rr UTEDFOHI)' MOT" TRTBTTOT!, rEDPOTtD", OnEfloy. TTTESDAY, JULY '17, '1917 DEBATE IN CONGRESS FAKE 10 Whisky and Beer Controversy Simply to Delay Passage of Food Bill and Permit Food Speculators to Goiiule Up Wheat and Grain Crops of Na tion and Reap Fortunes. By II. X. RICKEY. WASHINGTON, July 17. For many weeks now to be exact since May 22 the congress of the United States, both the senate and the house, has been presenting to the people ot this country and the world a spectacle which if it were uot.BO tragic might be described as the most utterly ridic ulous in the history of national and legislative bodies. On the date named, the Lever bill, popularly known aa the food bill, was introduced in the house. The pur pose of this bill , was to relieve the hundred and ten million people of the United States from the all but un bearable burden ot the high cost of living. It provided for giving the president authority to name a food administra- tor charged with the vitally important task ot stimulating the production, regulating the distribution of and stopping the speculation In food, i Prepared by Experts. This bill was prepared with great care as tho result of the best thought of the greatest experts In the govern in put service. Before It was Intro duced it was O. K.'ed by President Wilson and by Herbert C. Hoover, who lia'd hun-ied from London to vol unteer his great abilities as food ad lninistrator. , ' President Wilson had accepted Hoover's services by cable in the be lief which was shared by every man who had followed Hoover's career since the beginning of the European war that he wns the best fitted man in the whole world for the job. There was absolutely no good rea son why the food bill should not have been passed by congress and become n law by the president's signature within a week from the day it was in troduced. There is not the shadow of a doubt that if this had been done, every fam ily in the United States would have felt the effects almost immediately, in tho reduced cost of food necessities Inhibition Fight a Fake. That is precisely why the food bill was not passed within a week; why it has been amended to the point where it is scarcely recognizable; why it is stili being buffeted about in congress; why, for the past month, the debate has degenerated into a cat and dog fight on the liquor question. At the time the liquor issue was interjected into the discussion, It seemed as if the food bill was about to be passed. That was why the liquor fight started. The food speculators and hoarders, knowing that tho moment the bill was passed, the would be forced to stop passed, they wiuld bo forced to stop people, saved themselves by subtly starting the fight over whisky and beer. Every one who has sat in the gal lery of either the senate or the house and listened to the drool about whis ky and beer which Is miscalled debate, cannot but have been impressed by tho utter lack of slncorlty of 90 per cent of It. llotrnying tlio People. I nm willing to admit that thoro may bo a few senators and represen tatives who have shouted and waved their arms about the demon rum who are so unintelligent that they can't nppreclnto what monkeys the food sharks are making of them. Ilut the great majority of those In both houses who have delayed and are delaying the passage of the food bill by prolonging the debate about liquor are deliberately and wilfully betraying tho people of the United States In the Interest of the rapacious food spccnaltors and hoarders! Every day's delay has added mil lions to the profits of the great con cerns which handle the food from the time It leaves the producer until it reaches the retailor and tho consumer. And, what is more, every day's delay has fastened tho grip of these great concerns on the nation's food reserves and nindo it Increasingly difficult, If not impossible, to release It without resorting to the most desperate meas