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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
DRESSED POULTRY TO BE HAD IN
SAME WAY.

Dressed poultry can be had from
dozens of farmers in Ohio, Indiana, and
Wisconsin. Chickens, ducks, turkeys,
souab and other meats are shipped
iced in boxes, or in a refrigerator car
TO insure perfect preservation in tran
sit TO purchasers. When they arrive
in the city, a speedy delivery service
brings them to the consumer. The eX-
press company's industrial agents
have discovered farmers who are
anxious to build up a permanent traue
with city families in dressed poultry
These farmers have come to realize
that a consumer in the city Will be
satisfied only with the choicest ana
freshest stock-that repeat order VIII
NOT be forthcoming unless each ship
ment is up to the standard. Fine
snring chicken was quoted on the Dull
letin sheets frequently last spring at
q cents per pound, including express
charges.
The finding of proper carriers Tor
fresh meats was for time dlfncun
nroblem. After experimentation, how
ever. special meat refrigerators-smaii
wicker baskets, tin lined, and with an
i,rer tee chest-have' been selected as
the most suitable containers for ex-
press transportation direct to con-
sumner The city man can send back
this receptable as an empty" for a
special low charge of 10 or 10 cents.
Quotations on combination packages
If cheese from Wisconsin shipping
noints have been popular. Any OF
dozen kinds, assorted as the consumer
desires. are shipped from little cheese
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

press prepaid in New York City for 81.
The grower who tempted the pubic
with this assortment found himself
sold out so suddenly that he was forced
to stop the express company from &C
cepting more orders.
Eager as have been the individual
consumers in New York to profit by
this new marketing plan, neighborhood
and industrial purchasing clubs have
been even more enthusiastic The
farm to family movement" has re-
suited in the rapid organization Of con-
sumers into groups for the purpose OF
buying foodstuffs direct from the farm.
BY purchasing in larger quantities than
the individual buyer buying clubs are
able to reduce the cost OF living for
their members in many cases by as
much as % per cent. Workers in stores
and business offices, factory employees
and labor unions, fraternal organiza-
tons and bodies Of municipal employees
even groups Of postmen, despite their
loyalty TO the parcel post-have formed
buying clubs to fight the high cost of
living in this way.
One immense club in a prominent
New York mercantile house has pur-
chased as much as 5000 pounds Of
fresh produce within a single week.
The various departments of the Stand
ard Oil Company club together to order
300 pounds of creamery butter every
Monday. The employees Of Stern Broth
ers average considerably more than
this. The Pinkerton Detective Agency
workers, starting with small order Of
some two or three hams and strips Of
bacon, have enlarged their club so rap
idly that they now require a monthly
market basket Of 800 dozen eggs, 400
pounds Of meats and a similar amount
Of butter.
Fifth avenue stood amazed one day
last April to behold three large express
trucks, filled to the top with fresh
produce, backing up near the entrance
to a prominent jewelry establishment
The explanation was that the buying
club which was fourishing among the
employees OF the firm awaited its Easter
order Of foodstuffs from Western pro-
ducers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
EMPLOYEES OF. MANY CONCERNS
FORM CLUBS.

For almost six months club formed
of the clerks and office assistants o.
the Home Insurance Company has aad
a standing order for some 200 POUNDS
of butter a week. During this time the
butter has averaged in cost to each
member of the club about 30 cents a
pound. Employees OF the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Company the
New York Life Insurance Company
the American Wooden Company, the
American Book Concern, Gorham Il
Co.. Tiffany & Co. Huyler's candy
factory and the Dixon Crucible Com
pany all have fiourishing organizations
which assist their members actually to
reduce their living cost.
on regularly determined days the va
rious products arrive: Eggs. enc day;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
RATES THAT MAKE THE DiRtC
BUYING FEASIBLE.

Generally speaking, any Shipment Vi
produce fifteen pounds or more III
weight from a distance Of seven nun
dred miles away, is made at an eN-
press charge so slight as to make diroc'
buying profitable to the househoider'
This is possible because OF the 10"
rates applying to all express snip
ments of food products-a class Vi
goods which travels at 10 per cent 'he
cost of transporting clotn OF ot"',
merchandise. Here are few typicAl
instances of foodstuffs obtainable uh-
der the new marketing plan cine prices
given are taken from the quota'ioi'
sheet for the week ended June %:
Butter, in parafiin paper covereu cal
tons of one pound each, packed 'e"
pounds to the box, is delivered 10 'ne
housewives doorstep for ~ w. ali en-
press charges paid. or 20 cents per
pound. The quotation sheet explains
that the butter is shipped from d
creamery in Markle, Ind. OF LAMA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
IONS OF FOOD MONTHLY FROM
PRODUCERS.

