Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 263, 19 August 1919 — Page 2
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1919.
PACKERS GAIN
FOOD CONTROL SAYS WITNESS
Colver Sees Danger of Entrance of Big Five Into Other Industries.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. The danger as seen by the Federal Trade Commission In the entrance of the packing Industry into lines of business beyond the packing of meats was described by William B. Colver. member of the commission, to the Senate agricultural committee. In its opening hearing on the Kenyon bill to divorce ownership of the stockyards and refrigerator cars from the packing concerns of the country and to regulate by license their operation, the committee was taken over much of the ground traveled by the commission in Its investigation of the packing industry. "The refrigerator car and their use of it," said Commissioner Colver, referring to the "five big packers," "was not in itself a bad thing. But they have turned the refrigerator car into a traveling wholesale grovery, peddling Into every city In the country every day almost everything that people eat. Extreme Instances Cited "When the packers," he continued, "have found their customers buying something else besides the meat they have to sell, or Its by-products, they have gradually commenced to get into the business of supplying the other things. When they have themselves been large buyers of a given commodity, they have gotten Into the production of that article, and gone into com
petition with their former purveyors. When they have found a substance which has become to some extent a substitute for meat products, they have gone into th ebusiness of making and selling that substance." Extreme instances of the tendency, the commissioner asserted had turned meat packers to hotel operating when they had started only to sell 6oap, to making tennis rackets because gut strings went in such articles, and to selling soda fountains because beef tea was there served. Efficiency is Overemphasized "Suppose they can reach out, put the wholesaler out of business," Senator Kenyon, a member of the committee asked at one point In the inquiry, "Bell products cheaper to the consumer in these unrelated lines, develop efficiency of supply, is that not a sound economic principle which is being worked out?" "In the Art place I can not accept any promises upon which you put the question," was Mr. Colver's reply. "This much-talked-of efficiency of the packers doesn't exist. The overhead absorbs a great deal in these great business concerns." The packers control of meat supply through the retail establishments in England, their difficulties with Australian governmental objections to large combinations, and the question of their responsibility through control of leather prices in the high cost of shoes, were all touched upon by Mr. Colver, who said some credit, however, was due the creators and executives of the industry.
Farmers Here Aided in
Prevention of Fires INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19. "Visitors from rural sections of the State," says the state fire marshal, "should be especially interested in the prevention of farm fires, and our office has obtained a supply of government bulletins on the subject of 'Rural Fire Hazards,' which will be distributed free. "Fire has become a most serious menace to the agricultural wealth of our State. Over two million dollars' worth of farm property, which is equal to one-third of the state's annual fire loss, is burned each year in Indiana." The fire marshal and his deputies will be in active charge of the exhibit and will be pleased to answer questions or be of any other assistance to those who desire any Information on the question of prevention of fires.
CHARGES GULICK IS AGENT OF JAPAN
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 19. Chaging the Rev. Dr. Sidney L. Gulick with being "simply a Japanese agent," Senator Phelan of California yesterday Issued a statement attacking Senator Dillingham's immigration bill, of which he says, Dr. Gulick is the author. The bill provides for the admission of 5 per cent annually of the number of persons of each nationality now resident in the United States. "Dr. Gulick," says the senator's staement, "I charge, is acting for the Japanese, to secure them a foothold by lumping them with all other foreigners, assimilable and nonassimilable, desirable and undesirable. "My attention has been called to a
letter written June 25 by K. K. Kawakami, the American representative of the Japanese association, who recently called a convention of this body, a government within a government, to decide whether Japanese children in
America shall be Instructed in the English language. This letter proves two things: First, that Dr. Gulick, though he has denied it, is simply a Japanese agent and that the bill is itself the result of collaboration with Mr. Kawakami."
