The sun., 1919-08-31
CITY HAMPERED IN
GETTING ARMY FOOD
Officers Now Busy Shipping
From Sterehouses Materials
for Pershing Parade.

The Department of Public Markets is
receiving every day urgent requests from
the five boroughs for increased supplies
In the schools at which sales OF army
surplus foedstuffs are being conducted
and for the opening OF additional school
stores. The city. however, cannot get
the stuff from the army warehouses fast
enough to meet what appears to be an
overwhelming demand for food at cheap
prices.
There has been a stacking up IN the
matter OF getting supplies OF late for the
reason that the War Department Off
Gals, by order from Washington. are
devoting all their energies at Port New
ark In shipping cannon and other things
required for the big parade in honor of
the return ce Cen. Pershing instead Of
pushing the loading of foodsturs in
tended for this and other cities.
The department is still handicapped
in the work OF the school stores Ivy lack
or cashiers, city employees who are
bonded. A good cashier can facilitate
the handling of a crowd of men AMI
women struggling to pay their bills and
get out of school basement with their
purchases. and a poor cashier can gum
up things dreadfully. AS 1t is necessary
to impress city laborers into service as
cashiers, and as some of these employees
are not accustomed to handling much
cash and making change in a hurry. the
financial operations in some schools pro-
coed slowly.
Down at the zone surplus property Of
flee of the War Department, at 461
Eighth avenue, the officers. who are CO.
operating with the city in making the
~ CalA los sl,..t III.
hats are Off to Edwin J. O'Malley, Dep
uty Commissioner of Markets. who
worked out the plans for-.the distribu-
ton. They say that his success in such
short space of time in building up an
organization, composed largely OF mex
perienced hands. for the operation of
seventy or more Chain stores" Is re-
:.;a-!...ab.e accomplishment. and y ssat
any wonder that there should be slip ups
here and there.
The schools were closed for sales at
noon yesterday. They will remain
closed until Tuesday morning.
An offer was sent by mail yesterday
to the Rev. DR.. Jonathan c. Day, Com
missioner of Public Markets. OF fifty
carloads of storage eggs at 80 cents a
dozen for resale through the school
stores to the consumer at so cents
dozen. Fifty carloads means 10000
cases, containing $4,000 dozen or 1900
600 ages. quite a nestful.
The offer came through H A. Emer-
son of II. W. tombstone, Inc, agents for
Western shippers, and is the result OF
negotiations instituted by Patrick O.
Foy, the market reporter OF this city.
Eggs OF this grade. II is said, are be-
ing sold in some stores in this city to-
day at from IS to 10 cents dozen to
folks who don't know the difference be-
tween a perfectly fresh and cold stor-
age egg.
"These eggs" the letter containing the
offer read. "were stored during April
May ana June, and we will be ready to
deliver the eggs, IL we receive the order
Tuesday. September 9, TO the various
schoolhouses or whatever you would
designate In lots of not less than ten
cases containing thirty dozen each"
DR.. Day said last night he hasn't re-
ceived the letter yet He added with
much emphasis that he wouldn't touch
such an offer from Emerson" who, he
said, was once associated in business
with ex-senator Henry NJ Bennett.
Mr.. Bennett not long age preferred
charges with Mayor Hylan against DR..
Day.
''If such an offer or any other offer
came from a real concern" Or Day
added II would give 1t consideration.