El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-02
MUST CONE To
CASH AND CARRY
Los Angeles Man Tells
Food Price Fixers Service
Should Be Paid For.

You retail grocers must face the
situation; you must get on a cash and
carry system Of prices. charge extra
I for whatever service you render, OF
else get out Of business" declared W
| J. Palethorpe. certified public ac-
countant of Los Angeles, who made
a talk before the members Of the E
Paso food price interpreting commit
tee Friday afternoon at the chamber
Of coZnmerce.
only three groceries in Los An
geles still give credit; the remainder
Of the stores have come to a cash ba-
sis" said Mr.. Palethorpe. Fully 95
percent of the business done in Los
Angeles is done on the cash and carry
basis. Before the retail stores are
| crowds of automobiles and in the
! street cars three fourths Of the peo-
pie you see are carrying bundles
home"
Prices on Cash Basis.
The necessity for a resort to the
essary by the price fixing powers Of
/ the government on food, he showed.
! These prices were made on a cash and
l carry basis, and that whatever ser
vice was rendered. whether delivery
or credit. should be charged for by
| the retailer. he declared.
High rents was another cause men
TONED by the speaker as a cause for
groceries going out Of business.
VIII Reach Everything.
The food control will go on until
1t reaches everything" declared the
speaker. IF the wholesaler does not
follow the instructions of the food
administration, made now as courte-
Gus requests. he will be forced out
Of business; if the retailer does not
heed the requests Of the food admin
istration, he will be put out OF bust
ness; II the consumers do not follow
the requests Of the food administra-
ton, they will be fed on the card sys-
tenn The government must win this
war. If the government falls down
the Germans viii come and tell US
just what to do. and they will enslave
US as they have planned to do"
Cash and Garry, Solution
Advice to the retail grocers to get
together and put the grocery business
on a cash and carry basis Of prices,
with regular charges made for credit
and delivery service, was given by
Mr.. Palethorpe as a solution of the
4 number Of questions were also
asked by those present OF Mr.. Pale
thorpe concerning the excess profits
taxes. He stated in answer that there
were various mooted questions con-
nected with it, that the experts and
government had not been able to an
swer.
Pay With Liberty Bonds.
Liberty bonds, both three and one
half and four percent bonds, can be
used to pay the excess war profit
taxes. according to a statement made
by MI. Palethorpe. The purchase of
treasury certificates due June Is,
1918, and drawing interest at four
percent, now being offered by the
federal reserve bank Of Dallas, was
suggested by ". s. Crombis as a way
or - rrorarn-7aur and rr0Uid-
ing for the payment OF taxes at the
same time.
Personal extravaganza, such as the
purchase of automobiles by grocers
with small capital after a prosperous
run Of business, was assigned by Mr..
Palethorpe as a cause for high prices
prevailing in the suburban groceries
Of Los Angeles
Cut Out Fresh Eggs.
Prices were left the same on all
staple foods IN the FL Paso list for
the coming week by the committee.
the list was the only change. Last
week cold storage eggs were cut but /
fresh eggs left at the same price, rs
cents.
Members at the meeting requested /
that special publicity be given TO the
fact that an equal amount Of wheat
flour substitutes must be purchased
at the same time that the wheat flour
is purchased. Substitutes enumerated
by members present were potatoes,
beans cereals, rye flour, rice, rolled
oats, oatmeal, split peas, hominy grits
and ccrnmeal.
Prices for Next Week.
The prices for the coming week going
into effect February 4, are as follows:
Max. Jobbers
Graduated sugar, 5ib. Iotsos SIS
Grsnulsted, less 5lb. lots.....10 SIS
Flour.
- pound sacks. 81. 4Ie5 fLA5 9157
Full head IN bulk. lb;.......I2H -os%
Broken rice IN bulk. lb-.....os Is OF
Irish, per 100 lbs. -s2.oo9325 125QZ75
Irish, per pound .oSh
Regular sE ID. sacks...5B As
GRADUATED pearl. per lb....os Is -os
Hominy Grits.
Hominy. bulk, per 10. .......os Ia .Os
Creamery. cold storage. Ib-.57 Bo951
Creamery, fresh, fancy ID. so bSG5
OleOmargarine
Uncolored. pound .........-.So "A
With coloring, Ib-.-.---.--..4e a
Pure leaf. No. 10 p. ss.s5 s2.ssZ 1z72
Lard. compound. No. 10 p. .s2.55 q 2.1s 20
Bread
1s OK loaf. -oe
Longhorn, per lb-.....-....-to -soh
Skinned. per lb;.-.-.-.-.--sS 10
California Pink, Ib...12h 10
These prices are subject to changes
from food administration at Washington