BIGGEST VICTORY YET TO WIN, SAYS
OTT, SPEAKER TONIGHT Edward Amherst Ott, a lecturer known for his Insight into economic and social as well as political conditions in this country, will appear on the Chautauqua stage at 8:15 o'clock tonight in his already famous lecture,' "Victory." In discussing his subject Tuesday afternoon, Ott said that the American people should feel and understand the fact that only a military victory has been won, and that Democracy has been less evident in certain systems and conditions existing throughout the world and right here at home in America. "Some people have slumped back now that the fighting is over; a feeling of victory on the field of war. They do not realize this is only one of the many on which it is up to us to win. "Take for instance, the high cost of living. The people who are pushing on this condition have never shown so little loyalty. In spite of four years of war many of our people evidently did not catch the spirit of true humane relationship, true democracy. Many of them are in a more desperate mood, so to express it, than they were before the war. It is our battles right here at home which we must get after now. "In my address tonight I will not give a sterotyped analysis of the afterwar conditions we have too much of that already, but I will endeavor to tell some of the real things which I have come face to face with in a special 6tudy of this country and its victories yet to come.
"Our biggest, most potent battles are yet to be fought, I believe, and it will take all the forces of civilization
to combat them toward victory for
humanity and brotherly associations." Many friends Mr. Ott made when
he appeared in Richmond a number of
years ago have shown enthusiastic la
terest in again hearing the speaker,
gaining something from his understanding of existing conditions..
J u go-Slavs in U. 5. To Aid New Republic (By Associated Press) CLEVELAND, Aug. 19. Fifteen hundred delegates representing the
Jugo-Slavonian Republic Alliance will meet here in September to plan a fight against monarchists elements in Jugoslavia and to lay the foundations of a republican government. Italy's ambitions in th Adriatic and Serbia's proposed hegemony in the Balkans will be attacked, according to L. F. Truger, a member of the general committee of alliance.
Marshal Von Mackensen, Practically Unheard of Since Ending of War, Reported to be Training Great Army for Chinese Republic
EMIGRATION PREDICTED.
(By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY. August 19. Leopoldo Ortiz, for the past three years representative of Mexico in Germany and Austria, has returneh to this country and in an interview with El Universal, he declared that great preparations are under way in Germany for wholesale emigration to Latin-America.
PORCUPINE GIVEN TO ZOO
City Now Has Two Tracy Tea and Coffee Houses; P. F. Tracy From Detroit When T. L. Tracy, the "Tea and Coffee man" at 526 Main street, decided to open his second store at 1032 Main, he ran to Detroit and talked it over with his brother, P. F. Tracy.
This resulted in the gain to Richmond of a desirable new citizen, and" the loss to Detroit of a progressive young business man, who has already made many friends in this community. The new Tracy store is rather more commodious than is the old place lower down town. It has greater winlo"v display space and has been fitted up conveniently to handle the greatest number of customers in the least possible time. P. F. Tracy, who was in the tame line of business in Detroit, came here to supervise installation of the fixtures and says that he is already feeling very much at home. The Tracy stores are alike in being fitted up with coffee roasters, peanut butter machines, etc., and are run strictly on the old "market basket" idea of seeing and selecting what you want, paying cash and then carrying it home.
A porcupine has been presented to the Richmond Zoo by Taylor Dillman, of Sidney, Montana, who is a former resident of Richmond. The porcupine, the animal which is a large one and arrived in Richmond Tuesday morning and was put in care of Mayor Zimmerman, who at once notified the superintendent of parks, E. F. Hollarn.
Rotary Club Dines at
Johnson Factory Today
Members of the Richmond Rotary club were entertained at the W. N. Johnson Auto Sheet Metal works, Tuesday noon. Luncheon was served in the new addition. After a number of Impromptu speeches by guests and members of the club, a tour was made through the factory. About 65 persons were present. Guests were Al Spekenhier, formerly a resident of Richmond, now of Bogolosa, Louisianna, John Hansel of Chicago, Mr. Schwartz, and W. W. Thompson of Wabash. The committee in charge was composed of Ed Hollarn and Dr. Frank Harding.
Alvie "Bays" Berries at Bargain Price: 15
Quarts Cost Him $25 The high cost ol living, particularly the cost of blackberries, has struck forcibly Alvie Threewits, a fanner, living southwest of Centerville. Threewits recently entered a woods belonging to a neighbor and picked about fifteen quarts of blackberries, disregarding a warning against trespassing. He was arrested on an affidavit filed by the neighbor, and fined $10 and costs in circuit court Monday. The fifteen quarts of berries cost Alvie about $25, and he did his own picking and canning.
