THE MOnXFXG OREGOXIAX, SATTJIiDAY, MARCH 30, 1918.
"GRAFTING" FOOD
GERMAN WAR VICE
Conditions as They Are Today
in Households of Germany
Clearly Set Forth.
PRICES MOlfNT RAPIDLY
Xr IodDMrlrs and Municipalities
Involved la Rattle Ho; at fur
Prix of Nation's Small
Surplus Food Stuck.
ET CTr.lt. FROWN.
teht. lata, br "e P r-oMUh!Ti rv
I'ubiishMf hy arraasemenl vita the "ew
Tnrk WorM.
STOCKHOLM. Feb. IS. Food pres
haa had a humanizing effect on
he German: It hu made thm. In
rapidly increasing aumlxn, Imi
Biding, mar prone to wink at author
ity and many an honest Hfrwin baa
bfomi a pant master In the gentle art
ar grafting.
blelhhandet." or clandestine traf
fic In food, liko 'Errata. of substitutes
f'r food, has beentne a bouse word.
This traffic la still spreading like a
rn-er. all official suralral efforta to
t 'o t It out being Impotent, and. second
only to the possibility of a catastrophsl
crop failure. It constitutes the gravest
insnaee to the food supply of the r
aa people, ftroalni from mod?t be
ginnings, tt has heroma not only the
national war vice, hut a recognised
profession and system.
Ths aerm of the present vicious
"system" Is generally traced to the
fate arsenal and ammunition works at
t-nandau. near Berlin, where the mill
tary management. In order to check
n Incipient "hunger strike, bought
tdd large quantities of foodstuffs and
distributed them. Ths all-powerful
ear Industries, with millions of prof
its, were quirk to follow this example,
and by hook or crook gt food to sell
tn their workers regardless of maal
srtnm prices,
Tb next step was ths keen compe
tition between the war Industries to
bold their workers and get fresh labor
br making food conditions Increasingly
a 'tractive. Krupp snd the other big
-llows has their food directors, their
foo warehouse and hundreds of
scents scouring Germany to snsp up
fxlstuffs at fancy prices. The au-
re helpless; the military authorities.
In fact, tacitly approving.
llles recced to eaef e.
This keen competition has driven
prices to three, four and la times the
Jrgsl maximum and opened up daxzling
proapecta to farmers and dealers. It
las caused a dangerous diversion of
foodstuffs In quantities so great Ih
i" etpert baa ths nerve to estimate
Ihem from ths scantily fed public Into
tuie maw r the war Industries.
Rut tha evil has not ended here. Th
comparative luxury among workers of
lie powerful Industries has aroused
J-a'ouay la the weaker Industries
-ahicb cannot compete In Illicit buying
nier u:atisia--tion and labor unrr.i
has resulted la less favored Industrial
c-ntera, la tha factor sections of tha
large cities.
Again, ths system baa occasioned
wo food shortages In th cm
iat muniripaittiea have had to forgrt
e law and compete with tha war In
S'istrtrs for ths floating supply of llli
c i looasiotrs. completing; tha vicious
aire is.
In th flerra subsurface struggle for
xlstenr war Industries and munici
palities sr Involved In a battle royal
i-r in prise or uermany s s-nall sur
pius iimt stocks, and an prices rise
graft and law-breaking srs stimulated
oo th part of producers and profiteers.
and tn diversion or food from th
p eases Increases alarmingly.
Th Illicit traffic Includes everything
-taba. aad there ar many ways of
renmventing ths laws. In brrad
tuffs th traffic la limited lo such
eriantlttea of wheat and ry as th
aarnrtana and peasants "embessl".
fail to give up to ths state, which con
fiscates all brea.rxtuffs at the source
or to th reserves for seeding. Herein
lea sn additional grave danger to the
nation's food supply, for large quan
tities of seed wheat and rye are sold
through th SchlelchhandeL Profiteers
bav been known to offer seed wheat
at from Ui to li per hundredweight.
reoalty heerfally Paid.
In potatoes th war Industries have
reeu abl to rover their requirement,
sol only by high price, but. In many
eses, by offering the producers coal
tor fertilisers. Kaorbitant prices bav
Induced producers to withhold deliver
ies of fresh and Winter vegetables on
t.ielr less profitable rontrirts at legal
maximum prices with municipalities,
cheerfully pocketing th i per cent
1- gal penalisation and leaving the cities
U'nudrd of vegetables.
