New-York tribune., 1918-10-26
Butter Pro6teers
Ordered to Suspend
And Pay Red Gross
Six Dealers Lose Licenses
Temporarily, One for
Two Weeks
Fruit Sellers Justified
Prove to Food Boards Salts
faction That Prices
Aren't Too High

The Federal Food Board here an
nounccd yesterday that seven whole
sale dealers in butter, caught in the
boards prohteering crusade, have
had their licenses suspended, six for
a period of one week and one for two
weeks. The United States Food Admin
istration has approved the boards find
ings. The suspension order VIII be-
come effective not later than next
Tuesday, the board giving the dealers
an opportunity Of adjusting their busi-
ness 10 avoid loss Of pcrishablc stock
on hand
The six firms ordered suspended for
a week are: j. Raisin. 24S Broomc
Street; d. W. Lewis & Co., l79 Cham
bers Street; Carl Ahlcr, s Worth
Street. II. Schwabeland & Sons. 3tl
West Thirteenth Street: B. Grcenbcrg,
S27 East 161st Street, and s. S. Long
{, Bro. s64 Washington Street.
The firm Of Emil Fleshl g. Son, o1A
Ncstchester Avenue, was ordered sus-
pended for two weeks. This penalty
was more severe because the Tlcishl
firm sold nine tubs of storage butter
RS fresh. This was admitted by julius
Fleiahl. head Of the firm, at the hear
ing conducted by Samuel l. Berger, Of
the boards legal staff. Fleishl said
the stringency Of the market forced
his firm to substitute or lose a GUS
TONER
The margin Of profit received by the
accused dealers ranged from onc-fourth
Of a cent to 8 cents on the pound
above the margin allowed by the food
administration. The legitimate margin
ranges from ! cent pound on car
lot sales to 81 cents or sales less
than 100 pounds.
TO Pay Red Cross
The accused firms in each case. in
addition to the suspension o. their
license. have agreed to contribute to
the Red Gross al amount equivalent to
their excess profits. This is estimated
as close to $1,000 in some cases, more
in others.
Three more Of the 234 butchers ac
cused Of overcharging were adjudged
guilty yesterday after hearings con-
Quoted by Charles P. Robinson, counsel
for the board. David Dyer, 1902 Third
Avenue, Brooklyn, who supplies ships
with meat with wholesale business
Of $4,000 a week and a retail business
Of S40O. admitted his guilt and agreed
to contribute 500 to the Red Cross.
John Tantillo. Of 1912 Second Ave
nue.. and F. May, of 1923 Fourth Avc-
nue.. agreed to contribute, respectively,
SIS and s25 to the Red Cross. The case
against Abraham Steigerwald, 1884
Third Avenue. who is now in the navy
and appeared before The board in his
Uniform, vas dismissed.
Five retail fruit dealers aud two
wholesalers appeared before the
board yesterday in The inquiry into the
,.o.l, of ~
stances Of nagrant proitcering were
developed. but the board will con-
time its investigation and hearings.
In the case of Anna pappadentri,
owner Of the stand at Bridge Plaza,
City Hall Park who was reported to have
sold an orange for twenty cents. the
board was satisfied with the explana-
ton Of her manager that sales were
made only to oblige customers, the
oranges being purchased to make
orangcade. Figures submitted showed
profit of only two cents an orange,
whom the fruit is used for the drink.
Stathis D. Antonopoulis. owner Of
stand on Park Row. near Brooklyn
Bridge, who sold an orange to an in
vestigator from the Food Board for
fifteen cents. said q mistake had been
made. The regular price was ten
cents. he said. 1Iia case was ad-
journed for further investigation.
John ID. Antonopoulis. 81 Vcsey Street,
who sold oranges for ten cents each,
said he paid Sl7.50 for a box of 100,
giving him profit of Approximately
one cent on an orange. Peter An
tonakis. keeper cf a stand in tho
World Building. was shown to have
sold at two for quarter oranges
which be purchased al Si775 for a
box of 176.
James Romeo. 1899 First Avenue.
and John II. Fay. 23s Washington
Street. wholesale fruiterers. proved to
the boards satisfaction that they we're
not guilty of overcharcing.