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The sun., 1919-08-16
JERSEY PROSECUTORS
WILL AID FOOD FIGHT
Offer Their Services to Fed.
eraI Government.

Prosecutors of nine New Jersey coun.
ties met In the Hudson County Court
House In Jersey City yesterday after.
noon to discuss plans for a Statewide
campaign against profiteering. After a
two hour discussion of the situation they
discovered that they did not have the
power TO proceed actively against per-
sons believed to be profteering in food
stuffs and other necessities of life. but
decided to offer their services and the
services Of their STATS to the Federal
Government.
who attended the meeting that the New
Jersey Prosecutors would cooperate in
every possible way with the Federal
agencies that are trying to round up the
profiteers. Pierre p. Garven, Prosecutor
OF Hudson county. said immediate &C.
tion was necessary and he believed
something could be done II everybody
got together and worked for the COM
mon end. He also said that an embargo
on expectation OF foodstuffs would do
much to prevent profiteering. and would
lower prices in all commodities.
The Prosecutors who attended the
meeting besides MIR. Garven and James
Clarke and Thomas Brown Of his Office,
were Thomas ]. Huckin OF Bergen
county, J. Henry Harrison of Essex,
Michael Dunn OF Passaic, Roscoe G.
Ward of Cumberland. Charles Sexton. OF
Monmouth, John NJ. Mills of Morris, Ed
ward Giskill OF Atlantic, Clarence Cole
Of Cape May and Clifford r. Powell. who
represented Prosecutor A. H. Kelsey of
Burlington.
The sun., 1919-08-16

| against local managers OF the big Chi
cago packing companies. were issued by
the State of Ohio to-day and arrests
will be made Immediately, according to
Gov. Cox and John ]. Price, Attorney
General.
Gov. Cox In his telegram to United
States Attorney-General Palmer said
evidence had been uncovered by inspec-
tors OF the State Dairy and Food De-
partment that some OF the big Chicago
packing companies have shipped food
into the State and then back to Chicago
and again shipped It into the State and
sold for the double purpose of deceivinR
the authorities of Ohio and Illinois and
OF keeping food necessities off the mar
Ret In order that deficiency and higher
prices might come together"
On this alleged showing the Governor
asks the Federal Acknowledgement to
bring criminal prosecutions, offering evil
dence gathered by Ohio officials with
which to prosecute.
Gov. Cox announced that he will ask
the Federal authorities to confiscate an
proximately 100000 pounds of meat
and poultry which have been held in
cold storage houses longer than the per-
iod allowed by the Ohio law.
One-third Of the warrants issued were
against Columbus men, and Il Is said
that some OF the other warrants are
chiefly against Cleveland dealers. The
warrants will be filed in the municipal
courts of the cities in which the mon
live. The out of town arrests, Il was
said, may not be made until tomorrow
or later.
The sun., 1919-08-16
PALMER SEES CUT IN
PHILADELPHIA PRICES
Promises Cheaper Food to
Consumers There.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.-Attorney-
General Palmer after a conference here
to-day with United States District At
torney Kane issued a statement promis-
ing vigorous prosecution of all food
prohteers, large or small
AS result of the action considered
to-day" said Mr.. Palmer, 1.-THE price of
| food in Philadelphia will be decreased to
! a marked extent within a short time.
THE Lever bill will be made applca-
BILE to the smallest retailer by Congress
within week. A severe penalty will be
attached to the BILL which will make II
dangerous business for the small dealer
to charge unreasonable prices"
Before the conference Mr.. Palmer sa i'd
1t had come to his attention that i'm
mense quantities of foodstuffs are being
held in storage in Philadelphia and near
by cities. This. he explained, is one of
the reasons for his visit
Every State in the Union Is cooper
ating with Washington in the high cost
of living PROBE said Mr.. Palmer. This.
Is vital question, and | want to know
what has been done in Philadelphia. We
want to get results here the same as we
have gotten from dozens Of other States
and cities. 1t will not be difficult TO
bring about the release of boarded food
and to punish every one guilty OF viola
tions of the law.
THE various States will have to take
up the rent profiteering question. We
are regulating the evil in Washington
and we hope to establish a Just system
shortly which all the States can use as
model. Cases have come to my atten-
tor where the rentals have jumped lao
per cent. over night even though the
cost of maintenance of the property had
not increased. There Is no relief for
| tenants through Federal action 1t must
be done by the individual States"
The sun., 1919-08-16
10000 POUNDS SUGAR
SEIZED IN CLEVELAND
Another Indictment Also Is
Returned in Food Fight.

