The Washington times., 1910-02-17
No Evidence Against Better
Eating Places in Nine
teen MOtnhS.
MOORE COMMITTEE
RESUMES INQUIRY
Government Expert of Opinion
That Three-fourths OF Middle
men Should Be Producing.

a remarkable tribute was paid Wash
lnEt0u's better class OF hotels and res
uaurants this morning by Elmer c. Stoy,
Sanitary Food Inspector OF the District
when he told the Moore food inquiry
committee he had been unable TO base
charges Of unsanitary conditions against
any OF them in nineteen months
The inspection Of TIA hotels and res
taurants OF the Capital had been rigid,
he declared. bur, despite the aleTtSess
Of the officials not one instance Of the
use Of unwh0lesome food or Unsanitary
handling had been discovered
8Ir. Stoy-s tribute was paid entirely
20 the larger eating places During the
nineteen months referred TO, there were
fSI prosecutions based on insanitary
conditions which were found IN the
smaller cafes. lunch rooms and board
EnE houses OF this number. twelve Of
the prosecutions were against small
hotels
proper sanitation IN the smaller eating
places to the careIessneSs Of the pro-
prietors and the lack of proper storage
facilities.
Improved 70 Per Cent
Summing up his testimony before the
couamittee, Inspector story said that the
Improvement noted in the sanitary con-
clifton Of the hotels, cafes. restaurants,
lunch rooms and boarding houses during
The past nineteen months amounted 10
o. least 20 Der cent
The effect Of The Retail GroCers' AsSo-
ciation on local food prices was con
s5dered tE-s morning by the Moore
committee = letter was read stating
that since the formation Of the asSoCis-
ton. It was no longer 1--ssiHIe for pri-
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groceries at wholesale prices as for
Elerly-
visions Of departing stores frequently
ferail provisions cheaper than they can
D. bought al retail eSI31llS lrnentS-
Inspector Sju- vas asked u IL was his
opinion that department stores some
times compete with the Retail GToCeTS
association He declared that such was
bis opinion
Dr. Eepp. fin charge Of the local in
speCri0u work Of the Bureau Of Animal
Industry Of the Department Of ASriCul-
r5eIvs about q letter received bv Chair
Elau smith o. the House District Com
Elitlee, from citizen Of Michigan
in this letter the assertion was made
That the Beef trust purchases a Stee-,
Weighing thousand pounds. sell the
hide. IaIi1W. and refuse and delivers
the dressed carcass. weighing S1F pounds
o. the retailer, making a total profit OF
3 per cent
Claims 90 Per Cent Profit
The retailer disDozes Of the carcass
90 the consumer realizing a profit Of s.
Per cent. the author OF the letter alleges.
Ns between the produce and the con-
sumner there = q total profit Of 3 PEI
TCut realized by the trust and the re-
tzEIer. according to his statement
Dr. Fepp said that ne lid not believe
That the trust realized mlre than I-Iz
a. - per cent, and he considered the
Estimated profit Of 81 Per cent TO the
retailer as too large
When asked for his opinion about an
Eruer statement IN the letter. that fr
would be a good thing for the country
Er - per cent OF the middlemeu were
placed on the producing line, leaving
2 per cent 10 deliver the products Of
The farm 20 the consume h. said that
be heartily Endorsed the suggestion
In a statement TO the committee by
Inspector StoEr IL was shown that the
largest hotels Of Washington get the
bulk Of their provisions from these
Places Poultry from New York Oys-
ters from LyG1Haveu Bay and Long
island Sound, butter from New YORK.
FCgs, fresh and Caseds from local deal
yrs
He said that the storage facilities If
even the larger hotels were not sHffi-
Gent TO permit the storing Of food sup
plies for q period longer than one week,
and that the average Is four days.