CRAMER TAKES PLACE AT NAVY RECRUITING STATION
N. C. Cramer, boatswain's mate, second class, arrived today from Indianapolis, and will be on duty at the local Naval recruiting office, relieving Lewis Christenberry. During the war, Cramer was on duty aboard the U. S. S. Dubuque, attached to the French division in the West Indies, and was one of the ships detailed on the hunt for the U. S. S. Cyclops, which mysteriously disappeared in March, 1918.
The Bkin of an elephant when It is tanned is very expensive.
A Persian carpet has been in use for over 200 years.
WASHINGTON', August 19. Before the world war Marshal von Mackensen, one of Germany's leading military authorities, did yeoman service for his country by training the armies of Germany's allies for the long-planned conflict, including-the Turks and Austrians. During the war he led and drilled troops on the Italian and Rumanian fronts with marked success until the allies and America could throw their full strength into the field. With the signing of the armistice the marshal dropped out of the news dispatches. Now comes the report that von Mackensen and 8,000 officer aides have been in China since early spring training a Chinese army of 5,000,000 men. according to information contained in a letter which Dr. E. L. Scharf of Washington announced today he had just received from his
brother in Germany. This was one of the first letters known to have been received here since the resumption of mail service between the United States and German j'. Mackensen Unheard From. Press dispataches from Germany and nearby neutral countries for the past several months have been conspicuously licking in reference to the whereabouts and activities of Field Marshal von Mackensen, who became one of the most popular of the German commanders as a result of his successful operations in Rumania. The letter wa3 writen in German. According to Dr. Scharf's translation, it stated:7 "General Mackensen has just returned from China, where he went early in the spring, at the invitation of
the Chinese government, with 8,000 German officers, to organize and drill an army of 5,000.000 men." The leter went on to explain. Dr. Scharf said, that the field marshal's object in returning to Germany at this time was to secure aditional officers. He expects to return to China at an early date and continue the intensive training on an even more elaborate scale. Says Information is Direct. Dr. Scharf has been In this country about forty years. He said he took the oath of allegiance to the United States about seven years after his arrival. He was formerly a professor in the Catholic university here and numbers among his friends many men prominent in public life. His brother's official position in Germany, Dr. Scharf said, is such that the information concerning Field Marshal Mackensen undoubtedly reached him direct from government circles. As no official information has been received in Washington of the drilling of a Chinese army of 5,000,000, by Field Marshal von Mackensen. army officials here were unwilling to discuss the report or comment upon the possibilities which it suggests.
East End Market To Open at 5 in Future
The opening time for the east end market at Seventeenth and Main streets has been changed from 6:30 a. m. to 6:00 a. m. in order that the workingman who has to be at work before the market opens, can take ad vantage of the opportunity of 'securing fresh foodstuffs. Councilman A. J. Ford, food committee chairman, is responsible for this change In the time ot opening. Parcel Post Service Is Opened With Spain WASHINGTON, August 19. After exchanges extending over many years, the postoffice department announced today a successful negotiation of a parcel post convention with Spain. Parcel post service will begin September 1, pending final ratification of the treaty between the two countries. The weight limit of packages will be 11 pounds, sfnd the rate will be 12 cents a pound or fraction of a pound.
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Can Corn for Winter Use; U. S. Department of Agriculture Gives Housewife Directions
Peasants Force Joseph To Remain in Office (By Associated Press) BUDAPEST. Saturday. Aug. 16. Archduke Joseph agreed today to resign as temporary dictator of the Hungarian government because of the Socialists' objections to him but consented to remain in office for the time being when peasant leaders and members of the reactionary party protested. They declared they would cause the food blockade against Budapest to be re-established unless he continued to act as regent.
ILLITERATES TO BE TAKEN IN EDUCATIONAL ARMY DRIVE
Corn seems to give average home canner more trouble than any other product. It is especially important,
therefore, that extreme care be used and that directions be carefully followed. Much depends upon the age and condition of the corn. Select fresh, tender, juicy corn which has not reached the starchy stage. A little experience in selecting the ear and the ability to recognize corn that is just between the milky and dough stage are important.
