New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-12
Woman Expert Declares
Frozen Ones Also Do Not
Lose Their Nutrition.
WILL HOLD DOWN COST
OF "STRICTLY FRESH"
United States Investigators Find
No Nationwide Storage Trrst,
bit Report Combinations.
From The Tribune Elr.au.

Washington. Dee. ll--That the Amer
can housewife may combat the egg trust
by using frozen and dried eggs is the sug
scstion offered to-day before the IIcuet
Committee on AGrlcul,.re b. Dr. ". T.
Pennington. the woman egg expert or Tho
Department Of Agriculture Dr. Pcnniug-
ton. vino is I'm charge OF the food re-
search vorl, Of the department. is sta
toned at Philadelphia. She furnished the
committee with her explanation OF tn"
prevailing high prices on eggs.
Imperfect transportation methods,
poor packing. undeveloped castings and
failure of farmers 10 market properly
their eggs are causes Of the present high
prices" she said frozen and dried
cqgs soon viii he marketed in small
Quantities available to the average house
hold. instead OF only To- bakers
Dr Pennington said eggs should not he
kept more than ten months in cold storage
Hard frozen eggs will keep a year sha
continued "and they will be made cycntu-
.,lIy more available. Dried eggs are no"
sold in small cans, and the dried ana
frozen kinds will supplant in time the
cold storage variety. The dried and froI-
en- eggs IAN BE- used 10y families, ana
they do not lose any ~ their nutrit'Ne
value. There is no deterioration IN quail
ity Of frozen and dried eggs, which sr'
now packed under scrupulous care
The packing Of frozen and dried ,S-s
she said. saves millions Of eggs annual
and helps to keep down the price OF TN"
forage ana strictly fresh product.
Representative NcNcllar, Of Tennessee,
who is leading he fight for Congres-
aiouaI irquiry into the methods OF the
cold storage trust" was present at the
hearing. and said tho testimony OF tn
woman expert - tho Department OF NcrI-
culture showed the necessity OF the enact
uent Of his I'LL 90 regulate cold storage
After several weeks Of iuycstgat or over
tho United Statos. officials Of tho Depart
men, Of Justice have reached the conclh-
sion that there is little ground for bchet
that a nationwide cold storage trust en-
,sts Every United states Attorney In the
country was pressed into service Tor 4
quick survey 81 the cold storage held, ana
their rcuorts 20 Washington indicated 'hd''
while combinations have been formcd IN Il
few ~ the large cities. there - II" reason
10 believe that there is cold storage
trust controlling the price OF eggs ana
other products IN all parts OF tho coun''! .
Sufficient evidence Ina, been forthcon-
ing. however. 10 show that In some OF t"e
| cities such combinations do exist ana the
department already has turned its at'eh-
! tiou 10 more careful scrutiny OF the
opcrations Of cold storage men there
Its nest step will be 20 trace the i'ncS
of interstate combination between the
dealer. in these large cities, for without
connection between them across s'ate
lines the sherman act would not be AVIAN
able. and the departments efforts To prl"s
doy,p the cost Of living by the breaking
Of monopoly or Two would hardly De
! successful " =.
The nationwide inquiry has tended 70
nut the Department OF Justice on the sac
Of the Department Of Agriculture pIa''hs
much Of the blame for high eggs ana
poultrv prices not on cold storage men
! but on the hon.