ures. Hoover's Warning. About the middle of June, Hoover, after a most careful survey of the whole food situation, told the leaders in congress and issued a statement to the publio that July 1 wns the outside limit when he must have authority to fake necessary steps to control the prices of this year's harvest it the con SHARKS sumer was to get the protection he was entitled to. Congress paid no more attention to Hoover's statement, which was really an eloquent plea for action, than tho he bad talked In a strange language which they did not understand. July 1 came and went and the whis ky and beer debate continued without interruption. In the meantime the greater part of tills year's harvest has fallen into the foul jaws ot the food sharks and the rest ot it will be there before the food bill becomes a law. If it ever does. It is going to be about ten times as hard to catch the sharks and get the food out of their bellies as it would have been to keep It from getting there. No Lack of Food. That is why congress is still debat ing about whisky and beer; why it will continue to do so until the sharks' bellies are full. There is no such lack of food in this country as to justify the high prices, in many cases prohibitive to families of small incomes. This is proved by a statement on cold storage holdings given out by the department of agriculture this week. The statement, compiled from re ports received from about 250 cold storage plants thruout the country, shows there are more butter, eggs, cheese, frbzen and cured meats, lard, and frozen poultry in the refrigerat ing establishments than ever before in the history of the nation. The law of supply and demand no longer obtains. With these great re serves of food being held for specula tive purposes, the cost of food is high er than during tho civil war! Here are some startling figures mark them well, and when you mark them, think of congress, that, know ing them, refuses you relief: Tho frozen poultry now in cold storage totals fifty-four million pounds, an increase of nearly GOO per cent over the quantity held in the re frigeration plants a year ago. (Is it any wonder that chicken has become an unattainable luxury in mil lions of American homes?) There are about thirty million pounds ot cured beef in cold storage. an increase ot 7;j per cent over a year ago. There are about ninety million pounds of frozen beef now In cold storage, or about 30 per cent more than last year. Isn't it true that while your con gress has been holding up the food bill with a fake debate about whisky and beer, the food speculators and hoarders have been grabbing all the food they can get hold of and making you pay outrageous prices? Just one word more: In America, the greatest wheat growing country in the world, wheat costs the consumer more than in France, England, Germany or Italy. And what Is true of wheat is equally true of many other food staples. MEETS ON JULY 25 'DUBLIN, July 17. The national convention will assemblo July 25 In Regent house of Trinity college, ac cording to official announcement The chief secretary for Ireland, H. E Duke, will preside until the conven tion elects its own chairman. It is ex pected that the proceedings will be private, but probably an official rec ord will bo made of them. Portland Livestock. PORTLAND, July 17. Hogs, low er; receipts, 23. Prime heavies, S15.25iri.40; light butchers and packing, $15.15 15.25; bulk of sales tl5(B15.25; rough heavies, $14 14.75; pigs and Bklps, $13014; stock hogs, $13 14, Cattle, steady; receipts, none. Steers, prime to light, $S.505?9.50; prime heavy, $9.25 9.50; good, $S K8.50; cows, choice, $0.50 5? 