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BRITAIN HXES PRICES OF FOOD
Rifles Lest Drastic Than Ger¬ many's, But Less Lax Than Ours.
EXPUUNEDBYLORDRiiONDDIi
Chief Aim I* to Safeguard tJia Inter¬ act of Cenaumera FIrit of Alt— Impeaaa Little Compul* aery Rationing.
Waahlngton.—Three Keneml polleles In food aavUiK are now being mnln- talDCMl hy three Rreat nntionn, the United States, fJreat Ilrltnln and Oer¬ many.
The Oerman Idea la strict rutlonlng of the conaunier, and recently the Unit¬ ed Statea fwKl admlnlRtrntlon l.sflued flinir(>a ahowlPK the present Ocrrnnn ration, which Is menjter blh to variety land fnr below avtjruge dietetic rc- qnlreim>ntn.
The Amwlcan Iden In food flavln« Is to aecnre voluntary co-operatlr>n, as fsr «R possible, from both tbe public ond Ithe producer and handlera of food ar- tlclefl.
The British Idea lies between the two. As little compulsory rntlonlnR n.s possible Is Imposed npon the general public. Hut there Is a farreaehlng nnd irigld aupervlBlon of all food articles by roKulntlnR the mnnufneturcrs nnd merchtints, by tho estnbll.shment of ¦naxlmum prices, nnd after December 80 rationing cards ure to be issued for gagar.
What Lord Rhondda Saya.
A statement Just Issued by Lord IRhondda, the British food controller, JdescrlblnK the British system of food control gives a succinct nnd a clear picture for comparison of the food-sav¬ ing maasurea which are now being fol¬ lowed Id tbe United States.
Lord Rhondda saya:
"My aim la to safeguard the Inter¬ ests of the conramor, to do away with {iroflteering altocrether, and to prevent iexceasive proflts of any kind. The ifromework of tnr machinery Is formed on the dvll aervice. They are the ad- imlnlstrntora, but In all cases we ee- «ure the best araUable baslnees men to ladvlse tbem, as well as a number of expert commltteea dealing with almost ievery food commodity. The policy la |to limit proflts at every step from the iprodxicer to the consumer, and at the ;same time to regulate supply. ' "A coatings depnrtment under tho direction of chartered accountants hns been set np, through which the proflts Imade by any maOufacturer or retailer of food can be ascertained. The coun- Itry hns been dlTlded Into separate lareas. In each of which a leading firm |0f accountants has been appointed by Ithis department to do the necessary work. RcasoDRhle profit based on pre¬ war rates Is added to the present cost, the price limits a^eod on that basis, after consultation with the representa¬ tives of the trades concerned. Sixteen Food Divisions.
"Decentralization ia obtained by dl- Vldlnjf Great Britain Into 16 food dl- irlslons, cooatatin? of so many coun- itles. Each dlvifdoD is under the eu- iperlntendence of a commissioner ap- iwlnted by the food controller. In leach of these divisions the borough, lurban or rural district councils, or other local authoiitiee, appoint local ifood committees, with limited powers jand certain discretion, to carry out such regulations as regards price and idlstribntlon as may be Issued from iheadguarters.
"Locnl tradesmen are registered with Ithelr local committees, nnd if any tradesman does not carry out regulu- 'tion.s nnd orders he may be struck off the register and prevente<l from fur¬ ther trading. The various orders flx- •ing o#ynmendlnff the maximum prices of meM, milk, potatoes, bread, etc., nre \ comm uti Icn ted to the local committees, j and the trades and public are informed through the dally and trades press. A ataff of inspectors is kept at headquar¬ ters, and u number of sentences have been ixnpose<l by magistrates through- 'OUt the country for contravention of the regulatloua. The general penalty ||8 a flne not exceeding $100, or a term of air months' Imprisonment, vrlth or [Without hard labor, or both. This pun- i lUhraent may be inflicted for every aev- j leral offense. I purpose to make the | l>eDaIti(>e more aevere. * |
"While the prices of practically all leoaential foods are now nnder control, { Ino corapnlsory rationing is Imposed on |the general public, although all public leatlng places are rationed as to the | jBmooat of meat, flour, bread and sugar Iwhich may be nsed in every week on |tli« basis of an average for each meal. lAfter £>ecember SO only half a pound ct sugar per capita will be permitted. iThla will be obtainable through a ays- Item of each consuming householder or fconiuraer regtsterlnx with a epecifled jretailer, and securing from the local jfood committee a card entitling his lionseboid or himself to the ration. The jietailer will keep a record of bis dellv- icrlea to insure his not supplying any «oe customer In one week wltb more ithau the proper allowance. Arrange- jDienta for the Issue of these cards are lo pru«res8, and tbey will form the Crouudwork abould It become ueces- dtary later on to mtloo other food- jBtaffs.
