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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-24
STORAGE NOTICES

TIE T. J. oREILLY STORAGE WARE
HOUSE COMPANY. formerly O'Reilly
Bros a5S 10 26t ST. Nicholas Ave; To Miss
Elise Ayres Cowpertbwait a Sons account
Miss Elise Ayres. NJ. Balfe Mrs. r Barn
ston. Miss q. Barton, Geo II. bidwell, Mrs.
W. J. Brammann. A. u. Brink. Mrs. X.
Brooks. Jas. Gallery, A. A. Cone. Frank
conway. Mrs. o. +, Counts. e. Davies. Est.
Mrs. Mary Delany. Prof. j. ID. Deney and or
James r. Teney. w z. sullivan account OF
Prof. J. ID. Deney and or James T. Teney.
y. NJ. Dryenforth. J. NJ Fedris, Mr.. and or
Mrs Irving G. Fox. Mrs. A. ~. Heartfeid
:. r. HOLSTER, Mrs. II. G. Kelly. Herbert
Knight Mrs Eleanor Knott. Mrs. Q. Ian
derr Mrs T.. c. lawson. +. A. McCastor,
Mr. and or Mrs Edw. Mack Mr.. and or Mrs
" w. Norman, Mr.. and or Mrs 81 Open
helm. VIM. d. Peters. r. J. Redick, Mrs d.
Fiedman. Mrs. w. r. Royce. Felix Seilo, Mrs
J. Woln. You are hereby notified that tho
lime for the payment 81 this Arms lien upon
the property hereinafter described having
expired. after due notice thereof had been
given you. this hrm Will cause such property
10 Wit. household goods. personal effects and
merchandise. stored by you In their ware
houses and silver vaults Tor in which you
claim an INTEREST,". 10 be sold at public auc-
ion. according TO the statute in such cases
made and provided. az their warehouses. 25s
haitian. city OF New York, on Tuesday morn
ng December 5th, 1915 al 10 $50 o'clock. BY
Daniel r. Kennedy, Auctioneer.
THE 7. J. OREfLLy STORAGE WARE
HOUSE CO. New York. Nov. 24th. 1918.
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Commission Men Deny
Hartigan's Charges of
Manipulation
HOPE FOR NO DROP
BEFORE SPRING
Federal Departments Fig
ureS Are Quoted in
Standardization

An actual and acute shortage Of eggs
and butter is responsible for the high
prices Of those products, commission
merchants, brokers and warehouse own
ers who handle them insist. They chal-
lenge Joseph Hartigan, Commissioner
Of Weights and Measures, to establish
the truth Of his assertion that, while
the storage plants are filed with food,
the prices continue TO mount as the
result Of speculative manipulation.
The dairy products men come for
ward with statistics Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture in
substantiation Of their statements.
These OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, but
representing every part of the country
show that there are approximately 25
per cent fewer eggs in storage now
than there were at this time last year.
The butter shortage is 10 per cent and
the cheese about per cent.
This, on top of unparalleled exports,
an increased domestic consumption ana
a decreased production, has consplred
10 advance prices rs result OF specu.
lative trading induced by the belief
that there would not be enough eggs
and butter to last through the winter.
such Is the brief Of the wholesale deal
ers.
Nor Is any hope held out for ma
terially lower retail prices before
spring.
"The warehouses are not full" said
Frank A. Horne, president of the Merr-
chants Refrigerating Company, which
controls thirty-one storage plants N
New York, Newark and Jersey City.
"The goods in them now represent the
accumulation of the summer months,
awaiting export and local consumption.
The source of supply has ceased.
Lower prices cannot be hoped for until
next years supply comes in-aboat
April for eggs and June for butter"
This means that eggs, will continue
TO retail al from 40 70 70 cents
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LOWER PRICES,
MAYOR ORDERS
Continued from page 1

