds.
Wo have Increased theso oxports 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 pe'r cent; sugar, 4,000 percent;
rice, 2,500 percent.
Response Is Voluntary.
All this has been accomplished by
the voluntary submission of tho Ameri
can peoplo to tho rules nnd regula
tions of tho Food Administration. In
itially casus no lnw has existed to en-
lntions but the patriotism of our peo
ple has been so great thnt no lnw was
needed except the law of necessity for
winning tho wnr.
Newspapers, public men and of
ficials In all departments of tho stnto
and tho Government have Joined In
tho great work of saving food to win
the war. This work has furnished an
outlet for tho spirit of self sncrlflco
which has been born anew sinco this
world war began. Rvery man, woman
and child in this country hns been
given the opportunity of mnklng n
small sacrifice In order to help his
country In Its tlmo of peril. This has
mndo better citizens nnd better patri
ots of us all.
Democrary Will Bo Saved.
Wo itro marching with n new step
to the music of our national anthem.
Wo a ro sacrificing and saving to help
our brotliors who aro fighting our bat
tles. Wo ale rmhlimuiiew thepiiliof
our forefathers and we will conu out
of this, great conflict not only with
lclur, upon our banners, but its bel
ter citizens with new thoughts nnd
aspirations and new desires fo servo
our country, tho countty which has
furnished to tw nd and all opportuni
ties and privileges under Its free
form of government, unequaled by
thoM of any country under the con
trol of u monarch or a king.
We will save democracy for future
generations and will preservo 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 tho
Rebellion.
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LEGAL NOTICES
Mrsl tnibllctUloji (i-at-iw
Order of Heating and Notice on Peti
tion for Settlement of Account.
lit the county rotin . i I nt nt i , omit.
Nolimnlu.
Htuleof KOliritnltti, DhKCIik nunli m.
To tlertlin M. Herernii ., I llnlwlli M.
Hevantlice. litldnll pel son. lnlnrtt l 111 t hit
istlito of Krnnlt Q. Mi'Venim i , (Lcciwed:
nil lfilillnB 1Mb petition r llertliu It.
Severance nrnjlnn it llmil foUlemoiit null
nllmrtinco or her nci-oiuil fllrd in tills uiiiirt
on tlie 17tli any of Hiiy. tins. ror tli relcimu
of tier ImiuHuieit ami fm liii dladmiio' us
iiiliiiliilnwntoi'.
ft Is liuieltjr onli rt'd thm ytM, niitl nil
lirrftUllll 1 II tl I lH It'll 1,1 kill. I inntlnc ,l...
and lo, iipix'iu- nt tlio u'niiity cotii t to bo
In. Ill In mill fm 1. 1 i.f.iii.l . .... l l.u ir.tl. ,!..
... ... ...... .... ....... . ...... ... , ( ,iri .Mill llllj
of lime, A. f). WIN, nt in o luck n. in., to
show rmw. If nny tlii... h,.., ulij t) )inyir
of tlif pcliuoiif i khoulil ii. l m irriinti'tl,
nnd thnt noLlpn of tlu 1111, im.. ..r u.i.i .....
tltlotiund Unit tli4hiiiHiir lli'-M.(iflitKlVHii
to nil tifmoii In lure mutt in m.IiI mutter liy
puMMihiK n cony vt t,, i j- in the in
kola Comity II inn Id. it lurkl) nntimptr
printed in nnii uoniity, fm four miccoWlso
ueekH pi lor to flld 1ny of hi'tiilnir.
S. W. Mi'KiKLKr,
sua i. Oounty.liulKP.
first Pnli--n-.(:-7u
SERVICE OK SUMMONS BY PUB
LICATION In Mm District Court of.Dakotu County,
Nebraska.
John M. McDonald, rinJntlfT,
VH.
Harry 1). Uinrk, John T. ISri'M
Icr, Triiftoe. A. V. Hirttmnii.
W. II.NiehoUon. S. D.ijtmk. HUA1MUNS
M.KWMf), ttllll It. tin-
IdKC V. A. Ifoiiu. Krtmk N.