Restrictions In Manufacturing, d^ "There are many restrictlous In man- mfactarloK. Flour made from wheat hm atnUcbt-nm floor, mUled to 81
per etmt t^tnmtm. and It la rotnpnl- ¦ory to mix in 20 per cent of floar frotn other cereals and pnlae, and permlasl- ble to mix In np to HO per rpvt^ whils no bread may be aold nnleas 12 hoors old. Following on rwitrlctlona of ."W per cent and 40 per cent, mannfactur- era are now restricted to the oae of only 2S per rent of the amonnt of sugar they used Ki 191.V Rpt^kinff irenerally, the nse of foodstuffs for In¬ dustrial pnrpones and for the feeding of animals hsa been either restricted or prohibited. Waste of bread Is a criminal offenae.
"Appeals for economy in constmip- tion have been made, and a new cam¬ pnign Is being organized to this end. The maximum price of the quartern loaf has been reduced to ninepence for cnah over the counter. It was found possible to do thla by auhsldlKlng flour. I find It necessary to control pracUcsl- ly all essential commodities. The dnn- Kpr that In reducing prices we msy reatrlet supplies and Increase conaump- tinn Is ohvloufl, but I think it can be largely overcome.
"It haa been anggeated that o«r re¬ cent fixing of meat prices will lead to exceaalve alaaghtering. If It doea, we are lu a iKmitii^i to eoiitrol the Iratit*- port of meat, and we are taking steps to lleense the/slaughter house. A con- diUon of the license will be that no more than a certain numher of cattle are slaughtered per week. We also riropose to control the sales through the auctions, and we cnn limit the qunntity there. In the course of a month or two we hope to l)e able to determine appmxlinately whnt quan¬ tity of ment ought to go to each indus¬ trial area and to limit tho qunntity If neces.sary. Maximum wholesale meat prices for the whole kingdom have l)een fixed Independently of the cost of transport, hut we hope to meet the diiiiKiT that producing area.s, becnuse of this, might get more than their fair share of supplies by fixing a flat rail¬ way rate.
REPRESSION OFRAT
First Exclude Rodents From Place Where They Find Food.
BEST lUN TO USE CEMENT
LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE.
Satisfying the large appetites of our boys In France Is a tremendous under¬ taking and hundreds of men are de¬ tailed to this duty alone. Sammy Is without doubt the best fed of anyone In Frnnce. White bread, a luxury un¬ known to the French for a long time. Is .served to hlra daily. Thousands of loaves are baked and thousands of sacks of fiour are con.sumed in supply¬ ing his dally needs. All the flour trans¬ ported from the United States as well ns m6fit of the other foodstuffs he uses. Enlisted men detailed to the field bakeries which accompany the army look ufter Sammy's wants as far as the staff of life Is concerned. The pic¬ ture shows a big hunk of the kind mother used to make, and a hungry soldier.
: U. S. FORCES WILL BE : ARMIES OF SPECIALISTS
Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. —General Pershing's Injunction to make the American array un urmy of specialists Is being car¬ ried out nmong the j30,OOO Ken¬ tucky, kidlana and southern' Illinois men In the National urmy in this camp,
A board of examiners quizzes each drafted man as to his busi¬ ness in eivil life. It Is the aim of the ofilcers to assign every man to the post for which he Is most fitted.
Chauffeurs have been as¬ signed to the motor truck divi¬ sion, telegraphers to the signal corps, clerks and business*men to the quartermaster's corps and athletes to bomb-throwing pla¬ toons. A board of nine psychol¬ ogists is Investigating mental fitness of all men.
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FIND SOLDIERS HAVE HEART
Doctors Blame Newest Malady of
Trenches on Excossive Cigaratte
Smoking.
