The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 30, 1918, Page 4

{ 4 THE SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, AUGUST 380, 1918. BRITISH TAKE MEASURES ON THE H. C. OF Lt ed you covers foo only the amount called for by your small or moderate Meat, 20 ounces, overing the needs of invalids, | aren't half the trouble it had been |if you buy at separate stores) and | book mailed 1 covers food allow only the am in Mana, of the News: | m | Ant mothers, #ick persons, etc. | expected in Britain they would be, or |each dealer detaches a leat re anc sf i ail De upon Books Hi noted Enterprise Association rc « Jotails are handled by local | that Americans probably think they | pons for the article you intend to buy ole 5 3 Penns] tipo rare Ripening By 1 : . are oor a ly in| are. jat his store . . 0 ou » rath ONDON, Eng., Aug. 90.—America | Britat nee has already dem t rationed (bread ra rda, whieh ar natant cei from the lea coupons eor-| trol prices, alt te vonine 2 7 . ewhat ou go to the local board and fill] ‘That roughly, i» all in to i 7 4 <sclage: deecemmamnes. | ogor 7 eee, by compel) ly in restaurants only), 1 in every district-womewha You go to the local board and ' : q tr bought | and governs have no fear of the ration card | onstr ution 1 upplementary allow:/on the order of the #elect service | out an form. The board |for the ordinary conwu the ap: | He ean sell y ono we k,thand in ae i . | lng fair dt Great Britain this r instituted! It guarant Fationing system—first food | the availab! i then ration coupons—and it is | great ste food cannot be bought don every side that the food) up by those who cannot afford to Ben wecomumes tna | Py et P ¢ Political Eyes of Food Rationing Routed any time since the early days ai BAL TH ns ROM SQUE " 4 nue i EOE ob pail Hunger in Great Britain fre the primary purpeee ot cou of Ue Four principal fox ‘per Nation Focused on * HAROLD E, BECHTOL “As it is explained by the ministry | eats FOOD STORES. |, the primary purpese of the Ing system is to protect the | week | (Kuropean Manager of the Newspaper Enterprise Association) |} LONDON, Eng, Aug. 20.—Interviews with membera of the ministry of food, labor leaders, food retailers and private consumers afford the following summaries showing at a glance how the food situation in England has improved under the rationing mystem, BEFORE RATIONING pon book, You take | plieation blank staten the os equitable division of |ances" are tesued for men engaged | local board system in America maila ye : persons eating at your hom: food supply fo that|in heavy work, and there are apecial| And food cardy or coupon books | the book to your dealer (or dealers RB Loans for Essential Business As there ts not enough credit to go aroy und in these unusual times, the only aval that recor yt Voderal Reserve Hoard—the cutting off of thon demands that are recognized as least necensary 4 es en ee ‘The First National Tank has ample an for war work or f anitien and ple, but not TO RETAIL MERcHANTs ) Elections in Maine BY MILTON BRONNER fight right to the door of Gov, Car! ng to the ‘orta of the for other purposes. First National Bank q I wish to announce that I have opened a WHOL E- Syeceh ty The Gar ty HN. B.A) | Milken, whe 8 nee gi ‘The food shortage presmed hardest upon those who were doing the SALE BUSINESS at 308-310 Second Avenue South, cata na t oc cvapean | meme ty bya i, pied most; busy men and women couldn't «pare the Ume to go chasing about ( First Ave. at James i Seattle. Sept . “gv hire! wD ht rchnard naeene wee on rind At bog harge |) for food; they had no time to stand in long “queues” outside food stores, { Established 1882, ll line sore actly header camgllge poner to gros ie) Be ndbnyerr tee Bhvgye. Aw a result, the average consumer found it almont impossible to get Am pleased to inform you that I carry a full line political weather xane s usually | that while Augusta citizens were suf Neneugt eee vcgat bulter or foes, even the thd the mene? Savings Department Open & Pot CLOTHING, SHOES and GENTS’ FURNISHINGS, ff repubtican, "ir the G. ©. Py vote tn] fering, (he wovernot Hd a M'|} ‘There were “queue” lines at almost every store selling food, day From 6 P. M. to 8 P. M. __ Samples of these goods are on display, and I would ff veather in the nation. If the vote in| Tho last legislature created a fund |) after day UNDER RATION SYSTEM P esteem it a favor if you will come in and inspect ff decreased, took tor atorms for the re-| of $1,000,000 for the relief of fami: } 4. UNDER MATION MERE the ment they @ them, or if not convenient to call, you may write me Jf publicans. And if Maino goes demo: | lies of Maine soldiers. It is charged | 4.4 ' — T assure you that it will be to your ‘interest and po fecorving peopl are suffering. ‘The|{. SUsAr, in the ration « dante, is always obtainable BY ALL. table as well, to investigate my prices before Democratic leaders and editors! law provides $4 per week for a