The sun., 1916-12-12
DILLON REFUSES TO
MODIFY EGG ORDER
Commissioner Tells Mercantile
Exchange Storage Goods
Must Be Stamped.
PRICE UP CENT A DOZEN
Gov. Whitman's Committee of
8 in COnference-New Form
Of Milk Graft.

John J. Dillon. COMMISSIONS OF the
state Department. 81 Foods ana Mar
bets. refused yesterday to modify his
week old order for the stamping OF each
individual cold storage egg after v
leaves its original package. His refusal
followed a visi, paid him by George A.
0iynn. Gov. whitman's executive au-
litor. Mr.. Glynn, II Is understood.
brought assurances OF the Governors
approval OF Mr.. Dillon's work and a re-
quest that the COMMISSIONS furnish the
Perkins State Commission with all In
formation at his disposal and cooperate
IN developing measures for remedial
legislation. Commissioner Dillon later
went into conference with the State
commission and the Mayors food sup
ply committee at George ". Perkins,
omce. II Broadway.
Two attorneys for the Mercantile Ex-
change. asking for a modinc alton OF Mr..
Dillon's stamping order, said the ex-
change members would willingly obey
IN order tina, would permit the placing
Of refrigerator eggs in cartons after
leaving their original package and pro-
vtded for the Stamping OF each and
overy carton only.
Stops Fraud By Esg sellePs.
The Commissioners said his purpose IN
issuing the order was to proven. retail
Ag sold storage Eggs as fresh eggs-a
Dractice Of many dishonest dealers
eempted by the high prices Of fresh egg
and he didn't purpose to make n
Change In the order.
you can: fool people into believing
ehak r~efriserator eggs are fresh eggs
when they can see cold storage stamped
On them Mr.. Dillon said later. Gold
storage eggs are perfectly good eggs.
eut folks shouldn't be fooled n paying
fresh egg prices for them. We want an
order that will do something effective.
II the lower courts will not stand by me
IN enforcing this order. I h go TO the
Attorney-Genera OF The State. II I am
not backed up there | shall have q bill
Introduced in the Legislature n then
yell see what will happen"
Results Of Price I~nsuiries.
Other happenings OF the day in con-
nection with investigations into the high
Dr1ces Of foodstuffs were:
The Wholesale price OF cold storage
eggs advanced I cent a dozen over Sat-
ufday Notwithstanding the city egg boy
oott, which begins the third week Of Its
existence to-day.
Announcement: was made that Frank
y. ewacker. Assistant United States At
eDrnsy- General. will start tomorrow the
FEDERAL Grand Jury investigation into
the high price OF coal. butter. eggs and
poultry In this district.
Mayor Mitchell received nj the City
Hall 200 or more Socialists, men. women
and children. who made . demand for
nunicipal. State and Federal action
booking toward a reduction In food
prices.
Gov. whitman's commission Of i've.
beaded by George W. Perkins. had q Ions
session and conferred with the Mayors
committee on food supply and with Com
missioner Dillon and Joseph Hartigan.
Commissions OF Weights and Measures
and father Of the egg boycott.
Erik s. Lagerquist, superintendent OF
the Alexander Campbell Milk Company
Of Brooklyn. told the wicks Legislative
committee New York gets the best mill
N the world and at too low a price.
Doctors Accused of G%raftiag.
COMMISSIONS Dillon stood sponsor for
ne statement that he has furnished the
Wicks committee with evidence that GER
tain physicians make a practice Of get
0ng customers for milk companies. for
which they are paid at the rate of from
u to - for each new customer.
II have supplied the wicks COMMITTEES
with the names and addresses Of three
OF four physicians who have been get.
III paid by milk companies for obtain
Ing new customers" Commissioner Dill.
lon said last night. This is the way
they do II. They have a patient, per.
haps q child. They say TO the mother
Whose milk are you taking wher
they are told they say. You had bette,
set -'s milk Later they go to a
telephone. call up the office of that mill
company and tell them to send a can,
vasser to Mrs. --'s house. The can,
Nasser goes and gets a new customer. A
the end Of thirty days the physician get,
Q check for 81 or 50, depending OF
whether the new customer takes a quar-
or two quarts q day. l don't mean I,
a that all physicians do this thing
Far from 1t. But do say We nave evi
eencs that some doctors are doing it."
Mr.. Perkins OutIin-s Plans.
Discussing the meeting OF the Cover
0ors market conditions commission
Mr.. Perkins suggests this name il a!
good a. any other-Mr. Perkins as chair
man said: W are going over plans
WV w fht9llGuldrlZt any. we ar,
enQuiring into production. distribution
and consumption up State. dow stat,
and interstate. We are trying hard 4
and a place to plant u feet from which
We . work"
Mr.. Perkins In response 10 a question
said his commission has not heard (,
any way from the Federal !nve stigators
The State commission met in conjunc
tion with the Mayors Committee OF
Food Supply, whose research work int
the food situation for the past tw,
years. as we'll as the results OF othel
inquiries, is al the disposal OF Gov
Whitman's investigators.
II was learned hat along toward tn,
close OF the session ComTissione DIllo,
and Judge George W. Ward, counsel I,
the Wicks committee and a member o
b Governors commission. had an In
terestinE argument abou, terminal mar
ksts.
TerninsI Market Idea.
SIR. Dillon. &, is said. insisted that IN,
establishment OF a Wholesale termina
market under State Jurisdiction wouli
10 a long wa toward solving the pres
ent difficulties, Judge Ward wanted &