Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 157, 14 May 1918 — Page 10
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1918
MARKET
GRAIN WEAKNESS AFFECTS MARKET
By AocJatd Prtt CHICAGO, May 14. Prospects of wanner veaiher likely to facilitate planting gave the bears an advantage today In the corn market Official announcement that plenty of seed corn was In sight and that the seed administrator expected to hare a surplus at the end of the season tended also to weaken prices. Besides, demand for Immediate delivery com remained alack. Opening quotations which ranged from off to a shade advance, with May 127 to 127 and July 145, were followed by moderate setbacks. Oats, like corn, eased down as result of better weather conditions and owing to absence of any urgent cash demand. Trade was almost entirely local. After opening unchanged to c lower with July 66 to 68. the market underwent a further sag. Provisions felt the effect of grain weakness. Strength in the hog market failed to act as an offset.
GRAIN QUOTATIONS
Cattle Receipts 300; steady. Calves Receipts 400; easier; 7.0014.00. Hos Receipt 4,500; easier; heavy $1S.1018.25; mixed $18.25 18.30; a few $18.40; light Yorkers and pigs, $18.25 0 18.30; roughs $16.00 & 16.25; stags I12.0013.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts 4.000; easier; lambs $7.0017.60; yearlings, J13.0016.50; wethers $14 14.60; ewes $6.0014.00; mixed heep $14.00 14.25.
PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO. May 14. Butter Market Unchanged. Eggs Market lower; receipts 33,761 cases; firsts 3233; lowest 30. Live Poultry Market steady; fowls 27; roosters 19. Potato Market Higher; receipts 22 cars; Minn., Wis. and Mich, bulk, 90 1.05; do sacks $1.101.20.
NEW YORK STOCK LIST.
CHICAGO. May 14. The range of futures on the Chicago Board of Trade follows: No trading in wheat. Corn Open. High. Low. Close. May 127 127 127 127 July 145 145 14374 143 Oats May 74 76U 74 Vi 74 July 66Va 67 65 66 Lard July 25.07 25.15 24.75 24.75 Sept 25 42 25.02 25.02 CHICAGO. May 14. Corn-No. 2 yellow, nominal; No. 3 yellow, $1,580 1.K0; No. 1 yellow. $1.4201.50. Oats No. 3 white, 76 l-278e; Standard, 77 l-4!ff78 1-4. Pork, nominal. Ribs, $22.37023.00. Lard, $24.27. TOLEDO. O.. May 14. Clover seed.
prime cash. $18.25; Oct. $14.90. Alsike
prime cash, $15.25. Timothy, prime cash. $3.75; Sept.. $4.23; Oct. $4.12; Dec, $4.10. CINCINNATI, O.. May 14 Wheat Local prices of wheat are quoted on the zone basis of $2.24 Baltimore for No. 2 red, less lc per bushel, less the export rate from point of shipment, plus the local rate from point of shipment in Cincinnati. ComNo. 3 white. $1.7501.75; No. 4 white, $1.5001.60; No. 3 yellow $1.55 01.65; No. 4 yellow. $1.4001.50. "Ear Corn White. 8501.40; yellow, 8501.30; mixed, 8501.30. Oats No. 2 white, 76077; No. 2 mixed. 7071l3-
NEW YORK, May 14. American Can, 45. American Locomotive, 66. American Beet Sugar, 73. American Smelter, 81. Anaconda, 68. Atchison, 86. Bethlehem Steel, bid, 87. Canadian Pacific, 147. Chesapeake & Ohio, 69 Great Northern, pfd., 92. New York Central, 74. No. Pacific, 88. So. Pacific, 86. Pennsylvania, 44. U. S. Steel, com., 109.
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
(Corrected Dally by Omer G Whelan.) Paying Oats, 70c; new corn, $1.35 01.50; rye, $1.75; straw, $6.00 a ton. Selling Cotton seed meal, $58.00 a ton, $3.00 a cwt; tankage, $93.00 a ton, $4.75 a cwt; oil meal, $63.50 a ton, S3.25 a cwt.
