New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
Will Have Rival Food
Legislation introduced
at Albany
SAYS HE NOW HAS
SUPPORT FOR BILLS
Commissioner Sees Whit,
mans Defeat if His
Measures Lose

Determined opposition to every
phase of the programme OF food and
market legislation outlined IN the
Perkins Wicks report was promised
yesterday by John j. Dillon, who will
ask the passage of other bills to in
crease the powers Of the present Mar
ket Department.
Mr.. Dillon announced that he had
three bills which, il passed by the
Legislature, would accomplished more
than the entire series Of reform meas
ures asked in this report. Moreover
he said he had received assurances that
his bills would have ample support to
assure their passage.
The legislative programme with
which Mr.. Dillon hopes to solve the
states high cost Of living problems IN
clude these proposed measures:
Enabling act, through which the state
NAV erect a terminal market here.
Amendment TO present market law
giving State Market Commissioner
broader powers in dealing with trans
portation OF food and price fixing
bodies. a.,
Standardization Of milk, under which
n fixed percentage OF butter fat VIII ne
required Of all retailed In the state.
Says Prices Would Rise
t.... L,,o,,., his oppogitlon %
tho findings Of the Perkins-Wlcks M
veqtigating committees, Mr.. DILLON as
serted that the acceptance OF lhese
views bv the Legislature would result
not IN cheaper but higher priced lood.
"The housewife may as well torget
her hone Of cheaper food n these DIS
become laws" said Mr.. Dillon. in no
part OF the report is there suggestion
OF an attempt 20 eliminate any oil tne
numerous middlemen. who arc now tax
ing their profits from the city 1000
without adding anything TO 10 or CIV
ing the consumer. who must ioot tne
bills. any service for the harvest Jhey
reap. -.:ii.
,rouId mean that the big companies
that have had mouopohstic powers, ana
nisused them. would become so strong
lv entrenched that it would take a
French revolution 20 Dust them. no
farmer could drive a wagon INTO me
city and sell milk unless he was Will
ing 10 do business through one oil Jne
big companies here.
"This report probably will be as good
an excuse as any for tho propos d
'ripper' legislation scheduled 20 be
PASSED az the present session OF inc
LEGISLATURE. But 7 am far from ready
TO say that the men who made thus
rer0rt will have the support OF the
Legislature, or even Governor Nhit-
man.
Sees Farmer at Albany
"lf those measures 90 through, mark
my word, the next Governor OF New
York will be a farmer. The New YORK
producer is getting dIsgusted with TINS
wav of messing things up 20 please
a lot OF politicians. Every feature or
the report that has 10 do with the
upetatc people. Of course. Us only pat
rouaec placed in the hands Of Senator
Wicks in return for the privileges
given the New York crowd.
Senator Wicks has political ambi-
lions. but II he ever had chance his
recent acts have killed it The farmer
who knows what is going on-and that
means all Of them in these days of
farmers organizations would no more
give his support TO the men who are
endcavoring to put such a scheme over
on the people than they would vote
their property over to somebody else
TO handle for them.
81 am going Up to Albany this week
and expect 10 see things fly there
within a few days Tho farmers are
united and many OF the consumers
down here IN New York are united, and
IT, is certain that they are not all
fools"