in its work or distributed by the
Mayor among deserving charities.
Wagons Can BE Used
"The wagons Of the Street Cleaning
DEPARTMENT now take the ashes and
garbage from the very people who buy
coal in small quantities. They cart
ashes and garbage TO the river 'front.'
and dump IL there and go back into
the. CITY empty They, therefore, can
he readily used to take coal from the
river front 20 the people from Whom
they take ashes and garbage without
losing any appreciate amount OF time
from their routine street-cleanlng
work. ...
"The Dock Department would CO.
operate by providing docking faclli-
ties for the barges and storage tacili-
ties along the bulkheads. The Street
Cleaning Department would cooperate
by having it's carts carry the bags oil
coal on return trips from the dumps,
instead of returning from the dumps
empty. as now. The Police Commits
sioner would have policemen detailed
10 make certain that only actual con-
sumers. and not dealers, were per-
mittcd to purchase the coal The
Commissioner of Accounts would IN
stal and supervise the accounting and
auditing system.
This course will be resorted TO
and pursued vigorously, II necessary"
The coal dealers who agreed to pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-24
URGES FEDERAL
CONTROL OF FOOD
Representative Hubert
Would Have Supervision
Similar to Canada's

The United States will be asked 10
regulate and supervise the distribution
~ oil food products. This will be Ia
line with the food control act Of Can
ada. which has been in operation since
1914. and which has prevented food
spectators from e1torting money from
the public.
Representative Murray Hubert, Of
New York. who will introduce the
measure giving the Federal govern
nent practical control Of food from
the moment It leaves the farm until
It reaches the table Of the consumer
believes that the bill will put an end
10 food speculation.
81 have not drafted II, rs yeti he
said. "That there is crying need OF II
is evidenced by present conditions.
That it is practicable is shown by
Canada"
Mr.. Hubert called food speculs-
ton criminal, ana largely responsible
for high prices. Jail sentences for the
speculators would be his way Of deal
Ing with them.
These fellows, and some gentlemen
who want q food embargo he CON
tnued, care crying out that the hlgh
priccs are due 20 our shipments OF
food 10 the Allies. Now that Is not
so. The fact is, we have an over
abundance Of food supplies and ! DO
not believe an embargo would aid the
situation one bit"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-24

here within a short time. shan a.,
my customers TO scale their Nh
orders down 10 a minimum. 50 80,
we may have enough for the babis,
in the stress Of approaching shor,.s,
Henry Hallock, viee-president Of ~.
Borden's Condensed Milk Comn.,,
said that he did not consider him.h
qualified 10 discuss Mr. Hoatos,
alarm over the present milk .itu,.
ton.
November and December ar. n.
two worst months In the year for mil.
production" Mr.. Hallock said. IN /,
a fact that the normal supply from a.
farmers this month shows q dec,,,.
over year ago. Possibly the coz.
tinued expectation of milk product,
abroad has aggravated the situation"
Another dealer connected with lar,
distributing firm said that undoub,,c.
ly New York State was sending nsr,
milk abroad in cheese and eyapor.sl
products than is being received in hi,
city in fluid form.
Cheese is one of the most accsptab,
forms OF food for transportation %
the European trenches, because Il css
be packed and preserved without din.
Guilty. Less than month ago n,
French government authorized II.
Minister OF the Interior 10 place
maximum price on cheese. which has
increased in cost from 80 10 $50 pf
cent since the war began.
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RIGHT through Mr.. Wilson's inspectors,
~ learn whether my foods were oeihg
Mold lonqer than the periods speeneu
h., law. whether they were properly
TANNED on the day they entered the
storage houses, and whether otner
tecbnicalities were being obeyed'
"Aly men must stop at the door 81
the storage house, but the State posiu
of Agriculture not only has the rlghI,
but one of its duties is, TO enter such
places AMI learn whether there are "ty
infractions of the law" said pit. harti-
gan. IL am not predicting the TesllI
of such an investigation. Dut Iee1
that it would result in placing mucn
food on the market at time when tne
concumor would welcome 1t. u IS hign-
lv urobable that a marked effect upon
the market would result from SUCH
move"
Push Carts Drop ON
Another revelation of the day came
when an investigation in the citys IL
cense bureaus disclosed marked drop
ping off in the number of push carts
that formerly purveyed fresh vege,,
tables. Housewives who once looked
upon these hucksters as barrier De,
tween them and dealers who charged
high prices must find other means OK
defence. since lack Of capital and the
general high cost Of provisions nave
driven these incipient spectators
from the field.
What is expected to be another ave-
nue. of escape for the small grocer
who has complained that ne is being
held up by wholesalers. came durlnS
the day through the offer Of numerous
farmers on Long Island, New York and
New Jersey, TO send their stored sup
plies of potatoes, carrots, eggs and
other fresh edibles. direct to dealers
here, thus eliminating the middlemen.
Scores of letters of this sort have
been received at the Office of the Blu
reau of Weights and Measures, where
they are being sent TO retailers who
have inquired for such new sources OF
supply.
During the afternoon Borough Presi-
dent Marcus VI. Marks called a meeting
of the citizens market committee for
next Tuesday afternoon, the purpose
being to revive the city's old market
system if possible.
Mr. Marks said many OF the markets
had been abandoned and closed because
the dealers who made use of them dis
covered that the rental space was al
most as high as in store buildings, thus
cutting down the one means through
which they had hoped to reduce prices.
Practically all the members of the
committee approve of the plan sug-
gested by Commissioner John j. Dillon,
for a great central market, but hope TO
obtain immediate action through Mr.
Marks's move. The central market plan,
they believe, would take many months,
possibly year, TO carry out.
Mrs. L. d. Tholens, Of 546 West 124th
Street, member OF several womens
clubs, announced that she was organic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-24
Aid Is Promised Swami
in His Investigations