LIVE STOCK PRICES
FRUIT & VEGETABLES (Corrected Daily by Eggemeyer's) SELLING PRICE
INDIANAPOLIS. May 14 Hogs Receipts 9,500; lower Cattle Receipts 1,700; rtrong. Callves Receipts 600; lower. Sheep Receipts 200; steady. Sieers--Pt:me corn fed steers. I,?i0n and up, $15 25 $17.10; good to choice steers, 1,300 and up, $15.7501625; common to medium steers, 1,300 and up, $15.OO015.75;good to choice steers in medium steers. 1.150 to 1.250.
$14.50015.25; good to choice steers, j
600 to l.uuu ids., !., iuii iu medium yearlings, $9.75012.00. Heifers and Cows Goou lu cuolce htfrt $11 rnfi 14.50: common to fair
heifers, $0.00010.25; fair to medium J
cows, $8.50 0 9 25; canners ana cut$7.150 8.75. B ills and Calves--rtord to prime export bulls, $12.000 13.25: good to choice butcher bulls, $11.00012.00; common to fair bulls. $9.00010.75; common to best veal calves, $9,500 $14.00; common to best heavy calves, $8.500 $11.00; stock calves, 250 to 450 pounds. $7.50 1050;good to choice lights. $16,100 16.15. Stockers and Feeding Cattie Good to choice steers, 700 pounds and up. $10.00 1125; common to fair steers, under 700 pounds, $9.000 $10.00; good to choice r.teera. under 700 pounds. $9.50010.50; common to fair steers, under 700 pcunds. $8.5009.50; medium lo good heifers, $76009.00; medium to good feeding tows. $7.0008.50; rprlngers, $7.0008X0. ttnea nest heavies. J17.60: med
ium and mixed, $17.60; good to choice.
lights, iif.tiu; common iu iubuiuih lights, $17.60; roughs and packers, $15 0 16.50; light plus. $14.00017.60; bulk of best hogs, $17.60; best pigs, $17.75 018.00. Sheep and Iambs Good to choice vearllngs. $15.0001800; common to fair yearlings, $13.00014.75; good to choice sieep, $14.00016.00; bucks 100 pounds, $10.0001100; good to choice breeding ewes, $14.00016.00; common to medium spring lambs, $14.00 $18.00020.00; fair to best spring lambs CINCINNATI. O.. May 14 Hogp Receipts 2,400; market steady; packers and butchers $17.60017.80; pigs and lights $12017.80. Cattle Receipts 800; market steady; heifers $7.50014.50. Calves Market strong. J7.5O013.75. Sheep Receipts U0; market is steady; $6011.50. Lambs Market steady. PITTSBURGH. May 14. Hors Receipts 7.000; market lower; heav'.es $17.75017.90; Yorkers $18.00018.50; pigs, $17.75018.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts 800; market steady; top sheep $14.25; top lambs. $17.50. Calves Receipts 400; market steady; top $15.00. CHICAGO. May 14 Hogs Receipts 30.000; market weak; bulk of tales $17.40017.60; lights $17.20 1780; mixed, $17.15017.80; heavy, $16.25017.60; roughs $16.25016.60; pigs. $14.00017.25. Cattle Receipts 13.000; market steady; steers $10.15017.70; stockers and feeders $9012.85; co-a-b and heifers $6.90014.25; calves $8014. Sheep - Receipts 18,000; market weak; sheep. $12010.25! lambs $15.00 '0 20.50.
