Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-08
ROARDERS ENLISTED
IN FOOD CAMPAIGN
Pledge Card to Cooperate
With Proprietors Issued by
Administration

Inhabitants Of boarding houses IN
rh,ladelphia are the latest to he en-
i,s,ed by Jay Cooke. food administrator
,or This county, in the food conservation
campaign.
"boarders' pledge card" has been
,,eued by the food administration, sign
,,g mn those who eat in boarding houses
"a bep win the war by economic use of
fNods
The card reads as folowa'
"t -. at present boarder IN
,b,e city, hereby accept membership IN
,bc United states food administration.
nledglng myself as u patriotic duty.
70 co-operate With tho proprietor N the
conservation Of meat, wheat, sugar and
f,,s according to the directions Of the
food administration,
I S CrutChtiCld, attached to the Phila-
delphia food administration, returned to
philadelphiI today from Washington,
where he had gone to confer on the per
nit given to swift & 60. to place a
large quantity uf cJld-storagc chickens
on the myket
PERMIT Is RESClNDrD
Afr Crutchneld brought the word that
the hermit had been rCsCiuded, ~ II rs
not in accord with the Pennsylvania cold
storage laws. lie said that while the
chickens are in good condition for COW
s0mption tho food administration has
decided not to interfere with state laws
The chickens had been IN cold storage
for more than year.
Great satisfaction ia felt Ia Wash
ineton. CrlltChfield said over the amount
of meat that has been conserved lie
said that the supply Is now very good
II is intimated that mcatlcss days will
be further reduced If present conditions
continue
Mr.. Cooke this morning bcean pcr-
sonal survey of retail markets of the
CITY. He started today on tho market
at Second and South streets and the
adjacent stores Great disparity in
prices charged were found by Mr. Cooke
In one instance y dealer was selling
POTATOES for ninety CoutG y basket \
short distance away another nau was
selling the same quantity and quality
for seventy-iiye cents The second man.
according to AZ Cooke, was making n
fair profit The men selling at higher
rates will be visited by Mr. Cooke. who
has declared his intention of wiping out
profiteering
FINDS BREAD IN GARBAGE
A pduIe'c fttHc Nd7 'hdcIed 'hls
morning by an old woman who appeared
In the food administrations Office with
large bundle under h"r arm, She cN-
planned that she had made round of
Q large number Of garbage cans In
the paper she carried a great quantity
OF bread ana rolls taken from thoS can '.
lhe woman became hyStcrical as she
tod OF having son III France who
needed the food that is being wasted in
Athis country. Us result of the woman :;
story, the food administration has de
clded upon survey of all garbage cans
in the city The plans for this survey
nave not been completed,
The appointment of Fr"f Frederick
Rasmussen as an assistant to clyde l..
King, milk expert, was announced today.
Rassmussen is professor of dairyiug and
ahusbandry at Pennsylvania State cCl-
tege
Mr. Cooke has ISSUED p warning Ia
all housewives to be on tho : okout for
hour s"indlerS, who are visiting various
sectons OF the city ana, on the pre-
tense OF being food agents. 'btaining
, quantities or nour from private homes
where the owners are in possession of