Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-04
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ing up reports of deposits of eggs in
the cold storage warehouses of Penn
sylvania preliminary to a move I'd
force the eggs stored in April to be
paced on the market before the end
OIL december when the nine-month
limit will expire. Several millions of
dozens of eggs were placed in stor-
age In the middle of April, 1t is esti-
mated here, and the time for cold
storage ends on the corresponding
uay In December. Every egg that
mas stayed its limit in cold storage
stnI Win nave TO come out. We are taking
steps that will result in such
eggs being placed on the market we
nope, said Commissioner James
oust. There are millions of dozens
Oh eggs in storage which could Just as
Wen be put into the markets and we
VIII not allow an egg to remain
gay IN storage beyond the time linn
IT, state food agents have been
keeplnS close tabs on the ware
houses in Philadelphia and Pitts
pufsh, where the last reports show
ed the pulk of the eggs were stored
and reports have been received on
every deposit. Close watch is also be-
ing kept on the butter in cold storage
as the time limit is ten months.
"Meatless and wheatless days have
some of us restaurant keepers almost
crazy said well-known Harrisburg
restaurant keeper yesterday. I'm
some of the larger places where
prices are higher and the margin of
profits greater the situation is not SO
difficult, but it is hard indeed, where
there is no liquor license to swell
pfof1ts and where what money we
| make is largely through cleverness
in handling the foodproducts we sell.
Take for example our wheatless
| days. l bake my own bread. What
is not used one day we use the next.
| But we have no means of carrying
it over in good condition to the third
day. If we serve no whitehead on
| WheatlesS days we must let what is
left over from the day before go to
i the slop barrel, for it is too stale for
our patrons on the third day. This,
L take it. would be to save at the
| spigot only to waste at the bunghole
and would be bad business from any
standpoint. l used to give so much
bread with an order that quite lot
went to waste. Now L have cut
down on quantity, still giving the
buyer all he requires, and have
thereby saved barrel of flour a
! week. This is more than l would
nave saved by one wheatless day,
but my patrons do not understand
and some of them think 1 am not
patriotic because l do not serve corn
bread exclusively on wheatless days.
| What am | to do? / ask the author
tiles and get no practical reply"
"Meatless days are also a prob
lem continued this same restaurant
man. Il intend to solve the diff
Guilty by suggesting on the menu
card that patrons observe meatless
days, but if they insist I suppose
will have to give them what they
want or lose their patronage. I be-
lieve the burden of the decision
ought not to be put solely upon the
dealer but should be shared by the
consumer"
Perhaps" suggested a layman
who had been listening, "the govern
ment is making a mistake by not
putting all bakers and restaurant
men on the same basis by declining
to permit any of them to make white
bread. This would do away with
wheatless days that are not wheat
less, would conserve the flour supply,
encourage the use of corn and work
no very great hardship to anybody.
War bread as served in many of the
big restaurants is more appetiziN
llleill "lllIG III tdNlf anu uOubI IL
people get used to eating war bread
they will ever be content with the
present more or less tasteless white
bread" The assemblage thought
this a pretty good idea but perhaps
too practical and easy a solution for
the corsidera tior of the highly
, technical minds of the food admins
) traitors.
On the subject of food in the
camps some visitors who were at a
. couple of the southern camps say
they never saw men look better.
What is happening" said medical
! man who saw camp, lis that these
fellows are getting what they should
have for the work they are doing
They are not eating any old thing
and they are not doing anything. It's
business in working and eating. And
it's doing lot of good"
Some belated payments of capital
stock tax running into the thousands
of dollars have been coming to the
State Treasury since the close of the
fiscal year on Saturday. One check
was for over $4,000 and others were
for over $1,000. 1t is expected that
some big payments from railroads
will come in within a day or so. The
big balance in the State Treasury
will not last long as immense pay
ments must be made in the next few
weeks.
From all accounts Dauphin coun-
ty in spite of the fact that it is an
industrial district with varied lines
of activity has originated compara-
lively few compensation cases which
ha1.~ been appealed according to
people at the State Capitol. Most of
them have been adjusted by the ref
erees. There has been nothing like
claims which have come from small
er counties. One of the reasons is the
| nnn,,, ntrncc ,uith which claims have