7; me dium to good, $C5f 6.50; ordinary to fair, $5G; heifers, $"(?7.S0; bulls, $5(fi 6.50; calves, $7f 9. Sheep, lower; receipts, 133. Spring Iambs, $12012.50; spring lambs, culls, $lff7.75; best wethers, $8.50 ST 9 ; heavy ewe, $608; best year lings, $9 010. Portland Hotter. PORTLAND, July 17. Putter un changer; advance today likoly. Chicago WlM-nt. CHICAGO, July 17. Wheat: Open. Close, July $2.00 $2.07 September 1.93 CLEARANCE SALE on all WHITE CANVAS and BUCK SHOES and PUMPS at SCHMIDT'S "Good Shoes' TODAY'S MARKETS T U SUFFER PENALTY Chief of Police Hittson gave out a warning today to alt automobile own ers and drivers that he will at once begin a crusade to enforce the city or dinance relating to regulation ot auto lights. This Ordinance stipulates that lights must be ao arranged and regu lated as not to blind, dazzle or con fuse any one on the street. It has not been complied with by many car own ers, but there have been so many com plaints filed lately that Chief Hittson decided on his crusade. Ho declares the ordinance will be enforced to the letter without fear or favor. Chief Hittson also desires to call the attention of car owners to the new state law which goes into effect Au gust 1 and applies everywhere in Ore gon. This ordinance provides that lights on all cars must be so arranged that the center rays strike tho ground not to exceed 75 feet in front of the car, except that when safety and con venience demands the lights shall be dimmed. SPEAKING BY I.W.W. MIAMI, Ariz., July 17. Under or ders of tho commanding officer of United States troops In this district, public speaking by members of the In dustrial Workers ot the World was prohibited in tho Globe -Miami district today. ' First arrests in this district under the President's alien enemy proclama tion were made today, three Germans being detained. The mining companies have refused to treat with either the strikers of he International Mine Workers or the miners' branch of the I. W. W. A general belief prevails that a few men under protection of United States troops will begin development work in the mines soon. ANTIOCH ITEMS Kube Moore and . Duvo Walker drove the Kd. Moore bunch of dnttle to tho reserve Suturduy. John Biglinin nnd daughter, Mrs. Frank Myers wore (railing in Med- ford Snl urilii v. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Cllnss nnd Mr. and Mrs. Ira Vincent, Miss Oro Vincent, Mrs. Frederick nnd cliil- here Is no thing more nourishing fov growing children and inval ids, than a dish of KnimMes with milk or cream . SOME CAR Is what evorvbody soys who has seen the new ELCAR AUTOMOBILE If you are In tho market for a real classy family car, one that you would bo proud of and one that will give you tho service you con reasonably expect, better see TUB KLCAR borore making up your mind or buying. Parties wishing to avail themselves of tho opportunity of getting ono of these cars out of tho first carload ever shipped Into Oregon, should place their ORDER for same as soon as possible, Model "D" Elcar can be seen at 127 West Main Street, Mcdford, Oregon, THE I'KIIL 1XVKKTMKXT COMPANY, Distributors fur Jnrknnn, Jom'plilnn nml Klxkiyon Coiinlli'S. lren were visitors Sunday nt the W. ! C. Chnpmuu much. J. W. Scott of Medford wB doing business in the Aiiliuch country Fri day. Clarence Case had a breakdown with his cur and hud to tuku it to the machine shop for repairs. Ira Vincent and wife will leave Monday for Kliiiiinlh county. H. Coiiley of Tolo was in Antioeli Wednesday ut tending to business matters. Mrs. Ed. Sroorc and Mrs. Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. Clinpnnm were trading in Modford Suturduy. A Buick six with the engine run nine; und the driver asleep nt the wheel w;ns found standing in the road near the Modoo ranch Suturduy morning.. Oscar Rodgers lins bought n gaso line engine and pump to irrigate his garden. This hot dry weather lias shown our fanners what a little wa ter wi(l do for them in raising gar den truck. John Butler of Eagle Point drovo a bunch of sheep to Hie Russell ranch nt Beagle, that he sold to Mr. Welsh, the Portland buyer. COURT HOUSE REPORT Reported by JackBon County Ab stract Co., Sixth