Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-31

and the grocerymen- were ordered
| TO observe IT,
IL they do not, Mrs Barry, who
was made member Of the commit
/ tee, stated that their names will be
/ published In the newspapers SO that
the patriotic people OF the city can
! know who they are and boycott
! them.
Prices That Must Now Rule
I The prices dccrccd by the price
! fixing committee are as follows
Corn meal 50 cents pound in
/ boxes, 3 cents. co.- meal in broken
lots, 6 y cents pounl, corn flour,
/ cents pound; rice, best grades,
/ 10 cents pound; sugar 10 cents
a pound,
Any grocer in Tulsa who charges
| higher prices will be guilty of profi-
| teerng, according to the food ad-
| ministrators, and every housewife
who in the future is charged more
than the above pricesais urged to
report the fact and the name of the
merchant to the food administrators,
g. b Douglas, for the county, and
Ora Upp, for the city
The investigation conducted last
Saturday by the women In virtually
every retail grocery store in the city
showed that the eXorbitant prices
were confined almost entirely to the
smaller stores in the suburban sec
tions, and that only a small per cent
Of the larger stores downtown were
guilty. According TO Mrs Berry,
who had supervision of the inyesti-
cation. the latter are satisfied with
a reasonable profit and are selling
at fair prices.
The surburhan stores. however.
have been guilty Of tho Erosscst
profiteering, she charges notwith-
standing the fact that they have al
ways claimed they could sell cheap
er than the bigger stores downtown
because they do not hHvc 10 pay high
rcnt and overhead expenses are not
so heavy
The investigation was made I'm ab-
solute secrecy and was carried out
in the most completely systematic
manner. Mrs. Berry took hold OF II
upon the suggestion OF Attorney
Phillip KateR, who started the invcs-
tigation OF the hike in the price Of
bread some days ago, lie had cards
printed with blank spaces Ia show
what articles were bought from who
bought and at what price These
cards were turned over to Mrs.
Berry, who distributed them among
several hundred housewives of the
city last Friday afternoon, with ~
struCtions to report their Saturday
purchases on the cards and return to
her Sunday.
Mrs Berry appointed five women
to assist her. These were Mrs.
Archibald smith, Mrs, George
Brown, Mrs. James Mcdonnell, Mrs.
T.. r. stern, Mrs. John Corson and
Mrs, r. w Sinclair. Each OF these
appointed five more women and
they in turn each appointed an
mother five and through this CO.
operative system a report was OBJ
tanned on prices from every gro
Gerry store In the city.
When the returns were collected
and the eXorbitant prices became
evident Mrs. Berry notified Mr..
Hates, who advised with Judge Ed
Warren He at once procured Il
meeting OF the price fixing commit
tee yesterday morning and when it
assembled the facts were laid be-
more IT, This committee is com
posed of city Food Administrator
Ora Upp, County Food Administra-
tor c. b. Douglas, Mark l.. Carr,
Judge Warren and Mrs. Berry, the
latter being made a member YES
terday.
The facts disclosed that suburban
grocerymen last Saturday charged