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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1918)
TIIE SUXDAT OREGOXTAX. PORTLAND, JANUARY 27, 1018. Y. M. CA IS ACTIVE GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO MAKE MONSTER INVENTORY OF ALL RESOURCES OF NATION By January 31 "Uncle Sam" Will Be in a Position to Know What Food Stocks He Has on Hand to Last Orel Until Next Season's Crops Come In Mqye Declared Emergency War Measure. Men of Draft Age Are Given Special Physical Training by Local Association. HOMEWORK IS STIMULATED I 20 WAR DEMANDS Anual Report Shows Tliat Portland -i.oclation Has Furnished -IIui drrus of Men for Service., in IXircrrnt Branches. A FortlanJ T. JL C. A. stripped for r ! graphically pictured In the an nual report of the association, which has Just bcn Issued. The fort land Y. M. C. A. enlisted the day war waa declared and will be found In front-line eervtce until the war ia rer," the report declare. A multitude or war activities are Hated, not only In the field of service especially committed to Ute Y. M- C. A. at home and In the field, but In aid of nearly every other patriotic drive. The entire resource of the assocla tlon have become a real part of the re- crultinir. conservlna and fighting force cf the .Nation. An Itemised statement of pledges and collections of the Portland division of the recent National T.JLCA. war work campaign for f jS.000,000 contains tbe follow Ins figures: Teral laavnl ef ftdff-e ...fC?4.SI3 T4 Tecal Amtint cash daring Amount cah paid sinve- cam .Ilii.797.T3 . . 71. 1 .W .. :.:40 7 .. 1.70.17 Amnnt f be r;Tetd ... to War Work Council furrm rapfis deficit .... Caau s-u Ass.4 Total That the aaaoclatlon haa reorganised Its work to meet the war needs of men of draft are. men over draft ace and boya from IS to :o. la explained by the report. .Me a rrepa red far 5rvle Men of draft ace have been given special physical Iralnisg to prepare Item to meet Army requirements. They have been provided with radio training free of charge, "w hen war was de clared SOS members of the Portland association enlisted," the report de clare a. "We believe thia is a larger number In proportion to tbe total membership than any other association in the United States. The association became a recruiting; station for both Army Navy. (In recent weeks British offl cera have found the aaaoclatlon a rood place to aecure recruits for the Cana dian army.) Young men were advised In regard to the branches of the serv ice to enter. Classes were reorganised to meet the special demands of the Government. The association waa called upon and supplied wlrless operators, both for the Navy and merchant snips. "Auto drivers and mechanics for many different branches of the Gov ernment were furnished from the asso ciation automobile engineers' school. Almost two entire claaaes were taken from the aaaoclatlon electrical en gineering; school, and some of these became Instructors and specialists in aviation schools. The buslnesa and scientific schools of the association bare had a steady call from the Gov ernment for young men fitted for serv ice by these practical schools. Heea lVorfc. attaaalated. To help men beyond draft ace pre pare for the heavier borne responsibili ties brought about by the withdrawal of younger men for military aervice. special gymnasium and educational classes were organised and the voca tional department gave especial atten tion to finding mature men Jobs. Some of the special war aclivitlea in the big central building of th Portland T. M. C .A, at Sixth and Taylor streets. Include a radio school, steel and wood bipbuildlng schools, aviation and auto schools, conversion of the auditorium Into a replica of a Y. M. C A. "hut at the front, weekly Army and Navy en tertainments, dormitories for soldiers and sailors and physical training to bring men of draft ace to Army phys ical requirements. The club features of tbe central building are free to all men in Army and Navy uniform. V - tr, 1 - r7ti tJ 11 i 1 'A'' ?"S ;h. orf fitter 1 .LeKg31?fffl JvXjc? tW3J J ?:. ...";;.jfir? i WW .T--rt :s! I iw 'mTD i.afa V4L3 La71 Li VJ f-,,:. J t I n iheSiandard Oil for Mohr Cars I Flows Freely af Zero That's why it's called ZERO-LENE. It feeds and splashes properly even at a-ertf temperature it's a zero cold test oiL ZEROLENE eliminates the hard cranking:, draining of the battery and lack of lubrication while warming up that is caused by using an oil that congeals in cold weather. Drain your crank-case, fill with ZEROLENE, and then note the easier starting and (quicker acceleration that you obtain. It's because ZEROLENE is correctly refined from California asphalt-base crude ft real zero cold test oil. "5K !!! 