New York has taken TO this twentieth
Century marketing plan with particn-
Hr enthusiasm During the month OF
april orders were placed by consumers
With one express company alone Tor
over $1,000 pounds Of butter, eggs and
bacon, which were brought into the
siV direct from producers 200 to 700
1Nles away. And these figures repre-
sent only part OF the actual traffic,
iOf they do not take into account the
4fge Quantities Of foodstuffs ordered
" consumers who no longer place or
uefs through the express Office, but deal
urect with producers by mail order.
housewives have ordered individual
.0nslsnments direct TO their doorstep
express. others, in apartment
muses., who prefer 10 buy in very
'u'aii quantities because of small
''ofage facilities, have had recourse to
"s'shoorhood buying clubs. And en-
p'oyes In stores. offices and factories.
~H'etAoN AAN AlA6h NO'N "a Afes'rot
eve organized consumers clubs with
astonishing rapidity in the last few
'V'''hs Already the express has
4ought consumer and producer into
suel commercial contact.
-" mat the Adams Express Com
~1y' as announced in recent Phila-
phls dispatch, has followed Wells
e'so & co.-the first to promote the
I'll 'he linking OF farm and family
~ ralr TO progress with such rapidly
" cause a nationwide lowering in
eost OF fresh food products. for II
sehefally agreed among the eco
'e Doctors that in the simpler and
49, eincient distribution OF foodstuffs
s. me solution Of the high cost of Nv
my problem.
suH how does the plan work? And
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
KANSAS FARMERS SHIPPING
FOOD PRODUCTS TO NEW YORK

try cost on lots of II and ID dozen
averages 22-24 cents at this time OF the
year. The transportation cost varies
according To distance, but is genera.ly
about two cents Ter dozen. This means
fresh eggs from the farming sections
laid down at your door for about -
or 26 cents per dozen. One enter
prising shipper in the southern agricul-
tural district Of New York State Of
fers. through the express company, 20
supply eggs which have been laid with
in ~ hours of shipping time. These
eggs in 1O-dozen lots, he offers to de-
liver, express prepaid, to any home IN
Greater New York for % cents per
dozen. Needless to say, he is doing a
large business.
Smoked hams and sid.s of bacon are
packed together by several producers
as quoted on the weekly quotation
sheet. and are sent direct TO New York
homes for the modest sum Of Is and -
cents per pound respectively This
includes express carriage. 9-pound
sugar-cured ham and a G-pound side
of bacon can be brought by express
from the region of Buffalo. or Saeger-
town, Penn, at a very low rate. SuSh
q shipment would come from the pro-
Queer overnight and be delivered to the
consumers larder before noon at
transportation charge of 30 cents, or
. cents per pound. 1t is by taking adj
vantage of the recent cut in express
rates that many producers the country
over have built up a substantial Jusi-
ness in perishable produce among a
clientele of distant customers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

how are New Workers taking advan-
tage of it to reduce their living cost?
Answers to these questions are of vital
interest to every consumer in the city.
The express company which first
started the idea, after taking stock OF
the richest of the producing centres
served by its railroad lines. directed its
experts to go out into the country and
gather food products quotations from
reputable farmers and growers. Thece
figures on butter, eggs, chickens, hams
bacon, apples, turkeys and many other
products were sent in TO the main once
in New York. Here they were printed
in bulletin form and scattered not onl!
to all agents of the company in cities
clear across the land, but TO the homes
of consumers themselves. The expert
ment was successful; orders began
coming in to the various branch agen-
cies of the company.
The quotation sheets, so called, were
Immediately enlarged. Now an issue
is made every week, and the figures
quoted remain good for the balance Of
the week. Each quotation sheet tells
plainly how TO order the various items,
in what quantities they can be OBJ
tanned. where they come from and the
exact cost, including express delivery,
TO the purchasers doorstep. These
bulletins, put out every Monday from
several cities besides New York, thus
place the consumer and the producer IN
direct communication. Though thou
sand miles apart. perhaps, they are
ready to do business. Mrs. Jones, Of
The Bronx, through an office of the ex-
press company, can order delivered TO
her door butter from an Indiana
creamery 700 miles away. And Mrs
Smith. Of Brooklyn, although she
knows nothing Of Sunnyvale, n. Y, can
buy from the apple growers OF that
town with confidence that she is deal
ing with reputable persons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