The war Industries pay up to II a
pound for meal procured from the
wholesale cattle dealers' associations,
which bav been Intrusted with the
monopoly of th livestock business,
circumventing th mtxtatim prices by
"premiums, extra commissions, expenses
snd other subterfuges. Milk bss slut
Tarty been drawn into the vicious rir-
I, while there la a flourishing Illicit
t-affic in butter at prices ranging from
I 1 to II a pound. (lata have been
enowa to change hands at t per cent
sbov the legal price, while for feed
tn general ther Is an artiv Illegal
market, stimulated by th competition
af prtvat livestock owners.
Municipalities and industries that
Tkecp within th law, if there ar any.
run th danger of seeing their popu
lations more poorly fed thsn those of
ta law violators, with resultant dis
content and popular unrest.
Th mure sensational a holesale food
law violations, however, are over
ertadooed In omlnousness by the dlly
millions of rette Individual Infringe
ments and violations, which In the ag
gregate constttats an Immense drain
on rmni closely- rsttoned suppl.es
and one serious, apparently Irreme.ti
able. cause of shortages. Procuring
forbidden food baa become a National
baMt. At leaat half of the ticrman
eopte do sot restrict themsslves to
their legal rations.
turned from the Flanders front, bad
brought horn ten pounds of dauer-
murst. The price waa II SO per
pound and tha customer snapped at
the bargain.
Officers, being Immune from search,
bring bom not only the bacon but
butter In pots, coffee, sugar and othr
rarities. A certain lrussian staff Major,
returning from the west front, over
joyed bis wife with a Chrlstmaa pres
ent of two pounds of butter and five
of sugar. Officers In the field fre
quently send food home to their fami
lies by their servants or trusted sol
diers. I heard the sad story of a Lieutenant
General who came home fro mth east
front bringing as part of his "battle
baggage' a hamper containing ten
dressed Polish geaaa. They were lost
In th fierce baggage scrimmsge at
lierlin. The General's orderly, left be
hind to find the geese, let the cat out
of the bag. fin locating the hamper
th wily station officials pointed out
the law and said the geese would have
to be sent to th customs "revision."
This polite hint of blackmail resulted
in a compromise, the orderly getting
one goose for his General and the
officiala accepting the other nine.
GERMAN
ATTACK Oil
KURSK EXPECTED
Petrograd Learns Offensive
Launched Against Town 300
Miles South of Moscow.
POSSE PURSUES DESERTER
F. F. Benton Thoaght lo Be Hiding
Alone; Snake River.
FAKErn, Or.. March' IJ. (fpeelal.
Somewhere along- the Snake River
Sheriff Anderson. Deputy Sheriff Bob
Nelson and a poasa are searching: for
F. K. Henton, escaped deserter who
was with Karl Franklin when the lat
ter was shot. The only news received
at th Sheriff office regarding Ben
ton since the officers stsrted after him
Is that a man answering his descrip
tion was seen getting Into a boat on
the Snake River near Huntington.
Ieputy Sheriff George Herbert this
afternoon received word from the Adjutant-General
at Tamp Lewis Instruct
ing blm that If Franklin died, to ship
the body to Camp l.wls. and if he
recovered In notify him and he would
send guards to take him bark to the
ramp. Franklin is still in a critical
condition.
RUSSIAN CRUISER IS SUNK
Allies Send Guns to Antl-I5eihevlk
Leader In Manrhorla Germany
Again Protests American
Ambassador's Words.
WAR VETERAN WILL SPEAK
rnulloion to H-par Prlrate Donald
Skrm at Ilhrrty Ioan CeIbrallon.
rt NT I KTO IV . Or.. March J. espe
cial. Prixmtm PonaM 8l:en. a veteran
of th .treat war. now tn Portland, will
he the fspfstker her on April 6, when
I'matllla County will celebrate the
openlPK of the Ifbertr loan and the
fir i I anniversary of America's entrance
In the war.
Ihppy c ax, yon will he the erene of
th Kathetrinn an! It la expected that
an overflow nifinf win be round
iiereeary. In addition to the talk by
Skeen. there will be a community si nit
fir m hlrti preparation ar belna made.
toR-rther with ome short talk by
local men. leaders In th patriotic
work. In the community.
APPLE MEN GET $82,000
Hood River Growers Association
Announce. I-atcl Distribution.
HXr TUVFR. Or. March (Spe
cial, i The Applegrowers' Association
today mads a distribution of fttj.ooo. a
pro rata return on fruit of the follow
ing varieties. Spltzenbergs. Arkansas
Hlarks. Ked Cheeks, Nswtowns and
Hen I a v I a. The pools on all other
varieties have been closed.
The aggregate of distributions made
to date by the association on apples
and pears reaches tloS.Ouu.
Ctw-rlc for Talcs Sets II rcn rd .
