New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-09
League Announces That
Its Rates Will Be Up Cent
and a Half a Quart
More Smells Arrive
Retailers Are to Distribute
10000 Pounds Here Be-
fore Saturday

Wholesale milk prices for the spring
and sumner. announced yesterday oy
the Dairymen's League, which forced
IN the price last fall, average one and
one-balf cents more than the prices
which prevailed last spring and sum-
mer.
Beef. pork, mutton and poultry led
general advance in food prices yester-
dav. In some instances prices were
10 per cent higher than those Of last
week
Forty thousand pounds OF smeits
from the Pacific Coast were placed on
sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn yes
terdav. by the Mayors Food supply
Committee. To-day 10000 pounds more
will be distributed among retail stores
and by Saturday night George ". Per
kins expects all will be sold, despite
the boycott of the Mothers Anti-High
Price League.
Telephones in Mr.. Perkins, Office, at
Il Broadway, tinkled all day yesterday
as dealer after dealer called up 10 order
large quantities of the fish. The first
car arrived at 1890 a. m. yesterday,
but deliveries were somewhat delayed,
and some stores did not get their FISH
until late in the afternoon. The second
car was expected early this morning.
and John ~ McGrath. Mr.. Perknss
secretary, expects TO get all the hsh
distributed before night. The retailers
are selling the smelts az cents a
pound.
Although hardly any stores on the
lower East Side have agreed 70 handle
either the smelts or the committee g
beans and hominy, Mr.. Perkins an
nounced yesterday that he expected 70
have the foods on sale soon IN nun
dreds Of stores there This will be &C
complished 10 was said. through the
Federation Of Retail Hebrew Grocers'
Associations. which mas agreed 70 CO.
operate with the Mayors Food Supply
Committee Tho storekeepers have been
afraid 10 handle the foods because Of
the boycott threat OF the Mothers Anti
High Price League.
Fish Dealers Complain
Some complaint was made YESTERDAY
by fish dealers, who we're trying 20 sell
Atlantic Coast smells at IA cents
pound, that MIR. PerKns's competition
was running their business. They could
not sell their regular smells lower. be
cause the price was ordered they
said Mr.. Perkins declared the very
fact that somebody had "ordered' the
smelts priced at II cents showed that
the market was being manipulated.
He received a letter yesterday from
the Washington Market Merchants As
socistion. informing him the organiza-
ton had resolved 10 cooperate with the
Mayors committee. Smells. beans. hom-
my and rice. al the committees prices,
will be on sale a. the market to-day.
Joseph Hart gan, Commissioner OF
Weig hts and Measures. announced yes
terday that his inspectors had. In retail
stores IN various parts Of the city
found potatoes selling at from 20 6
cents a pound The Accent potatoes
we're frost-bitten, but for cents. the
inspectors reported, one could obtain
Western potatoes OF excellent quality.
II was the first time this kind Of pOta-
toes had ever been sold on pushcarts
IN this city, the Commissioner said.
Eggs Are Here
Nearly 5000 600 fresh eggs came into
New York yesterday more than had
been received IN a single day in SIX
months. dealers said. u was predicted
by some that the biz supply would
bring the Wholesale price down 20 80
cents a dozen before the end OF the
week. Western eggs were sold yester-
day at 81 cents wholesale and 40 cents
retail Eggs from nearby points were
IS cents wholesale and - cents retail
A letter from A. J. McKinnon. o.
Maxton, ~ C., was turned over yester-
day 10 Commissioner Harrigan by
Theodore II. Price, editor OF Commerce