DUYING fresh produce direct from
n the farm has become a reality
within the last ten months for
many New York families. Since last
August when one Of the big express
companies established a food products
department. in this city for the purpose
Of putting consumers in direct touch
with country producers, thousands CT
persons in the city have been enabled
70 buy butter, eggs, poultry, fruit AMI
other farm products direct from the
country at prices substantially lower
than those prevailing in local retail
markets. Not only have such pur-
ehasers thereby saved about 20 per
cent on the average, but they have OBJ
tanned foods fresh and Of a superior
quality.
The express company, by gathering
food quotations from reputable farmers
and laying them before city consum-
ers and by receiving orders at their
thousands Of Offices and transmitting
Them promptly TO various producers
Tor filing has made possible this new
oirect buying movement on a large
scale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
CALIFORNIA SENDS PRODUCTS To
FASTENERS.

No producers have been more easer
to seize the opportunity Of reaching the
consumer direct than the growers OF
fruits and nuts in the valleys OF Cali
fornia. During the last winter thou
sands of five and ten pound parcels OF
California walnuts, layer figs, cluster
raisins and Santa Clara Valley prunes
have been shipped direct TO consumers
in New York and Boston and other
Eastern centres Of population.
But how can such packages pe
shipped three thousand miles efiicient-
ly? Isn't the express rate very high2"
is a common query.
The answer is that the companies
have made a special low rate-a COM
modify rate, as traffic men call 1t
upon all California products travelling
eastward beyond the Mississippi River.
For four cents pound (35 cents mimi
NUM- a grower on the Pacific Coast
can send you an assortment OF fruits
whether you live in Maine, Manhattan
or Baltimore. Thus II is that q New
York housewife is able to order an
eight-pound package OF choice fgs and
raisins, for instance. and have them
delivered at her door within Ave days
from the time they leave the packers
hands, at total charge OF 81 63. Or,
IL she likes. a gallon OF ripe olives,
large and selected, for 81 u.
That the possibilities OF this new
marketing plan are. infinite goes with
out saying. Some economists venture
that with two OF the three large ex-
press companies in the land striving TO
link consumer and producer. and the
Agricultural Department OF the govern
rnent beginning 20 work along similar
lines with the parcel post. another
decade will see a major portion OF the
countrys foodstuffs marketed from the
producer direct to the ultimate con-
sumner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

butter. cheese and honey, the next;
meats and other things, on the follow
ing day. This sort Of arrangement
prevents confusion and congestion for
the buying club. The individual orders
are then wrapped up and given to each
man from a central desk as he passes
out for home.
One firm in Chicago, quick to recos-
nize the buying club as a very practf-
cal piece Of efficiency, encourages the
development of the idea among its
men. The accounts Of the club are
carried upon the books Of the firm, and
each man is debited on payday for the
produce he has taken home during Tho
past fortnight. This club, one OF the
largest In existence, has over seven
hundred members and buys over 5000
worth Of foodstuffs each month. Thus
each member not only gets fresh pro-
visions cheaply but has two weeks
credit extended to him by his employ
ers. In this way the buying club Is
likely to become an unusually populac
welfare institution in large industrsat
corporations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
METROPOLITAN STOCK
ADVANCES TWO POINTS
High Record for Year Established
by National Bank
Shares.

National Metropolitan Bank stock es-
tablished a new high record for the
year today, when thirty shares were
ly paid since January l was 202.
The purchases We're made today by a
broker who has been in the market for
the stock for several weeks. and has
acquired small lots from 1875 up to the
present level. The quotations at the
close today were 2O3 bid and EOS asked.
but, after call he bought ten shares at
2O4
Mergenthaler stock sold in limited
way at 2151S, and Washington Gas
sold from "a down to IS for single
share lots. Odd lots of Railway and
Electric preferred sold at 81.
Directors of the American Security
and Trust Company met this afternoon
and declared the regular quarterly dlVl-
dend of per cent.
The directors filed the vacancy caused
by the withdrawal from active participa-
ton in the affairs of the bank of Howard
L. Reside, vice president in charge OF
voting his time exclusively to the presl-
dency of the Washington Gas Light Com
pany Corcoran Thorn, vice president and
trust officer, was placed in charge of the
banking department.. and Alfred b. Leet
was promoted to the position of trust
officer. Chester Flather was chosen as
SiStant trust officer.
Irving Owings has been elected third
vice president of the Bank of Commerce
and Savings He will have charge of the
loans of the bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today to
the following:
w. c. Blundon. to build five dwell
ings from AIS to 4423 18th street
northwest: architect. L. T. Williams: :
builder, w c. Blundon: estimated cost.
$4,000.
F.. W. Dom, estate, to build stores
and Offices at billie G. street north
west; architects, Dom & Deming:
builders UptonSmoot Construction
Company; estimated cost. $4,000.
J. C. Marsh. to build DWELLING. at li24
Madison street northwest: architect, j.
a. Bubb: builder. J. c. Marsh: estimated
cost. $4,000.
J. b. Schroth. to build dwelling at
14l5 Longfellow street northwest;
architect. A. Young: builder, l.. F. Me
Gee: estimated cost. SIS. 900.
p. ]. DAILY. to build restaurant at GIG
Az street southwest; architect, w. T..
Garner; builder. c. Z. Bunch; estimated
cost, $3.50.
Municipal Building Company, to build
dwelling on 48th street between l. and
NJ streets northeast: architect and
builder, c. II. Robertson: estimated
cost $500.
J. j. Darlington. to repair dwelling at
1923 18th street northwest: estimated
cost $500.
S. NJ. Miller to repair apartments at
1927 Lamont street northwest esti-
mated cost. $50.
Louis Ohnemus, to repair dwelling at
5O3 Sd street southeast: estimated cost,
$265.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
THE COURTS.
Supreme Court of the United States.

