The sun., 1916-11-24
LANSING AIDS PLAN
FOR FOOD EMBARGO
Continued from First Page.

not do il again. What hampers the pub
lie markets now tx the high rentals the
dealers " to pay.'
Mr.. Hartigan. though admitting the
good work Tor by the public markets.
said the reason they didn't continue was
not the high rentals charged. but the
very human reason that the farmer got
tired. Of bringing his products TO town
and disposing Of them piecemeal. He
prefers TO sell his goods In bulk and get
back to the farm.
Sidney Goodacre. superintendent OF the
Bureau OF City Revenue and Markets,
also said the trouble was not with the
market rents. He said the chief reason
for their failure was the scarcity or
food. whereas two years ago there was
plenty Of food. and the trouble was with
the middleran alone.
The high cost OF living Is going 10 he
added to the burdens OF imprisonment
IL Commissioner OF Correction lewis's
plans work out. His department has
employed "A dic,ician for some time and
he has worked out a way N cconomize
in the amount OF white bread and po-
,atocs to be used in the city's prisons.
Beginning to-day corn bread will be
served instead Of white three times a
week. and turnips n beets will take
the place OF potatoes.
Commissioned Hartigan said the women
are apparently beginning to rebel, and
II men want to know why they don't
get tho Juicy porterhouse steaks they
used to have their wives are likely to
tell them to go and do the buying for
a while. The cncssagc came to him
through a caller. Mrs. l.. ID. Tholens.
5is West l24th street. who wants to
start a woman's movement called the
conservation Of public food supply COM
mission to interest the men In the food
situation.
lie IL also getting dozens OF letters
from farmers offering to sell large guam
Titles OF vegetables. and wanting quota
ions on prices. The letters are held
until a retailer asks where he can get
supplies and he then Is put in touch with
the farmer. The COMMISSIONS has no
doubt. however, tina, many farmers have
stored "A good part Of their years prod
uce to await the high prices they have
been led to expect.
Even the marriage bureau has been
affected by the hard times. Whether II
Is that folks believe the old adage that
W. car live cheaper than one. II Is a
fact that the daily average Of licenses
issued has Jumped from 100 TO 40.
\ Citizens Market Committee which
mas Dten IoTUltu 10 discuss the IoOu
problem and ways and means OF solving
II will meet Tuesday in the office Of
Borough President Marks. On the com
mittee are Vincent Aston. Miss Sadie
American. william II. Beers, Mrs. .Au-
gust Belmont. Mrs. William Grant
Brown. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. Mrs.
Haryot Holt bay, COMMISSIONS John
J. Dillon. Ralph Folks. Coroner Timothy
ilealy. Mrs. Julian Heath. J. Edgar
Lcaycraft. Ogden H. Mills. Jr.. Mrs,
Herbert T.. Satterlcc and many others
CHICAGO. Nov. 23--lnIuiry to ascer-
tain the amount Of buttet. eggs. poultry
and vegetables stored In Chicago ware.
houses was begun to-day by Chairman
william l.. O'Connell OF the Illinois State
Public Utilities Commission The amour,
OF produce In Chicago warehouses on
November ! and November 20. 1916
and the amount on the same date In
1915 will he con pared II Ia charged
that large amounts OF butter, eggs, poul
try and vegetables are being held In Chi.
cago cold storage warehouses 10 corner
the market and increase the cost to the
consumer.