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THE BEEr OMAHA", FRIDAY, JUNE 21. 1918. 4 ; FOOD CONTROL IS WINNING WAR, SAYS WATTLES Consumer and Producer Both .Benefit, Nebraska Adminis " tration' Head Tells State ' Editors in Convention. . Food control, under the direction of the food administration, has benefit ed consumer and producer of the United States, and has enabled Amer icm to 'feed the allies, Gurdon W. Wattles, federal food administrator lor Nebraska told the Nebraska edi tors at the Hotel Kome last night at their annual press banquet. 'The two greatest factors that have permitted the food administration to accomplish the desired results have Kn the unswerving suDDort of the newspapers of the state, and the vol- notary spirit oi iNeuraK.ns, i Wattles. - ."N other influence has been as tootent as the public press of the state in tha promotion of the work of the food administration," was the terse frihote to the newsoaper. boys from Wattles. "From the very beginning, their support has been constant and helpful." t , t . After stating that the work of the food administration had been largely pioneer project and that the aims of the administration were to conserve ' food, eliminate waste, speculation and other' unnecessary elements in food - distribution, Mr. Wattles gate as ' among the accomplishments, that the . allies ad been fed, even in the face of hort' wheat and meat supplies; that while the prtce paid to th pro " ducer had Increased more than 100 ' per cent, the price paid by the. con sumer had increased only S3 per cent en controlled Tood products; that the mmmma Wr fit foods in the United States was less than in other countries. v Contrasts Prices. He alio showed that food control had materially held down the price to the consumer and contrasted the increases in nneontrolled necessities with th S3 ner eent increase in con foodstuffa. He said: "To nrntarf the consumers of this coun try against exorbitant prices for food products which usually prevail during war periods, the Ml power and au thority of the food administration nas been exerted. The result of its efforts in this regard may be summarized as follows: The retail prices of food atuSs in the United States have in creased on the whole about 53 per ' eent ever prewar yean despite the fact that the increases received by the producer for such products have been more than 100 per cent. Retail food prices in the United Stateshave in creased less than in other countries. As against an increase in this country f 53 per cent, England shows an in crease o! 105 per cent, Canada 65 per cent, Germany ,106 per centv . "While the price of a loaf of bread hzu increased ta'tha United States 66 r.cr cent' the oroducer receives w per cent more for the wheat that goes utto it The price of beef has in creased about 40 per. eent, and of pork about 50 per cent. The producer gets 1C3 per. cent more for the raw products."-' : ' '! "At the teginning of the work of tie food administration, May 15, 1917, the price of flour per barrel at Minne apolis was $16.75; on May 4, 1918. it -was $9.80, a decrease of 41 per cent. The difference between what the farmer got for his wheat and, the wholesale price of flour waj equivalent to. $5.68 per barrel. Eliminate Speculation. , "At the present time the wholesale trice of sugar is 7.3 cents per pound; or.e year ago it. was 8.33 cents per pound. ' This is reflected in the price to the consumer and represents a sav in j of "approximately $55,000,000 per vatr to tht American oeoole. "Both sugar and flour offered un. precedented opportunities for specula tion, i Had H not been for the food regulations, -flour would undoubtedly have been $30 per barrel and sugar 25 to 30 cents per pound at this time. During the civil war sugar went to 33 cents per pound retail, utner ne canities, not under control, have in creased a follows: Muslins, from 9 cents per yard to 30 cents, an Increase of 233 per cent; ginghams, from 6lA cents ner yard to 22V cents, an in crease of 244 per cent; stockings, 100 per eent; ihoes, 100 per cent; woolen serges, ft staple 500 per cent; overalls, 2CD to 300 oer cent. Department store owners say the average increase in all articles handled has been not lere than 80 per cent -The food administration hat prat ticrlly eleminatea , speculation in fridamental food products and it has ,. a!:s eliminated the purchase and sale of futures. There is no way to de t Tiine the full extent of the financial t: .Ing to the American people by this v!' and necessary regulation. The saving of essential food prod ucts, by the voluntary action or the eecnle of the United States has been so great that, we have been able to h?j to foreign countries unprecedent ed amounts of such products. Out of a visible surplus of barely 20,000,000 bushels, ti wheat this country has at ready exported about . 