New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
19 Bakers Punished
BY Food Board for
Violation of Rules
They Did Not Use 20 Per
Cent Wheat Flour
Substitutes
BY BRIGGS

Widespread violation of the food
conservation rule which requires the
use of 20 per cent of substitutes for
wheat in the manufacture of bread and
rolls was discovered yesterday by the
Federal Food Board. Nineteen bakers
were found guilty of violating the
rule and as punishment were or
dered to suspend business for three
days. Complaints were filed against
240 other bakers, most of whom were
summoned to appear before the board
to-day.
So fragrant have become the viola
tons that John Mitchell. chairman of
the board, and Arthur Williams, local
food administrator, telcphoned to Mr..
Hoover at Washington regarding the
was temporary suspension of business
Tor the bakers and the issuance Of
another warning by the Food Board
that hereafter no leniency will be
shown violators. The warning says:
Ignorance No Excuse
1.-The food rules ought now to be
fully known to every one. Ignorance
OF the rules will not hereafter be con-
sidered an excuse for violating them.
In the future the punishment will be
more severe. Suspension of business
will be for longer periods-possibly
for the duration Of the war.
ut should be remembered that on
and after April Ia 25 per cent of sub
stltutes will be required, instead of
~ per cent, s at present. In view of
the urgent necessity for more wheat
for the armies New York bakers are
asked to give their fullest coopera-
ton"
The board made it known that manv
well known bakeries are living up to
the letter of the rules
Those ordered to suspend business
for three days each at different ne.
RODS this week and next week are:
American Vienna Roll Baking Com
pany, 145 Ludlow Street; Joseph Cru
ner. lSlst Street and St. Nicholas Ave
nue.; Genovese & Faibbe, 4l9 West
Thirty-ninth Street; Reuben YelIin.
300 Dumont Avenue, Brooklyn; Solo
mon Schaffel, 265 Avenue A; Herman
Stern, l04 Sumner Avenue. Brooklyn;
John knobler, TAO Tenth Avenue:
abram Weitz, SAT Madison Street;
- Schochet. 1856 Harrison Avenue.
Brooklyn; +. Claussen, 6614 Eighteenth
Avenue, Brooklyn; Spindlcr d Cold
stein, 18th Street and st. AIMS Ave
nue.; = Pekosky, 135th Street and
st. AIMS Avenue. Bronx; Michael
Petrangele, York Avenue, New Br;oh-
ton. Staten Island; Torano's Bakery.
~ Morgan Street, Brooklyn; S. Kan
ter, 81 Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn; -
) lgel. 13Sth Street and Brooke Ave-
nue., bronH; - Kosonovitcf. 255
Monroe Street: -- Miller, $50 DeKalh
Avenue. Brooklyn, and Frank Curhe.
san. 16 Monroe Street.
Several bakers failed to respond To
the summons. The board said that
their licenses will be revoked unless
they give a satisfactory reason for not
appearing.
Confirm Swift Company Ruling
The food administration at Wash
lngton yesterday confirmed the ruling
OF the local board, which found Swift
90. guilty OF "assisting in profitcer-
ing IN eggs" last winter and ordering
tnem TO suspend their egg business in
New York for thirty days, beginning ut
midnight tonight. The company was
ordered to purchase $4,000 worth of
Liberty bonds and turn them over to
the Red Cross. This sum represents
the excess price they paid for twelve
carloads OF eggs. Zinn e. Co., brokers'.
who bought the eggs for Swift & Co.
were ordered to turn $3.50 worth of
Liberty bonds over to the Red Cross.
Mr.. Hoover's ruling said
There is no evidence to establish
that Swift g. Co. themselves protiteered.
but while they may not themselves have
profteered they bought twelve carloads
of storage eggs from proftecr at a
price which they knew gave the seller
an unreasonable profit, and with fun
knowledge that the food adminirtro+;o
had ruled that the profit, and therefore
the price. was unreasonable. By max
ing the purchase they assisted tho
seller to proiitecr. and. although thcv
made no excessive profit Themselves
they were the medium by which the OK.
ccssivc charge Of the seller was passed
along to the consumer