The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
CITY CUTS PENNY
OFF CANNED GOODS
Two Cents Sufficient to Meet
Overhead Is Opinion of
Doctor Day.
REVISED LIST GIVEN OUT
"ROlling Stores" Will Sell
Sugar at Dime, Beginning
This Week.

The city's retail price list on navy
surplus canned goods, which the city as
the Governments agent Is selling to
consumers, was revised downward on
five items yesterday. A reduction or 1
cent can was ordered by the Rev. Dr.
Jonathan c. Day. Commissioner of Pub
lie Markets, following a talk with Lieu
tenant Commander Eugene II. Tricou,
Supply Corps, U. S. N, at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. The conference was the
result of the Commander
belief that a margin of cents instead
of cents a can or pound above the
navy's sale price was sufficient to cover
the city's overhead.
DR.. Day explained last evening 1t had
been his understanding and the navy
officials understanding that the city
additional charge to the consumer would
be only cents a pound or can. He de-
clared that he saw the department $
price list, to which objection had been
made, for the first time yesterday in the
Lieutenant's office and Immediately d.
rected that changes be made.
Canned sweet corn No. 2, green peas
No. 2 and stringless beans under the re-
vision are reduced from IL to IL cents a
can. Evaporated milk, formerly listed
at 10 cents, is now ~ cents. The price
of canned salmon was reduced from 10
to 15 cents a can.
DR.. Day announced as a further con-
tribution 70 the campaign for reducing
living costs that the city's price for
army surplus timed bacon to consumers
will be 26 cents a pound, drop of 2
cents. The city pays the army % cents.
With the consent of Col. ]. NJ Carson,
zone supply officer. DR.. Day has ar
ranged that evaporated apples and
peaches may be sold to bakers In any
, quantities. Heretofore sales of all
foodstuffs have been limited to con-
sumers
A stirring event In marketing circles
is promised for next week. when the
rolling store" man starts selling car
load of granulated sugar 100000 pounds)
in one pound packages at promised
price of 10 cents a pound from trucks
In the city streets. George II. Salmon.
head Of the North American Export Cor
poration. which is carrying on the roll
ing store enterprise with the support of
the Department of Markets, said each
store" will carry about 500 pound
packages of sugar and anybody can buy
il. The sugar distribution will begin
Thursday or Friday Mr.. Salmon said.
"Nobody is going to be required to buy
other things TO get the sugar, Dr. DAY
said.
Arthur Williams, Federal Food Ad-
ministrator, declared yesterday his be-
lief that unless the longshoremen re-
turn to work and unload cargoes OF
raw sugar for the refneries no refined
sugar will be obtainable at the stores
in the very near future. He asked that
candy and chewing gum manufacturers,
who have a supply of sugar on hand
which will last more than thirty days,
to release their surplus for general dis
tribution. as It is certain the sugar sit
uation will be considerably relieved in
a months time.
The effect of the longshoremen's strike
in curtailing the city's supplies of butter
and eggs is shown in comparative re-
ceipts this week, last week and the
same week year ago. as follows:
Butter-Receipts for week, 46.o66
packages; last week. 50,666 packages
same week last year, $685. packages.
Eggs-For week. 67,2S3 cases; last
week. S5,50s cases; same week last
YEAR II 274 cases