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O Kd by Wilson and Decrease in Cost Coot Costin in in- m Living Is Indicated di t By Associated Press WASHINGTON A Aug g. g 10 Evidence Evidence of a conspiracy among large packing interests interests' I to corner comer the entire tomato I output of the Pacific coast has bas been Discovered it was sa said d today at the office of the federal federal federal fed fed- eral trade commission By United Press WASHINGTON Aug 10 The The food control bill bin is no now v a law Even as President Wilson was affixing his signature this afternoon the ilie federal trade commission commission commission com com- mission laid before Herbert Hoover evid evidence nce of an alleged attempt to corner corner corner cor- cor ner the output of California tomato canneries It was was was' one one of the first results of the commissions commission's investigations into food tood pr prices paces ces Hope of nearly excess profits on army contracts was said to be back of efforts to buy up the California pack In the face of a canned tomato output nearly double double dou dou- ble that of last year prices pricer of tomatoes tomatoes toma toma- toes at the canneries have increased from 92 cents per dozen ca cans to and more as s the result of f the cornering movement President Wilson and Mr Hoover will confer this afternoon over enforcement enforcement en en- of the food control bilL The president personally requested the presidents of both and senate to sign the bill bm promptly t today day so BO that he could approve It Food control throughout the country country coun coun- try probably will wm be ordered late to today to- to day Hoover has placed before the president the names of men he desires de de- deI sires placed at the head of the dif dU ferent ferent state organizations With presidents president's approval of these Hoover will be given full authority to r T t ahead Meanwhile reports to the agricultural agricultural tural department show tremendous increases in in the amounts of cold storage holdings as compared with last year Frozen meat storage showed increases ranging from 32 per cent in the case of lamb and mutton to to 1072 per cent in the case of of cured cur d t beef and per Del cent in frozen beef I I I 1 I i j I The federal trade federal trade commission late I today was to open inquiries into coal costs preliminary to establishing the basis for price fixing on coal from I the mine to the consumer authorized under the food bill By L. L Harper Leech WASHINGTON D. D C. C Aug 10 Barring Barring some tr tremendous tre tremendous natural calamity the cost of living will show a a. a substantial substantial substantial sub sub- decline by November 1 now that the food tood bill has finally l passed assed No immediate miracle of ot the loaves and fishes j can be performed but th the food administration confidently ex expects expects expects ex- ex the tho chart of prices ninety days hence will wUl show downward curves curs Although the tho delay in congress of oC more than a month after Tul July 1 the date deemed essential by Hoover has hall Tend rendered red the task more difficult m and nd CO Continued on n page 3 3 2 0 t L r. r r 1 I DROP SEEN Continued an tinned from page 1 proba probably bly cost the consumer mil mil- it many lions there have been compensations Alls well wen that ends well is the general impression of Hoovers Hoover's cohorts i Advantages reaped from from the delay are I The organization has been built up so o the task of administration can be bel handled more quickly I The people have been educated on food control control J by the discussion and agi- agi agi I tation They have also become aroused The character of ot the opposition has hag created partisanship for the food administration administration administration ad ad- ad- ad ministration which will help it over rough places I The food administration has acquired confidence through feeling the public pulse that a great majority of ot the people people people peo peo- are backing food tood control The enemy has disclosed his Secret roe foes have been spied o out t by the aviators and hidden bidden trenches and pitfalls discovered so that the food control gunners now have the range and nd can hurl their shells right into the dugouts of ot the foe toe The bill now to become a a. law is by byno byno byno no means perfect but answers the most moat pressing needs And with the co cooperation cooperation cooperation co- co operation of the folks at home in l kitchen grocery store and butcher shop the coming winter will find the people as well fed ted as ever at lower prices despite the world shortage of grain and meat The food administration can control prices to eliminate speculative and monopoly monopoly monopoly mo mo- I extortion but unless the people people people peo peo- I cooperate by bv saving prices will not go down because the shortage will j force prices up by natural law I Among the pressing problems are the reorganization of transportation and I an arrangement with the Canadian food administrator to secure perfect cooperation |