New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-23
MARKETING HINTS TO
THRIFTY HOUSEWIVES
New Committees Will Encour-
age Conservation and SubStl-
tutions for Imported Goods.

grange associations for the conscrva-
ton Of food products IN order to Keep
prices down
Commissioner Hartigau Of the Gu-
reau Of Weights and Measures viii
communicate this week with Or Her-
mann VI. Briggs. Superintendent OF the
State Board of Health, and request
the cooperation Of his department IN
the strict enforcement Of the Brennan
cold storage law, which governs -he
storage Of food In this way It rs
hoped that the boarding Of food prod
ucts IN order 20 force "A demand VIII
be averted.
The federal Investigation, under the
direction of the Department Of JUS
tice. 10 was said yesterday. had been
completed. Employees of the depart
ment are busy al present shaping their
findings in report which will be sub
mitted TO the United States Attorney
General tomorrow So far as could
be learned there has been nothing un-
earthed upon which federal indict-
ments might be found.
Hope for the Unemployed.
The effect Of the work being done by
the Mayors committee, of which
George ". Perkins is chairman, is evil
denced by letter received by the com
mittee Yesterday from the National
Biscuit Company. 1t stated that the
company had plans under way TO in
crease its local factories in order 70
meet the local demand for manufsct-
ured foodstuffs as well as 10 be in
position to supply the European mar
ket
This will also have some bearing on
the unemployed question. Since the
outbreak of the war in Europe the
city has been filled with reservists,
who came here from all over the coun-
try en- route to their home countries.
Corn sugar for household purposes
was mentioned yesterday by Commits
sioner llartigan. who said II was one
of the necessary commodities which
could be used 10 reduce household eX
penses. Il costs 80 per cent less than
cane or beet sugar and it has been
unanimously reported to the Commits
s.oner by chemists as being quite as
wholesome
A few Of the things a housewife
might do were sugge ed by the Com
missioner yesterday All trimmings
Of steaks, he said. should be taken
home. Marketing should be done with
pencil and paper.
who will be the first dealer 70
mark his prices down 90 asked the
Commissioner. "A cut OF - to 80
cents per 100 pounds on Wholesale
prices of meat in Chicago will be at
tributed 90 the general resentment of
the public over recent advances. At
any rate, IL is a coincidence that lower
prices now prevail, when the authorl-
ties and newspapers are taking the
matter up. A marking down Of retail
prices now appears TO be in order.
"Why should the retailer not be as
quick TO give his customers the bene-
fl of concessions by the wholesale
dealers as he is TO put up prices when
there is an increase of an eighth of "a
cent a pound. or even less? The pop
ular understanding is that very
small advance in the wholesale mar
ket is followed by much greater in
crease in the retail trade The rule
should work both ways
Hints to Manufacturers.
In discussing the appointment of the
committee of cooperation the Com
missioner said:
"The Bureau Of Weights and Meas
ures is working in cooperation with
the National Association of Manufact-
urers in preparing list Of foreign IN
dustries and their commodities con-
sumed in this country for the purpose
Of disseminating information here and
giving hints where raw material can
be obtained. costs Of manufacture and
market prices, as we'll as the localities
in the United States for same"
The crusade against the forcing up
Of food commodities has been taken up
by Governor Glynn. He has instructed
John T. Farrell, State superintendent
of Weights and Measures, 70 write TO
heads OF similar bureaus throughout
the state asking for information on
prices Of food.
The inquiry being made by District
Attorney Whitman before Chief Magis-
trate McAdoo was continued yester-
day. The witnesses were George W.
Morris. resident attorney for the Nell
son Morris Packing Company, and
James A. Howard, general manager for
Sulzberger & Sons Company. Mr. Nor
ris submitted statistics Of meats and
prices covering the last two years,
which were made part Of the record
Mr. Howard, like other witnesses eX-
amined. was strong in his belief that
prices were fixed BY the law Of supply
and demand.
From the figures gathered by the
l75 policemen who have been can
wasting the 18th Precinct, in which
100000 persons live, il was learned
yesterday that the prices of all meats
have increased materially over the
prices prevailing in July and a, thi,
time last year. Vegetables and fish,
however, are about the same. In every
case. it was said, dealers blame the