and Fir Sti. MiUTlugo Licenses, Frank II. Ray and Mario Ham mond; Ernest J. Romking and Etha Law rence. Circuit Court. Geo. W. Dewey et ux vs. T. E. Scoutlln. Foreclosure. Sophia Ish Baker vs. John Wentjen et al. To quiet. Blanch I. Davis vs. Frank' S. Da vis. Divorce. Milton Ewhanks vs. J. E. and M. A. Olson. Certificate of levy. Probate. D. II. Miller Estate. Resignation of Elmira Miller, administratrix. Or der revoking letter of Elmira Millor and appointing Lynn W. Smith admin istrator. Thomas M. Reese Estate. Admit ted to probate. Fanny Howard estate. First and final account. Final order. Eliza Jane Woolsonsraft Estate First and final account. nil Estnto Transfers. Nannie S. Glffen et vir to Jack son County, a strip ot land GO feet in width across land In Sees. 32 and 33, T. 33-1 east 1 W. H. IPnrkey to A. G. and W. L. Hood, land in T. 39-4 west 100 W. S. Barnum et ux to Gnorgo W. Dowoy et ux, land ia T. 38-1 west 10 Frank M. South, receiver of El All Wheat Ready to Eat Look for the . signature. Senora Mining Co., to E. W. . Shattuck et ux, mining prop erty in Applegate Mining district 7407 John M. Woolsoncrott et ux to 1). Murray Woolsoncroft, un divided one-half in lots in block 51,. Summit addition, Ashland 10 W. H. Singler, sheriff to Starr Mercantile Co., mining prop erty in Foots Creek mining district Gall Stones, Cancer and Ulcers of the Stomach and Intestines, Auto-Intoxication. Yellow Jaundice, Appen dicitis and other fatal ailments re sult from Stomach Trouble. Thous ands of Stomach Sufferers owe their complete recovery to Mayr's Wondor- ful Remedy. Unlike any other for Stomach Ailments. For sale by drug gists everywhere. CLASSIFIED ADS. 4 , , 4 Ono cent per word per Issue. 4 4 Six insertions for price ot five. 4 4 Fifty cents per line per month 4 4 without change. 4 4 4444444444 4 444444 HELP WANTED MALE WAiNTED Man and wife for ranch work. M. A. Ruder, 123 E. Muin. WAiNTBD At once, solicitor nt Pan- torium. 101 WANTED Ranch man, dosirablo place. 'Stute wages. Must move In August first. Box SO, Mail Tribune 100 WANTED Man and wlfo for work on ranch. Phone 4G8-J1. HELP WANTED FEMALB WANTI01) Bookkeeper, must bo quick nnd accurate. Apply In writ ing. X. Y. 'A., care Mall Trlbuno. 99 FOU BALK LIVESTOCK FOR SALIO One single driving har ness. Price $20. Call 604 Park avenue. 104 FOR SALE Two mares, weight 1200 each; sell one or both. One Jersey cow; all cheap. Call 707R1 after 8 p. m. or before 7 a. m. 102 FOR SALE Cheap for cash; the big bay team which has been worked on the city (lusher at night tor the past three years; also harness and wagon. All year job goes with out fit to right man. Call at 407 E Fourteenth Street. 100 FOR SALE Ono good family milk cow. Inquire 900 W, Elovonth, Medford. 100 FOR SALcl High class saddle horse. Inquire Rogue River Fruit & Pro duce Association. 101 FOR SALE Good single driving horse, buggy and harness. Weight 1200 pounds, $160. (Phone G91-Y 100 FOR SALE Good all round work maro and saddle pony. Call 28J1. 100 FOR SALE Twenty-five or 30 hoad of good stock cattle; no Jorsoy. Fred Sturgls, Trail, Oregon. 103 FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR RENT Furnished Apt. summor rates. The Berben. Phone 93H-R. FOR RENT One completely furnish ed apartment at Hotel Holland. ' FOR REJfl HOUSES FOR RUNT Six-room modern bun galow, big sleeping porch, all mod ern conveniences. Dr. E. H. Por ter. IXR RENT Modern five-room house and garage. Phone 870-W. FOR RENT Furnished and unfur nished houses. Employment Agen cy, M. A. Rador, 123 East Main. FOR HUNT Homo. Call at 1123 West Main. 102 LOST LOST Gold watch, open face, Jewel series, Wiilthani movement, No, 140X0073; Case No. 491172 19. Re ward If re t u r nod to Mull Tribune 99 LOST On Sunday, Kth Inst., leather suit case, containing clothes, be tween Murphy and JarkBonvlllo Reword. Return to K. Koike, 410 M. F. & II. building. Medford, Ore gon. 103 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE Stock of general mr-r-rhandlst. Will Involco around $2,- 000 with fixtures. I will rout build ing for a term of years at a very low rent, or sell at option of pur chaser. Good country trade and a bargain for the right man. Address Box 71. Uuttn Falls, Oregon. 