1 At Dealers Everywhere and At Our Service Stations Standard Oil Company (California) ASH1NGTOX. January it. (Special.) Uncle Kara is about to take stock of the National larder. Under date of December 31, a monster Inventory Is being made of all food resources of the United States. By January II Uncle Sam will be in a fair way to know what food stocks he haa on hand to last over until next! season's crops come In; he will know; how much food he can spare for the allies and how sparingly he should make use of it at home. This Is the first time that stock has ever been taken of the Nation's food , supply. A good housekeeper would i never think of running her kitchen and j table for a definite period without knowing what supplies she had In cel lar and pantry, but the United States has existed through all these years, so far as the Nation's provender is con cerned, in a happy-go-rucky fashion, feastlngis long as there is plenty and doing without when there is none. Now. with an Indefinite drain upon the Nation's cupboard in sight. Uncle Sam has decided to find out where he stands, and to take stock of the pounds of sugar, the boxes of tea and the alabs of bacon laid by on pantry shelves. ressplete Sarvey Promised. Under an act of Congress approved by the President August 10, 1917, the Secretary of Agriculture was author ised to "investigate and ascertain the demand for, the supply, consumption. costs and prices of. and the basic faejts HIGHWAY BONOS TARGET EAGLE (REEK CRASGF.RS OPPOSE 94 Lb OF SKCI RITIKS. Farsaere Clalsa Tbat Boada Already bold by Mate Have Rrmalted la Uh of Aboat assoo. SALE II. Or, Jst. !S. fPpeclaU Ac cording to s communication received by the 8tate lllebway Commission from Chester L Chambers, of the Eagle Creek Grange. In Clackamas County, the Farmers' Union intends to attack further-sale of road bonds through an Initiative vote at tbe election In tbe Fall and to annul the vote of last ijprtng. by which the highway bonds were provided. It la charged, the letter says, that there was a loss In selling bonds al ready Issued of more than liO.uuO; that the Commission already has expended $3.S0 for automobiles, and that the contract prire for paving Is three times the cot to Clackamaa County for sim ilar road Improvement. Mr. Chambers submits a list of ques tions for the Commission to answer. He desires knowledge as to mileage and location of roads which can and probably will he built from the present bond issue; also mileage and cost cov ered by present contracts and data reaardlng expenditures for automo biles and the loss on sale of bonds from their face value. MAYOR BAKER APPOINTED 31mberhlp Accorded on State Mil itary Entertainment Council. Mayor Baker yesterday received no tice of appointment by tbe Government of membership on the Oregon State Military Kntertalnroent Council, which has tbe work of arranging entertain ment for soldiers in Army camps and cantonments. Notification came by telegram from M. P. Harrison, executive chairman of the council. The first step is starting National sale of mileage books. It is presumed the Mayor's selection baa been due to the successful Christ mas and New Year's entertainments provided in Portland for soldiers and saolors from Beirfbboriax Army camps, f retail bakers, 1040 fish-frewing plants. . , - . . . . M , . , i ana ariea ana salt xisn packers, low relating to the ownership, production, I .. . . , . . . . , , . . , . , . '(manufacturing and wholesale confec- UIIIWIWIIUII, lUAIIUiaviUIC. DIUI dk,C 1 .j - , hi V. - , iiDiirio, iuv BiauKiHCiDiv nuu hit t packers, 5000 wholesale poultry, butter. egg and cheese dealers, 6500 creamer ies, 40U condensers and so on through the whole gamut of the hundred or more classified fond trades. Schedules Are Faralshed. The owner or manager of each con cern to which schedules are sent must report the entire holdings of the prod ucts listed in terms of the unit speci fied in the quantity column of th schedule. The schedule should be filled out and mailed to the chief of the bu reau of markets within 10 days after the date of receipt. Kxtensions have been granted those who have applier for them, as they not only meet the emergencies of the various business concerns, but enable the bureau to spread the Immense volume of tabu lating a little more evenly over the allotted time. Trucks bring the mail from the pot-offic-e. Tbe first rough count of the in coming mail is by weight, each pound averaging 30 schedules. The letters are opened by machinery and then as sorted, the day's mall sometimes ris ing as high as 32.000 schedules. Each report Is checked, off on the master1 mailing list. . A small army of editors then take the schedules In hand and decipher illegible handwriting, or convert quan tities of food stocks reported in wrong units into the units required by the schedule. The grist is then run through verifying, tabulating and filing machines, and three months after the first requests for information have been sent out from headquarters the facts have been returned, tabulated, filed and verified and the amount of each commodity held by food dealers of each class for each state and for the entire country Is duly posted upon Uncle Sam's household calendAr. But it is not possible to inventory all food stocks by mail. There are 165,000 small retail grocers, who, throuch in ability to read or understand English, could not carry out the Instructions of the schedule, or who, through lack of experience with that sort of thing, could not satisfactorily fill out the facts asked for in the food question naire. It would be quite out of the question to inventory each one of these small concerns by personal canvass. Therefore, the bureau resorts to esti mates based on a detailed survey of representative counties. Coantiea Divided Into Groups. As a basis of selection for these type counties, the total number of counties in the United States Is divided Into seven groups, according to the size of the largest village, town or city con tained in each, those of the first class being rather metropolitan districts. In a number or Instances containing parts or all of