PRODUCE Butter. 35c; eggs, 30c; potatoes. 75c; old hens, 20c. Onions, yellow, $1.7502.00 per 100 lbs.; white $1.7502.00 per 100-lb. sack; onion sets, 15c per lb. VEGETABLES Wax beans, 20 cents per pound: asparagus, 5c bunch; new cabbage, Sc lb.; brussels sprouts, 35c; green beans. 20c per lb.; carrots, 3 to 5c lb.,; spring carrots, Sc bunch; spring beets 10c bunch; cauliflower 15 0 25c head: cucumbers 5010c; egg plants 15c: kohlrabi 10c bunch; leaf lettuce 20e round; head lettuce. Sue lb. trimmed; 20c per pound, untrimmed; French endive, 60c lb.; leak. Uc bunch: mushrooms, 75c pound; onions, 3 cents per pound; new potatoes, 6c lb., new Texas Sc lb; shallots, Sc bunch; young onions 5c bunch, 3 for 10c; oyster plant, 5c bunch; parsley, 5c bunch; mangoes, 5c each; radishes, 5c bunch; spinnach. 15c per lb.; toms, 25c pound; turnips, 3 to 5 cenis per pound; water cress, 5c per bu:h; artichokes, 20c each; celery, 8. 10 and 15c bunch; parsnips, 5c per lb.; potatoes, $1.0001.25 per bushel; Jersey sweets, 10c per pound; rhubarb, 5c bunch; green peas, 20c lb.; fealil, $15c pound. FRUITS Apples ?, to Sc per pound: grape fruit. 10015c: lemons 40c per doz.; bananas, Sc lb; limes 30c per doz.; pomegranates. 8 lo 10c each; oranges. 40c to r?c doz.: pineapples. 20c each. MISCELLANEOUS Eggs,, 35c per dozen; strawberries, 30c per quart; butter, creamery, 52c; country, 45c per pound; sassafras, 5c 10c per bunch.
fiST PUFFALO. N. Y., May 14.-r
.GENERAL ME '.-;; MAN DISE Butter Creamery v.'iiol milk extra
4Ci; centralized extra, 44c; do firsts. 41; do seconds, 40: fancy dairy, 34, packing stock No. 1, 2Sc, No. 2, 24c. Eggs Prime firsts (loss off), 22c; first", Sic; ordinary firsts, 29c; seconds, 2Sc; goose eggs, 60c; cluck eges, 35c. Poultry Broilers under 2 lbs., 400 45c; fryers over 2 lbs.. 30c; roosters, lSc; culls, 10c; white ducks 3 lbs. and over 25c; colored do 30c; geese choice full feather, 20c; do medium, ISc; guineas $6 per dozen. Apples Pippins $5.5O0$6 per brl.; Ben Davis. $4.5005.50; Ganos. $505.50 per brl, Jonathan $2.25 0 2.60 per box, Baldwin $505.50, Greenings $606.50, Rome Beauty $607 per brl. Beets Home-grown $1.5001.75 per bush, Florida ?2 5O03 per crate. Onions Yellow $1.750$2.OO per 100 lb. sack, white $$2,000 $2.25, Spanish Potatoes Wisconsin, $1.30051.40 per 100 pound sack.
JUNK (Prices paid by Sam Jaffe) No. 1 Rubber Boots and Shoes, 70 7c per lb. No. 2 Rubber Boots and Shoes, 4 4o per lb. Automobile tires, 404c per lb. Inner tubes, 801fic per lb. Bicycle tires, 3c per lb. Buggy tires, SVS04o per lb. Baled paper. 40c per hundred lbs. Country mixed rags, $2.30 per hun dred pounds. Mixed Iron, $1.10 per hundred ibs.