Present: The Chief Justice, Mr.. Justice
Mckenna, Mr.. Justice Holmes, Mr. Jus
tice Day, Mr.. Justice Hughes, Mr.. Justice
Van Devanter. Mr.. Justice Lamar ana
Mr.. Justice Pitney.
Albert Gaylord WEIGH of Chicago. Ill. !:
Silas B. Spier of Mt. Clemens. Mich. ana
Harry 3. Amey of Island Pond, Vt, were
admitted to practice.
No. 31S. The Southern Pacific Company
ct al, appellants, agt. the United States
ct al. in error to the United States Com
merce Court: dismissed with costs on
motion of Mr.. A. A. Hoehling, jr., for the
appellants.
No 3O4 The National Discount Com
pany. appellant, agt John s. Sheppard,
ir.. trustee. ETC.. passed. to be restored
to the call under the provisions OF sec
ton 8. rule %. on motion of Mr. s. =.
Suga rman for the appellant
No. 3O7. p. A. Carlson. plaintin IN
error. agt. the state of Washington ex
rel. Charles p. Curtiss: submitted by Mr..
Corwin S. Shank for the plaintiff In error
no appearance for the defendant in error
No. 30s. The Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone Company. plaintiff in err
ror: agt Mrs. Adelia P. Danaher: SUD
mitted by Mr.. Charles T. Coleman for the
plaintiff in error and by Mrs. Adelia Z.
Danaher. pro Sc.
No $40. Charles r. Fanrnger. plaintiff
in error. agt. the state of Wisconsin: IN
error to the supreme court of the state
of Wisconsin: dismissed with costs. pur-
suant to the tenth rule.
No. IS Carondelet Canal and Naviga-
ton Company, plaintiff in error aSt the
state of louisiana argument continued
by Mr.. r. G. Pleasant for the defendant
in error
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
COR0NER's JURY CRITIC.
Discusses Alleged Lack of Precau.
lions to Prevent divers Suicide.

I'm view of the fact of his known mem
tai condition. we. thi. coroner's jury. do
not believe that proher precautions we're
exercised.
This was the concluding part of the
verdict brought in to-day by coroner s
jury which met at The District morgue
today to investigate the death of David
n Oliver. a stonecutter. who committed
suicide by hanging last Saturday night
in the District jail where he was con-
fined awaiting trial for his alleged at
tempt to kill his two sons last month.
The jury found that Oliver had commit
ted suicide and recitesl the facts connected
with his death and then made the com
ment given above Blame for the al
legged lack of proper precautions" was
not placed by the jury on any particular
person.
oliver tried to kili his two sons and
himself in February by turning on the
gas in his room at g15 list street north
west All three were taken to the Amer
gency Hospital and recovered. Oliver was
then arrested. and after the two boys
had been taken before the grand jury to
testify against him they were taken by
their grandfather to his home in Ohio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
ARMY NAVY.
Army Orders.