Representatives from the Real Es-
tate Owners Protective Association
and the Federation Of Hebrew Retail
Butchers Associations called on Dis
trict Attorney Swami yesterday to as
sure him OF their support in his in
curry into the cost of coal and the
grand Jury investigation OF alleged
price fixing on the part of the Harlem
and Bronx and the Fourteenth Street
Live Poultrymens associations.
Witnesses before the grand jury yes
terday were Harry A. Gordon and
Isidore D. Morrison, attorneys for the
two poultrymen's associations. They
are believed to have furnished de-
tailed information regarding the for
nation Of the associations and their
methods Of determining prices. The
prosecutor learned from Assistant
District Attorney Markewich that the
lawyers could not be prosecuted for
any part they may have taken In the
alleged illegal combination because
they were permitted TO testify without
signing immunity waivers.
There was absolutely no way in
which an entering wedge could be
driven into the combinations except
by giving immunity in this way" Mr.
Markewich explained. The grand jury
will continue to hear witnesses for at
least week before handing down any
indictments.
Mr.. Swami received an offer last
night from Justice Freschi, of the
Court Of Special Sessions, to sit as
committing magistrate in the proposed
John Doe inquiry into the affairs Of
Burns Brothers.
81 was too busy going into the legal
phases of the situation to consul.
with Chief Magistrate McAdoo to-day,
so | haven't made up my mind as to
what course | shall pursue" said Mr..
Swami.
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vide fuel for this plan are: NJ. r.
Burns. of Burns Brothers; John Cor
don. Of Robert Gordon E. Son; Mr..
Hart. of Hagedorn Brothers; Roger
Stephens. Of DIN ]. Stephens; Warren
Leonard. of the Leonard Coal Com
pany; George Eltz, of the Thedford
Eltz Company; Mr.. Schenck, OF Jere-
miah Skidmore Sons. -,
Coal producers who conferred with
the Mayor included G. y. Wilson, pres
ident Of the Lehigh Coal Sales Com
pany; Mr.. Davies. of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company; Mr.. Bir-
mingham, Of the Delaware & Lacka-
wanna Coal Company; Mr. Dixon. Of
Dixon & Eddy, and Mr.. Peters, OF
Williams & Peters.
Hartigan Has Plan
Joseph Hartigan, Commissioner Of
Weights and Measures and secretary
Of the Mayors Food Commission, pro.
posed measures through the office OF
the State Commissioner of Agriculture
that are expected to bring some, OF the
stores food products out upon the
market. Such a move, it is predicted,
would 90 a long way toward knocking
the bottom out of present price con-
ditions, since they exist largely because
of the ability of storage men TO re-
lease only such part of their supplies
as they see fit. Cold storage men
yesterday denied that any such guam
titles of fuel were held in storage as
had been charged by Mr.. Hartigan.
In letter TO Charles S. Wilson, Com
missioner Of Agriculture, Mr.. Harti-
gan told of the reports of his investi-
gators concerning the storage situation
here. He called the attention of the
state official to the fact that his own
powers were limited to making in
quiries, but that the state had the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-24
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS
IN FOOD PRICE WAR

