New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
Warns Men Delay Means
Waste Of PerishableGoods
and This Will Operate
to Keep Up High Prices
Bacon Sold at Schools
Army Store Expects to Have
Heavy Stocks of Canned
Goods Early Next Week

Declaring that every ounce of food
wasted at this time win contribute to
maintaining the cost of living at it's
present high plane, Arthur Williams,
Federal Food Administrator, announced
last night mat he will seek an assur-
ancc ffcm the striking longshoremen
that they will handle all perishable
foodstutfs Mr.. Williams attempted to
reach A. Paul Naccarelli. of the marine
workers organizations, as soon as he
learned that food intended both for
export and domestic use is in danger
of rotting on the piers and in the holds
of ships.
The Food Administrator also commu-
nicated with steamship companies and
freight officials in an endeavor to learn
how much food is in danger of going
20 waste because Of the strike.
"The food situation is too critical"
Mr. Williams said. ''to permit of the
wasting OF q single shipment. | am
certain that the strikers will willingly
move food, Notwithstanding their diff
fcrences with their employers. | do
not want it thought that l am med
ding with any labor troubles, but l
would like the public to know that
every effort is being made to elm
mate wastage."
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If the freight embargo continues,
Mr.. Williams will get in touch with
; the retail food dealers associations,
which are cooperating with him, and
endeavor to hold the prices at the
present levels. despite reduced receipts.
AS an example OF this cooperation
Mr.. Williams said yesterday that the
butchers would sell the canned army
bacon unopened at five cent profit
margin, although they would ask eight
cents profit on bacon taken from cans.
The city is also operating on a five
cent margin Oh canned bacon, but is
paying but % cents. compared with
30 cents paid by the retailers. Mr..
Williams announced Yesterday that he
has taken lima beans of the fair
price lis. because their price is fixed
by the California Bean Growers As
An inesstieation of prices asked by
retail Grocers in various sections of
the city was completed yesterday by
epQointoes operating Tor the Fair
Price Committee. They reported that.
while the average price OF the COM
moditios enumerated IN the fair price
jst is II csnts this week. the average
qrotation obtaii.cd from dealers is but
POPS cents. More than one hundred
scparate tests were made. In only five
Instance were the prices quoted by
dealers higher than those fixed by the
Fair Price Committee. The overcharge
IN o1c case was cent and in -four
cases one-half cent
Bacon Put on Sale
Sale Of the arny canned bacon at 2s
tenS pound was begun in fifteen
schools Yesterday. In each instance
'onc queues OF eager purchasers
formed quickly, and the twelve pound
-ina were carried away by persons
who had Effected saving of almost 81
on each can. The citv's price is $3.50
can.
Captain Jaffrey Peterson. command
ing The United States army retail
salcs store, IT. j. West Nineteenth
Street. announced yesterday that army
canned goods would probably be on
sac early next week.
Captain Peterson SAID that sales
w"re iagsing Nightly. chiefly because
people are under the Impression that
he store was bat temporary. 1t will
he open for three months he said