War Mothers to Hold Sale for Soldiers Next Week Plans for the White Eelephant sale to be held by the County War Mothers' organization were completed a, a meeting of the Ways and Means committee of the sociely Monday afternoon. The sale will be held May 23, 24 and 25 at the McGuire building on Main street between Tenth and Eleventh streets, and contributed articles will be sold. The money obtained from the 6ale .will be used to buy necessities and articles of wearing apparel for the Wayne county boys in service. Mrs. E. S, Curtis is cha'uman of the committee in charge of tho sale. Per sons having articles o contribute may notify Mrs. R. P. Whisler or Mrs. A. W. Roach:
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Eight-Hour Day, Saturday Half Holiday, Adequate Meal and Rest Periods, Are Required to At- . tain Efficiency. "In view of the urgent necessity for prompt increase in the volume of production of nearly every article required for the conduct of the war, vigilance i3 demanded of all those in any way asociated with industry lest the safeguards with which the people of this country have sought to protect labor should be unwisely and unnecessarily broken down." This sentence sounds the keynote of the industrial policy of the two great divisions of the United States Army, today placing numberless contracts of fabulous size and value the Ordnance Department and the Quartermaster's Department. In "General Orders No. 13." from which this sentence is quoted, issued not long ago by the Ordnance Eepartment and later adopted by the Quartermaster General, are set forth in some detail the principles of this policy, ar.d in no uncertain words the reason for its existence. "It is a fair assumption." It goes on to say. "that for the most part these safeguards are the mechanisms of efficiency. Industrial history proves that reasonable hours, fair working conditions, and a proper wage scale are essential to high production." Enlightened patriotism, in other words, demands not that the workers shall work long hours at top speed for the least possible wages, but that for the sake of output they shall make a steady reasonable expenditure of strength for reasonable length of time under proper conditions. We have long heard these things demanded for the good of the Wtr'Aers, but now a new partnership fc'-s been formed. Efficiency and numanity go hand In hand. From the time of our entrance Into the war. the importance of conserving labor standards has been emphasized and re-emphasized by important officials in the government. The President himself, in welcoming at the White House the ISritish Labor Commission which visited this country last spring, said that "nothing would be more deplorable" than "to set aside even temporarily the laws which have safeguarded the standards of labor and of life." when we are fightins in a cause which "means the lifting of the standnrds of life.' Secretary Baker, as Chairman of the Council of Defense, in April of last year stated in a letter addressed to the governors of the states a resolution passed by the Council. "That the Council of National Defense urge upon the legislatures of the states, as well as all administrative agencies charged with the enforcement of labor and health laws, the great duty of maintaining the existing safeguards as to the health and welfare of workers, and that no departure from such present standards in state laws or state rulings affecting labor should be taken without the declaration cf the Council of National Defense that Fiieh a departure is essential for the effective pursuit of tho national Ca-
fense." The Council has since strongly reaffirmed this stand, and the Woman's Committee of the Council has taken, a3 its official standards for the employment of women, the standards issued by the Ordnance Department as part of General Orders No. 13. The Departments of Women in Industry of the Woman's Committee throughout the country are doing and will do all in their power to put this endorsement into practical effect, with the co-operation of the Department o; Women In Industry of the Woman's Committee at Washington. What are these standards, and why are stardards for working women of such .me Importance t th nation at this time? Proper conditions of women's labor have always been of peculiar Importance to the s.afe. In peace times the
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made to restrict the work of women to eight hours." the Ordnance Department has in mind primarily the output of munitions In urging the prohibition of night work, they state that "English investigators hav found that night work for women involves proportionately largei costs for supervision and protection." The human cost of night work has ljng been known to social investigators. A world war has trought out its pecuniary extravagance. The Saturday half holiday "an absolute essential for wotnen under all conditions." adequate meal and rest periods, and one day's rest in seven, also fin'i place 'n 'his Government list of Industrial standards. Even with the best will in the world, and despite the most p.rdent spirit of sacrifice, human beings cannot do continuous work without losing their efficiency. The English work-
