Armour Denies Fed Receivership Threat To Packers
J Ogden Armour, head of Armour & Co. Meat Packers, refutes a Philadelphia official claim that the federal government will seize packing houses via receivership. He defends packers against Heney hearings and argues meat prices rise from real economic factors, not government interference.
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Stites Food Administration Co
Fted
Hoover
Joseph FP. Qlitton
New York
Philadelphia
Heney
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justce
Hoarding Wisconsin and Minnesota Potatoes Reported
Chicago reports high potato prices driven by scarcity with consumers paying 142 per bushel. Wisconsin and Minnesota farmers allegedly hoarding the crop demanding at least 1 per bushel before hauling to cars. Farmers dig trenches in fields as storage with straw and earth to prevent freezing. Harry A. Wheeler says anti hoarding laws do not compel marketing.
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Chicago
United States Food Administration
Wisconsin
Alinesota
France
Freeala
Harry A. Wheeler
United States
Ilinois
Changes in trading conditions in futures
Chicago reports board of trade directors voted to change conditions for future delivery of corn. The move followed a national food administration suggestion. The current legal maximum for corn futures is 128 dollars, while cash prices climbed to 1.50. Farmers protest that futures rules favor consumers and exporters.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Directors
National Food Administration
Northre Butte Mining declares dividend on 430000 shares
The board of directors of North re Butte Mining company has declared a dividend of twenty five cents per share on 430,000 outstanding shares, payable Jan 28, 1918, to holders of record at the close of business Jan 10, 1918. Transfer books will not be closed. F R Kennedy, Secretary and Treasurer, New York, Dec 28, 1917.
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Nowrn Be Ang Company
North Re Butte Mining Company
F. R. Kennedy
New York
Review of the metal market for the year just gone
A New York Evening Post critique of 1917 metals markets notes U S entry into World War I, government price fixing, and copper disruption. It traces copper moves from March wartime planning to August refiners curtailment, strikes and wage tensions, with mixed producer responses and evolving pricing through September hearings and wartime board actions.
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New York Evening Post
United States
Import Oriental Labor Solution of Lance Problem
Chicago, Jan. 6. Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel urged solving U.S. labor problems by importing Oriental labor at a Commercial Club dinner. He warned German strength remains and urged drawing soldiers and sailors from Oriental islands under strict wartime conditions, asking Congress to act without delay.
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Chicago
United States
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Commercial Club
Gary
Germany
Opinio Eastern
Shany
Islands
Rem
Congress
Wheat stock levels in Minneapolis elevators
Stocks of wheat on hand in local elevators total about 0,000 bushels, with Minneapolis elevators capable of around 9,000,000 bushels. Demand from mills, car shortages, and farmers favoring other grains limit wheat movement. The Federal Grain Corporation has received seed wheat to ship to farmers in large lots, per Frank I. Carey.
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Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Minnepolis
John G McHugh
Federal Grain
Income tax proposal by Smoot and tax system overhaul
Senator Smoot and the finance committee defend a new income tax plan claiming no revenue loss under existing law while simplifying collection and repealing the zone system, plus higher second class mail rates. In Miles City a fire at the Miles City Lumber building caused $4,000 in losses after unknown origin sparked a blaze at Main and Tenth streets. no fire in the structure, rewiring recent, swift coal fire department response limited damage.
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Smoot
Repub
Finance Committee
Miles criYes City
Oa! and Lumber Company S
Main
Tenth Streets
Coal Fire Department
Mine accident at 1200-foot level injures worker
A cave-in at the 1200-foot level of the Berkeley mine yesterday left a worker, Joe, with a broken arm and leg and a scalp laceration. He was taken to Murray hospital for treatment.
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Joe
Manera
Berkeley
Murray Hospital
Major Murphy Leaves Red Cross for Military Service in France
Maj Grayson Murphy head of the American Red Cross Mission to Europe, resigns to join U S military service. He will be replaced by Mal James I Perkins, and travels to the United States for a week. Murphy recently directed relief efforts in Italy aiding over 100000 refugees and notes Red Cross plans to continue winter relief with fuel, food, clothes and medical services in France.
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Paris
Maj
Grayson Murphy
New York
American Red Cross
Europe
America
Ransfer
Teed Cross
Henry P. Davison
American Red Cross War Council
France
Red Cross
Murph
West Point
Mal
James I. Perkins
National City Bank of New York
Commission
United States
Major Perking
Davi
Major Murphy
Italy
Ted Crose
Fas
Diseases at Camp Lewis report shows low sickness
Camp Lewis Tacoma January 6 report by Lieut. Col. L. L. Smith sanitary inspector for week ending January 4 lists 82,000 men with relatively small sickness. Cases include cerebro spinal meningitis three, German measles 146, lobar pneumonia six, scarlet fever 28, mumps 31, diphtheria two, chickenpox one. The note says scarlet fever not rising and may have peaked with expected decrease next week. Away at the Metro 1 H Park st.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
L. L. Smith
Metro- 1-H. Park
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