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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1919
Page
1
County Attorney Jackson launches immediate legal action to curb abuses in food sales by dealers. The state board will probe Butte conditions as standard procedures aim to expose profiteers and protect consumers in wholesale and retail markets.
County Attorney Joseph R. Jackson blasts food profiteers and urges the state efficiency and trade commission to come to Butte for an in depth investigation of conditions here. Commission members Frank Filet X. Lease and W O Fiske will arrive to begin work and may have powers beyond a grand jury, possibly recommending a special legislative session.
Records show no death in Butte in the four days ending last midnight. The last death was Friday, two funerals occurred Sunday, and since then none of the seven undertakers have been called out. Authorities believe this record may be unprecedented in Butte.
The Anaconda Standard urges Governor Stewart to amend a special session call to include food cost relief. It cites extortionate dealing and attempted control of food products and offers to present information to a committee or agency. Dated July 22, 1919, Butte Montana.
Governor Stewart replies to the telegram from Anaconda Standard editor Kilroy confirming the state efficiency and trades commission created by the last legislature will be in Butte tomorrow. The governor forwards the telegram as an official communication dated July 22, 1919 from Helena Montana.
President Eamonn De Valera will be welcomed in Butte by 5000 Irish born and friends of Irish freedom. An 18 hour visit includes a mass meeting and an entertainment program. Delegations from Anaconda Helens Billings Great Falls Missoula and other Montana towns will attend. The reception committee will escort the party from the Oregon Short Line depot to the Silver Bow club.
A government investigation found the packing industry pushing propaganda to sway public opinion against the Kenyon bill for federal packing regulation. A Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council meeting heard pleas from a packing interests representative urging workers to oppose the measure, but the effort collapsed as a committee requested the secretary to wire Senator Kenyon their full support.
Violence erupts again in the national capital with whites and blacks clashing near the black district center. A home guard is killed and a second guard fatally wounded, another white man slashed by a rasor wielded by a negro. About 1,500 troops and naval personnel arrived, taking positions around the city as authorities cite precautions and rain as contributing factors.
In a multi union vote with mixed results, Great Falls metal trades unions largely refused to accept a one dollar per day wage increase effective July 1 proposed by President Kelley of the Anaconda company. Some unions reported strong opposition while others like the electricians and certain smaller groups showed mixed or opposing outcomes. The total votes varied by union, with full results incomplete, and the future of Metal Council negotiations remained uncertain as of the latest reports.
Ten days ago farmers were receiving 35 cents a dozen for eggs in Drummond. Eggs now sell for 65 cents a dozen in Butte with hundreds of cases waiting for higher prices. Commission merchants control shipments, forcing prices upward and preventing small dealers from competing. The article claims a Northwest network fixes prices, keeping supplies tight and profits high for the ring, with storage facilities in Butte and limited market access for producers.
The Standard reports government action on high living costs in Montana. Governor Stewart orders the efficiency and trade commission to investigate in Butte and other centers, with county officials urging a full inquiry into price gouging and the rising cost of groceries. The paper urges public vigilance and pledges support against any whitewashing.
Helena July 22 County Attorney Jackson requests Governor Stewart to summon the state efficiency and trade commission to Butte to probe wholesale and retail prices of foodstuffs and commodities in Silver Bow county and across Montana. The letter cites the 16th legislative assembly creating the commission to study cost of living and production.
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