New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-02
43 Organizations Are
Welded Into Two
for Crusade
AIM TO CONTROL
NATIONAL SUPPLIES
Dillon Gives the Storage
Houses Till Monday to
Mark All Eggs

MdTk All Eggs
All the agencies having to do with
the handling of New York's food sup
ply were brought together yesterday
and welded into two organizations. to
crush food spectators and cut down
the cost of the necesssries Of life.
The American Woman's Movement to
Conserve the Food Supply, made up of
representatives of women's clubs and
civic bodies, which will open perma-
nent headquarters in New York, COM
pleted its organization during the af-
ternoon. The second enemy Of high
food prices is league of representa-
tives of practically all of the city's
grocery, butcher and delicatessen or
CARNATIONS, the temporary organiza-
tion of which was brought about dur
ing the afternoon. As yet no name
for this body has been selected.
The programmes of the two bodies,
as outlined after their initial meetings,
include careful supervision of the
sources Of supply of the city's food,
conferences with producers in various
parts Of the country and an ener-
getic campaign in favor of national
control of food shipment and handling
through the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Women for Drastic Action
Women who made up the first or
ganization were so enthusiastic at the
result Of their first brush with the
enemy, which resulted in heavy
Thanksgiving losses to turkey and egg
spectators, that they favored the most
drastic action. Continued reduction in
the price of eggs, potatoes and other
commodities of the table, reports that
spectators were on the verge Of a
panic. and the announcement Of Com
missioner John J. Dillon that he
would give the storage interests sew
enty hours to comply with the state
regulations demanding the stamping
of cold storage eggs, all served to
increase their activity.
The women's organization, Of which
Mrs. Eugene ]. Grant, president Of
the State Federation of Women's
Clubs. was selected as chairman, and
Mrs. L. d. Tholens, of the Rainy Day
Club, secretary, held its first meeting
in the quarters just vacated by the
Department Of Weights and Measures,
in the Municipal Building.
Purposes Are Farreaching
After conferring with butchers,
grocers, delicatessen keepers, and even
farmers from neighboring states, they
issued a statement announcing that
they would work to accomplish the fol-
lowing ends:
stoppage Of all gambling In foods
on trade exchanges.
Elimination of trading In futures,
favoring Jail sentences, II necessary,
TO enforce tne law.
Penalizing growers or shippers who
neglect or destroy mature crops,
either in the field or in shipment, in
order to affect the price of such com
modities already on the market.
National regulation Of the country's
food supply through application of
L. ~ Tpta tot
merce Commission.
Diversion of future emigration
from the big cities TO the farms.
Diversion of munition workers 10
the farming districts just as soon as
they are released from their present
employment.
43 Organizations Involved
Twenty-six women's organizations
were represented by the members OF
the body to conserve food. Seventeen
retail organizations were represented
in the body OF men who conferred with
Commissioner Joseph Hsrtigsn previ-
Gus to this meeting The retailers made
il evident that they were in sympathy
with the big wholesalers Of food in the
city, whom they credit with making
only legitimate profits on their wares.
but that they were in accord with any
movement that would prevent the srti-
fetal boosting Of food prices through
the operations of spectators.
George J. Smith, a farmer, who said
he had been working his property at
Gleason, Penn, for forty-three years,
proved the most interesting source of
information to both consumers and
producers. He told of the operations
of the "gatherers," or spectators, who
visit the farmer and wheedle him into
selling his crop, unharvested, at prices
much lower than could be obtained in
the city's markets.
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