two or more counties. The first group consists of 25 metropolitan dis tricts, each containing a population of uu,wsrd of 200.000. The second group contains 19 smaller metropolitan dis tricts and adjacent territory, .bavins and distribution of foods, food ma terials, and any articles required in connection with the production, distri bution or utilisation of food. An ap proprlation was granted for the work and within a week after the bill bad been signed by tbe President the gi gantlc stock-taking enterprise had be gun. To cover the whole field of available food supplies Is a great Job, but It is not too great for the resourcefulness and Ingenuity of the officials of the bu reau of markets and rural organisation of the Department of Agriculture. Charles J. Brand, chief of this bureau. Is the executive head of this stock-taking enterprise. A preliminary survey la Just about finished, and the big and complete Inventory df the Nation's food stocks, including last season's harvests. Is now In progress. A huge force of clerks Is on the Job handling the Im mense correspondence which Is the basis of this unprecedented task of stock taking, and Innumerable agents. Federal representatives and volunteer workers are in the field taking lnven tory of food stocks which cannot be reported by mall. Wherever an em ploye of the United States Is ln,s post tlon to push the work along he is Im pressed Into service, and If the existing machinery of other divisions and de partments fits the needs of the survey It Is straightway utilised by the men on the food Job. Officers Called to Aelloaw The 30.000 regular township report ers of the bureau of crop estimates report on the amount of food products on farms: county and state leaders, ag ricultural and home economic agents and other personnel connected with the states relations service cover the food stuffs in the households of farm fami lies, and food and drug Inspectors and state and local health officials and in spectors of the bureau of chemistry re port for the small retail concerns in cities. Four general classes of commodities are being covered in. this food drive. They are: Quantities of raw food products on the farms such, ss grain. livestock. poultry, eggs and honey. Stocks of food products nearer the consumptive stage In manufacturing. Jobbing, wholesale, storing and other commercial establishments. Including large retail stores. Stocks In small retail establishments. Food stocks on the shelves and in tbe bins of tbe family pantry. Here are some facta regarding the mailing end of this stock-taking Job: Comprehensive lists compiled by the bureau of markets within the past two years enable Uncle Sam to get into communication with 525,000 food man ufacturers and dealers. This mailing list includes U.ooe grain, flour and feed dealers. 1200 brewers. 800 distillers. (500 canners of fruits, vegetables, meats and sea foods; 1400 refiners and dealers In edible oils; 1300 sugar and rui reflncra, i.uoa. whglxia jo4 cities of 100.000 to 200.000; the third group contains counties having cities of 25,000 to 50.000; in the seventh group there are 1639 counties, which have no village so large as 2500. Here is where the existing machinery of other divisions comes in to help out in the work of the Federal food survey The work in cities Is done by the bu reau of chemistry, through its food and drug inspectors, state and local health officials and inspectors. New York City Is being handled as a separate problem i by Dr. Lucius P. Brown, of the depart ment of food and drugs and the police department. Fifty thousand wholesale and retail grocers will be canvassed by the police of New York City. They, will go from store to store in their respective dis tricts and leave with the proprietor or manager schedules of all the possible staples in stock, with the request that they be filled out within 48 hours. Schedules will be collected by the po lice and taken to the police station, where they are inspected by officials of the department of health, serving in the capacity of editors. If the sched ules are badly made out, they are re turned the next day, and tbe policeman of that precinct helps the puzzled Syrian fruit vender to' fill in the in formation. . In many parts of the city, especially in the poorer district, the police have to explain to the grocers that they must fill out the schedule or be liable to fine or imprisonment. With this power behind requests for food stocks, all cases of food hoarding vrill be exposed. Store Closed by Agents. "The life of the Federal agent who is taking stock of retail stores is not all smooth sailing." explained Herbert C. Marshall, assistant chief of the Bureau of Markets, who is close to the actual working details of the food survey. "A small percentage of the owners of these shops resent such Interference, even on the part of Uncle Sam s accredited rep resentatives. In one instance, the keeper of a little store became furious at the idea that anybody should enter his door and ask him to stop work and make out an account of stock. His views of the impertinence of such a proceeding were expressed in terms too picturesque for print. Finally the vis iting agent of the Department of Agri culture resorted to stern measures. He called . in the local police officer, took formal possession of the store, closing the doors to business until the job of stock-taking was finished. Much more trouble has