The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
RANG CAPACITY OF
Dew YORK IS GREAT
l,Iation of the Metropolis
/ absolutely Depends Upon
mi the Railroads.
NJ TEN DAYS. SUPPLIES
KEPT IN COLD STORAGE
startling Figures Regard
rStapIes Consumed Every
\ Day in the Year.
av PRESTON G. ADAMS,
,a w,rc 10 The Tribune.

|hN&f PR6SION W
Z, ,ased Wire TO The Tribune
n YORK. March 5.-Thc depend
J., New York on railroads and on the
Mr. al large has been startlingly
,.,Iby some recent statistics of the
Icapacity of the city. 1t is further
Feil5 h,- 1he expert that despite the
+ '5be enormous amount OF foodstuiis
IT, cold storage there is al the out
|. In days' food supply In the city.
~" phat New York eats In staples
tsapd the amount consumed In a
hfime
b. daily. l.712, ,32S pounds; annually,
r. daily. S26. .3Ol pounds; annually.
10000 pounds:
Con daily, 5I4,246 pounds, annually,
10000 pounds.
100 hounds.
|s frv, i2i.9Ol pounds. annually. 49,
daily. s6l, 800 dozen; annually,
|ls,a00 dozen.
|eer. daily, 369,0iS pounus' annually;
|rs,6lS pounds.
tae, daily. 92.QSO pounds, annually
tt17 pounds.
|t4r. daily. 1926 barrels, annually
Ell barrels.
toes. daily, 9ls2 bushels; annually,
t-j3 bushels
b 8 daily. 1850, O,S2O quarts; annually.
500 quarts.
|-1e greater city dwell about 4,500, 600
+" and there are several hundred
+" nd more who depend uIon New
'1arkets for their supplies. Though
F"tfropolIs receives some OF its sup
|~E water, the proportion is very
/" FThe great bulk comes by rail. ar
| every hour of the day and night.
Ewn as cars are unloaded they are
/ lex promptly to the west and the
|,~ior more things 10 cat 1t Is a
-indins performance.
+. ption Of Commercial Bodies.
p Table feature In the evolution OF
Numerical bodies of the country is
[v position To do things instead OF
p their energies 10 complaints,
htions and resolutions. The union
|7different organization In Boston
Ice Chamber OF Commerce has at
, the greatest attention, but just
Ft3ortant changes are going on IN
|. ,ork. Cleveland. Buffalo and other
+ The Boston organization, with al
/ enthusiasm of the new, has under
l. a programme of activity that is
/ Il OF note. Among the recent sub
l. acted upon by the Boston Cham
Il Commerce were the tonnage tax
..on In the Humphrey subsidy bill
|...c Income tax. The Boston cham =
|,--sps daily statistics on commerce In
&c wool. -four and grain, and the
- In provisions and dairy products,
|. .''nndA sugar. II also supplies TO
frp fFsaIS lions I1l1N
|...s grain. feed. hay. straw, etc.
Fl Leading Cities Unite.
Sow York chamber Just last week
IL a united movement on the part
|...2rganizations Of the leading cities
|...l defense of the commercial, indus
lid agricultural interests OF New
|...-lHts. The plan does not contcm-
!. II pcrmancn; organization. but an
/ .~nal conference. whenever Ut is
bod necessary. To discuss questions Of
|...-. 10 the whole state, President
lbs of the chamber. i'm explaining
"a. said that If the business men OF
he are to be protected from unfair
|. .-uon they must stand together. as
|. ,-lsiness men in the west do with
.~fective results.
|"r Will Fight Rate Gases,
| DETERMINATIONS against New York
- matter OF railroad rates has re-
|,.~ aroused the leading trade oreaniza =
|. .~ere TO united protest and real oppo-
|. = The Spokane and Missouri river
|..~ees Will be fought so far as they
lair to New York. The opposition
80. carried 10 the interstate commerce
- 7sion and TO the United States SUI
|.sr court. Likewise the recent set
IL oil the lnnnri 4rtngtin,, Ia.
|-"itlroads VIII be Investigated by the
before it is considered
r. Poic so far as New York Is con-
T." The railroad rate question is
r. pred so important by all OF the Al
r. lports that q joint traffic bureau
II en suggested with permanent head
|~~rs IN this city. Besides New York
."~elpn,a, Boston, Baltimore and Rich.
|. are SAID 10 be concerned in III,
T. rms same spirit 10 act is nota-
!. nroughout The country. call at.
u 10 ,he eastern bodies merely as
-ne'e"pnents along this line.
T." "Trade With South America,
recent shipment of Il million and 2
II vi soio direct from this port tc
.., Aiherlca Is regarded is sIenificauI
'"ins trade relations with Argcn
nd Ecuador 10 which tho velInn
%as shipped and incidentally viii
F~th America. Heretofore thogr
pOs 'a'dnecs nave peen settled through
|,e but as Mr.. Leopold Friedyirn
N. OF the foreign department ~ fh.
\ iEi Bank OF Commerce saws, "0'
| a. OF the large increase 10 busipcs.
|@ t4 Central and South America an,
Il slEptry which has taken place late
E,ty s'fgin 10 become Independent OF I'm,
narkets. as far as financing tbes.
|, n IONS Is concerned. Not long ac,
L Is,s able TO put through direct, will