Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-07

ing on this opinion from the Attorney
ncnera!' the food administration,
through It's counsel, Harvey II. Bundy
drew up and presented to Ice nanufac-
,urers throughout tho country the fol-
lowing agreement.
First, The manufacturer aErecx tina, he
yn,xs etnor operate his plant W 10 April I
iieis' IN accordance with the daily produc,
hreor1a,oe hro1 eesshnlsd n , Ia the schedule attached
tween the dat" OF this contrac, and Hpril /.
aaVVbbss,,i II 80 desiguated in the said attached
T., Second The manufacturer agrees that II
ne operates his plant Until April I, 1915 he
Wii sHI 10 other manu- faaturcrs at his plat
yond the needs cf his own business. at a
price not TO exceed tho cos. Of prciuction
=. Third TIC manuf9e,yrcr agrees tia, he
VII not sell f." to dealers during tho year
ever tic cost OF nar'far,uTe and dis,ribG dsnabGe
ton; i heinS, expressly understood that the
tho cntiTG year and tho ss,i!ns pr!es Of ice
GHp,TE tne .niiro year are 20 be taken into
tutes reasonable advance over the cost
q manufacture AMI distribution at any par.
E,oarth: The rni!ea States food ADMINS.
trs tor agrees that he viii "ndeavor 20 ne
tuters 70 the end that u Fuppiy OF artificial
ice VIII u" Bva!lohl" to supply tho cua-
tGmsrs ~ any manufacturer Who closes his
Fitth The, United states. food adminis,ra.
AVa hkIFVS lNht tne lnanlIANtNrer may re-
open, hls plant before April I. ipls II this
should b. NECESSARY IN order 10 FL his store
nogsI' t., S':n & n2Gsa hs iIsn' may be desis
these 70 BE- closed.
TRUSTING TO LUCK ItETE
This agreement was signed by the ice
manufacturers OF New York, but has
not yet been signed by the Philadelphia
manufacturers. although their failure to
approve Of Il has not occaSioned dis
appointment on the part Of the food ad-
ministration on the contrary, a letter
was recently written by Mr.. Bundy to
Mr.. Frecr, cordially approving the Phiia-
delphians' attitude. Mr.. Merrills stand
has been that tho food administration
would prefer that Scal associations of
ice dealers work ont by themselves their
plans for conserving ammonia. and the
Philadelphia dealers have already shut
down or reduced the output Of several
plants TO this end,
The preamble 70 the agreement sub
mitted to the Philadelphia manufacturers
pointed out that great economy i'm the
use of ammonia will result II. in and
around the city OF philadelphia, a few
manufacturers Of ice run their plants
full time in the slack season instead of
all the mantNactuers running their
plants part time. and this economy can
be accomplished without diminishing the
amount OF Ice produced"
Apparently the local ice concerns are
trusting 10 luck" that they will be
able TO get enough ammonia and that
thcy will not need TO rely on natural
ice
80 DANGER IN NATURAL ICE.
Local manufacturers of artificial ice
profess no objection to the use Of nat
po,it no fnt,pd
Tor II. "t would not hesitate to give
natural ice to my own wife and chill
dren." said one official OF the American
Ice Company, III I could get it, There
IS absolutely no danger Of contamina-
ton from natural Ice. As Doctor Sparks.
the eminent New York bactcriologist,
points out. 80 per cent OF any bacteria
in ice Is destroyed in the first twenty
four hours Of freezing. virtually all the
rest is destroyed within a week. and. II
the ice remains in storage three months.
there IS absolutely no bacteria left in
It, I don't believe single case Of
sickness has ever been traced to the
use OF natural ice. Nothing can be
purer than mountain ice. Nature can't
be improved upon.
Artificial ice Is absolutely pure when
1t leaves the freezing tank. but no ono
can certify to the purity of its surface
after II has been handled by any num-
bcr of individuals and has been carried
through the streets. The only thing IL
that whatever impurities may alight on
lts surface will wash off as the ice
mclts
Although to my mind there is no
choice between artificial Tee and natural
ice which has purified itself by remains
ing frozen for a sufficient length of time.
little increase in the amount Of natural
ice obtainable for use IN Philadelphia
this year may bo expected.
Even though only 10000 tons Ce
natural ice came from the Perkiomen
storehouses last year. which have a ca
pacity Of 10000 tons. and almost none
at all from the Pocoro storehouses.
which have n capacity of 100000 tons.
We cannot look for larger shipments
from those fields. They have been SELL
ing their supplies elsewhere than in
Philadelphia for some years, and 1t Is
their duty to continue supplying their
regular customers. We cannot In faii-
ness expect them 10 sacrifice their regu-
lar customers and send their entire
supply to Philadelphia. Nor could they
be blamed II. agreeing TO meet an un-
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