The sun., 1916-12-03
DILLON TO FIGHT N. Y.
I MERCANTILE BOARD
Commissioners Of Foods and
Markets Plan, tO Put Ex-
change out Of Business.
HGAMBLLNG DEN HE SAYS
Npecu1afors in NpcesSafies Of
=, Life Are .As>ailed by
State Official.

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FTTG state Official.
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As soon q. Commissioner John j. Oil
Ion OF the : ,'e Department OF Foods
Sand Markets finishes his task OF cow
Smelling owners ~ cold storage eggs TO
Y stamp the words " old storage on every
: Individual rrfrisrrato" egg iN Their pos
session-th. order GOES into effect 30
: morrow will beEin y campaign
q which he believe. Will M the New
York Mercantile ENchang" out OF bust
mess. ". said last night he sIppps.s 1t
e,Wm kick NJ the biggest hiEd Of q row.
Interest To- the esq bc,co;t increased
sduring the day and the price Of cold s;or-
Gage eggs dropped Another half cent to a
S,cent per dozen on various grades. MAX
siibg a decrease In the wholesale price OF
. to 4 cents per dozen since Tuesday,
s,when the boycott got under full swing
sSRefrIgerator eggs are now being referred
Lite as dropped eggs"
w, J.. Cspes, secretary OF the New
c.York State Conference % Mayors. noti-
05ded Commissioner Joseph Hartigan of
s,thc Mayors bureau Of weights and meas
uur,a. who l. dire rg the New York city
Z, bo.cott forces. tina; the boycott ide, ~
S.a means TO deere use IN" demand and
SSfhus reduce prices "@ goin" IKE wild
.are up state"
Campaign for -. iir-.
N Ne added that he H. in constant confer
etApce with Mayor Cornelius +. Burns Of
SiTroy. president OF The conference. for the
s,purDose of arrarg.ag Ia th'rtN-two states
kra campaign prog anime TO reduce IN"
COS; OF living. Mr. tapes Is taking UP
s.the matter with the secretaries "t all IN"
S,G,ate league.
~ I'VE are going after the New York
yMercantlle Exchange" said commits
y einner Dillon to "a reported, Tor TIE
S,S,-N last evening. There are three
,Nwa,s in which 1t can be made TO shut up
vim the first place Attorney-G-n-ral
pV'oodburv OF the state OF New York can
& lbrinr a suit against II for the aunulhi-nt
T.p{ rs charter. lie has as "A bass Tor
Sueu T. action an abundance % testimony
s.in his Office which was taken al the last
. BIZ ter and egg Investigation
I'm the second plac. a bill can d. m
y trpiuccd in the Legislature oblislrs all
o., a. uces for the sale or foulStuNs to
b. o,cn to the public for b,id.ng IN tue
OPP.
IT,. A Gambling den for members OF
thu 'hange. The Legislature wouri be
Starri, ~ justified M passir'i a phI max
ms them operate in the open.
: ~, Eus Prices for Nation.
"G1lv ten or twelve members are do
Ar NV trading Oh tins EXCHANGE. They
trad, hack and forth with one another
= Tier sales amount to about 3 per cent.
: Of TIE egg business Of the city and Yet
the. trading fines the price for the Who'll"
country. A good deal OF their trades too
Rrr i~clltious or false sales
."The third way IN wnich the exchange
CO.. be made to shat up H. tlirur'n Tho
1, 0p ,ation OF II terminal wholesale" food
T%narSet. such as We have suggested "a
- be conducted hr the state. II tu't -
y n-i'ict is properly oTsanised- = hl "a
sxf1b..l 1t Will be- introduced AT t''
: ne. e,s.ipn-aNi n the ploHer AUTHOR
lty IL Gwen To- this department for nand-
= IT,. % - would open up trad" tud iW'
Z, law Of sII.,'v and demand would settle
che question ~ market prices every ddN
The Commissioner said lie vii start
> his cuwpaign ON his second ANA thlro
- pr1posit ur>. and Ii they fan ne u SUR
IT, Attorr, ,-,i-u,ral can help out Oh
! I'll first p',,osit.on.
Co,Unu the Farmers Millions.
','nr 50 York Mercantile En-
~ ea7ng-." Nj Dillon said, has cost tn
fprni.rs Of I, e country millions of dol
lire every year just 10y their dirty ma
Z. nirsilat'ons"
= He said the Butter and Egg ENchsng'
was orrtui2"1 during the last wear n
; "scre Kind of break off, tom the Mer
anil. Exc tuEc. and added that IL
ony ,huu,- ui "AiStenc- is Ia the flilur'
- az ~. src.'. and third propositions e
60 through
D. go, r,,,ftf.b Yesterday that Inter