23 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
1
Washington reports from February 23 state no real national shortage of food or fuel. high prices not due to freight congestion. ICC and railroad authorities say stocks are adequate for immediate needs and rail slowdowns will ease as weather improves and empty cars move west to reload with domestically needed goods.
Philadelphia February 23. Representative Leopold C Glass announces a plan to ask Governor Brumbaugh to appoint a state wide commission to investigate rising food costs. He seeks a three to five member panel with market expertise and plans to confer with Harrisburg colleagues for suggestions. The move follows store closures and a boycott led by Mrs Pauline Goldberg and a Jewish housewives committee seeking arbitration with merchants.
Interstate Commerce Commission announces relaxed rules to move empty boxcars on home lines with preference to food supplies. New York Central reports moving 360 empty boxcars to the west and 395 yesterday, signaling use of its cars to ease Chicago congestion.
Philadelphia housewives weary of rising food prices form the Keystone Cooperative Company to open a city store offering food at wholesale prices plus running costs and a small profit to stockholders. Kensington residents join, sending a message to Mayor Smith requesting aid in the price-lowering effort.
The American Railway Association reports that grain deliveries to New York Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore have been regulated to fit reduced export facilities since the German submarine blockade began. From February 1 to 14 deliveries totaled 8 million bushels, far below 29 million in January and 58 million in December, with railroads guiding export freight to the seaboard to curb accumulation.
Report highlights extreme poverty in Harrisburg as families live in squalid hovels hindering normal development. Strong language describes white plague and deadly diseases linked to poor housing. Activists demand a stringent housing code and action from the council to curb the conditions near the city center.
Harrisburg brokers report a sharp drop in potato demand as a broad boycott drives prices down from 3 to 2.75 per bushel. Dealers refuse purchases. one carload remains unsold at Hanover where the owner asks 3 per bushel fob. Despite embargoes, sugar markets ease yet panic keeps buyers storing supplies.
Auditor General A. W. Powell announced the resignation of Deputy Auditor General Charles Edward Willock of Pittsburgh effective February 28. Fisher, a clerk, also resigned. Promotions in the staff were announced amid reports of friction between Powell and Willock.
Willard J Loeser aged 26 at 2120 Green Street died suddenly today after noon from heart disease. He was the son of attorney W L Loeser and a graduate of Central High School. a noted athlete and musician active in city orchestras.
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce publicity and convention committees refined plans for a reception and parade for the Eighth Regiment troops. A chief marshal was chosen and parade formation agreed. a two hour Altoona signal will trigger the march with no whistle blasts.
Henry Arthur Collins quit a $3 day job at Enola shops refusing a dare and left for Washington D. C. to join the United States Army. He will receive $15 a month as a private after saying farewell to foremen and fellow workers and predicting he may be shot in battle.
British prime minister David Lloyd George proposes a two pronged plan to ease shipping shortages. He pledges guaranteed high prices to farmers and forced cultivation of land, plus a reduction in nonessential imports including luxuries, paper, ore and lumber to save millions of tons.
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