El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-17
STORES
TO GUT COST
Of LIVING
$4,000 Worth Liquor Floods
New York Streets; Blind
Beggar With 100000.
11USICLESS THEATERS
WILL BE THE LATEST

New York, Aug 1T.-Plans are row
under way here which will not only
revOlutiOnize many established sales
methods but provide this city with a
series of stores unique in its CONNER
oial development CT for that matter.
the whole country These plans pro-
pose nothing less than the esta blish-
ment of great food department stores,
] handling nothing but edibles of every
kind and these in enormous quantities
Z by wAich It is expected that saving
OF from $50, OOe, 900 to $500 GOT, 900 can
+ be effected annually in the amount
/ spent for food in this city alone
such stores as these are now recon-
mended by the food Investigating COM
mittee which has been studying the
| whole problem of the high cost Of liv-
I ing in an effort TO bring about a quick
reduction from the 0,0O0s 900 which
New Workers spend each year for the
simple food necessities II IS the be-
lief OF the committee that large retail
food department stores buying direct.
receiving direct and each selling direct
to p, 900 to $4,000 persons, is the best
economic type in point Of efficiency.
minimum of waste, satisfactory dlstr1-
, button and due rewards for manage
ment and capital Toward the deYelCp-
ment of such stores the committee be-
I Iieves retailers, wholesalers and private
| organizations should move
The plan is one of tremendous scope
and cOntemplates the fixing Of primary
or wholesale prices by systematic auc-
ton sales in lots suitable for purchase
by retailers, conducted under the aus
pices of the city or OF a public or
ganizatiOn not for profit, in which all
parties interested should have a voice
constituting. on primary prices pro-
ducers and consumers market Rail-
road and steamship companies are TO be
asked to cooperate as well and FAR
ticular feature cOntemplates the iSSu-
ing of bulletins showing Just what
supplies are in transit together with
the date of their arrival Undoubtedly
the experiment will be watched with
much interest since if it proves sue
cessful here il is likely TO lead to new
methods of marketing throughout the
country.
Wall street has just lost one of its
most interesting and best known char
aCters, and at the same time is minus
1lOurlshinS business The character
in question is known as Blind Chr
ley and the business l. that of be g
sinS by which he has accumulated a
fortune Of more than 100000 Kind
hearted brokers, fresh from a success
ful turn in the market, have ben
cheerful contributors to the battered
tin cup of the blind beggar, and SO
generous have been gifts that there is
apparently no reason why Blind Char
Icy should not have run his fortune Up
TO the half million mark if he had only
used bit of discretion The trouble
began when Charley started out for
CCney Island last week, Sn dressed u
He looked about as much like beSgar
as Andrew Carnegie or JOHr d. Rookie
feller might look, if they ever took il
in their heads to give COney a Whlrl
The little boy who led the way had
on a new suit and a bright silk neck
tie. They Were out for a good tine
and they didn't let expense stand in the
way. They rode on the merry-gO-
round, bumped the bumps and lOOpcd
the loop and occasionally Charley
would break a five dollar Dill TO pur-
chase a bag of peanuts Naturally they
attracted q good deal Of attention. PeO-
pie were interested at the sight of an
OIL Ernwr NTNnm
COney together One man, who on more
than one occasion had dropped a dime
in Charley's battered cup. was so in
terested that he notified the police As
a result the fact was brought 10 light
that Charley was Weather than many
of those who had contributed to his
fortune, and consequently he has dis
appeared from mis- WOnted stand While
Wall street will miss his queer person
atty, the sting is made still sharper by
the realization of many brokers' that
they let a man with 100000 in cold
cash invade their stronghold without
ever making a single investment in the
securities in which they deal
What will probably go down in the
annals of New YOrk's professionally
unemployed. otherwise the c1ty'S LOAF
ers. as the most painful episode IN the
history of the municipality las Just
taken place, with the pouring into the
heart Of the city of more than 5000 gall
Ions of wine, the blood of more than
O.000. 600 grapes. The flood which y as
worth at least $4,000 filled the street
on its way to the sewers while thou
sands of thirsty persons sighed in vain
for chance to dip up can full OF the
ages. which filled many hogsheads.
represented the fruits Of raids carried
on in the tenderlOin and other
districts for three months and y ere
cOnfiscated because various restaurant
operators thought that they could do
business without bOthering to secure
a sos Vr~af G
from the crowd as the gutter stream
rose TO a depth of four inches as the
excise officers knocked in barrel heads
and smashed bottles as last as their
arms could work, mixing old redeye
along with benedictine. beer with eN-
ira dry, Chidnti with creme de minthe.
absinthe with muscatel Even the COM
missioner in charge admitted that he
considered the waste of so much valu-
but that no leSal way had been de-
ViScd TO avoid il. It has been suggest
ed that wine seized in this way should
be given 10 the hospitals. but thus far
no warrant in law exists for such
course.
Not since the stirring days of 1895
has New York seen such signs of mill
tary activity Us have marked the city
for the past few days. Regiments OF
khaki clad infantry divisions of cav
airy and detachments of artillery have
been marching through the streets
rushing to the defence OF the city, for.
De II UNDERSTOOD. New Ork IS IN a
state of siege theoretically as an Incl
dent of the annual Ehaneuvers OF lie
regular and militia forces under the
direction of the department of war.
and may be forced to capitulate any
day TO the attacking army hat has
been marching down over the Connect
cut hills in an effort TO capture the
city from its landward anG least pro-
tected side Twenty thousand troops
are engaged in the operation. and not
until the decision of the official UNI
Will Nav
know whether they are prisoners in the
hands OF hostile power or whether
the brave defenders of their hearth
stones have triumphed. Thus far the
war" has caused no serious incOnven-
fence to residents of the metropolis.
since none of the besieginS forces have
penetrated nearer than 20 miles 20 the
city and about the only view of the op-
aratiOns that New Workers have had
has been an occasional glimpse of
members of the aviation corps skim
ming along the northern horizon on
-ecOnnOiterinS expeditions. Several
thousand city work horses converted
FOR the time being into war chargers