Leave for four months. with permits
sion to go beyond the sea. granted
Capt Louis r. Boiseau field artillery.
July 10.
Col George lie Roy Brown. United
States Army retired. in addition to
present duties, detailed with the or
panized militia of the state Of Arizona.
Capt Howard L. Laubach, general
staff. will proceed TO places here speci-
ned for annual inspection of the mill
tary departments of the educational in
situations named: Alabama Polytech-
mic Institute. Auburn, Ala; Louisiana
state University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, La. /:
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College. Agricultural College,
Miss. Ouachita College. Arkadelphia.
Ark; University of Arkansas. Fayette
vile. Ark; Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas. College Station. Tex.
Oklahoma Agricultural College. Still
water, Okla.s Kansas State Agricul-
tural College, Manhattan. Kan: Went
worth Military Academy. Lexington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. March l1.-Wheat took a
downward bend TO-DAY on account OF
light rains at a few points in Kansas.
The suggestion of relief from dry
weather danger southwest proved to
be sufficient to turn speculative sent-
ment A liberal increase of the Eu-
ropean visible supply acted also
against the bulls. Opening prices were
shade to SAL lower, and there was
an additional subsequent decline
Favorable crop reports from ArSen-
tina tended to make corn easy. Pit
demand enlarged. however. when prices
went under last nights level, The
market opened a shade lower to Is up.
and then sagged all around
Oats showed weakness owing to the
setback in other grain. and because of
the large stacks in sight, especially
Canadian. Shorts were about the only
buyers.
Lower prices for hogs put handi-
cap on provisions. The downward
changes in quotations, though. were not
of a radical sort.
Butter-Lower. creameries, 22a26.
Eggs-Lower: receipts, 1922 cases:
at mark. cases included. 11alSl.; ordi-
nary firsts. 171aa1S; firsts. 49,.
Cheese-Unchanged
Potatoes-Unchanged receipts. so
cars.
Poultry-Aliye, unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
Real Estate Transfers.

PLEASANT PLAINS-Katherine W. Ben
ny to Harry B. Wilson. lot 81. square
south of 2S27: $40.
NO. 100 9TH STREET SOUTHWEST
Katherine c. Lansdale ct vir. Harry
V. to Mary r. Dickas. lot Al, reserva-
ton d. $40.
SENATE HEIGHTS-United States Trust
Company. trustee. to Samuel I. Dor
sett, part lot 10. block ]: $1,000
CONNECTICUT AVENUE TERRACE
Walter B. White ct TX. to Frank
scagneln. lot ]. square 1860: $40.
OAK V1EW-Arthur S. Field to Lulu II.
Field. half interest in lot 10, square
1921; $40
MASSACHUSETTS, AVENUE HEIGHTS
Marie l.. Taylor ct vir. T. Avery. to
Charles J. Happier, lots IS and "a.
square 1888: $40.
OAK V1EW-Lulu II. Field ct al to Car
RE F. Harvey. lot -, square 1921;
NO. $W1 @ STREET NORTHWEST
William w. Sealock ct uS. to Kate
Cutler. lot Is. square TT; $40;
Avondale,-Harry wardman ct al to
Emma J. Walter. lot lo7. SQUARE 81:
$40. (subject to trust for si2,.mol
ia THIRTEENTH STREET MORT II
WEST Connecticut avenue and !
street northwest sc6 and s.s 9th street
northwest 523 to '.29 10th street north
west-Frank Waiter ct ux. 20 Harry
Wardnan and Thomas Bones. part
oIlSlildi Icl -. suofiit 49, ioe -
square 1856. part original lot Is. square
a74, and part original lot Il, square
ST.: SO.
wASHINGToN H1GHLANDS-Reub f.
Timbers ct ux. to Frank Mesaros lots
and > block 4: $500.
FIFTH STREET SOUTHEAST between
I. and NJ streetS-W. Fred Holtzna n
ct ux 10 Edward l.. and Annie A.
Hall, lot ~ square south of SO: $40.
FIFTH STREET SOUTHEAST. between
l. and NJ streets-W. Fred Hoffman
ct ux to John II. and Adtiie +. Right
! or. lot - square south of S2o: $40.
| 1877 10 1S..5 SEVENTH STREET
executors and trustees. TIC Michael
Ho,zbeierlcin, lots II, IL and IT, square
| Al: Sl2.HD
40 NINTH STREET SOUTHWEST
| Harry +. Seamark ct ux. to James n
Ellis lot ~. square 4OD: $40.
| ADDITION TO MANOR PARk-G. +.
| Sandel to Jennie l.. Christman, lot 81,
square :s2S9: 81.
| BLOOMINGDALt.-A c. Motley ct
| ux to Raymond II. Keller and Mary
| b. Howell, lot 81, block Z: $40.
| WOODLEY PARK-W. Dean Smith to
| Sarah s. Smith, lot 126, square 22O4
1911 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST
| AND 13l TO 30 n STREET SOUTH
| EAST-E,dna II. Fitzhugh to Richard
c. Buechler. part original lot 3 square
:.a3. and lots III. lis and l19. square
| IA $40 Richard G. Bucchler con-
veys same properties to I.aure f. and
! Edward Il. Oiney: so.