160.000,000 fctshels. ;; Our ! exports of meat have shswn a much greater increase. In April, 1914, a pre-war year, our ex ports of meats amounted to only 43, 703,000 pbunds. In April, 1918, our average experts per annum of meats were: Beef, 3,000,000 pounds; pork f i Hi products 43,000,000 pounds. ,t have increased those exports by txrre than oo per cent without ma t-'!alhr imoairine: the health or neces i of our own people. Our exports r f condensed milk have Increased 30,. t-3 pet cent? sugar, 4,000 per cent; r.ce, z,5uo per cent ah this nas been tr-omolished bv the voluntary sub- nsion of the. American people to t' i rules and regulations of the food ... t . -mfatmion. t - ' ., v nr;-s Requisition All V Crcnze Statues in Belgium rndon; Junet20.It is reported i Belgium that the German gov- r-cnerai has requisitioned an :a statues in Belgium occupied rr, says an Exchange Telegraph '.za from Amsterdam today.' The -1 intention of the German at i is to send the statues to Ger The Bee's Fund for Free Milk and Ice The babies and small children of the poor suffer greatly during the hot summer weather. The only means provided to give them pure milk and cooling ice is The Bee's fund for free milk and ice. Contributions to this great work are asked from 10 cents to $5. Each case is carefully investigated. Preference is given to poor families where there is sickness among the small children. Think of the great good you can do with a little money to aome little one! Send or bring your contribution to The Bee office. Previously acknowledged $11.00 Irene Carter 1.00 Arthur Thomas 1.00 Clyde C. Sundblad 1.00 H. H. Stubbendorf ; IfiO J. G. Sherry 50 Charles Furay .50 George Kennedy 50 Total $16.50 Samuel Gompers Again Re-elected Labor Head American Federation St. Paul, Minn., June 20. Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor by acclamation at the annual convention here this afternoon. Frank Morrison of Washington and D. J. Tobin of Indianapolis were re elected secretary and treasurer, re spectively. Atlantic City, N, J., was selected as the next convention city. Charles Snaps Steel Chain By Straight One-Ton , Pull Chester Charles, modern Samson, save a number on a program at Cas- telar Presbyterian church last night. First he toyed with a 100-pound dumb bell, then with one weighing pounds. He bent a 50-penny spike with his bare hands, shuttled a weighted razor-edge axe so the blade barelv missed his face, lifted a ton's dead weisht and closed his perform- ance Dy oreaxing a sieei cnam icsiea to one ton by a straight pull. This last was hard, he admitted. ' The program was under the aus pices of tne young people of the church. I. Copenharve presided. Songs and readings were given by C. W. Rogers, Walter Krelle and others James Grant Leaves for Navy Training Camp at Bremerton James Grant, 18-year-old son of Mrs. M. A. Davies, 2123 .Douglas street, has enlisted in the navy and left lor the training camp at Brem erton, Wash., Monday. He was in the employ of the American Smelting & Refining company, in Omaha. His Drotner, Alexander urant, wno en listed in the army some time ago, is stationed at Camp Travis, San An tonio, Tex. Surprise for Kief f ner. " GecWe J. Kleffner, former super- tendent of mails for Omaha, now state employment agent, was tendered 'ft surprise party composed largely of postal, clerks and letter carriers, ac companied by a band, who marched frpm Han scorn park to his home, 2218 South Thirty-first street. He was presented with a handsome library table, traveling bar and library set William Maher making the presenta tion speech. ' Kefresrtments were served at the home. Reception hy B'nai B'rith. ' The B'nai B'rith lodge will cive a reception Sunday night at Ilanscom park to men of Jewish faith wno leave Omaha next week for service jn tne United States army. Mayor Smith will give the prinicpal address. TONIGHT Tonight if you feel dull, stupid, bilious or constipated, take a dose of Chamberlain's Tablets, and you will be feeling fine tomorrow. -: - .A5 -XJH JpZs f Cut Vour Wheat, Then Do Your Plowing With a FARMER BOY TRACTOR It doei the work of six horses and works 10 hoars on 10 gal lons, of kerosene, end costs yon but $1,200, delivered in Lincoln. Immmediate delivery. It is the) Best and Simplest On Man Tractor we have ever heard of and its reliability is unquestioned. It has been manufactured five years, and a written guarantee for one year goes with each machine. It is Small and Simplo and of Few Parts It does fin work In close quarters as well as on the straight away. 1 It plows 10 hours on 10 gallons of kerosene. It is a four cylinder rig of 10-20 power. - It costs $1,200, delivered in Lincoln. Dealers wanted. Write for circular giving specifications and pictures of this small tractor. liberty Sales Tractor . . Lincoln, Nebraska . RATIONING BRINGS ON FOOD RIOT (Continued From Face Om.) "will alleviate m a short time the hard ship yet to be suffered before the new harvest. The people, who have dis played wonderful patriotism during the war, will certainly endure this last transitory restriction in a spirit of sacrifice, and thereby contribute to the successful termination of the con flict forced uoon us. Copenhagen, June 20. According tn the Vossische Zeitung, the mayor of Vienna in a statement explaining