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Show RAILROAD MEN SAY SITUATION IS NOT ALARMING NEW YORK, Feh. 23. TVMIe (Mate ano1 city authorities were seeking means to relieve the suffering causeJ by the high cost of food. President E. B. Thomas of the Lehigh Valley Railroad company declared de-clared tonight that "the gravity of the situation is greatly exasperated." and President V. D. Older wood of the Krie asserted that there was no real danger of "riot or anarchy." Mr. Thomas's announcement whb contained con-tained In a telegram sent to the Milwaukee Milwau-kee chamber of commerce In response to a message appealing to eastern railroads to "take Immediate steps o relieve a condition amounting almost to positive famine in some sections of tiie east, hy permitting the movement only of those commodities necessary to sustain human and animal life." In his reply. Mr. Thomas, sid there are 1300 carload? of flour in storage here now and In transit on the Lehigh "which -onsignees are unable to take awav as rapidly as we deliver." Whatever difficulties diffi-culties there are In car movements, he stated, are west of his line. Replies to Griffin. Mr.'t'nderwood made public a srirs of telegrams sent hy hint to President Griffin Grif-fin of the Chicago hoard of trade, who expressed the fear In a messace to the inten-tate commerce commission that "riot and uiuirrhy" would retult from lack of cars in rhlcaso to handle prain. In one of his telegrams Mr. t'nrtcrwood said : "The lines hclwcen Chicago nnd NVw York are Interested in keeping lear and ready to dispatch business. It I? not planned to block them with grain for which there is neither etorase, shipping directions, nor ships to carry it." "It is impossible and unwise," he (Mid in another message, "to move additional ST.-un from rhkago until the fi-runmla-: Unn aloiiR the line, und being held ba. k for conne'-tions and shipping. Is distributed. distrib-uted. There Is no discrimination. A car of grain is crivon exactly the name movement move-ment as a cur of perishable, freight. Coa went bound Is given preference." Many Suggestions Offered. Oeorge W. Perkins, chairman of Mayor Mitcliel's food supply committro, announced an-nounced tonight that th mayor had received re-ceived fmm Texas, Louisiana. California, Oregon and other states telegrams iiviuir-in? iiviuir-in? about the foo- shortage here and offering of-fering suczrstlons. "The tnnihle is." said Mr. Perkins, "I here is no ope in ofiii-iid position to follow fol-low up 1 he sut;esi ions coming f nun ilies difff-n-nt mmmunllief. Wo are absolutely ab-solutely unequipped ;ind powerless as a '-omnriniiy in the all-important (pifsMoii if promoting and devlnpintr outside mar- , ket s. This is simply a not her i nsta rve i showing the neces;dt v for a centralized , nmrkcl In the city of New York." Mr. rerkins announced that his rom-nilte rom-nilte has h Tranced for the shipment of a rarlnnd of fish from Tacoma . W'aMi., which is- expected n arri vo h--rn smiie t ime nxt week. y,H for mark el ir.g it now i.i being developed. Will Educate the Public. Another plan der-ded upon hy the committee, com-mittee, to combat the stendily mounting cost of M vln.tr is the district it Ion In ev-pry ev-pry publir school n the riy, beginning 1 noxl Mondav. of circulars which will i on t a in in forma lion a bout nut ri tinus foods that can be purchased al low cust. Rice, which can be bnnghl now fur from S to R ceiils th pound, is the food mnst high! v recommended. To gua rd nga inst any inn-case, in the retail price, should the demand grow, t h com mil tec has purchased a 1 rtre quantity as a. reserve supply. Mr. Parkins sa id . Working along the sa me- lines, the he.nl th department's buroa ii of public healt h educa tion issued a bullet in urging urg-ing mori efnsive ure of cornmeal. which is "c!i(mT and more nut rit inns than rlf," The bulletin contains several recipe! for the use of eornmoal. , ( 'nnmii t rer; r-. i .-. en li iiir I he Mothers' pii-l-i Price league will po to Wus--p,,. '!-! .Albany nct week. It was av !. prop.-m Is . f.r bxlv.i.J'inn net inn also a ci.ni ton i plat c.l hy puhlic- spirited ci! izcpM lor tho cUfthl ishnu nt ol' cc-!-t i unci stoics to hf opcratcil wiili i ri -cut fnn-is. I Carl Ht k. k'inVv of (ia I.al-or Forum. ' v. ici had iiilvot .Uc-I tho f-xtroina iroiiyurt' of si-Kin .i r in.. n 'i. .n a p propria t ion from tin: stn to IcuisUmn-c fm- tho pnr-pes" pnr-pes" "f "m- la li.iu-:" t !v- I nod supply, s;ild tho ;iciini lukon "teiuhd toward .s.j. h fficializa t hui." K.ihhi Stcr.in ii W'iso. pastnp nf the Krc.. s n:i 'v uc horo. I old I he mom hoi x of i ho ! ;i rd t !iov would nidkc a ra vc mist ako it' I hoy allnw o-l xi's p'lnns t hai thhi fnod ninvcuicnt was iinwlinh-'omcly 'apitnli.fd" (n (d.i-curo tho foal hurtons- tl( H Of t !. 1CS1 i'Ul. "Tho ponph- ;uc not askina" alms." ho Paid. "Hut I lie ilaimor of ft v va 1 k.n .c-miipds .c-miipds th'1.' rnoasuios he taken. II tltcro is not food onnuirh. then N"cv VorU ni;--.ld. to (nil tho corn rnon woult h on n. -1 1. hip. if 1 1 iorc s food. 1 hcii tho ipics-tiop ipics-tiop fnr von l'i meet is hnv o piako it availahlo for iho pcnpic." Ka'ol ,is-c also ask"d t).o mavor to n 1 1 t 1 1-n 1m fm o l no 1 r- i -1; t nr.- and ur-i '' n-iiit hrr.id and ml x f; im laws. Mr. Mjo'nr," nn.-; of I h.o w mnon'.s corn-mi corn-mi 1 1 f' nic m h'-rs said. " I' m Oi'oti'-h'S know no la v, and wo want no la wn. Women ai.- hr i rtL- t hmvvn intn ja il for i irvi :is to u-ot hia ad for t hoir oidldn".i. Whn l are ymi troini,' to lo for us? Tumor Tu-mor row rjOfi, w.j in on aro -j.n pi cnihHi in M I'M: on Huuare to Pp told what ynu aro "ijtc to do for us." |