The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-11
QUARREL OVER POLITICAL PORK
 PRECIPITATES ROW OVER REAL
 PORK CONSUMED BY CITY'S POOR
Mayor And Board Of Contract And Supply Having Given Behrens Order Because He Was Lowest Bidder,
 Meet To Call Him Naughty
 Because He Fulfilled Them

sulting the Board of Contract and Supply under ssemergency orders-'' Commissioner Henry Harris was not backward in saying that, if standard pork had been provided the city's poor at a saving to the city, President Behrens ought to be commented i'm stead of censured.
 President William F. Kirk of the Board of Contract and Supply and ECommissioner Norman Leeds were enn- phatic in saying that 1t was the prirl~ ciple of the procedure that vexed them more than that certain brand 0f pork was favored. The visitors re- ceived little sympathy from tho Char it1es Commissioners Instead their re- ception was nokiceably frosty Com u7issioners Harris and Judge were not backward about their stand, Commss- sioner Judge saying that the matter would be taken up for consideration later. Commissioner Ricnardson ask ed concerning several emergency or ders, but beyond this did not come to the aid of the visitors
 l President Behrens clearly explained his position. How the brand of pork he favored was also sold by other dealers in the city and had been prov en better than the other in actual service The brand, he said Ws1 cut from the shoulder. possessed much more lean and proved much more 1ub- stantial in cooking. The other tho | type ut5eQs as a CQ1MDSLlrlm D% NME @.Ft- manifestation representatives, he er- plained, came from the cheek of fhe log, looked good but, upon corEira. Edwindled away into but a. anan ap- pearance of it's original shape and I size. He thought that the welfaf1 of the poor demanded That some con- sideration be given them as to pruvia- i ions provided.
 l Mayor wilson's efforte to grill Frer.- dent Behrens. resulted fin the mayer I...L n-.- rrrH-z
 honor mixed up and snDwed np" hig ignorsnce concernsre meat frre7 H practical sfandpointz MT. Bell1ars showed that there are several rr1enr of each type of pork cited, rBEed yrhich gf ade the mayor desired to know abozr that neither grade furnished to tha poor would be sold over the cDunter iof a market unless particularly aslcec for. He expIained> that ottentin1ee he was able to bid lower on account Eof having stock on hand and his de- sire to keep his store clear. az a re- suit, the poor getting a better grade of supplies than would be furnished 4 ordinarily.
 It was at this point that PresIdert Kirk of the contract board admftte5
 he did not think the city had lost
 through the procedure of President
 Behrens but on the other hand. had
 often gained.
 AS To the emergency orders tIal Clerk Cat1ln sought to make point Of it was Explained that ofteutinnes
 materials were needed in a hurry such as meat for the hospital ward
 at L1alxeview, or to remedy some
 breakdown. A delay for biddins
 would be very inconvenient. Under the agreement with the Board Of Con tract and Supply, he said. the provis-
 ion had been that materials might bo
 bought direct in an emergency.
 An attempt was made to make much
 of a number of letters alleged to have
 been received by President Behreus
 and never turned over to the attention
 of the other commissioner. It p5as A explained that they were concerufnas purchases of minor amounts, consid-
 cred too small for executive sessions land which demanded immediate at-
 tention. N