| OCR Text |
Show wanted his fellow members to know what he thought about it. In order to drive the nail in still more deeply, Mr. King quoted from a lettuce-chicken sandwich. The evidence he presented, measured by weight, was: Chicken 5 drams, 30 grains. Lettuce 5 drams, -0. grains. --'Butter 1 dram, -1(1 grains. Bread 1 ounce, 3 drams, 50 grains. Computed in a manner similar to that which had produced such startling revelations rev-elations in the ease of corned beef and cabbage, Mr. King submitted that tho cost of the original constituent parts of the lettuce-chicken sandwich was 4.jS cents. Again conceding a 100 per cent addition for transit from cold Storage to table, Mr. King found a total cost of 9.16 cents. Since Mr. King had been required to pay 35 cents for a sandwich which was constructed of minute portions of chicken and lettuce, he arrived at tho conclusion that somewhere, somehow, somebody had made 250 per cent profit. Projecting the chicken-let tuco statistics, sta-tistics, Mr. King found that a three-pound three-pound chicken would make seventy-five sandwiches, which would sell for $24.50. So, if congress wants further first-' harrtl evidence of profiteering, all it lias to do is to appoint Mr. King a committee com-mittee of one to eat another breakfast, break-fast, or a lunch or a dinner in the house restaurant. MR. KINGS RESEARCHES. Whatever c fault may be found with the record iu congress of1 Representative Repre-sentative King of Illinois if, iudeed, auy fault may be found at all it will never be said of him that he lacks tenacity of purpose. Mr. King of Illinois evidently is a man who, once his mind is mado up, goes at a thing with all the vigor of a healthy body and a keen mind. During the present session of congress con-gress Mr. Kiug has instituted a campaign cam-paign against the management of the rcstuuraut conducted in the house oi representatives office building. Mr, King lias pursued his inquiries into the methods of the rcstuuraut management with diligence and he has prosecuted his researches with painstaking zeal. Every article of food set before Mr. King is subjected lo the closest scrutiny and its value carefully computed com-puted against the price demanded for it. Invariably Mr. King lias discovered discov-ered that the value and the price are separated by a huge gap. At various times Me. King has arisen in his place upon the floor of the house and reported progress, so to speak.' A bill of national or even international importance might he under discussion at t lie time, but that made no difference to Mr. King. The house rcslnuranl takes precedence in Mr. King's mind, and, in comparison with Chat issue, nil oilier matters arc seemingly of trifling concern. Last week Mr. King brought to the attention of his colleagues some concrete con-crete facts in regard to Ihe hous'o restaurant res-taurant aud Ihe way things were run there. He reported that on October Jl he went to the restaurant .for a bit of a luncheon, having in mind a regulation regula-tion dish of corned beef and cabbage. The platter nnd the cheek accompanying accompany-ing it having been set before him, Mr. King regarded Ihem suspiciously nnd likewise judiciously. Iustond of partaking par-taking of the food, Mr. King carefully wrapped it up in a newspaper and took it to a chemical laboratory, whero it was segregated and introduced to Q sot ol delicate scales. ine weights, including in-cluding broad aud butler, were: 'Corned beef 2 ounces, 4 drams, 40 gra ins. nbbnge S ounces. llread 1.5 ounces. Hotter 1 drum, 40 grains. Following the weighing, leading wholoMile dealers in corned beef, cabbage, cab-bage, bread and butter wero consulted, and, with Ihe aid of the figures thov . applied, Mi. King found that the raw materials of his hienl cost .S.II5 ceirts. To this Mr. King added an allowance allow-ance of I'M) per rent lor handling and preparation, which would bring the total cost up lo lli.lU cents. Presenting those statistics to the house, Mr. King demanded to know wherein lay the justice of charging him S(l cents for the oL A profit of 34 acuta, or approximately 218 per cent, wn, in tho opinion of Mr. King, the rnnkent kind ol' profiteering, and lo' |