NKTV YORK. March I. A check for
I .... the largest so fsr paid for
corporation Income and war profits up
to tday. has been received hv Collec
tor William II. Kdwards. of the Wall
street district, it waa announced today.
The total receipts of ths theaters In
Paris In 114 were sl.sna.ooo francs, as
ct'-ni'sre- with 4 so franca m 111
LONDON. March I The beglnninfr
by the Germans on "Wednesday of an
offensive In the direction of Kursk.
109 miles south of Moscow, Is reported
in a Ileuter dispatch from Fetrograd.
;rman advance guards are reported
12 miles from the town.
The Ukrainian government has pro
hibited tha use of the Russian language.
The Caucasus Diet, affer proclaiming
the Independence . of the country, has
approved the basis of a separate peace
agreement with Turkey, to provide
autonomy for Armenia and re-estab-
tlshment of the frontiers as they were
before the war.
Hasalaa Cruiser Manic.
The sinking by a mine In ths harbor
at Keval on the Gulf of Finland, of
ths Russian cruiser Admiral Makaroff.
7775 tons. Is reported in a Petrograd
dispatch to Copenhagen, as forwarded
from that point by the Exchange Tele
graph Company.
PKKIN'G. Saturday. March fBy
the Associated Press.) Japanese,
French and Rrltlsh field gtins have
been forwarded to General Semenoff.
the anti-Bolshevik, leader in Man
churia. The Japanese General Nska
Jiina has arrived (place not given).
MOSCOW. Thursday. March 2S. fBy
the Associated Press.) Germany has
protested again to the Bolshevik gov
eminent against the declaration last
week of David R. Francis. . American
Ambassador, that Russia will become
a German province If it submits to the
peace terms of the central powers.
Vkralae Boaadartea I asettled.
Germans say, concerning, the occupa
tion of Odessa, that the city was a part
of Ukraine, and consequently that the
peace treaty between Russia and the
central powers was not affected.
The Foreign Office has asked Ger
many to state definitely what it con
siders the boundaries of the Ukraine
republic, regarding which there la the
same mystery as exists concerning the
boundary between Russia and Ger
many. Some Germanophlles Insist thst
L'krslne touches the Caspian Sea.
The members of th French and Ital
ian Embassies and the Serbian Lega
tion, having succeeded In making their
way out of Finland, have departed for
Organising; Army.
Rules governing the appointment of
the commanding personnel of the new
Russian army have been promulgated
by Leon Trotsky. They provide thst
the commanders of the units of brigade
or lsrger slae shall be appointed by
the Wsr Ministry with the consent of
the War Council. Battalion company
commanders and non-commissioned of
ficers are to be selected from lists of
ellglbles who have either been trained
In military schools or have shown their
particular ability In war tactics.
LONTONr. March 2. An Kxchange
Telegraph dispatch from Moscow says
Germany has addressed a note to the
Council of Russian National Commis
sioners, asking Its sttltude toward
Special
SATURDAY
2 to 8 P. M.
$3.50 RUG
Standard Quality
Axminster
$1.7.5
Size 27x51 inches
Sold for cash only
No deliveries
' home 'FURNISHERS .
OB-YV-nrTH ST.
Bet. Oak and Pine Sts.
President Wlsons proposals to assist
Russia to continue the war. In re
ply the commissioners merely sent a
copy of the cablegrams dispatched to
Mr. Wilson by the Moscow conference.
WOMEN TO GET OUT PAPER
April 1 7 I(.snc of Oregon City En
terprise Will Be Unique.
OREGON CITY. March it. Much en
couragement Is reported by the young
women of this city who are to fssue
the Morning Enterprise on April 17
and use the proceeds from advertising
and the sale of papers for the benefit
of the boys In France. The plan is to
send the boys a supply of smokes,
chocolnte and gum.
Many prominant men and women
are to write articles for the edition,
among them Governor Withycombe,
Mrs. Eva Emery Dye and Mrs. 1L B.
Cartlidge.
The staff is to be composed of Miss
Nan Cochran, Miss CIs Barclay Pratt,
Miss Kathryn Sinnott, Miss Dolly Pratt,
Miss Ethel Frost and May Hinchmen.
Advertising is coming In rapidly and
the people who have been asked to
furnish articles are contributing gen
erously to make this one of the finest
editions of the Morning - Enterprise
ever published. It will be a patri
otic edition.
The women In charge are working
overtime and expect to work all night
previous to tha appearance of the
paper.
Already many orders have come In
for the edition. The boys in France
are lo be remembered with the first
paper In Oregon .'lty ever gotten out
by its women.