the food situation, has saidjhat last month a proclamatiou was issued to farmers requesting them to aenver a certain amount to large towns. The council had hoped to receive 10,000 carloads of erain. but as a matter of fart had received only 2.500. The mayor also reported that after the last lot of potatoes is aistnoutea this week, the supply will be exhaust- The mayor of Budapest, replying to a telegram requesting assistance, said conditions there were so bad that the people had not had sufficient food for months. . Kaiser Breaks Faith. Amsterdam. Tune 20. A Vienna dispatch published in the Berlin Zeitung Am Mittag, gives an official statement of the Vienna city council on the food situation in that city. The statement reads: "Germany promised some weeks ago in a state treaty, to undertake re sponsibility for the meal supply for ., .9 . i . i : . 1 .l. DOtn tne civilian population auu mc army, whether the supplies were draw from Ukraine, Roumania or Germany's own reserve stock. De liveries at first proceeded smoothly. For the last eight days, however, Ger many has been in arrears of her quota." The statement adds that urgent ap peals have been sent to the German officials saying that the situation is acute, particularly in munition cen- terSi , Cut Bread Rations. For at least six weeks, says the Vienna Neue Freie Presse, the people of Atstria will have to exist on little more than salads and certain vege tables. Discussing the inability ' of Ger many to help Austria in her foQd difficulties, the Cologne Gazette says the bread r.ation in Germany will also have to be reduced until the next harvest. LINCOLN STREET RAILWAY RULING GIVES HOPE HERE (Continued From Fr One.) -ferred stocks, amounting to approxi mately $2,500,000." Mr. Lambert has a mass of reports, from which he has gathered that a reasonable valuation of the Omaha properties of the company amounts to $7UU,UUU; that the outstanding bonded . indebtedness is $10,000,000; that the capital stock. is $15,000,000, of which $5,000,00 of common and $4, 000,000 of preferred has been issued, with the remainder of $6,000,000 held in the company's treasury. Mr. Lam bert contends that the company is not entitled to a return on more than the amount of the fair valuation. He also points out that the interest paid out on the bonded debt is equal to a fair return on the actual valuation. "They always manage to build up their resources paper resources to equal their liabilities," he commented. Mr. Lambert clams to be prepared to show that during a period of six years, from 1911, the company paid each year $450,000 more or less in dividends, $200,000 each year being on preferred stock and the remainder on common stock. Frank E. Mayer Honored By Omaha Federation; Was With 'Kiy Sunday Frank E. Mayer, chairman of Billy Sunday's Chicago campaign and for mer Omahan. was selected executive secretary of the Omaha Church Fed eration at the meeting of that body Thursday night in the Young Men's Christian association auditorium. Mr. Mayer will have charge of the work which the new federation is doing among the joldiers and will receive a salary of $3,600 a year. He will be assisted by Miss May Findley, as sistant secretary, at $1,200 a year. Rev. H. B. Foster of Dundee, was elected president to succeed Rev. Charles E. Cobby, who will go to France shortly. Rev. John F. Hawk of the Reformed church, was chosen vice president. While the federation has merely been holding weekly services at Fort Omaha, it will enlarge its activities and extend them to Florence Field and Fort Crook. A fund of $5,000 has been subscribed which it is ex pected will be eularged when other Omaha churches enter the federation. Headquarters will be-in offices in a corner of the Young Men's Christian association building. Secretary Booth of the "Y" hut at Fort Omaha, spoke on the work be ing done there. The retiring presi dent, Rev. C. E. Cobby, who initiated the movement, was given a vote of thanks. Nebraskan Is Injured, Perhaps Fatally, When T 1 K T irencn mortar Dursts Chicago, June 20. Second Lt. Ber nard F. Hurless was dangerously 'in jured and First Lt. Charles Driver was seriously hurt today when a trench mortar exploded at Fort Sheri dan. V The two officers were trying out a new 3-inch trench mortar when the barrel of the gun burst. Lieutenant Hurless had part of one hip shot away and is believed to be in ternally hurt. His condition was said tonight to be critical. He was grad uated from the first reserve officers' training school at Fort Snelling and his home is near Lincoln, Neb. Lieutenant Driver suffered two frac tures and probably internal injuries, but is expected to recover. Philadel phia is his home. An investigation will be made to fix the cause of the explosion. Early the supposition was that either faulty ma erial in the trench mortar or careless ness was responsible. Sixteen Doomed as pies By Germans in Belgium - Amsterdam, Tune 20. Sixteen per sons, including women, have been con demned to death by the Germans fol lowing their arrest in East Flanders, Belgium, on a suspicion