London.—"Soldier's heart," the new¬ est malady of the treuches, is caused j partly by excessive smoking of cig¬ arettes, i
After a careful Inquiry Into the sub- ! ject the medical research committee i huve reported that cigarettes are a "contributory factor" to the disease. Examination of scores of soldiers suf¬ fering from "soldier's heart" convlnce<l the investigators that heavy smoking sup^Tludui'es it.
Tbe mnla^ly Is charucte.lzi'd by «b- uurtuul blood pre^tiure and {tulse rate. The nervous tension uf mon iu the trenches Is another factor, tbe Investi¬ gators found.
Qranarlea, Corncrlbs, Poultry Heuaea
Etc, May Be Made Rat-Proof by
Liberal Uae of That Material
in Foundations.
(Prepared by the United Btates Depert- ment of Agriculture.) First In Importnnce, as a measure of rat repression, la the exclusion of the animals from places where they find food and safe retreats for rearing their young.
The host wny to keep rats from buildings, whether In city or In cmm- try, Is to use cement In construction. As the advantages of this material are coming to be generally imderjrtood, Its use Is rapidly extending to all kinds of buildings. Tlie processes of mixing and laying this material require little skill or special knowledge, and work¬ men of ordinary Intelligence can suc¬ cessfully follow the plain directions contained in handbooks of cement con¬ struction.
Mnny modern public buildings nre so constructed thnt rats cnn find no lodg¬ ment in the walls or foundations, nnd yet In a few yenrs, through negllKonce, such buildings often become Infested with the pests. Sometimes drain pipes nre left uncovered for hours nt a time. j Often outer doors, especlnlly those ; opening on alleys, nre left ajar. A I coniiiion mistake Is failure to screen i basement windows whieh must be ! opened for ventilation. However the j Intruders nre ndmlttetl, when once in¬ side they Intrench themselves behind furniture or .stores, nnd nre dlfilcnlt to I dl.slodKc. The nddltlon of Inner doors to vestibules Is an important precau¬ tion against rats. The lower edge of outer doors to puhlic buildings, espe¬ cially markets, should be re-enforced with light metal plates to prevent the animals from gnawing through. Any opening left around water, steam or
the material Is too ftrxiA a conductor of heat, and the health of the animala anffera from contact with these floors. In poultry houses, dry aoil or aand may be used aa a cohering for the cement floor, and ih atablea a wooden floor renting on concrete la Jnat «« satisfac¬ tory so far as ISie excloaion of rata la concerned.
Tlie common practice of setting eom- cribs on posts with Inrerted pana at the tops often fnlla to exclude rata, be- caitse the posts are not high enough to place the lower cracks of the strnc- tnre beyond resch of the animala. As rata are excellent jumpers, the poata should be tall enough to prevent the animala from obtaining a foothold at any place within three feet of the ground. A erib hullt In this way, how¬ ever, la not very aatisfactory.
For a rat-proof crib a well-drained site should be chosen. The outer walla, Inid In cement, ahould be sunk ahont twenty Inches Into the ground. The apace within ths walla ahotild be grouted thoroughly with cement and broken stone and finished with rich conrreta for a floor. Upon thla the structure may be built Ere* the walla of the crib may be eoncwte. Com will not mold In eontaet with them, pro¬ vided thars la grmd ventilation and the roof ta water-tight
HowsTsr, there ars cheaper waya of excluding rats from either new or old corncrlbs. Rats, mice and sparrows mny be k#pt out effectually hy the use of either an Inner or nn outer covering of galvanlied-wire netting of half-lneh mesh nnd heavy enough to resist the teeth of the rats. The netting In com¬ mon use In screening cellar windows Is I suitable for covering or lining cribs. I As rats cnn climb the netting, the en- j tire structure must he screened, or, if sparrows nre not to be excluded, the wire netting may be carried up nbout | three feet from tbe ground, nnd above : this n belt of sheet metnl about a foot j In width may be tacked to the outside of the building. |
Complete working drawings for the prnctlcnl rat-proof corncrib may he ob¬ tained from the office of public ronds nnd rural engineering of the depart¬ ment.
Buildings for Storing Foodstuffs.