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tTn'te1 Ptntps Fuprem' ro:rt TipI'1 that, for the sakj of future generations. It was constitutional to limit the working hours of women to eight hours a day. Today in war t!..io limitation cf hours is Important for an additional reason. Modern warfare Is not fought In the trenches alone The army at the front Is helpless if the second line of defense, the t-rin ih factories, is not alile to keep up production of supplies. In emphasizing the Viecesslty of rlsld enforcement of existing legal standards, and urging thnt "even where the law permits a nine or ten-hour day. effort should be
prs, who tolled such long hours at the beginning of the war, did so willingly for the sake of their soldiers. In the words of Mr. J. H. Thomas, member of the Tlritish Labor Commission to this country: "We got reports of our lads being mowed down, unable to defend themselves, sln.ply like rabbits in a hole, being mowed down all for want of munitions. You can quite understand, that public sentiment was that we had to five them some i -otection, ana our men and our women were working fourteen, sixteen, eighteen and nil manner of hours, one hundred and twenty
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Despite Most Ardent Spirit Of Sacrifice, Human Beings Cannot Do Their Best If Continuously ct Work. hours a week, not so much because they were compelled, don't get that into your heads, but because the very circumstances, the moral influence of doing something for these gallant lads to give them a chance compelled us all to forget hours and everything else. "Now as the war went on the sickness returns showed an alarming Increase. The general health ot the people was goinr down. Holidays you must remember were abandoned and the strain was beginning to be felt. The Government set up a committee composed of employers, trade union representatives and government officials, an impartial tribunal. They came to the unanimous decision that Ions hours and Sunday lr.bor were disastrous, not only to the health of the men and women, but to tha efficiency of the service and they were unanimous in condemning long hours. And we say without
Hesitation, naving rerard to that experience, thirt it is uneconomical, it is unwise and it is bad management to work men or women abnormally long hours because it does not pay in the end." ' Proper regulation cf hours alone, however, will not solve the problem. The Ordnance Eepartment knows that it will not help production to limit hours if the men and women who work these hours are not secured in the fundamental necessities of life if they are hungrv, poorly clothed and improperly housed. Therefore, it is urged that standards of wages "already established in the industry and in th locality should not be lowered," "that minimum wage rates bear a constant relation to increases in the cost of living," and that, in the case of replacement of men bywomen, there should be equal pay for equal work. In justice to our soldiers at the front, tho standards of the jobs they have le.- behiml must not be lowered by these newrecruits, who will, in increasing numbers, take their places in tha industrial army. British official estimates state that since the war be?an. some 1 -400,000 women have directly replaced men. and some 600.000 are employed directly on munitions. Tha replacement of men by women has. comparatively, not been extensive in the United States as yet. But d.iy by day we hoar of new occupations entered, and old ones extended. Women are the reserve labor power of the nation, and, if the war goes on. will inevitably be called into industry in greater and greater numbers. Increasing demands will ba made upon them, unwise sacrifices will without doubt be demanded, short-sighted attempts will be mada to break down labor laws. But because, in the light of England's experience, and of our own best in-
nustnai practice, we know that exhausted workers mean decreased production. and because in tha case of women workers, they mean, too, a deterioration of the race, the people of the country must be on guard with that "vigilance" demanded by its Chief of Ordnanca "lest the safeguards with which tha people of our country have sought to protect labor should he unwisely and unnecessarily broken down."
25 PERCENT RATE RAISE EXPECTED
(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 14. An in crease of at least 25 percent in freight and passenger rates Is indicated In estimates of railroad officials, a report of which was published nere today. The report sets forth that the costs of fuel, wages, equipment and other operating expenses will be from $600,000,000 to $750,000,000 more than last year. Director General McAdoo's advisors have recommended that rates be increased by approximately Ibis percentage and It is expected that he will act
Indianapolis RepreszTiialive Sales
H03S 7 245 $14.75 4 S15 15.75 7 134 16.50 74 " 192 17.60 62 266 ' 17.60 STEERS 7 820 $11.00 16 ' , ,,897 13.00 18 1176 13.50 17 906 16.00 HEIFERS i 2 690 $10.50 2 900 12.00 8 870 12.50 23 .....966 13.50 COWS 2 633 ' $ 7.00 2 925 10.00 19 ' 1077 12.50 2 1480 14.00 BULLS 1 630 $ 8.50 1 '". 1 . .i030 9.50 1 ; 1310 f 10.50 1 ' 1490 11.75 CALVES 1 320 $ 8.00 4. . ...........132 12.50 10 .....157 13.00 2 ...........180 14.00
within the next six weeks and put the increases Into effect. Under the railroads act, shippers will be permitted to appeal to the interstate commerce commission. Final decision will bo with the president.
