The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-23
ORANGE AND LEMON
PRICES MAY Be CUT
Inquiry Into Existing Charges
for Fruits Ordered by
Williams.
GRIP EPIDEMIC A FACTOR
q More Butchers Penalized
for Profiteering on
i. Lamb Sales.
GRIP EPIDEMIC A FACTOR

Arthur Williams, Federal Food Ad-
ministrator for this city. directed yester-
day that investigators for the Federal
Food Board inquire into the prices being
charged for oranges and lemons and de-
termlne where the responsibility rests for
conditions which Compel consumers to
pay 10 cents for single orange that not
long ago cost 3 cents.
Oranges and lemons are in great de-
mand In the dietary of the many thous-
and influenza patients. II the investi-
gators ascertain that more than a fair
profit IL being eNacted Il Is understood
that the Federal Food Board will exert a
restraining influence just as II did in the
case OF the retail butchers.
Twenty-seven more butchers we're
found guilty or admitted their guilt yes
terday on charges OF profteering on
sales of lamb. All are permitted to make
voluntary donations (the total was
s2,23o) to the Red Cross and other war
charities. with the exception of one man,
who preferred to have an unfair order
issued against him rather than accept the
Federal Food Boards voluntary
penalty"
MicheI's Excessfte Prices.
This butcher was Franz Joseph Michel
OF SS7 Amsterdam avenue. He had a
hearing before J. L. Lindner OF the
Bureau Of Enforcement. sitting as a
commissioner. An inspector for the board
testified that at Michel's shop the fair
price margin. as suggested by the
Federal Food Board. was being exceeded
by 121s cents on loin chops and 2i5
cents on stew lamb. II was alleged that
even after the inspectors visit an excess
Of 10 cents a pound was still charged on
loin CHOPS
Michel insisted In his defence that he
could not do business at the boards
suggested" prices. Mr. Lindner decided
the butcher was guilty OF proiteerins
and upon n rehearing before Food Ad-
min'strator Williams the commissioners
findings were approved and Michel
voluntarily agreed TO close his butcher
shop for two weeks. This is the first
case in which a butcher has elected to
close instead OF accepting a voluntary
penalty Of contributing to a war charity.
War chests have been made s13,2n5
richer thus far as the result of the
Federal Food Boards crusade against
profteering butchers.
Butchers Penalired.
Those who were penalized yesterday,
their addresses and voluntary dona-
lions as shown by the boards official list
were as follows;
soo-The Saratoga Market Rush & Vile !
gand; proprietorsl. t55h Firth avenue. |
nuo Brookiym DUNN ne! Market sca can afs
Dunn. proprietor). 500 Fla bush avenue. !
BROOKLYN; Albert Merger. $50 Amsterdam
avenue; II. Klein, $40 Amsterdam avenue;
bartholomew stoli. 1912 Amsterdam ave
ssfnari Maye- as. rSird 's Avenue. s's Mss!
haitian Butcher Company tMax Bauer,
r.SprisM,S,, l3s2 second svsnn~; Edge
40 Amsterdam avenue; =. Bush, los |
Ninth avenue; Alex s:ol. 9! Ninth avenue:
nue. and Carlo RaEo. s57 Wills avenue. !
si5oNEividio Capobianaca. 4es Ams,er.
dam avenue and $50 Amsterdam avenue: |
NJ Low-nstein. 3o4 Amsterdam avenue and |
80: Ams,erdsm avenue.
rtter. $50 Amsterdam avenue; Rosenb.rg
Brothers, I1o3 Ffth avenue. Brooklyn;
Harry schoenfeid. i2i Ninth avsrus; /, |
s25-TOny Ftrro. 300 Second avenue !
Tony BuecGli. s47 Second avenue.
sIo-LNonard Domino, $50 cortlandt
avenue. The Bronx.
All butchers who have been penalized !
were directed to post In their shops at !
IL o'clock last night signs announcing-l
that they had violated the food regula- |
tons and promising never to do so again. |
Twelve Orders Obeyed.
Food Administrator Williams said las. !
evening that not a single complaint has |
been received OF a violation of any of !
the twelve orders issued by Mr. Hoover |
in his war programme for public eating |
places.
On the bills OF fare in the Childs res
taurants patrons read the following yes ,
terday: |
New regulations by the United States !
Food Administration require bread and |
butter be served only on request. Hence !
forth a charge OF cents will be made !
for bread and butter service. Childs |
Company"
The patrons at the Childss restaur-
ants who requested" bread got two
thin slices. The Food Administrations |
limit on bread for eacn person at a meal |
is two ounces; therefore pound OF |
bread which formerly went with a |
NEAL produced at least 40 cents for the |