New-York tribune., 1918-04-23
Business Men May
Ask Courts to Halt
Hylan Market Plan
Broadway Association An
nounces Scheme for Sell
ing Foodstufs

Condemnation of Mayor Hylan and
DR.. Jonathan c. Day, Commissioner of
Markets, for the city's merchandising
Of foodstuffs in competition with retail
dealers, was made in resolutions adopted
at a special meeting of the Broadway
Association yesterday in the Martinique
Hotel. The resolutions denounced the
Hylan administration and approved
plan for taking legal action against
the city and Or. Day.
August Jansen, proprietor of a
Broadway restaurant and chairman of
the Food Conservation Committee of
the association, offered in evidence a
bill for foodstutfs which ne paid to the
Department Of Public Marke is on April
IS. Mr.. Jansen said chat tf G selling of
food to hotels and restaurants by the
city was not in the original plan of the
formulators of the public markets. He
said that a solicitor for this department
came to his establishment and offered
to sell butter and eggs.
Bought Eggs and Butter
II told my manager to buy and here
is the bill for the goods | purchased"
said Mr.. Jansen. "This is entirely
out of the province of the city, and |
do not think that restaurants can be
classed among the poor" The bill was
for sixty dozen eggs and sixty pounds
of butter, and totalled $51.
Representatives of various civic
trade and food conservation organiza-
tions condemned the action of the CITY,
Refusing to concur in a proposed res
olution to call upon Mayor Hylan and
the Board of Estimate, Edward p.
Doyle, Of the Real Estate Board, pro-
tested against the city's marketing
policy.
"The city's entrance into the retail
trade" he declared, els an outrage. 1t
is comparable only with the action of
the Commune of Paris after the
! day Bolsheviki. There is no necessity
for this. Where is the city going to
stop? Is it going to enter every line
of business and put the retailer out
of business entirely? Where does the
taxpayer come in? And who, after
all, will pay for this food if it is not
the taxpayer? | do not think it is
within the intent of the Constitution
of the United States that the govern
mcnt should buy and sell food to the
| poor"
Referring to numerous visits to City
Hall, Mr.. Doyle said that he had had
to wait six hours on one occasion when
he had q business appointment with
the Mayor IL refuse to submit myself
to any such insult;" he declared.
DR.. Day Criticised
While approving of resolution Sc
| tO ho
Mayor and the Board of Estimate be-
fore rcsorting to legal action to stop
civic marketing operation, j. ID. Marr,
president of the Mercantile Exchange,
caustcally criticised DR.. Day
OR. Day knows nothing about busi-
ness" said Mr.. Mari. 81 know that Dr.
Day is buying eggs in Tennessee which
are considered third class, and they
arc being wrapped up and sold as first
class"
A committee was appointed to call
upon the Mayor before Friday, when
tho matter of appropriating $4,000 for
additional market buying by the city
comes up for final disposition. An
other resolution was adopted which put
the Food Conservation Committee on
record as mot opposing the selection
Of an attorney to take action if the
Real Estate Board should go ahead and
employ one"
Many attending the meeting wanted
to get an injunction against the Board
Of Estimate or other civic officials re-
straining them from. using city money
for marketing.
In n letter to the Broadway Associa-
tion rcnd by the executive secretary,
+. W. Estes, DR.. Day says:
"As the department develops, Of
course, We intend to work to establish
Wholesale terminal markets and dis
! trihutinr fncilifina That dnaa MT