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The sooty grime of these winter days is
instantly removed and the. tenderest skin
refreshed and softened ty using
CremeOil
' THE CREAM OF OLIVE OIL SOAPS
Based upon Olive" Oil and containing a
proper proportion of benzoin and other
ingredients! especially beneficial to the skin.
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Saving! Societies Organized.
CENT R ALIA. Wash., March J9. (Spe
cial.) Edgar Reed, manager of the
Centralia district in Lewis County's
wsr savings campaig-n, yesterday or
ganised war savings societies among
the employes of the several camps of
Wilson "Bros, at Independence. Pupils
of the Centralia schools to date, ac
cording o Mr. Reed, city superintend
ent, have purchased 16348.86 worth of
thrift and war savings stamps. The
high school has made the best record
with a mark of $2304.23.
W00DBURN GRABS BURGLAR
Otto Barkk Tries to Escape Officials
and Drops $10 Note.
WOODBCRX, Or., March 29. (Spe
cial.) Otto Barkk. aged 34, waived ex
amination before Justice Hays yester
day on the charge of burglary and was
taken to Salem by Marshal Olson to
swait the action of the grand jury, not
being able to furnish the $500 bond
asked. Barkk was caught at midnight
Thursday night Issuing from the high
school building, and started running
when ordered to stop. Councilman H. L.
Moore and Marshal Kelsey both fired at
him when he decided to hold up his
hands, at the same time dropping a $10
note that he had stolen from the super
intendent's desk.
The public library was broken into
the same night and It is supposed he
was the man and was after money
which he failed to get. In looking for
a supposed confederate the officers
picked up Aage Schumann, who escaped
from the asylum yesterday, having been
sent to that institution January 3.
A submerged oak forest covering sev
eral square miles, from which loss
more than 100 feet in length have been
taken, was discovered by Russian en
gineers in dredging a river.
Miscellaneous
1 qt. Kraut lOO
1 qt. Peanut Butter 20r
1 qt. Sweet Mixed Pickles 30e
1 qt. Sweet Plain Tickles. ZIO
! cans Oysters 25c
1 bar Palm Olive Soap...lO
1 cans Corn or Tomatoes. 23
1 pkgn. Spaghetti or Maca
roni 25
S pkgs. Noodles or Vermi
celli 2Sr
1 pkg. Rex Shaker Salt... 6?
1-lb. pkg Arm and Ham
mer Hod a 5f t
1 lb. bulk Sweet Chocolate "iOe?
I cans titter Teaches 25t
S cans Otter A pricols. . . . . 25T
I'urlty Olive Oil
30 50 and 80
Mninla OH
35". 3. SI. 23. S2.40
1 lb. Walnuts 20?
t lbs. Black Walnuts. ... 2S-
Z bottles Bevo i3r
i lb. Hershes Cocoa.. .. 1 3c
1 pkg. Bishop's Cocoa.... 23c
1 lh. Ohlrardelll's Star
Chocolate 25
1 16. Cluster Raisins IOC
Oh! If I Could Only Fight
Is the feeling expressed by many mothers or relatives of boys
"over there." But although these women can't do the actual
fighting:, they surely can help mightily to win this war by con
serving foods, by eliminating waste, by following instructions from
the food administration. This People's Market, the largest of its.
kind in the Northwest, prides itself on helping the housewife con
serve in her. kitchen. Look through this list of foods note the
full variety of wholesome meat substitutes for meatless days ask
us for suggestions for your wheatless baking. All the products
carried by this market are the freshest and purest obtainable
sold here for LESS.
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Cauliflower. Hot House Lettuce,
One dozen Lemons
Ten pounds Oregon Onions..
Of the Season.
Head Lettuce,
...25-...25
Parsnips, Carrots and" Turnips.
....25.
.S1.25
Fifteen pounds Potatoes...
One sack Potatoes
Fresh llna garden seeds.
riant every foot of garden space you have and help
win the war.
I
M EXTRA SATURDAY SPECIALS 1
Miscellaneous
2 lbs. Pop Corn.... 23e
2 doz. Clothes Pins 5C
2 large Juicy Dill Pickles. 5C
1 large bottle Catsup 25C
1 qt. Fancy Queen 01ives..25c
1 lb. Pearl Barley .IOC
2 glasses Chipped Beef... 254
Tea Garden Drips
45C. SOC and S1.50
3 lbs. Broken Macaroni. . .25c
1 bottle Bluing 5C
1 bottle Ammonia. 50
Snlder's Oyster Cocktail
Sauce 20 and 304
Snlder's Chill Sauce
20 and 30
2 cans Underwood's Mus
tard Sardines 354
3 pkgs Seeded Raisins. .. . 25c
2 lbs. L. W. Beans 254
2 lbs. Bayou or Pink Bean254
1 lb. Mexican Red Beans. 104
2-lb. can Okra X54
1 lb. Dried Apricots 254
2 lbs. White or Black Flgs.254
10-lb. sack Salt 154
3 pkgs. Tooth Picks 104
Arvay Has If a On m Craft.
