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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1919
Page
1
The lower house of the state legislature passes a food control bill after a lengthy acrimonious debate. Higgins backs the measure as a means to regulate food safety and labeling while opponents warn of potential burdens on businesses.
The Higgins bill No. 44, aiming to control food prices through a market commission, passed the Montana House 59 to 25 after a long debate. Supporters defend it as curbing profiteers. opponents call it socialism and warn of ineffective machinery. The measure faces further consideration.
SER BELDEN of the state house of representatives opposed the new county division bill, a stance that helped kill the measure.
Helena Aug County division reform faced defeat as amendments tangled bills. Silver Bow remains first class, while Cascade stays second until 1921 under a revised plan tying county classification to assessed valuation and taxing bases. Speaker Belden opposed new counties and urged delaying reclassification.
Paris reports the peace conference reached a Thracian settlement by partitioning the region. Some parts would join Greece while others form a future free state of Constantinople and a new free state under the League of Nations.
Author of plan says promotion will be financed with a fund that may run into the millions. The report notes substantial backing and outlines how funds could be mobilized to support the project.
War Department fixes public standard rates for sale of surplus stores via mail order through city agencies. The action sets complete line prices and aims to streamline distribution to municipalities and buyers at controlled costs.
Glenn E. Plumb testifies before the House Interstate Commerce Committee arguing the railroad brotherhoods seek to replace profit motive with service and democracy in industry. He cites a Plum Plan income potentially up to five to six million dollars from members while pledging lawful action and constitutional means. War dept releases new public prices for subsistence stores via parcel post, with 72 items listed and municipal sales to begin soon.
Washington dispatch reports hearings before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Senator Walsh's bill to open white settlement on part of the Crow Reservation. A Montana delegation will present a new bill and views on the proposal while Walsh reviews the Indian Office approved substitute, details unclear.
New York reports details of the United States Grain corporation plan to sell flour at 100 a barrel. Julius H Barnes, wheat director, outlines price restrictions for wholesalers, jobbers, and retailers. Flour to be sold in sacks at 10 per barrel in the west of the Illinois Indiana line and the west of the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf, excluding the Pacific coast.
President Wilson’s message to Congress outlines key steps to curb high prices. Proposals include licensing interstate corporations, extending food control into peace time, penalties for profiteering, cold storage regulation with storage dates and prices, security issue controls, and heightened government price information. Also urged are faster peace treaty ratification, wheat shipping limits, sale of surplus stock, production boosts, fair dealing by producers and merchants, and improved capital labor relations.
In San Francisco three bandits raided the Morgen jewelry store, holding two clerks at gunpoint and escaping with gems valued at $50,000. The unmasked robbers forced the clerks to lie on the floor as hundreds passed nearby. Police were notified by proprietor M. Morgen.
Warsaw dispatches say Polish troops have occupied Minsk, located about 200 miles east of the old Polish borders, confirming a significant advance reported by the newspapers in Paris.
The nation’s leader sternly addresses the shortage of essential goods, arguing extraordinary demands on citizens’ finances are not justified. He calls for prudent measures and fair distribution to ease hardship amid scarce supplies.
President Wilson told Congress the high cost of living stems from artificial and deliberate price gouging by retailers and warned labor threats would worsen the crisis. He outlined specific statutory and policy measures, urged sober labor conduct, and stressed peace treaty ratification as essential to lasting results.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels authorized a brief statement describing how Admiral Rodman’s prepared speech would remain unseen after being censored. Rodman reportedly noted a paragraph deemed inappropriate and was advised to omit it, though he spoke informally about the episode.
War status reports show German authorities exporting government assets from the territory in Poland and preparing to move this year’s crops into Germany. Arms and munition shipments are being sent wholesale to Bolshevik Russia, signaling a broader breach of treaty terms and disruption in the region.
Washington reports the senate foreign relations committee withheld approval of Colombia’s petroleum treaty pending assurances for American interests. Members fear the decree may resemble confiscation of foreign property seen in Mexico, delaying ratification and raising dispute over protections.
In Bruges a large assembly of deputies today unanimously ratified the peace treaty with Germany. The chamber acted swiftly, confirming terms and signaling broad support for the accord amid postwar negotiations.
Washington report on Senate action and farmers urged to repeal the wheat price guarantee. Senator Ni Republican proposes repeal while T C Atkeson Wash representative of the National Grange supports Norris Gronna and committee members. They contend the 2.36 guarantee was meant as a minimum, not a maximum, and that the United States Grain Corporation set the ceiling under supply and demand. The article notes the average price and aims to describe the policy debate surrounding wheat price guarantees and farm prices.
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