117 MONEY TO LOAN TO LOAN Small sums to loan on A-l farm property. Carkin and Taylor. MONEY TO LOAN On good secur ity. Phono 617-J. J. M. Andrews. Medford Business Collego Bldg., Room 2. MONEY TO LOAN From $1000 to $5000 on hand to loan nt 7 per cent, on good farm security, Enrl Tumy, 210 Garnett-Corey Hldg. IP MONEY TO LOAN Money to loan on Medford property. Easy month ly payments. See D, K. Wood. ' There If mora Catarrh In tlil lection of ttia country tlian all othor ditwt put togwlber, iul tint il tae last tw ynri was iuiiikmvu to ue Insurable, Kor a grtnt many ; t'ur Um'lura prui m-t-U It a IikhI Ulkfa and pr-rill-i luval rtiin'dlf. and by vouatuiitly lulling- to t-urv ttllb local tri-utuieiit, )iroiiouiu:fd tl Invurubl, KvIciuhi liiia proven Catanli to In a iLiintltutloiiul dl utiil I litre fore rvMulrc cuiitMlutiuiuil irtatuiitut. lion a vutnrru t urf, uiautirui'iiiri-u ty r. J. (.'Unify St Co., ToIihIo. Ohio, 1 the only t'onitlhl- Ioiihi curd on tin mark!. It 1 tttkt'u LutvrimUr Iti diws from 10 dmim to a ti-uHpoonful. It ucta directly ou tbtr Moot) and tuucoiia aurfuct'i of tlit atetu. They nfT'T ono ti und red dutlura for uuy rug It fall U) vurv, ttviid fur circular aud U'ttluiouluU. Address: F J. niEXKT & CO., Tvfcdo, Ohio, 8uld by lmigjtUfi, TtH. Taa UaU'a Family I'M for ooiiatlpatlon. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS WANTED Teams to haul wood for season. Inquire Will. Sears, Butte Falls, Oregon. 104 WANTED Cattle and hogs to pas ture. Phone H. D. Powell, Ashland 4F13, or II. W. Bingham, Mlra Vista Orchard, .Modford. WANTED To buy stock hogs. H. W. Bingham. Medford. WANTED tiOOO pounds of poultry weekly. Wo assure you fair treat ment and highest prices in the city. Get our trade and cash prices. War ner, W'ortmnn & Gore. WANTED Stockmen, wanted beef and feeders. Those having same Phone J. H. Carlton, 12-F3. 100 WANTED Hay to bale for power Powell. Phone Ashland 4F13, on FOR SALE HEAL E8TAT FOR SALE Or Will trade tor good second-hand auto. One lot, with sower in alley, one rubber tire bug gy in good condition. Phone 183-R or 503-K. 89 FOR SALE Land. Any one desiring a good homo and 23 acres of fine land would do well to consult John S. Norwood, Central Point. 104 FOR SALE Modern five-room bun galow, ideally located. Perfect condition. Furnished or unfur nished. A rear snap. Investigate. No agents. Phone 329. 101 FOR SALE Will sell 34 acres deep black soil near Medford suitable for alfalfa, all below irrigation ditch, cleared and fenced. Prico only $95 nor acre. Term possible. E. S. Tuiny, 210 Garnett-Corey building. 100 FOR SALE Or might exchange for other clear property, farming land fruit land, stockranches, timber land, from $10 per acre up, on long time, easy payments. Address Gold Hay Realty Co. FOB SALE MISCELLANEOUS SECOND-HAND LUMBER. The lum ber In the dancing platform located on Mill streot. near the city park, (Prospective buyers will do well to call and look at lumber while the dance plntfrom Is in Iho course of construction. Over ten thousand feet. Inquire of J. C. McElroy, Co lumbia Hotel, Ashland, Or. 103 FOR SALE 1917 seven-passenger Chandler car, guaranteed to bo in perfect condition. Prlco right. See W. A. Cornltius in Medford this week. 100 FOR SALE Twin cylinder Excelsior motorcycle, $65. Pncltio Furniture & FIxturo factory. FOR SALE One largo refrigerator, capacity 4O0 pounds. Al condition cheap. Louis Ulrlch, Jacksonville, Oregon. 103 FOR SALE DedHteadn, drossors, ice box, chairs. Call 35 N. Oakduie. 