Nortliruu. .Inhii'H Ililtt.ni
Cliark's.l. OIih k nnd IIi.ki. 8
Taylor, llofuiiditnW J
To All of SalJ Defendant. .
Vou and oiicli or sou nio hereby uotlllint
Unit tlio DHtltlon of I lie nlnliitlir lnw hi
lllod 111 the olllen of th eUult of tho dis
trict uonri. In nnd for mild count.,, stiitlim
Mint hu Is tin- owni i In f- lfiiple of tliu
followlin pK'inlst's:
Lots 1 nnd 2. block I; lo- . block?; lots
.r, II and H, bloi'k II; Im 7, block lj; ,,t,
und 'J. block 1:1; lot 2, Ii. IS und in. block II;
lots IS uud KMilocl IB; lots 0, n nnd H, block
21; IoIkH, 7. ltliilid II, block . All' 111 Knll
wuy Addition, second Pint Dakota couni ,
NPhinokn, Ulinr n pin t of IIib city of Sou Hi
Sioux Ulty, lu Dakota county. chmikii.
And nskliiK Unit llllc ! uuleled In hltu,
ii ud you uud ench of ou Im hm im and foi
cvi'i estopped lioiu ImxliiK 'it' cm I ml nil to
have uny claim or title In the said piein
ls s adverse to the IMallitllT.
You tiro icqulied lo aliiwcr suld petition
on or hufoio the SJnil ilnv of July, lniH, or
default will be entOM'il iiKulnst you und ile
cieo rcnduied thcicon In uccokIiIiich with
tin' ic-llef prayed for lu said petition,
John M. Mc Hon a mi, l'lutntlir.
H Ills Attorneys, Kvnim a ICvhih
KDst Put) C-xu-iw
RESOLUTION.
lCstlnirttn or expenses of I he Mllnao or
Dakota (llty, Ncbiaskii, for Ihu Ureal year
cudlni: API II 'i'J, I !iIU.
lie It rusolvud by the chalrnian nnd
Hoard of Trustee or the Vlllaxn or Dakota
Olty, Nidirnsku, thnt tlio etponsos or ald
lllufe for tho llscul j car cndliic April sji,
11)111, be cstliuutcd as follows:
Interestou wutor Ih)ihUiiih! ilnk-
fllKflllul S "CO ill
intcicston llulit bonds and slulc-
Inttfunil sflooo
dciiural VIlltiBu purpuHUK 7fi0 (Kl
.Siilarlcs aioiH)
'fotnl ....: $joi oo
Tho total uinount of lovcmio rorgnld vll
Iukc ror the piccudltm your bclnit $-2i'(H).00.
lie it further lusotved thut said otimule
of cxpensoB bo published in tliu Dakota
noiinty lloiiild ror four nucccstHc weeks us
icqiilrvil by law,
l'usscd und uppiovud this 18th dny or
June, lulu.
II. l). lllinilANAN,
Uhnlrnian JJouid or Tiustocv,
Atlcst
SliiM-. T. KltUM,
KciH ) Olorlc,
Kirst publlcntloii O-ST-Uw
Order of Hearing and Notice of Probate
of Will.
In tlio County Oouit or Dakota county
Nolunskn.
State of Ncbinsku, Dakota CJonnty ss.
ToOottlolb McsscibCluuldt, Win. .Mcssci
schinldt. Adolf Alessorschmldt, Anna AI.
Kiiisc Ituliiurd Alcssuiscliiiiidt, Alotu AI.
lliiiK, Ainaudn Johnson, 'llurbor'. Alessr
schmldt, nnd to nil persons Intomsted in
the estat" of AupOHtn MeKsersclituldt, d
ccuscd; On icndlim tho putltlou of Win AIissci
KCliinldt prayltiK that the Instiuincnt lllcd
In this court tin tho 'ith dny or June, MI8.
and puiportliiir to bo tho last will und
testament or tho said deceased, may bu
proicdand allowed, nnd recorded ns tho
last will uud testumontor AiiRustn Alcsscr
schuildtnnd Ijottlloh Alcsserschinldt, thnt
said instrument bo admitted to pi abate,
and the administration of said estato bo
urnutcd to Wm. Alcssuiscliuildtuscxecutoi-.
