Evening journal., 1917-10-09
BbRNES CHANGERS
FOR HIGH Prices
Mayor Lawson Says Farmers
Fix Selling Cost Of
FoodStuff
MARKET CONDITIONS
AGAIN DISCUSSED


zone Of the troubles with Whining
ton is too much money.
II know It will not make me popular
20 tell you. but usually one may see
for himself on market days two mem-
bers Of the Grange going through our
markets telling the farmers how much
10 charge for food Another reason
prices are 50 high here is that those
who have the money are extravagant
and force others 60 pay more by pay
ing exOrbitant prices, when a refusal
10 buy would soon result IN a lowering
Of prices"
SO spoke Mayor John w. Lawson
IN addressing the Washington Heights
Century Club in Public school No. 30
last night. The mayor deplored extra
Vagence. He also said that In his
opinion municipal market houses were
impractical and cited the cases Of the
Eighth, Second anu Third streets
market houses as examples OF what
such institutions would be. The real
trouble. he asserted. was that the high
prices were the result Of the graugers
who boost the prices.
In the course Of his address Mayor
Lawson said:
when our market committee makes
its report think 70 will be very intel
ligent and instructive one. as the COM
mittee is anxious to get 20 work and
has been detained by the absence Of
one Of the members from the city, who,
I think. will return some time this
week. I have no doubt that when their
report Is made the committee Will give
reasons why prices are higher In VII
mington than elsewhere
The Mayor was listened 20 very at
tentively, and at the close Of the meet
ing several members congratulated him
rpon the stand he has taken. and eX-
messed their belief IN his views Of the
market situation IN Wilmington.
Mrs. NJ. D. Hitchcock. Of Temple Uni
Verslty. Philadelphia, delivered an ad-
dress on the market situation, not only
as II affects Wilmington. but the whole
country. She said in parts
I'VE are facing the most serious food
situation we have ever seen and we are
now placed in a situation where we
must feed the whole world.
IF the war should stop at this time
lhere would be a shortage Of FOOD ]!
some parts OF the world for at leasl
1--WE years 20 come, and we naturally
would be affected by The shortage. Ih'
burden becomes ours. our government
Il urging us to exercise the greates
economy in food conservation and pre-
nare FOR worse conditions. which arr
hound 20 follow. We think now IN
nr,ces charged us for meat are high
Tbev are. but you will soon pay
ereat deal more not only for meat Du
eees milk and many Of the things w
,ave come 20 look upon as necessities
I expect 10 sec milk selling at % cent
1--we should have meatless days. w
,vo,,ld be better of anyhow WI. les
neat. We as a nation are great mea
eaters and have come to look uPo
IA "a necessity. The European doe
no+ consume near as much meat a
rc do and Is not lacking IN anythln
that GOES to make up the necessar'
elements in our food supply. We mus
save meat. and We must eat less whea
bread. The time has come tor whea'
less davs as well as meatless ones, an
I urge the housewife to use more corr
Cornmeal is wholesome and contain
much that goes toward making wei
balanced ration.
81 had a talk with Mr.. Hoover tn
other dav and he told me that it
hoped the American people would ney'
make it necessary to comrel the issuin
of bread tickets in this country, but III
less more economy is used in the us
Of bread the Government would
forced to resort TO such measures.
EAT enough. but don't waste any
thing" said Mrs. Hitchcock. "EcoI
bmv does not mean that we should d
without The food we need, but simpl
stop all waste"
Mrs Hitchcock advocated a system {
municipal markets as a means of redu
ing the high cost Of living. telling
the success such institutions had M
with in other cities and suggested sue
an experiment here under a system
non-partisan control. Mrs. Fred
Mcgaw presided over the meeting.