been en countered from the failure of small storekeepers to understand the details of what was required of them than from any lack of disposition to furnish data. They have been petrified at the Idea of making a sworn statement to the United States Government, and this has caused hesitation and delay. MaAy amusing mistakes have been made by aliens, through failure to understand Knglish words, one Syrian fruit dealer entering under the item vegetable fats' all the vegetables In his stock.' The last trench to be taken in this food drive covers stocks on farms and in Individual households. The bureau of crop estimates, with its existing army of crop reporters, whose routine work fits them to discharge this special task quickly and well, gets a pretty comprehensive line on farm stocks. For the preliminary survey returns were requested from the usual state, county and 30,000 township reporters of tbe bureau, but in the more comprehensive survey ten additional schedules are be ing sent to each of these reporters for distribution among their neighboring farmers, so that the total number of returns requested for this later survey will' be more than 300,000. To draw into the net for food infor mation the 22.000,000 households that make up the United States is a rather big undertaking, but the commanders of the food drive again demonstrate their soundness and capacity. As it is impossible to approach each one of the 22.000.000 households. 14.000 families representative of tbe entire population as to place of residence, family income and occupations are to be studied In detail and estimates derived from these figures that will cover with a fair de gree of accuracy the entire country. The aim or the household survey is to get svXairly accurate. Idea, ot the. food; K I FORD OWNERS: Does your oil congeal between the clutch plates, making your motor extremely hard to crank, and causing your car to crceD as if high gear was partially engaged? Fill up with ZEROLENE LIGHT and you can absolutely remedy this. 7 AAAa. - . - . . tArfLJr stocks In Individual households, sup plementary to certain data sent in from cold storage concerns and making com plete returns as to quantity of pre served meats, eggs, fruits and vege tables in the country. Secondarily, the schedule finds out how much of certain staple commodities are being used, and checks up by means of inquiries on comparative amounts of certain foods consumed this year and last on the ability of the average American family to follow oue certain conservation food measures which have been recom mended. A vital and unique phase of the household survey Is the inquiry into milk production, and the various ways in which this valuable food product is utilized. Such an investigation has never been made before, and in the light of the scarcity of mi 11c in some of the big cities, where babies are starv ing for lack of It, it is expected to lead to Interesting results. The schedule to be filled out by housekeepers is divided Into four sec tions, as follows: Stock of preserved meats on hand for use during this Winter. Estimated stock of pre served meats used during preceding Winter. Stock of fruits, vegetables and eggs pre served for home use for 1017 and 1016. Total Quantity of milk produced, con sumed and sold under the following Items for calendar year: 1, whole milk; 2, cream; 3. skimmed milk qauntlty fed to animals and used In household. Total consumption of 34 leading food Items during 1H17. Estimated consumption of specific foods for 1918 (In order to see to what extent families nave oeen aoie to substitute certain foods for others in the present emergency!. Dietary Investigation Made. Dietary investigations which are be ing made in the division of home eco nomics, under the direction of Dr. Langworthy. chief of that division, dovetail with the more sweeping household inventory of the Federal food survey. Dr. Langworthy is con ducting an intensive research into dietaries of a number of selected fam ilies, so that there will be at hand scientific data on quantities and kinds of food used in the average American household. This present survey brings up to date a former dietary investiga tion made by Dr. Atwater of the same division, which has heretofore been the basis of all dietary calculations, in cluding those of the British royal com mission. Such data will be of tre mendous value in a number of ways Just at this time, when food and food supplies have become a vital factor in the present war emergency. "What is the attitude of merchants, food dealers and the householder to ward this somewhat arbitrary proceed ing on the part of the United States Government?" was aked of Mr. Marshall. "You must remember." he replied, "that Uncle Sam is going after this food information in a businesslike and determined way. He Is not satisfied with voluntary statements made by merchants and food dealers, accepted on faith as the truth. The power of the law is behind request for data, and if any of the business concerns ap proached are caught they are exposed to heavy penalty or a term of imprison ment. If the food barons of New York should be tempted to report incor rectly on quantities of sugar or pickles stored in warehouses in Kentucky or Iowa, Federal agents would not be long in finding It out. Besides this close check upon the reports from big con cerns through multiplicity of aprencies working on the food survey, statistics