de |} b he eee velaned tor tend cone your order elsewhere, as I have a large stock here predict they will elect their] pendent parent, The governor and |} ‘The meat supply is so improved that bacon and ham, liver, tongue state ticket and also send a demo cil decided that in order tot and sweetbreads, tho rationed with other meats at retail stores, are sold on hand, purchased before the advance in prices. } crat to the U. 8. senate. ntw of this, people must be ) otal out oo | To convince you that my prices are the lowest, | The campaign this year will difter infirm acd dependent.” They |} (2 restaurants and hotele without coupens | will send on request my JOBBERS’ PRICE LIST for Jf trom any Maine has hac years | ¢ ne must be 60 befor ~ : tet ms in that the li question will cut g termed prin inspection and comparison. no figure. ‘The democrats adopted a| B. G, MeIntyre, democratic nomi-| Washington authorities to revoke SHE KNITS AT 106 Hoping to have the pleasure of seeing you here, or ffi fatctm” saparciy. aliesing. "theme | nee toe gecernor ia tm tne live mtock | Wie bakers’ Ucetises oe i your order by mail, for which I thank you selves behind. Woodrow Wilson in| business, which brings him into inti | The latter appealed and asked tor| (Special to the Star by N. F. A) advance, I am, Respectfully yours, his warsmaking capacities. In state | -n h with the farmers and|an inquiry as to the cont of making| LONDON, Aug. 30.—Tho 106, Mra. ai matters they demand state control of Hi of M He has been | loaf of baongr —— ~ rte: bore Gardiner, of Leamington, felebrated | Buy Thrift Stamps water power and state purchase of | ole arious offices in his home | 4f increase in the coat of substitutes |) bienaay by knit E on War Sevings Ptamee Ss. B. GOLDMAN | wild lands so that selfish interests, uned the cost of the bread 7% | her birthday by Knitting for the fish: to the L |which usually tie up with the repub the democrat! he baker did not lose his|@fmen. Altho feeble in body, her! lican state machine, may not make fortunes out of what should belong or, against former memory is clear and her mind alert. ] present Senator Bert Fern “| to the sta pub He te a strong cam But the democrats are going to paigner, who surprised Maine people make great play with isvues arising by being elected and reelected may out of the war and not covered by or of the capital city of Augusta. He their pl latform. They i carry the has also been state treasurer U. S. BUYS BILLION BARRELS OF FLOUR FOR $1 A BARREL Special to The Star by N. BE. A. Try Coffee with- WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 20 out Sugar. A million barrets of flour at $1 a It is all one grade and con- GOOD Coffee barrel is the fascinating bargain the of 95 to 100 per cent wheat : government has just picked up. | All bragds specially advertised r The millers of the country are| were special refinements of ordinary improve it. q obliged to sell this amount at this |fiour, Their makers hope to pre- GOLD SHIELD . : price because they have been value of the trademark by i “Al- iteering. It was arranged in the public mind, and months ago that t © their profits after the have a certain mare! n to resume their their milling, including the the bran and middling». that very large prices wer from farmers ft the price of flo used to feed o ing the by-products of flour and oth cases the millers get as much as $3 er articles unregulated. For in @ barrel profit on flour. All this stance, in Minnesota it was found profit must now be distributed in the | recently that rye flour, which was form of flour at $1 a barrel to the selling at $12 a barrel, was being government. | “diluted” with wheat flour, which | Some Peculiar Changea as selling at §9 @ barrel. ‘The war, with its government reg . ulation of many lines of industry Priees Ave Fined has brought to light some peculiar) In England, the price regulating | things in the economic world, For | business han been more successful instance, the federal trade commis than in the United States, Instead im finds that as much money is of naming a fixed price for wheat pent for advertising flour and sell. alone, the British government fixed ing {t as for converting wheat into | prices on the five principal food prod | flour and putting it into barrels. ucts for a period of five years. One | At present all advertisements of | res n the matter of wheat has flour represent money invested in| been the addition of four million ea Sport—You Can't Lose that the Pritish Islands are produc: | ing 75 per cent of thelr food prod | As some wag has put it, “The American soldier has substituted the Foch Trot for the Goose Step in the German Army.” The Insurance Co.’s Loss, Your Gain Tomorrow, Saturday, Will Be Your Last Opportunity to Partake of the Thousands of Bargains Offered in This Great FIRE SALE The Insurance Company has paid us in full for our Fire Loss, and you reap the benefit. We have again lowered sale prices, for every dollar’s worth ay smoke damaged merchandise must be sold. Tomorrow, Saturday, we offer you a won- derful opportunity to save—COME. SALE STARTS SATURDAY, AUG. 31, AT 9 A. M: Shop early tomorrow, Saturday, for store closed all day Monday, Labor Day. MEN’S AND BOYS’ SUITS GO AT FIRE SALE PRICES! Men's Suits and Overcoats, made to sell $9 85 Men’s Fine Dress Suits, many Hart, Schaffner & at retail to $25; Fire Sale price......... * e Marx — in the lot; — price $15. 