The army will accept for enlistment all white applicants, illiterate or nonEnglish speaking citizens, who have made legal declaration of their intention to become naturalized citizens, who, after receiving instructions and training at the Recruit Educational Center, Camp Upton, for a nation-wide tour. The purpose of this will be to show the nation what kind of men the army can turn out and to stimulate recruiting, according to an official order received by Sergeant Wriglrt. in charge of the local recruiting station. TANK STEAMER BURNS
By Associated Press) HAVRE, France, Monday, Aug. 18. Tire which badly damaged the American tank steamer George G. Henry, and destroyed merchanise on the dock valued at 500,000 francs today, was caused by oil from the tanker catching fire when an unloading pipe broke. The burning oil flooded the pier to which the steamer was moored.
Blanch In Hot Water Have the utensils in readiness before
starting. The jars (already tested for
leaks) and tops should be boiled i minutes and then be left in the hot water until ready for use. The rubbers should be placed in a hot solu-
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tion made with 1 tablespoon soda and 1 Quart of boiling water. If a hot-water bath canner is used (either homemade or commercial), have the water heating in it before starting to cut the corn from the cob. A steam-pressure canner is recommended for use in the canning of corn. If used, the water in it should be started to heating beforehand. A container of boiling water should be in readiness in which to blanch the corn.
Remove husks and silk; blanch (boil) corn for 1 to 5 minutes on the
cob. Dip for an instant in cold water. After cold dip. cut immediately off cob with a sharp, thin-bladed knife. Speed is requiste in successful canning of corn. The best results can be obtained when one person cuts the corn from the cob and another fills the containers. Pack the corn to within one inch of the top. Add one level teaspoon of salt and one-half teaspoon of sugar to each quart. Fill the jars with boiling water. Put rubbers and tops into position on the jars. When using jars with glass tops which have wire bails the top bail only should be put in place. Place the filled jars on false bottom of wood in the water-bath canner or into the steam-pressure canner. With the hot-water bath canner have the water above the tops of the cans. When one period of processing is used, boil steadily for 180 minutes, starting to count time after the water is boiling vigorously. If the intermittent processing is used, boil iy2 hours the first day and 1 hour on the two succeeding days, allowing only 12 to IS hours between the first and second processing periods. Tighten the jar tops after each boiling and loosen just before starting the successive boiling. Only one period of processing is necessary with the steam-pressure cooker. When one is used, process corn SO minutes under 15 pounds pressure at a temperature of 250 F. When jars are removed from the canner, tighten tops immediately. Cool in a place away from drafts, test the seal, and store in a cool, dark, dry place. United States Department of Agriculture.
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The Purchase of Better Quality Furniture is Really the Finest Kind of Economy to Practice
in purchasing furniture you should always keep in mind the tact that you are going to live with your furniture a long time. It Isn't like an article of wearing apparel that you wear only a short period ani then discard. Furniture that is hastily selected and bought simply because the price is low, very often develops Into an eyesore after living with it a short time.
An Unusual Value in Queen Anne Dining Room Tables If you have priced dining room tables recently you will appreciate what a wonderful value this table Is. It can be had in either American walnut or mahogany finish, has full 4S-inch top with 6-foot extension, patent locking device and shaped rim as shown in the illustration and sells at a very usually low price.
Odd Dressers of Odd Design There is nothing commonplace about these dressers a3 they are all artistically designed and a representative of some popular period. The accompanying lllustrat 1 o n shows only one of the many very handsome odd dressers now on our sales floors at popular prices.
The type of furniture that you will see on display on our sales floors was selected because it was designed for service, for beauty, for character and all of the qualities that home keepers, who appreciate the better things, would like their furniture to possess.
Another Attractive Value From Our Bedroom Floor The accompanying illustration shows one of the new and very attractive designs in bedroom furniture. This bed can be had in either American walnut, ivory or mahogany, beautifully finished in every way and very attractive. '
Guests Are Always Welcome When You Have a Duofold It is very embarrassing, not to be able to take care of your friends over night and this embarrassment "is avoided with a duofold. as with it you are always prepared for the unexpected guests. These duofolds open into full size beds with two motions and
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