Garden Sapervi Urges Mcistzre Saving
The conservation of moisture in the soil, caused by the recent heavy rains is urged by City Gardner Murphy. The garden supervisor stated Tuesday that by Tuesday night or Wednesday the eoil would be in condU'on to cultivate, and that if gardeners would cultivate their ground they would have moisture, enough to la3t a month. "One of the biggest problems in crop production is the conservation of moisture," Mr. Murphy said, "moisture can easily be conserved by frequent, thorough cultivation. The cultivating puts a dust, mulch on the surface, and capillary water rises to the under surface of the mulch and f-tops. If the mulch ia not there, tons of water evaporate. Even if there are no plants in the ground, the eoil should be cultivated, to conserve the moisture.
;CTS MAY
JOIN ARMY NOW
Army Recruiter Wright announced Tuesday that men who have become 21 since last June 5th have only about three more weeks in which to enlist in
the army. He received a communication from Major T. F, Ryan of Indianapolis, : slating that as soon as they are registered, they will not be available for ! service. All branches of army service 'are open now. I Charles Hershey cf Richmond left
for Indianapolis, Monday and took the final examination for the army. Horace Vaughn and Merril Klingman both of Richmond left for Indianapolis Tuesday.
PROF. PURDY TO SPEAK
Stray er io Speak at Memorial Day Services Frank Strayer, prosecuting attorney, has accepted an invitation to deliver a Memorial day address at Jacksonburg. Memorial day in Jacksonburg will be observed on May 26., The Odd Fellows and members of the G. A. R. will hold their annual memorial services in co-operation as ha3 been the custom in the past.
.SUES ON BILL
The Wayne County Lumber company has filed suit in the circuit court against Martha Alice Fouts for the recovery of a bill of $63, which the company alleges is due for lumber sold the defendant.
Michael Sziiivan Dks rem Injuries Michael Sullivan, 54 years old, of New Paris, O., died Tuesday morning at '.the ccunty jail from injuries received last February when he fell from a car in the east Pennsylvania yards. Suilivan slipped from the top of a car, falling and injuring himself internally. He was removed to the Re'd Memorial hospital. As he was delirious most of the time he was removed to I he county jail.
High School Pupils to Address R. C. Cards
Pupils in the business courses at the high echool have offered lo address the Red Cross war fund notification cards that will be sent out by the war fund committee to persons expected to contribute. There are ten thousand of the cards to be addressed.
American educators assert that unless more girls take courses preparing
j them to enter college many girls' ' schools will have to be abandoned.
CENTER VILLE. May 14. Tovn
ship Sunday School Institute will be held at the M. E. church next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The principal addresses will be given by E. P. Jones of Milton, and Prof. Purdy of Earlhim college. The program will be announced later.
GEORGE COOK IS BURIED
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buried Monday at Brow-
Cook was a resident ot
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GROCERS WARNED TO COMPLY WITH SUGAR RULING
County Food Director Explains Sugar Card System to Grocers Association. Harry S. Gilbert, Wayne county food administrators, has been notified of an order issued by the United States food administration to the effect that all sugar sold at retail roust be sold on'a basis of not more than one cent per pound profit over and above the cost, an order which has caused Gilbert to fix a maximum price of 9 cent3 per pound on all granulated sugar In Wayne county by retail dealers. In an address made Monday night at the Commercial club before the members of the Retail Grocers association Gilbert reiterated the more stringent rulings that have been made by the food administration. "There have been a great many violations of these rulings," the food administrator said, "and they have been excused for various reasons. But hereafter no excuse will be accepted where- food rulings have been violated. The penalty will be severe." Gilbert cited the case of an Indianapolis dealer who was fined $3,000 by the Marion county administrator for violating an order of the federal food administration. The dealer flatly refused to pay the fine, he said, declaring that he would appeal the matter to some of his friends in the senate. Dr. Harry Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana, to'd this dealer that unless he paid this fine within fifteen minutes he would close his place of business for the period of the war. The check was in Barnard's hands within six minutes. Rigorously Enforced. This case was cited by Gilbert as an Illustration of the rigorous policy of the government in the enforcing of its food orders. No. favorites will be played, Gilbert said. The card system that is to be put In operation In Wayne county came up for discussion at the meeting Monday nighL This system applies only to sugar to be nsed for canning purposes. Ordinary purchases of sugar for domestic use do not require the filling out of the certificates. Every housewife is therefore urged to keep her sugar in two separate' receptacles, one for ordinary domestic use and the other to contain the suga she expects to use in canning. The card system is primarily for manufacturers and dealers who use large quantities of sugar in the making of candies, ice creams, fancy drinks, etc., and none of these can buy sugar without cards. As these cards have not been re
ceived here, and there Is a possibility that they may not be received for
several days, some of the larger establishments may be compelled to shut down in the interim. The delay.
