New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-31
URGE WOMEN NOT
TO HOARD FOOD
Investigators WarnHouse-
wives Heavy Buying
Will Force Up Prices,
BURDEN WILL FALL
ON POORER CLASS
Report Will Also Dwell on Need
of Terminal Facilities of
Open Markets.

TIC executive committee OF the May
or's Committee on Food Supply VIII
make IT'S preliminary report thus week
Ca Acting Mayor McAneny The re
port shows four prime factors IN the
advance IN food prices. They are:
The present and anticipated foreign
demand for our domestic foodstufs Tor
9ture shipment.
Heavy buying OF household supplies
d. housewives against future needs.
Holding back by the producer.
Stocking up by local s'orcSeepcrS
and village storckeepcrs The latter
class having made unusually heavy de
nauG> on the producers and whole
.a'crs throughout the country.
As TO the first cause. the committee
r,ports that il has been urged 10 rec
ommeud an embargo or certain food
.tufFs A. 20 that the committee says:
"Whilc realizing that something OF
tfo sort may become necessary. your
committee docs no: feel that u would
30 wise 10 make any such T,commen-
cation 40 this t'me.'
Food Embargo Discussed
Az cmbarcos!t is pointed OUT. would
ncan pavinr-0tir European debts III
-cid. instead Of IN foodStufs, and con
scQuent financial stringency here.
Regarding the second cause me
proridcnt housewife the committee
-iakcs am appeal 20 ner sensiblllty. Inc
amount o. food she mas stored away !h
her cellar amounts 70 e. considerable
tonnage. the committee says. ana d"
itself is enough 30 increase prices.
These purchases have been m"ue'
OF course" says the report. by peoP'e
tgnH credit.
and .r making these purchases these
n,oplc have actually put mp the price
of ioodstufs 20 such people ln the Guy
.,s have not ready cash. good credit OF
storage facilities. and your committee
wishes iu this report 10 appeal ear
rfstfy 10 this class Of people 10 deSls'
immediately from stocking up VIII"
goods for failure consumption.
"Thcrc IS no danger whatever OF oar
running out OF fOodstutfs. ana peoPi'
who have ready cash OF credit can az
uavs buy az some price. Inc dahsel
lie. n the fact That these very Peop.''
b., buying more than for their curIen'
needs. wu SO put up the price ~
the people VINO nave not nc 49,
cash or credit that there VIII DC acl""s
,,rn. .monc the people who. because OF
.,.r,. slender means. are Obliged 10 I'VE
f.om hand 90 mouth.
Studies Drain by-EXport.
As 20 the export drain and the cut
IeF OIL OF imports. the oaiy remedy INC
committee sees at present is the esliu
fshmcnt OF new industries TO supply
tine demand and uN our own wants
Vhe committee has spent considerable
time coz TINS phase Of lis prooiem' anu
reoort. that there are many attractive
American manu-
r4cturcr. BE- recommends that the p"
York Chamber OF Commerce, simila
organizations in other cities and the
National Chamber of Commerce coop
crate in pursuing the suggestion.
Omen citv markets such 81 those tina
.,f br oncrcd bv Borough Presiden;
Mark. tomorrow morning the CON
o,.,tce considers desirable and help
frl~ but not permanently useful Dog
reducing food prices. To accomplish
permaoert usefulness such markets
mus, have terminal and tranSportauol
facilities reaching back into The coun-
,rt districts. tho committee says.
BIN the last few sears says the &c
port "thI, city has spent more tnai
$4,000 900 outside the CITY o. Ne"
NorA DOB providing transportation ana
terminal facilities fOr water 20 be cor
.uu,d u the City OF Ne" orr. j.
-ou'd not require anything like TINS
mount o. money 10 build tubes o.
TRANSFORMATION facilities OF some >oI,
from New jersey. Long Island anl ac-
iaccrt territory into New ! ORR. Wnlch
would ave au enormous sum OF money
rs producer and consumer 10 conhec-
ton with bringing fOodstufs into New
york City
The educational campaign which
to be conducted iu the various schools
through the cooperation OF the Board
Of Education. The committee feels.
should bc beneficial. as the America
household is VIGOROUSLY wasteful when
.ouuarcd 90 thrifty households 90
France and other foreign countries.
Three Weapons Proposed.
Three important weapons agains;
HIGH prices are named as follows;
Substitute foods. by which We do
not mean adulteratcd foods, but foods
that are nutritious and strengthen
that heretofore have not been generally
used oy our people.
Through our public schools
churches and public meetings educate
ourselves as 20 the relative nutritious
value of foods. how 10 buy them. how
O.. cook chem and how 20 conserve their
use.
"lmmcdiatcly set ABOUT 20 try 20 iE
crease the railway ard other faclliuei
b. which f0odstufs are brought into
this CITY. that the supply may be u-
creased and. as speedily as possible,
thc method OF distribution improved
and cheapened.