The sun., 1916-09-03
- Ne~Je<eey Idea, Loaded /arfn ~oSon. hitehed together
end hauled BY q. fraction engine.

Within the present month We have
received about 5000 sacks and near
ly 5000 barrels OF -four. and there has
been exported during that period $780,
900 barrels. That still leaves q sub
stantial quantity here which could
probably be drawn upon II need be. II
Is not commonly known. but New York
is really a very large milling district.
and the plants here handle quite GOO'-
900 bushels Of wheat monthly. Tho
mills OF one concern have a daily ca
pacity Of 10000 barrels.
OF course the problem would be to
obtain the needful grain should traffic
on the railroads. so far as bulk freight
is concerned. virtually halt. Here We
should not be SO handicapped as would
be the ease with dressed meats Wheat
and corn can be carried economically
and safely by the water routes avail
able, and In this way the country's
granaries could I've tapped In order to
maintain the daily supply of loaves.
With what VIC have available In the
way OF flour and grain II Is quite prob
able that We should be able to tide
along without diminution until sup
DlltS COuIu pc u .
Next to bread. the dietary staple OF
most Importance Is that OF milk. OF
which $500. 900 quarts Is consumed
here every t~wenty-four hours, While
the adult population can get along
with a smaller quantity 1t Is abso-
lutely necessary that sufficient milk
reach Greater New York to supply the
wants Of infants and invalids.
New York gets most OF Its milk from
New England and Pennsylvania and.
manifestly, any stoppage OF the rail
routes would produce n very material
shortage. 1t Is possible. however. that
some OF this milk could be brought to
the city by water. This would hardly
made up the deficit. although 1t would
be practical to gather the milk over
wide outlying zones contiguous TO the
points OF boat shipment. =.
This relief has Its limitations be-
cause In the absence Of quick transit
there Is the difficulty Of keeping the
milk properly refrigerated. The Police
Department has anticipated trouble in
this uuarter and has already taken
steps To secure the cooperation OF the
40. 900 diaries lying within q radius oil
400 miles Of New York. Commissioner
Woods has completed "a census OF
motor trucks and boats for the service
and he IL satisfied that he can main
tain in this fashion an ample supply
to meet all reasonable needs.
Tho motor trucks will follow care
fully selected routes that will limit thu
tol,ing OF the milk 10 n minimum and
also facilitate rapid progress either d.
rectly into the city or TO wharves where
II can be placed aboard vessels ready e
bring II to the METROPOLIS. Even apar'
from this 1t Is the determination o.
both the authorities and the railroad!
to keep the milk trains running FOL
the sake OF the children. and this II
quite practicable because these traini
form a service apart from ordinary
freight traffic.
Taking 1t all In all. there woult
probably be no need for worry in thi!
vlt,l direction.
As a matter OF curiosity II Is Of in
.crcst to know how many cows New
York city would have to have within
her gates to maintain n supply OF mill
equal TO the normal daily consumption
Allowing the average yield to be thir
teen quarts daily per cow. VIC SHOULD
need n herd Of 1890 OF these domes
tic animals! Plainly we could no
take care of n herd OF this size herr
and 1t IL no wonder that We have 4
draw upon a wild" area to provide u
with this necessity.
The fourth prime dietary essentia
10 an abundance of potatoes, and New