The sun., 1918-10-26
BOARD SUSPENDS
BUTTER PROFITEERS
Wholesalers Penalized for Ex-
ceeding Margin of Profit
Allowed.
ERASED STORAGE MARK
One Firm Punished Doubly for
Selling Storage Produce,
Alleging It Fresh.
ERASED STORAGE MARK

An order has been executed suspend
ing for one week the licenses Of six
Wholesale dealers In butter. and for two
weeks the license OF another. az penal
ties for exceeding the margins Of
profit allowed under the regulations Of
the Food Administration"
Announcement that the United states
Food Administration had approved
the decision OF the Federal Food Board
was made by the latter last evening.
The names Of the six firms suspended
for one week and the boards comment
are as follows:
~. Raisin. 2ts Broome street: d. W.
Lewis q Co.. l7s Chambers street; Carl
Ahler, 6 Worth street; II. schwabe-
land 4 Sons. Sal West thirteenth street |;
B. GreenberE, S27 East 16lst street, and
s. s. Long q Bro, s54 Washington
street.
The seventh firm found guilty and
ordered suspended for two weeks IL
Emil F1eishl q Son. 514 westchester
avenue.
Suspension Date Not Set.
Tho date on which the suspension IL
to begin has not been set. but II will
be not later than Tuesday morning
October Sp, and II may be on Mon
is that the board wishes tho firms In
volved to have ample time TO adjust
their business In such a manner that
there shall be no spoilage OF perishable
stock on hand"
Not only will the licenses OF the seven
butter Arms be suspended but all have
agreed to donate the Red Cross what
will be equivalent to the total amounts
OF the excess profits from September 10
to the date OF the suspension order. II
IL said the contributions will be close
to $4,000 in. certain instances and more
In others.
The Federal Food Board declared
that the F1eishl penalty Is more severe
than the others because this concern
sold nine tubs Of storage butter as fresh
butter.
One OF the original tubs Of storage
butter sold as fresh was placed in
evidence at the hearing. The tub plainly
showed. II was alleged. that the storage
marks had been scraped OF.
Too Busy to Learh Rules.
The Federal Food Board adjudged
yesterday three moro retail butchers az
guilty OF prohteering on sales OF lamb
David Dyer, 4202 Third avenue. Brook
lyn. told Charles T. Robinson. counsel
to the board. that he had been too busy
to acduaint himself with the Food Ad-
ministration's rules, He made a volun-
tary donation OF 800 to the Red Cross
a -t.w
charges 70 his customers. John Tan
tllo, 1919 second avenue, New York.
and FL May. 5se3 Fourth avenue.
Brooklyn, agreed TO contribute respec-
lively SIS and s25 to the Red Cross as
penalties.
The Food Board Issued this special
statement:
"A rehearing was held to-day in the
case OF Jesse Simon. butcher. 1877
Third avenue, Manhattan, who. yester-
day after trial was found guilty OF
profiteering signed a pledge and agreed
to contribute $50 TO the Red Cross
simon submitted additional facts to
Examiner Frank Schwartz to-day. and
II was shown that on the sale of 4s5
pounds OF lamb he had profteered only
| to the extent OF half a cent per pound
Most OF his patrons are cash customers
and In view of the fact that he could
| not refund to then, he agreed to-day Il
contribute $40 to the Red Cross TO-DAY
he also signed pledge admitting that
he had overcharged October and
one-half cent pound on lamb, agreeing
to obey the rules Of the Food Admins
tration in the future and asking that nc
further penalty be imposed in view Of
hIs contribution TO the Red Cross"
Five retail and two wholesale fruit
dealers appeared Yesterday before the
board in its inquiry into the present high
cost of oranges. The retailers agreed
to limit their profits to 2 cents each or
small oranges and 3 cents OIL big ones
while. the wholesale prices remain high