95 ored, tweeds, worst es; ie me se worth to $30; Fire Sale price.... f e $1 1.85 size; Fire Sale price Tere . $4. 85 Boys’ School Suits, a big selection, worth Men's Suits and Odd Coats, demnged, to $7.00; Fire Sale price............-... Ps $2.98 that sold to $15.00; Fire Sale price... $3.98 e hope of profit after the war, All made by the milla today in “aT rr? tT i war per | apecial re ucts, where before the war they pro- duced less than 28 per cent. Substitute Costly Substitutes used in making bread in many cases cost more than flour. This fact was brought out recently by a case brought before the federal trade board by the food adminis trator and one of the principal bak ers of Omaha, Neb. " cs The food administrator ordered the Large lot Men's Overalls, all JOIN THE CROWDS price of a pound lonf reduced to 7 ; ee Ot MORN AO AEE MENTS ENON Ma, Le | conta, and when the Bakers’ associa. By Pm tee seeee tion refused to obey, called on the AMUSEMENTS But to make the Foch Trot more popular in the ranks of the Boches it is necessary to keep the music up to the standard. $130, Fire Sats pies 69c Music—the kind that the American Boys are furnishing the Ger- METROPOLITAN THEATRE | Ti sten's ste President Suspend. £9.00 Men's High-cut Heavy mans—costs money. PERRET Satan ere 28c Fire Sale price... $4.35 Our soldiers have certainly shown a willingness to play the in- struments, but they look to those of us at home to furnish the in- struments as well as the refreshments. COMEDY SUITE DE LUXE ‘ Men's Fine Wool Pants, Men's Finest Dress Hats, to PARLOR] Es | ll ll BEDROOM] Exuaaee OTTO |S AND rae BATH I... ree SHOES—FIRE SALE PRICES—SHOES To put it bluntly, it is our idea that the man, woman or child in this country who won’t help to make the present War Savings Stamp Drive a success is not playing the part of a red-blooded American. We won’t dwell upon the fact that Seattle to date has failed to come through with her full quota of War Savings Stamp subscrip- lot of Men’s Work and Dress Men’s $7.00 and $8.00 Stetson, Walk- .00 Boys’ tions. : One Whats Shoes, worth to $10.00; $1. 85 over and Florsheim Shoes, $3 85 Fin” Sale allies thse It is no credit to us that we didn’t go over the top at the very damaged; Fire Sale price Fire Sale price......... e price ......0.. $1 98 Children’s Shoes, kid and gunmetal, Ladies’ White Canvas Button Shoes, Men's Heavy W k all sizes; worth to $2.25; 9 8 all sizes, worth to $5.00; 98 worth to $6.00, a Fire Sale price ....... Cc damaged; Fire Sale price... C | Fire Sale price $2.89 Smoke Samamed Stock SACRIFICED! ARROW COLLARS, clean, all Men's Union Suits, light-weight, Men's Mackinaw Coats, to $10, Men's Flannel Shirts, worth to beginning of the drive; we have no excuse to offer, except that we have been thinking too much about ourselves and not enough about the fellows in the trenches. Seattle never had as much money in its history as it has today —automobiles, good clothes, pleasure trips—we seem able to pur- chase all of these. 10¢, 50¢, Main’ 222, ; j P izes, regular “ire th $2.00, Fi Firo Sal 2.5 Why not money for War Savings Stamps? Orpheum Vaudeville Bale PEC ini The Sao Welee cities 98c Salar $4.85 nae nua 98c = — = rrow and Cluett Dress Shirts, M eth Ae Coe a ee ; ep proieey nduer. | Men's Cotton Socks, not 250, Reb The big drive for the purpose of squaring ourselves with the WILKES Tirana we, 98c Chinf, not ibe, but Fire 4c Sa 11 . S150, Fire Sale pice.” 89c Government and with the boys in the trenches is on this week. FIN Ot Pine. wring hiiott 2028, |/TE Heavy Work Shirts, selling to- | Sule price .. ‘vee ee © | ums Fine Balbriggan Under- BE A SPORT. fo stacey eden .. 59c | Pans, Hire suepree 98c | Join the Crowds Play the War Savings Stamp game to the limit. You can’t lose. wear, worth to $1.50, Fire Sale price 69c WE WILL CASH YOUR PAY CHECK This entire stock must be sold—nothing held back. So bring your pay checks and come. Continuous Dally, 1 to 11 Walter Baker & Co., Musioniste Five Other Big Hip Acta Feature Photoplay: June Elvidgo in “The Power and the Glory” Weekday Mata, 100¢ Eves, & Sun, 200 (War tax additional.) This space contributed to the winning of the war by Doors open and sale starts Saturday morning at 9 o'clock sharp. Fisher Flouring Mills Company ™)—= COME TO THE BIG FIRE SALE AT THE RED FRONT <—-@g sEnTns {new parraces| | THE RED FRONT CLOTHING CO. — 1508-1510 First Avenue Serine: ibe Me General Admission, 260. 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