Yesterdays developments
IN the campaign against
high prices were:
Mayor Mitchell completed
a plan for selling coal to the
poor through use of the city's
garbage wagons.
Joseph Hartisan. Commits
sioner of Weights and Meas
ures, called upon the State
Commissioner Of Agriculture
to investigate conditions in
cold storage plants, hoping
to force fresh supplies upon
the market.
Commission merchants as
serted that a shortage of food
was responsible for the high
prices. denying they held
large supplies in storage.
Representative Murray Hull
bert, of New York, announced
that he would ask Congress
to adopt a bill under which
the government would super
wise the entire food distrbu-
ton work of the nation, as is
being done in Canada.
Another milk famine was
predicted by big distributors
here unless steps we're taken
to curtail expectation of con-
densed milk.
District Attorney Swami
granted immunity to certain
witnesses before the grand
jury in the hope that he may
send poultry price hxers to
Jail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-24

dozen. and butter will hover around the
41-cent mark. Commission men admit
that egg quotations have been bulled
under the spur Of brisk speculation,
and that a drop OF two or three cents
a grade would not be surprising. But
ter and cheese prices have been sound,
It is asserted, and the prices rehest
the growing demand and diminishing
supply.
Eggs sold for 80 cents a dozen in
carload lots on Monday. Yesterday
they had dropped 10 81.
The Department of Agriculture re-
Gently began the distribution Of sta
tistics on the national food supply:
Figures comparing the egg holdings Of
November /, 1915, and 1915, based on
reports from 1862 storage houses, fol-
low:
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STORAGE NOTICES
Columbus Storage Warehouse, Inc.

bZ-bi WEST bath STREET
New York. Nov. card. 1916.
To 4. r. Smith, I use Bogett, Mr. Grimm.
Helen Murphy. Marie Millcsn Mrs. sam
uels. Mr. Robinson. L. Pelyey, w. Jones ].
W Johnson. Maggie Johnson. Mrs Hsmil
ton. Mary Welsh. Mr.. Johnson. Mr. BOhaun-
IA. Mrs. Bohaunhs, VI. Brown, Dick card
well, Carrie Dudton. Silas r. Cowler, Grant
Scott, Lena Miller. Mr.. Smith, y. ". Mitch
ell. Levinia Fredericks. Irvine Mays, II.
Lakewood, Frank Nelson. Nine. = Taylor
Lillian Hadneld. Mrs Walker. MIR. -. r..
White. Mrs J. Anderson. Adellne r. Places
IT., Mrs Ada Davis. Judge Garland, George
A. Martin. Edward Eddie, Mrs + w. Hen
derson Mrs Marlborough. Charles Norreet.
Mrs. NJ. Lewis, j. Crowley. Mrs J. Anthony,
Mary Taylor. Charles II. Johnson, Henry
Moore and Mr. Laws. You and each or you
are hereby notified that the time for the
payment Of our lien upon the property here
matter described having expired. after due
notice thereof had been given you. we VIII
cause such property. 10 wit. household goods,
personal effects. carpets, merchandise, etc,
stored by you or I'm your name cor IN when
you may have an INTEREST,", in the Columbus
Storage Warehouse, 90 be sold al public auc-
tlon according TO tho statute IN such case
made and provided al the warehouse, 5000
West i3fth ST. New York city, on Friday,
December Ssh, 1915. at 1880 4. NJ, and
IN the sale thereof IN not completed on SAID
date the same will be continued at The same
Mace on each and every Friday thereafter.
beginning az 1890 A. NJ. on each day and
continuing until all the goods are sold.
COLUMBUS STORAGE WAREHOUSE. nc.
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cornorsted the Wheat Export Agency,
and arranged for temporary loans OF
s2b 600 600 TO finance purchases. Re
Gently too. a survey of the American
grain position was made Tor the BTU
ism government. L.l
"Thc whole question Of corn bread
and everything else" said A. l.. Rus
soil editor OF "Russolls Commercial
Review" tho standard publication on
Nov York Produce Exchange condi-
tions. depends on the extent TO when
wastage on the farm is reduced ana
tho extent 10 which the high price OF
wheat encourages the substitution OF
other grains BY wastage on the farm
10 meant the extent 10 which grain is
FED 10 stock. High prices may reduce
this bv 30.000000 or 40OOOOOO busn-
els. making that amount more avail
able for human consumption. Last
wear the amount estimated 10 nave
been used in this way on the farm
was 100000.
This year at best is short year
compared with last. But there ia trade
saving that the tail of a short crop
NAV be bushy. In other words, more
wheat shows up than any one mad
counted on. That represents wheat the
farmers have been holding. How much
they hold no one knows.
Some was recently marketed in the
southwest that was known 70 be two
wears old. II is this sort OF wheat that
broke famous corners Of the past. In
Letters time,e you know, the story IS
told that so much of this wheat ap-
peared that Pullman cars were used to
haul some Of it to market,
"All things considered, therefore,
thore would seem to be very comfort
able margin of Iafety. so far as wheat
is concerned. Use of corn -four will
increase that margin. That is one of
tho ways that wheat will be saved. 1t
is probable that more cornmeal is being
used now than in normal years. But
the biggest saving probably will come
IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-24
$4,000 in Amoskeag Mills
Get Years Third Raise

