Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1919 — WAR AGENCIES ARE RECALLED [ARTICLE]

WAR AGENCIES ARE RECALLED

COUNTY FOOD ADMINISTRATOR TO ASSUME DUTIES AGAIN. Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator of Indiana, has written John Eger, of this city, and (asked that be again assume his duties as (food administrator for Jasper county. Mr. Eiger, who did his work so well during the war, wfin put forth a strenuous effort to assist as much as possible in reducing the high cost of living. He is asking the newspapers off the county to assist and proposes to publish the wholesale price of groceries. The following • is the letter from Food Administrator Bamerd: August 10, 1919. To County Administrators: The industrial crisis our country is facing prompts- our earnest consideration of the economic problems which,lie (back of unrest and social disorder, ttomey •General Palmer, remembering the splendid work oif the United States food administration, has asked me to recall to service our entire food organization and to place the county administrators in full charge oif the situation in thei rseveral counties. I am, therefore, asking you to take up again the work oif food control and the enforcement of the Lever law, especially as it relates to hoarding, profiteering and waste, Attorney General Palmer instructs me to ask you to form a fair price committee which will include one retail grocer, one wholesale grocer, one dry goods dealer, your labor representative, your county chairman of foaid clubs and as well, several representatives of the consumer. May I suggest that you include other trades or businesses, if you desire, as It is our wish (to secure data on the price of all commodities which may be unfairly priced, such as coal, itee, shoes, rentals, etc. Letters are going out today to all the men who worked with us, asking them to report to you both for instructions and as well the results of their work. In this Mat are* the price reporter, labor representative, merchant representative, leaders in the food club work. As you perfect your plans and organization give the facts to your local press, always heeding the suggestion from Washington that cold facts and not wild reports will stabilize public opinion and quiet unrest. Report to me the results of your price investigations. AH cases involving profiteering or violation of any section of the Lever act will be immediately handed over to the department of justice. The United States attorney general 1 has been instructed to cooperate with us in punishing all law violators. I have wired Washington that our organisation stands ready for service, and that without expectation of compensation every man 'null do his utmost. Yours very truly, H. E. BARNARD,