Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-24
COOPERATIVE BUYING
URGED TO CUT PRICES
Citizens Are Told High Cost of
Foods Is Due to Too Many Mar
kets-Committees Named.

| One of the reasons for the high cost of
| foodstuffs. according to Edward Evans.
| at a meeting of the North Capitol and
| lexington Citizens Association last night
at the Emery School. is there are too
many markets and too many distributing
! points.
Mr. Evans said that the cooperative
plan of buying would lessen the cost of
| foods. He proposed that forty or more
| residents of section band together to
| make their purchases at wholesale prices.
| The question of having the association
| take some action as to its stand on the
i municipal ownership of telephones for the
District of Columbia was presented w
G. Henderson. the associations represent
alive in the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations. announced that that body had
| the matter under discussion. but that
nothing definite had been done The as
ISOLATION decided not to take any action
at present.
The retirement bill for teachers of the
public schools was approved. An invita-
ton extended to the association to have
representative on the board of the .Tuve-
nile Protective Association was referred
TO the executive committee for report at
the February meeting.
New members were elected as follows
II. r. Eberly. c. +. Heath and Harry b
Donaldson
Committees for the ensuing year
We're announced as follows:
Executive-Dr. Edgar n. Thompson.
Foulke. Herman E. Blau. William G.
Henderson. A. o. Tinsley a. Coulter
Wells and c. A Bowman.
Membership-C. A. Bowman. chair
man: L. G. Perry, p. II. Walsh Thomas
{ c. Carter and b. c. Wheeler.
Railways William C. Henderson,
chairman: Julius f. Rockwell w. J.
Hughes. \. V. Scholes. H. W Belnap.
j. NJ. Nickles. H. W Graham. H. S.
Wood and J. II. waring
Press-Albert D. Spangler. chairman
r. l.. Grace. Jay F. bancroft. Charles
f. Kern. F. ]. Tennyson, jr; p J. Tav-
ener. f, f, Moore, F. l.. Mckinley and
A. G. Miller
Streets sidewalks and lights-Her-
| man F.. Elau, chairman: c. A. Bowman
vice chairman: Charles Gersdor9. w. J.
Armstrong. W. L. Mantz. w. F. Finn
7: II. Hall. william o. Ohms and R. A.
Menefee.
Sewers and water-H. s. Meekham.
chairman: s. T. Farmer II. ]. Redfeld.
Eberly. ]. o. Msrceron. E. r. Metzner
ard G. 4. Long.
Fire and police-Arnold L. Burd,
"ha irr>au- J. p Corridor. J. W. Love
less. w. j. Frizze'l. r.. J. Mawhinnev
T. Homer Hall. c. F. Slanowski. r. II.
Jones and Fl. Jorg.
| Schools and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. So
| lem, chairman: Seiden NJ. Ely. S. NJ
! Leitzen, A. D. SDangler. Irwin z. Lin
ton. NJ. q. Phoebus. Rev. H. E. Brun-
| dage. Rev. y. A. Luttrell and H F.
| Dean.
! Parks and parking-Thomas G. Barr.
| cha irrnan: W. A. Taylor. George Trues-
deli. E. s Bruce, James E. Thomas.
John +. Sheehan. c. II. Godbold, Louis
Krauss and D. II. Bowen.
| Mail facilities-E. II. Latch, chair
man: n. J. Ryan. NJ s. Wright. Walter
/ 4. Sherwin. e. r. Hangliter. @. s. Web
ster. a. J. Richards and James l..
! Feoney.
| Public health-Dr. G. Z. Ferguson.
/ chairman: DIR. Carl Mess, DIR. A c. Mil
! Ter. DIR. ". L. Munger, A. II. Line, .
| V. Gates, A. T. Toufpkins. II. David
son and J. =. Cissel.
! Taxation-Selden NJ Ely. chairman
! f. NJ. Scates. J. X. Munroe, John r.
| Weyrich and Robert W. %infrce.