101 FOR SALE Fifty-gallon hardwood .......... l.n.tn r.t Crrnw. Ilnwl 100 'OR SALE Eight hundred feet good flooring, some ceiling and cloar un- i nunnn ur.i I 110 U1UUUU. L 11U1IU OUX-U. IV FOR SALE Ding cherrlos, 4c a pound on trees. 835 E. Main. Phono 879-M. 99 FOR SALE Tonts, good condition, sizo 8x14, low prloes. Phone 7ir. 101 FOR SALE Cherries, Royal Ann, Ring and plo. L. B. Kent, 818 10. Main. FOR SALE Cheap for cash, 6-pus- sengcr auiomouiio in ursi cuius condition. (Nearly new tiros. For demonstration call 194-J2 or nee II. F. Moador, 613 Catherine St. 99 FOR SALE Largo sl.e family Tofrlg- crator In Al condition nt DeVoo's. Mlra Vista orchard. Phone D97-J2. WANTED Bring us your eggs and Poultry. We pay cash. Medford Poultry and Egg Co. WANTED Houses to more. Phone 488-M. or 488-X. WANTED Will pay cash for five or six room bungalow with good-sized garden In Medford or Ashland, or for one or two acres improvod with good house close In. Write Chas, A. Nutter. City Engineer, Ely. Min nesota, giving full particulars and location, also lowest prlco. 102 WANTED Eight o rten pigs, 40 to 50 pounds. Phono 571-.I5. 9S FOR EXCHAXGM WANTED Orchard from $20,000 to $",0,000 for apartment house In Berkeley, California. Address own er 2241 Oil rant Avenue, llerkelev, California. 100 TO EXCHANGE New $.ir,0 Krauso piano and somo cash for auto In good condition. Box 233, Ashland, Oregon. 124 ItrSINCSS DIRECTORY, Aftmcys PORTER J. NEFF Attorney at lew, rooms 8 nnd 9, Modford National Bank Building. A. R HEAMES Lawyer. Oarnett Corey bldg. BUSINESS DIRECTORY I Accountant. E. M. WILSON Certified Publio Ac countant, room 411, M, V. ft II. Bldg., Medford, Oregon.. Ansto Supplies LA HER AUTO SPRING CO. W are operating the largest, oldest and best equipped plant in the P clflo northwest. Ubo our epringa when others tail. Sold under writ ten guarantee. 34 North Fifteenth St., Portland, Ore. Collection COLLECTIONS AND RKPORTS We collected some accounts 14 yean old. We know how to get the money. The Bullock Mercantllt Agency, Inc., Rooms 1, I, S. Ha, kins' Bldg., 216 E. Main t Dentists DR. T. T. SHAW Dentist, Over Dan lels Clothing Store In rooms for merly occupied by Dr. Jones. Phont 692-Y. - Engineer ana Contractor FRED N. CUMMINGS Engineer and contractor, 404 M. F. & H. Bid. Surveys, estimates, irrigation drain, age, orchard and land Improvement Garbage GARBAGE Get your premisei cleaned up tor tne summer, van on the city garbage wagoni to good service. Phone 874-L. t. Y. Allen. Instruction In Mulo FRED ALTON HAIGHT Teacher ol piano and harmony. Halght Musi Studio, 401 Garaett-Corey Bldg, Phone 72. Insurance EARL S. TUMY General Insurance office, Fire, Automobile, Accident , Liability, Plate Glass, Contract and Surety Bonds. Excellent com panies, good local service. No. Sit Qarnett-Corey Bldg. Physicians and Burgeon DR. W. W. HOWARD Osteopathic physician. 803 Garnett-Corey build ing. Phone 130. DR. J. J. EMM ENS Physician ana surgeon. Practice limited to eye, ear, nose and throat. Eyes scien tifically tested and glassea sup plied. Oculist and Aurist tor B. P. R. R. Co. Offices M. F. '& H. Co. bldg., opposite P. O. Phone 667. Printers and Publishers MEDFORD PRINTING CO., has the beBt equipped printing office In Southern Oregon; Book binding, loose leaf ledgers, billing systems, etc. Portland prices. 27 North Fir st Transfer KAD8 TRANSFER ft STORAGE) CO. Office 42 North Front St. Phona 816. Prices right Sorvice guar-" nt.Mri. MOTHERS Be Careful Don't you know milk is the one thing you should know to be pure and wholesome for the babies at all times and especially during hot weather? And the only way i . you can De sure is to get Pasteurized milk, absolutely pure and free from all germs. We are now pre pared to furnish you Pasteurized milk and cream, delivered dai ly, and guarantee it to keep sweet from 46 to 48 hours. Ask your doctor. Get the state's score on your milkman's product not hi's barns, but the milk he is delivering your Our score is 94 V2 The Dairy Plionc-18 233E.Main