New-York tribune., 1919-09-15
100000 Lbs.
OF Army Fowl
On Sale To-day
First Grade Roasting Chick
ems To Be Released in
Campaign to Reduce High
ices for Foodstuffs
500 Dealers Are to Help
Mrs. Julian Heath Protests
Because Sale by Parcel
Post Has Been Dropped

One million five hundred thousand
pounds Of poultry will be released in
New York City for public consumption
BY the War Department to-day in the
governments campaign to reduce the
cost of living.
The fowls, according to Edwin j.
O'Malley, Deputy Commissioner of
Markets, are krst-grade roasting chick
ems and will retail at 81 cents pound.
The same quality of fowl, he said, is
now bringing So cents The poultry
VIII be distributed by A. Silz Inc,
4lo West Fourteenth Street, who will
OFFER the birds to all storekeepers and
butchers at 33 cents pound. 1t is
expected the chickens will be sold to
housewives by more than 500 dealers.
NO sales will be made to hotels or
restaurants.
IN addition. Mr.. O'Malley announced
that IN about a week, when the
weather becomes more favorable. ap-
proximately 100000 pounds of pork
loins and mutton will be placed on the
market at an appreciablc reduction in
price. The sale Of such large quan-
tlty OF meat, he said, will keep the
regular storage houses filled, so that
thc slaughter of sheep, hogs and poul-
try will be postponed for at least
month, thereby increasing their weight
and piling up the winter supply.
Decrease of 20 Per Cent
Mr.. O'Malley calculated yesterday
that the anti-high price drive here
had netted so far an average decrease
OF at lest 20 per cent on virtually all
toodstuffs, and that a still greater saw
ing was effected by forestalling in
creases on certain products, usual at
TINS time of the year. The saving,
however. he admitted, has not been
genera but mas been chiefly noticeable
IN the vicinity Of the schools where
the government products were sold
report of the Retail Grocers AS
sociatlon. Just submitted to the Fair
Price Committee, shows the downward
trend of prices continuing, there be-
ing noted q decided drop on many
articles not listed by the committed.
1t was explained that the committees
lists attracting most of the attention
OF buyers had relieved the pressure
on other commodities, with resulting
drops in prices.
Members Of the Housewives League,
on the other hand, assert that the
present method Of distributing the
governments products has effected
very little saving to the public at
large. and insist that the government
keep its promise to distribute the food
stutfs through the mails. Mrs Julian
Heath, president of the organization.
said she has been unable to learn why
the Federal authorities don't go through
with the project, and in her quest .for
information has been referred to Off
cial after official
Will Go In tO Wilson
Our members, numbering thousands
all over the country" she said, have
prepared lists of things they intended
ordering by parcel post and have been
waiting for some notice. Postmaster
Patten has referred me to Postmaster
General Burlcson. Mr. Burleson has
sent me TO the War Department and |
the War Department told me to talk
to State Food Commissioner Porter.
"The fact is the government has
promised the women of the country
who can't stand in line to buy their
food to send it to them by parcel post
We think 1t is the most efficient method |
OF reaching them all and we are going
to find out why it isn't carried out, if
we have to see President Wilson about
it. The present system is wasteful,
slow and too restricted, and while it /
puts cheap products in the hands of
few families, the benefits
should be more general"