This petty -srhle'chhender Is of
fssnnating and Infinite variety. It has
Isfeeted the Army; common eoMlers.
staff officers, even ;enerals. bate (H
tha habit, wuanttilea of military f x-1
supplies have fauna their way bark
borne. itold'ors at the front try to
smuggle home small f:od parrels
through the field post, although It Is
strictly forbidden. Soldiers returning
em furlough make a practice of taking
heme roncealed food, sugar, rheee and
sausage being the favorite item.
bough the more daring not infrequent
ly trv to get hr with prk and roultry.
T rheea. this smuggling there t a
sarp customs Inspection of soldiers'
baggag at the Gsrmaa border rontrol
ts lions.
A salesgirl la a Berlin store asked
a eonfidenwe leSirtng ruef.me if aha
ej'dn't want to bov some sausage, eg-j-laiairg
that br brother. Just rw-
Eggs! Eggs!-
I cans Booth's Sardines 35C
t cans any kind Milk 554
1-lb. can Ghlrardelli'a Choco
late 254
1 gal. Dark Karo SOC
1 lb. Fancy Cookies (slightly
broken) 104
oe large: package ska FOAM washixg powder
.tow FOR
4 cans Sardines 254
25-oz. K. C. Baking Powder. 204
ri-lb. can Baker's Cocoa. ... .204
1 ran Shinola Shoe Polish... 5C
1 lb. Split I'eas 104
1 lb. Pearl Barlev J04
1 pkg. Quaker Oats IOC
3-lb. can Crisco 90C
20c
Coffee
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Butter
Homestead (best creamerr
butteri SI .OS
Oleomargarine. 63c and 704
Breakfast Foods
1 pkg. Tu'fed Wheat 154
1 pkg. Puffed Rice 154
1 pkg. Creamettes 104
3 pkgs. K a 1 1 o g g'a Bis
cuits. 254
Z pkgs. Kellogg's Corn
Kisses. 254
S pkga Shredded Wheat
tiisvults 254
1 pkg. Roman Meal 25C
l Pearls of Wheat 25
1 pkg. Cream of Barley.. 204
t pkg I'ncle Sam's Health
Food 25C
Cottolene. . , 55c, $1.10 and $2.80
Crisco 35c, 50c, 90c, $1.85 and $2.75
Tea Garden Drips 45c, 80c and $1.50
Bi, i 'it ir a : 1 icacziii j,, nimmn T.-niuuta
Any J -lb. can Coffee. .. SI. OO
1 lb. Wigwam Coffee 204
1 lb. Grand Special Coffee. 25 4
1 lb. Old Homestead Cof
fee 304
1 lb. Gilt Edge Coffee 354
3 lbs Sl.OO
PHONE ORDERS TAKEN FOR
CEPT FRIDAY EVENING AND
USUAL WHEN ORDERED
AND PAID FOR HERE
Scllwood
Tuesdays aad
Thorsdars
Rosa City Park
Kera Park
Arlett
Trv moot aad
Lenta
Wednesdays aad
V'nOays
Montavilla
aad Portlaad
Heights
Thursday
Other heroes
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C O. D. DELIVERY ANY TIME EX
SATURDAY. : DELIVERIES AS
Sunnyside
Store
994-996
Belmont
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f-lro-1 Phones A 6255 phonis
Main570 Tf
Coffee Substitutes
Instant Postum. 254 and 504
1 pkg. Postum Cereal..... 204
1 pkg. Fig Prune Cereal.. 204
Washington's Prepared Cof
fee 304 and 604
1 pkg. Knelpp Malt Coffee
Substitute 204
Cottolene 554. Sl.lO. S2.80
Cheese
t lb jsiill Cream Cheese. .304
1 lb. Cream Brick Cheese. 40C
1 lb. Wisconsin Swiss
Cheese 45e
1 brick Lim burger 404
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centrated nutriment
the energy value the stim
ulus that is found in good
chocolate
In Ghirardelli's Ground
Chocolate you have an
ideal blend of pure cocoa
and finest sugar;-a food
beverage that proves a
double economy on the
days when meat and wheat
and pork are "scratched"
from the menu.
At your grocer's in 14
lb., 1 lb. and 3 lb.
cans; a tablespoonful
one cent's worth
makes a cup.
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