of being guil ty of espionage, according to the fron tier correspondent of the Telegraaf. It- was rumored yesterday that the executions have already been carried out. More than 50 persons had been placed under arrest German Paper Suspends. Chicago, June 20. The' Illinois Staats Zeitung, morning German lan guage newspaper here, tomorrow will carry an announcement of suspension of publication until further notice.. k Icrioisfralioi The GMC-Samson Sieve-Grip Tractor demonstrates to Farmers of Western Nebraska that it is the real tractor they have been look ing for. , With three 14-inch bottoms, it plowed 4y2 acres of Western Ne braska sod in one afternoon without stopping the motor. Read this letter, copied below, from the Oshkosh Auto Co. of Oshkosh, Nebraska: "June 9, 1918. Mr. H. E. Sidles, Nebraska Buick Auto Co. Lincoln, Neb. Dear Mr. Sidles: We had a very nice demonstration here. It was a real one and real sod. We did not break it, we just plowed it. The ground was so hard and dry that wo bad to run the plows from 5" to 7" deep and no moisture whatever; half mile rounds. We plowed 4U acres one afternoon and never stopped the motor. Used no water at all and one quart of oil, and at night the motor was just warm enough to work fine. It is surely a real tractor. ' Tours truly, OSHKOSH AUTO COMPANY, " SB. EUey." This is but one" of the many instances where GMC-Samson has shown its ability and proven its worth. AtrMC-Samsononyourfarm will prove a paying investment. Write for further-information and detailed specifications today. Nebraska Biiick Auto Co. Omaha Lincoln - Sioux City To Eaise Express Rates. Washington, June 20. The consol idated express company to start oper ation July 1, will raise rates about 10 per cent with-the sanction of the In terstate Commerce commission, it was learned today. Many exceptions to the general increase -are to be made, however. THOMRSON,BELJlN - Go. r5- lhe, (-fashion Cenier fir The Jane Clearaway Of Women's Apparel Continues to present nu merous opportunities to choose apparel of the usual Thompson-Belden standard for much less than usual prices. Friday a group of Silk Coats will be featured for $25, $29.50 and $35. Spring suits and dresses are selling for about one third less than regular prices. Likable Parasols The new rosemaid and sunburst shapes with short handles and loops for the arm. Most of this season's parasols are made rain proof. . Two uses for the prioe of one. Silk cover ings are very lovely and colorful. Every children't parasol is new and they number more than we have ever before shown. Dif-' ferent sizes from those for' the tot of two up to misses' styles, 50c to $3.50. wwMTTfffr' w " 1 " ii'TMWrT"TTrasrirasMTiiTTaTTr"TTT tt- " 1 1 '. r r 1 m r - -. i Marshall Apologizes. Kansas City, June 20. The Kansas City Star today announced that A. F. Seested, general manager of the pa per, has received alelegram from Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, stating that in his speech before the Indiana state democratic convention at Indianapolis yesterday he did not accuse Mr. Seested of disloyalty. Madeira Embroidered Scarfs, Matched Sets For dressing tables, dress ers and buffets; sizes 18x 36, 18x45 and 18x54. Neat ly embroidered designs on a fine round thread Irish linen with scalloped edges. The scallop is lock-stitched and will not fray out in laundering. 18x36, priced $2.75, $3. 18x45, priced $3. $3.25. 18x54, priced $3.50, $4. ; Linn Section $5 Trimmed Hat Sale - Beautiful models of organdy, Georgette crepe, Milans, taffetas and fibre straws in all -of the season's most becoming shapes. White, Flesh and Colors Summer Furnishingsjor Men Cool, Good Looking-Sensibly Priced U Soft collars for warm weath er. A surprisingly large num ber of 8hape3 In varied mater ials await your coming. Sizes 13 to 19 priced 20c, 25c, 35c. 50c. Besides a new shipment of colored silk collars You'll like. Soft collar pins are 25c, 50c .and $1.00.' 4 lenfl Swift Packing Company is Charged With Discrimination Washington, June 20. Complain' that Swift & Company, packers, were discriminating against union em ployes at their plant at Los Angele S, caused the department of labor to day to order Charles T. Council, fed eral conciliator there, to make an investigation. ' Women0 Warner's Corsets Are Rust Proof me tnoughtful woman starts at the foundation, the corset. The prorly fitted corset insures the proper lines for every gar ment worn over it. Warner models for summer are now shown. Corsets perfectly shaped, in accord with fashion's edicts, but withal highly comfortable. $1.25 Upward. The best opportunity of all to secure a lovely summer hat. - Very Special for $5 Outing and sport hats in an at tractive selection of white and desirable colors are shown in the basement for 59c, 95c and $1.95. If Links for soft cuffs in enam el, pearl, sterling and gold. Sterling belt chains with any initial $1.00. 1T Buy silk shirts now, fine se lections of beautiful broadcloth, peau de crepe, tub silks and crepe do chine shirts. 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