it is said, is the fault of the printer.
Sugar Card Rulings. Here are some of the rulings men
tioned Monday night by Gilbert
which must be rigidly obeyed: No family can purchase more than three pounds of sugar per capita per month. , People living in the city cannot purchase more than five pounds of sugar at one time. People living In the country cannot purchase more than ten pounds of sugar at one time. Grocers may have a thirty days' supply of sugar on hand, but they can not purchase more than 1,090 pounds of sugar at one time, no matter how much they usein a month. No family can purchase more than one and one-half pounds of flour per capita per week. A two weeks' supply of flour may be purchased if it does not exceed 24 pounds in the city, or 49 pounds in the country. When asked by the grocers how it was possible for them to keep people from buying sugar or flour at more than one grocery and thus exceeding their quota, the administrator said that it was up to the grocers to devise their own system in that resptct. People who do this, however, he said, are themselves violating the law and probably do not realize it. If the grocer complies with the law in every respect he is in no way to blame for what the purchaser may do. Secret
service men are working in this county, Gilbert said, and when consumers are caught violating these food laws they will have to pay the penalty. The association gave the Wayne county administor a vote of confidence stating that it would stand behind him in every step he was required to take by the government. The grocers decided to hereafter hold one regular meeting each month, and to hold special meetings wh?n anything of importance to the association should arise.
FOUR KILLED IN WRECK
(By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, May 14. Two passengers and two trainmen were killed and eight or ten other passenger", were injured when passenger train No. 29, known as the Buffalo Special was derailed at Schodack Landing, nar Albany late last night, according to a statement by the New York Central railroad today.
fefiOTH ERKOOD TO MEET
The Brotherhood of First English Lutheran church will meet Wednesday, May 15, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hansche, 212 South Tenth street. A full attendance is desired.
GILES TALKS ON SCHOOL BULLETIN BEFORE ROTARIANS
Superintendent J. T. Giles of the city schools discussed the recent school bulletin, which he compiled, at the meeting of the Rotary club at the Arlington hotel Tuesday noon. Special emphasis was laid on tho tables showing the school tax rate in Richmond to be third lowest in the state. The members of the committee in
charge of the meeting were J. H. Bentley, George Rohe, Richard Kemper and J. T. Giles.
ORGANIZATION
AT CAMBRIDGE CITY
A permanent organization for war activities was perfected at a meeting held Monday evening at Cambridge City in the interest of the Red Cross drive. Benton Wilson was elected president of the organization and Charles Wheeler, secretary. A committee was appointed from the organization to meet Tuesday and map out the territory and appoint solicitors for the Red Cross war fund drive. E. M. Haas, secretary of the Wayne County war fund association attended the meeting and explained the methods of organization for the drive. The Rev. F. A. Dressel gave a patriotic address, uiging the support of the Red Cross compaign. About sixty Cambridge City business men attended tho meeting.
The Remington Arms Company is seeking 1,000 additional women employes.
Glen Miller Stock Yards Market Every Day Call Phone 3744 SHURLEY&GAAR