Whenever possible, stores of food for mnn or beast should be placed only In buildings of rat-proof conatrnctlon, guarded against rodents by having all
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RAT-PROOFING BUILDING WITH CEMENT SIDE WALL.
gas pipes, where they go through walls, should be closed carefully with con¬ crete to the full depth of the walL Dwellings. In constructing dwelling houses ths nddltlonal cost of mnklng the founda¬ tions rat-proof ia slight compared with the advantages. The cellar walls should hnve concrete footings, and the walls themselves should be laid in cement
windows nenr the ground and all other possible means of eiitrnnee screened with netting made of No. 18 or No. 20 wtre and of one-fonrth-ineh mesh. En¬ trance doors should fit closely, should hnve the lower edges protected by wide strips of metal, and should hnve springs attached, to Insure that they shnll not be left open. Before being used for housing stores, the building
mortar. The cellar floor should be of j/Should be inspected as to the mnnner
In which water, steam or gas jilpes go
medium rather than lean concrete.
Even old cellars may be made rat-proof j through the walls, nnd any openings
at comparatively small expense. Rat | found around such pipes should be i
holes may be permanently closed with closed with concrete.
a mixture of cement, snnd and broken
glass, or sharp bits of crockery or
stone.
On a foundation like the one de¬ scribed above, the walls of a wooden dwelling also may be made rut-proof. The space between the sheathing nnd lath, to the height of about a foot, should be filled with concrete. Ruts cnnnot then gain access to the walls, and can enter the dwelling only through doors or windows. Screening all basement and cellar windows with wire netting Is a most necessary pre¬ caution.
Old Buildings In Citiea.
If rat-proof buildings nre not avail¬ able, It Is possible, by the use of con¬ crete in basements and the other pre¬ cautions just mentioned, to make an onllnary building practically safe for food storage.
When :t is necessary to erect tem¬ porary Wl odea structures to hold for¬ age, grain or food supplies for nrmy camps, the floors of such buildings should not be in contact with the ground, but elevated, the sills having a foot or more of clear space below them. Smooth posts rising two or three feet above the ground may be used for foundations, und the floor Itself may
Aside from old dwellings, the chief ^« protected below by wire netting or refuges for rats In cities are sewers, ^^''^^ ™*'^«' "' "" P'"'^'*'^ ^'>'-'''« "f« whnr^•e8, stables and outbuildings. *^7''^ «"'" " foothold. Care should be Modem sewers are used by the anl- *"^*^" l*' ''"'¦« "'*' '^""" "" t'^*^* «« P<'«- mnls merely as highways and not as ^"*'^' '"•¦ " '« chiefly scattered grain abodes, but old-fashioned sewers often "^ fragments of food about a camp afford neating crannies. "^"^ attract rata.
Wharres, stables and outbuildings Rat-Prooflng by Elevation,
in cities should be so built as to ex-1 '^^^ Ignited States public health serv- clude rats. Cement Is the chief means '<^« reports that in Its campaigns to this end. Old tumble-down build- "gainst bubonic plague In San Fran- ings and wharves should not be tol-j •^'"^'f* (1907) and New Orleans (1914) crated In any city. many plague rats were found under
In both city and country, wooden ! ^^^ floors of wooden houses resting on floors of sidewalks, areas and porches *'"* ground. These buildings were are commonly luid upon timbers rest-; ""*''* rat-proof by elevatlou, and no ing on the ground. Under such floors *^"*^ "' either human or rodent plague ruts have a safe retreat from nearly o^'cuTed In any house after the change, all enemies. The conditions can be ^''"''''•f ****™ "°'^^^othjiosts 18 Inches remedied In towns by municipal action ' "''"^'^ the ground, with the space h^ requiring that these floors be replaced "*"""' ^^^ ""*"" entirely open, left no by others mude of cement. Areas or *»1'""K Phice for rats. walks made of brick are often under-1 '^^^'^ **'*" '^ adapted to small dwell- mlned by rats aud may become as ob-' *"'^'' throughout the South, and to Jectlonable as those of wood. Wooden ¦'""" summer homes, temporary struc- floors of porches should alwaya be well i ^'''"•'s, aud small farm buildings every
above the ground.
Farm Buildings. Granaries, cornerlbs und poultry houses may be made rut-proof by a lib¬ eral use uf cement In tbe fouudatluos and floors; or the floors may be of wood re6tlug upon concrete. Objection bas beeu urged against coucrete floors'
where. Wherever rats might obtain a foothold on the top of the post they muy be prevented from guawlng the ttdjueeut wood by tacklug metal plates or pieces uf wire netting to floor or siU.
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