Manchester. N. H., Nov. 23.-The
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company,
whose cotton manufacturing plant en-
ploys $4,000, tonight announced raise
in wages, substantially the same in
amount as given in other textile cities
in New England, to take effect on De-
cember T." THIS is the third increase
granted by the Amoskeag company in
the calendar year. Other companies
have given raises of about 10 per cent
this week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-24
10 Per Cent Raise Given
by National Rubber Co

Bristol, r. l., Nov. ga 10 per cent
wage increase for more than 5000 en-
ployes of its local plants was an
nounced to-day by the National India
Rubber Company. The increase, given
to every employee who receives less
than $4,000 a year, will be effective
November 81. 1t is granted, the com
pany stated, because abnormal world
conditions lead the management to feel
the need Of an emergency increase in
the earnings OF its employees"
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Message to Jews

You sver charitable and phlanhrope nsti
tuton 80 New York Cio il you probably intend to
do Your share Henceioh the modern tested and
method.
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h Charitable and Philanthrope Societies of New York City.
means economy in the handling Of spells greater
efficiency in dealing with this amportan problem. Il
Jewish
You designate the institution for which your
20 he given choose You will he saved the bother
requests for contributions, buying tickets etc
Your subscription Is needed is needed now-beeause
Federation only becomes fact when s2ooOO has been
pledged 100000 still required Ask for information nv mail
This plan will appeal YOU youehed for by all representative
Jews who stand It's sponsors request for particulars i'm
plies no obligation whatsoever
Write Cor telephone Rector 247O to
The Federation. i2o Broadway Room 2so2 New York
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From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. November -.


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ton section Sis torps.
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Tifst IA ROBERT T.. Caldwell. Med. kcs
CORPS 70 duty ou transport Buford with station
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First H. DANIEL VI HOYT Med. Res Corps. 20
walter Reed General Hospital. ID g,
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Riots Here Soon Unless
Embargo Is Declared,
Horton Says
DEALERS OUTBID
BY ALLIES AGENTS
Shortage Grows Daily as
Fluid Is Converted and
Shipped Abroad

Warning that there would be milk
riots in this city within few weeks
unless steps were taken Immediately TO
curtail expectation Of powdered, evapo-
rated and condensed milk, cheese and
other dairy products 10 the Allies, was
given last night by Lotion Horton, pres
ident Of the Sheffield Farms Slawson-
Decker Company.
"Our local milk supply is affected
seriously by this enormous drain for
foreign markets." he said. 81 had to
curtail deliveries to customers 10000
quarts to-day becsuss agent. OF foreign
governments have succeeded IN inter
fering with sources Of milk in this
state. In my estimation, fully 10000
quarts Of milk that should flow daily
into the local market are being shipped
abroad in cheese and powdered and
evaporated milk. Il is time the public
knew that Europe threatens 70 drain
New York's milk supply dry. have
fifteen men out searching for addition
al sources as far west as Chicago. The
situation is serious.
Plants Are Taken Over
ave formerly received 300 cans OF
milk every day from q creamery in
KNOXVILLE, ~ Y. Last week was In
formed that this plant had been taken
over by large food corporation, which
plans 10 manufacture evaporsted milk
products. The same thing has hap
pened at our creamery in cambridge
and in dozen other places throughout
the state.
"With cheese climbing to % cents a
pound, the city milk distributors must
count on still greater drains upon fluid
milk sources in the next few weeks. IL
makes no difference how much we are
willing to pay, these purchasing agents
for the warning countries will outbid
US by % per cent. They know that
milk products, regardless Of high prices
paid for fluid milk.
Some action must be taken or
believe that there will be milk riots