Itls hcicby oidorcd that you, and nil per
sons interested in said matter, may und do,
appear at the county com t to be hold in
and ror (.aid county, on the lath tiny of
July, A, D. HUH, nt 10 o'clock A. AI to show
caiihc, ir any tlieio im, why tho pinyor
of tho potltlonor should not bo Krauted, and
that notion ortnn ptmiloncv ofHiilil petition
ulidthu honrlmt tlioicof bo kIncii to all
iiuiEonsiiiiorosieu in snld niuttor by pub
llshinRiicopy of this oidur in tho Dakota
Oountv Herald, a weekly nowspupor pi lut
ed in said county, for threo succesilvo
weeks prior to said day of hem 1 iib.
Witness my hund, und seal or said court,
tills Sitli dny or Juno, A. D 1U18.
r , . W. MoKlnloy,
lK"' (JountyJudso.
The Herald, $1.25 per
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Superiority of Educational Merit.
Tins new cnatiuii answers with
final authority all Kinds of piuzliii;
question such as "JIow Urrzimytl
pronounced?" "Vluro is Flan
den " "What is a continuous voy
age?" "Whttl'MahoiriUert" "What
is whit axdf" "Uowtedat pro
nounced?" nml thou-and of other.
Moro than 400,000 Vocabulary Terms.
30,000 Geographical Subjects. 12.000
Biographical Entries. Over C00O Illus
trations 2700 Pages. The only diction
anyv.lth the divided page a stroho of
nonius.
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COAL
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FUEL ADMINISTRATOR GARKJEI.n litis nsketl ns lo
GIvP COAL NOW, so we can supply our customers with
their winter needs NOW.
We have on hand some Kimcv Illinois Kg Coal,
Uncling Valley Coal, and have some Clfbice Wyoming
Co il on way.
We can supply your needs tfOW, but get your'brders
in early, while Coal can bj secured.
Call on Mr. Krcd Parker, at tlie iilevntor.'
Wm. Slaughter Graie.Co.
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Triggs? New Restaurant and
, I have re-ariangfiUiuy R. stainant building ai..!
will install pool tables in the fiont patt of building.
All my restaurant patrons will be cared for as be
fore. Meals and lunches served at all nasonable hours.
E yertSiing
and Up
WM. TRIGGS,
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Storges BroSo Have Moved
to 315 Pearl Street
where we will be glad to see all our old pui.ons,,
and we hope, many new ones, 'lhis move is nec
essary, as the building we now have is loo mtiall
for our growing business.
Old Location, 411 Pearl St. Sioux City, Iowa
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Summer Tours, 1918
aiiu iiuuiit: is uuviseii imii, oiornuo ouinnier resoris, sucn as
Rocky Mountain Nationnl-Estes Pari;, Colorado Springs, Manitou and
hundreds of other places will bo opened for pntronupo as usual. Ac
commodations in listes Park are vory extensive and can take enre of
thousands.
The usunl resorts of tlie Black Hills are open; likewise the ranches
in tho Sherninn-13itf Horn Mountains locality; also tho ranches alone;
the Cody Road in the Absnroka Mountains.
Tho Yellowstone Park hotels will not be opened, but the Park Per
manent Camps will uc operated via tho Gardiner gateway.
Glacier National Park will be under full operation for tourists.
Chooso your locality; nsk us for printed matter and costs and lot us
otherwise servo you.
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Afostrsclas of Title
A S 10,000 Surety Bond Guarantees the accuracy
of every Abstract I make.
2T. J. EIMERS, Bonded Abstractor.
Successor to the DAKOTA COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.
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H. REAM, Agent x
Dakota City, Nebraska.
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W. .1. Wlf.I.OUCIIlir, Aironi, Diikotn City, Nel.
h. W. Wnkoly, (Jen. I'nss'frr Agent,
1001 Famnm Street Omaha, Nolir.
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