Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-11
FEDERAL PROBERS
FIND Will M|NGTON
INTERESTING SPOT
One Deliver Into Food Conditions
Just Gone; Others, Looking
Into Living Costs, Will Come.
RESULT PROBLEMATICAL

Federal probers into food costs and
food supplies, cold storage matters, ana
other things pertaining TO food Eeneraiiy
and Federal probcrs into all-around cost
of-living in this city seem TO Ind WI
mington a place where items OF interest
10 them are very plentiful. One mVcs l II
.tion for Uncle Sam has Just LETT the city
with full bag of information and whole
CORPS Of others Is scheduled 10 come soon,
doubtless some time within the ensuing
fortnight
Just what department OF the govern
ment the prohcr who has been and gone
represented, no one seems to have dchnltc
information, but those who are to come
are attached 10 the Bureau OF Labor
Statistics Of the Department Of Agncui-
ture
\ further ',yiSt what IS missing with
relation to the moving reason for the first
probcr's mission here Did he come he
cause Wilmington has m unCnvlablc
reputation down At Washington rs a cltN
where the cost Of loodstutlS IS too high, a
reputation winch has been ShouldCrcd
upon the municipality BY the long long
pCr.od of excessively high prices N the
King street farmers curb market II
would seem 50. because the state 1T things
here IS hy no means unknown 20 the out
side world L Is not q NEE thing for WI
mingtonmns who really love their city
to contemplate but withou, united action
jIpon the part 81 all the cltlzcns rs well
as public bodies and officials, II has been
impossible 70 do away with u.
He cANE. III SAW, III HEARD
About two weeks ago, i very close
mouthcd and retiring, but very lnqulsltVe
individual dropped into town, whose ms
slon was to look INTO local market con
dItions. cost of food m the markets. source
ii supply, possible pricc-tlNIng. and cold
storage facilities Apparently he learned
a great deal but you can Judge tor your
sell from what follows
Among the things hc found out WAS the
nature ot the various street markets
Jersey. Madison and King streets and
how and hy whom they are conducted
taking away 81, least enc very valuable
piece nf information 10 the effect hat the
King and Madison street markets We're
Interstate. IN view ot the fact that farm
els iroln Delaware. Maryland IenHStl-
laIl.. and New Jersey use them
>ti!! another valuable piece ni luiormd
ton Was that Il Was SAID man went
through the street on market days. nh
,trGctlnE marv 1T the markctCers what
tics Should charge .yy their wares. lie
also 1urAcd IT'D What WAS common talk re-
EARRING tac Interest,", behind Tins man
IuI>~iou
I,c.ar4.,e ep.d >turagc matters here
~ .,tru,,. tnu. H.. h,g packing houses
;icn4s, ,cs possess insufficient facilities
si.G III, t.ot IN f}.>lt}e.;.t 10 give anv space -
tat1aicI> ana l.sat >,eh public co.d >tof-
age latIIIlics IS CXIst are entirely made
QuAte Ior instance lie WaS told ih.t
recently man had abou, 10000 baskets
@. fr,lt Shippe,. t. hHn here and had %
sacrifice q large part ~ L because ne c3uld
int. Ii. uiaee :, store il t. prevent II ID
cavlae. tl ii which facts indicated that
8 ~ naaicS4Ic terminal market, with
proper elid storage facilities. IS great
! uoe3 ncre.
CONSIDER THIS. PLEASE
>.Ei .uctiscr big laet M learned Was
tn.. la-1c quantities b fool~Juti> rA4sea
IN 1at ar1c surrounding agricultural
cogIj:s s. t2 Philadelphia and that aaa.-
eGs ,aa i t3tl4t Cl,> and hu1 even alter
l5a.-ll. lelgh; bacl s, .uIaatou, cheap
CT thai. 1aet sam has Il, >al.c products
II tho iolne markets here
IN The vtruac.iaI. these are some
lar,- ana Whea u6lc ,aln tears them, hc
c..1ht 10 c!eI. <er1 W4Ge ,no>e WIse Old
eyes Ii nus
% mach ior wA4, Lbs been done Now
1or Wh3. + t. come
ire Department - terioaiuar, through
It's IttTc.u !, l-atof Statistics IS making d
Thorough Investigation l.. cest-of-hVIng
Ill Ing rda>iIaI cfnters and III cities
v here taC:c at large numbers of ship
ward workers. Just icu i squad 81 these
.I>rSs lgatorS arc winding up tour ot
work IN Baltimore and either this force
or another viii come Eere Philadelphia
and New York are also b be visited
What they viii probe here viii be
genera! HvIng cosJ-. housing charges and
like matters Il j. saId thev even ass
how many times Week The family goes to
the movies but tins Is merely incidental
L. the man po'nt-co~t ot living
And a. Uncle SAM doesn 20 INTO the
iniornation-gettlng business without good
reason and without 1 definite object in
vew !, isnt At ai unlikely that there
viii bc something dong u . result Of
the things seen and heard here