The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09
CUT DELIVERIES
TO Win war, is
MINERS ADVICE
Head of State Economy Blu
reau Explains Necessity
of Scheme.
RELEASES THOUSANDS
FOR OTHER INDUSTRY
Man Power Must Be Con-
served.If United States is
To Be Victorious.

Hartford, Feb. 9-Reasons for the
stress hid upon the governments
commercial economy program as a !
war time measure are given by Alton
of the commercial economy division
Of the committee on industrial sur
vey, Connecticut State Council of De-
tense, in statement made public to-
day through the council. Mr.. Miner
is in charge of the task of putting
the governments commercial economy
recommendations in effect through
out Connecticut. He has called upon
all chambers of commerce and SINH
lar organizations in the state to aid
in this task
Mr.. Miners sttement follows.
Commercial economy in it's true
sense as relating to retail deliveries
is nothing but the conservation of
man power. Things have changed
since before the war. and what was
true then is now the reverse. Today
the man who can make one man fill
two positions, and so conserve labor,
two did before, helps his country.
The purpose of the Commercial
Economy Board is to conserve man
power, not to put any one out of bust
ness. Where there is a waste, where
there is a duplication of effort the
board seeks to do away with it. It is
not the policy of the people at Wash
| ington to injure our business but it
is the policy to take out of the bust
ness the waste and take those men
and put them in lines where the
| country needs them at the present
time. The Connecticut Commercial
| Economy Board has a program, and
| it's object is toward conservation of
man power and conservation of equip
ment, also the saving of power or
gasoline.
"In regard to conserving man pow
er, particularly referring to those
who are engaged in the distribution
| of food, let me say that there are
| 100000 men engaged in the United
| States in the grocery and market
business. Approximately a million
men are engaged in the distribution
of food, and we contend that by rea-
|
ment to business we can save 10 per
cent. of those men and release them
| from the work that they are engaged
in to the work that the country
needs, providing 100000 men to work
| for the country. Money invested in
| equipment can also be reduced. That
is what we are trying to accom-
p1ish.
I'VE propose to accomplish this by
economy in delivery and reducing the
number of packages to be delivered.
Economy in delivery is to be accom-
! plished by one delivery per day over
specified routes. This can be OBJ
| tanned with no sacrifice, simply a lit
tie thought and attention on the part
of the purchaser. Super must
not be tolerated in times of war.
| There must be no special deliveries.
| Cooperative delivery systems should
| be instituted where possible.
'"This feature of cutting down de-
| 1fveries would naturally fall on the
purchaser for the household, who
should purchase enough supplies at
one time to last for several days. This
can be accomplished by making the
reasons for the movement understood
and by interesting women's societies,
| wherever they are.
1--WE believe that the merchants
themselves should put this thing into
effect and should take the initiative
and we believe that the women of
this state will gladly cooperate when
| the merchants do their part. In
| these ways we can accomplish the
conservation of man power and
equipment"