gathered by personal canvass in repre sentative counties are used to verify the reports sent by mall. Business Men Co-operate. "However, there is pretty generally a real desire on the part of business men to help the Nation In its campaign for more intelligent housekeeping on the score of its foods. Reactionists have been few and reports come in promptly and in good form. In fact, it is some what surprising to see how quickly the great mass of American business men adapt themselves to a measure which i few years ago would have been con sidered altogether out of the province of Government and a patent encroach ment uoon personal liberties. "When this survey is completed, with all that it has meant in the expend! ture of time, effort and money, exactly what will be the practical results?" was asked. "We can plan out our crop production for the ensuing year with a degree of Intelligence which is Impossible with out this definite and comprehensive survey of food supplies. It 'would be hard to find the owner of a factory who would plan out a producing programme without having a moderately accurate idea of market demands and stocks al ready on hand. We have been running our factory absolutely blind, without regard to orders or probable sales. It is ridiculous to urge greatly Increased production unless we can say and say with definiteness that there is a short age and that the producer will bu as sured a moderate return for his labor. "We are about to know for the first time by consideration of actual figures how we are situated with reference to our right to export the various com modities, - considering the needs of our own people. Again we shall know what we should substitute in the way of those things which are plentiful for those which are not plentiful. Infor mation to the effect that there Is a sur plus of potatoes on the market will ex ert a leverage on the price fixer and will encourage the increased use of Break a Cold In Few Hours First dose of 'Tape's Cold Compound" relieves the cold and grippe misery Don't stay stuffed up! this specific food. As Increased con sumption of potatoes means using less bread, it is a definite whiiat conserva tion measure. Throwing like facts on the screen regarding other leading food Items would be equally valuable. We should know where we can use heavily and where lightly. Hoarding would be impossible. It will enable us to check up production with consumption, and to equalize distribution." Both Mr. Brand and Mr. Marshall, the two men at the head of the job, believe that this emergency survey will dem onstrate how useful annual stocktak ing is. While Congress has apreed to foot the expense of only one food in ventory, they believe that the annual survey, once before the crops are har vested and Just after they are in. is as good as established. Uncle Sam has entered upon all era of better house-keepiner- CROSS, FEVERISH CHILD IS BILIOUS CONSTIPATED Look, Mothers ! See if tongue is coat ed, breath hot or stomach "California Syrup of Figs" can't harm - tender stomach, liver, bowels. Every mother realizes, after giving her children "California Syrup otFigs," that this is their ideal laxative, oecausa they love its pleasant taste and It thor oughly cleanses the tender little stom ach, liver and bowels without griping. When cross. Irritable, feverish or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! ii coatea, give a tea spoonful of this harmless "fruit laxa tive, ana in a tew uours u me ioui, constipated waste, sour bile and undi gested food passes out of the bowels. and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold throat sore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestion, colic remem ber, a good "inside cleansing" should always be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers Keep California Syrup of Figs handy; they know a tea Bpoonful today saves a sick child to morrow. PIV Ul U(,1EL lUT S bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions tor babies. children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Beware of coun terfeits sold here, so don't be fooled. Get the genuine, made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Adv. NOSE CLOGGED FROM A COLD OR CATARRH Apply Cream in Nostrils To Open Up Air Passages- Relief comes instantly. A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in the head, chest, body or limbs. It promptly opens c!ogged-up nostrils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose - runn.ng, re lieves sick headache, dullness, feverish iiess, sore throat,, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Ease your throbbing head! Nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Compound," which costs only a few cents at any drugstore. It acts without assistance, tastes nice, causes no in convenience. Be sure you get the gen uine. Adv. trils open right up, the air passages of your head are clear and you can breaths freely. No more hawking, snuffling, mucous discharge, headache, dryness no struggling for breath at nia'ht; you cold or catarrh Is gone. Don't stay stuffed-up! Get a smalt bottls of lily's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nos trils, let it penetrate through every air passage of the head; soothe and heal the swollen. Inflamed mucous mem brane, giving you instant relief. Ely's Cream. Balm is Just what every cold and catarrh sufferer has been seeking lt'a Just splendid. Adv. - f