The sun., 1916-12-27
TWO DAYS TRUCE
IN MEAT BOYCOTT
Packing Houses Agree to Sell
"Chucks" and "Plates" at
Lower Prices.
KOSHER BUTCHERS WIN
Commissioner Dillon Says
Scarcity Of Milk II Grow
ing Serious.
KOSHER BUTCHERS WIN

A two days truce as 6een declared
in the night between the kosher butchers
I'M packing house companies doing .
kosher meat business. The companies
have agreed to cut the Wholesale price
Of ''chucks' M pilates" from 1sM and
IN cents to 13k and 15h cents per
pound pending a conference with repre-.
sentatives Of the Federation Of Hebrew
Kosher Retail Butchers Of America. At
which the kosher butchers grievances
will be fully considered. The whole
salers also agreed to recognise the or
ganixation.
The decision to again buy kosher
killed meat from the wholesalers and
sell Il At retail In their shops was
reached by the butchers at . two hours
se.sion which they had with The packers
yesterday afternoon In h ofice OF the
United Dressed Beef Company in First
avenue. between Forty-third and Forty
fourth streets.
Wholesaler at Csnferesce.
The wholesalers at the conference
were Lee Josephs, New York Butchers
Dressed Beef Company: B. F. Noyes.
general manager Of Swift 4 Co: Walter
B%lumenthai. president of the United
Dressed Beet Company: Morris Abramo-
WITT. Magic Packing Company: Louis
Joseph, Wilson Company, and Louis
Meyer. Joseph stern & Sons. The fed
Grafton was represented by Isaac Wick
Ter. Louis Pivnick. Samuel Brill. Joseph
A. L.aub. Abram weissman and Nathan
Zvirin. attorney of the organisation.
While the conference was in progress
5000 members OF the federation had .
meeting In a loft at 755 First avenue. In
the heart of the slaughter house district.
The statement was made at the meeting
that all the wholesalers charge exactly
the same price for kosher meat from day
10 day.
Talt of Federal Inquiry.
Assistant District Attorney Samuel
Markcwich. In an address to the
butchers. said that the fact all packers
charged the same prices might indicate
a combination In restraint Of trade. As
the companies were engaged in inter-
state business. he said. 1t vas a matter
for a Federal investigation.
About 5000 kosher butcher shops In
the five b%oroughs Joined In the boycott
on the wholesalers. Most Of them kept
their stores open for the sale Of poultry
only. The price of poultry went UP in
consequence OF the demand Many who
sold nothing but kosher meat shut W
their shops.
scarcity In MIX supply.
The milk supply In lower than I,
generally IL at this time OF year, accord
ing to John J. Dillon. state Commits.
sioner Of Foods and Markets.
milk II very scarce" he said. ''be-
cause the price OF feed 10 20 high farm.
ers cannot afford to buy Il for their
cows. One ton of feed now IL worth as
much as a ton of milk. Instead OF
buying feed arIne are using ensiiaEv
and other fodder that they raised or
their own farms.
"Oficials Of milk companies predicted
that because OF the extra cent per quar-
they are paying dairymen for milk un'
der the existing contracts farmers would
feed their cows with grain and thus pro.
duce n lot OF milk in order to reap the
benefits Of the increased price. They
said that the farmers woul be sure &C
produce more milk than the distributor
needed. However. 1t hasn't worked