CLEVELAND. Aug. 15.-J. c. Breiten-
stein. Assistant. United States District
Attorney for Northern Ohio, late to-day
announced that libel has been filed an-
der the Lever act for seizure and con-
domination of 100000 pounds of sugar
belonging to the c. d. Kenney Company
Of Baltimore and held In storage by the
Canton Storage and Transfer Company
at Canton, Ohio.
Deputy Sheriff T. f. Walsh of Cleye-
land seized the sugar tonight. f. s.
Wertz, United States District Attorney.
will ask Judge Westenhaver In Federal
Court here to adjudge the sugar boarded
and order II condemned II such order
is made, the sugar will be sold by the
Government and the proceeds, less the
cost of seizure. turned over to the
owners.
secret indictment charging violation
Of the Valentine Antitrust law was
returned to-day by the special Cuyahoga
County Grand Jury investigating Cleve-
land food conditions against William z.
BiGalow, Harry j. Bigalow and Albert
c. Blair, officials OF the Consolidated
Fruit Auction Company of this city.
The indictments followed testimony
furnished the Grand Jury yesterday by
Austin Estabrook, manager Of the COM
pany. While specific charges in the in
dictment were not made public, it is
understood that the true bill alleges
combination for the purpose OF reguiat-
ing prices OF foodstuffs.
This is the second indictment returned
by the special Grand Jury, seven officials
of the Ohio Farmers Cooperative Milk
Company having been indicted on
August 7 for alleged violation of the
Valentine Antitrust Law.
The sun., 1919-08-16
FOOD WILL BE SOLD
IN IS CITY SCHOOLS
Others to Be Opened When
Supplies Are Available.

The Department of Public Markets
announced yesterday the appended list
OF forty-six public schools at which
army surplus foodstuffs will be found
for sale next Monday. As speedily as
the demand warrants the extension of
Father Knickerbockers retailing agency
for Uncle Sam and as soon as deliveries
can be made other school stores will
be opened for the beneft of housewives
weary OF paying top notch prices for
everything.
The number or names of the first
school stores" and their locations in
the five boroughs follow:
MANHATTAN.
No. e. Broadway and Academy street.
No. ls6, 18th street west OF Amsterdam
No. So 1ssth street and Lenox avenue.
No. l6l. Ludlow and Delaney streets
No. 3. Hudson and Grove streets.
No. 20, go East Twentieth street.
No. g: Seventeen street and First avenue.
No. los. 26e East Fourth street
No. 81. 51s West Forty-fourlh street.
No. lS9 18th and 10th streets west OF
Second avenue.
street
De wit. Clinton High School. Fifty-nin,h
street and Tenth avenue.
BROOKLYN.
No. I, York street near Jay street.
No. 1b5. Avenue G and Homecrest avenue
No. IA. Bushwick avenue and McKibben
Erasmus Hall High School. Flatbush and
Church avenues.
Commercial High School. Albany avenue
No. 81. Herkimer street and Radde pl.oa.
No. 1883. Crescent street and Pitkin avenue
No. ~. Classon and st. Marks avenues.
Manual Training High School, Fourth street
and Seventh avenue.
No 10. seventy-hrst street and Sixth ave
nue..
No. 30. Hoyt and President streets.
No, 80. Neptune avenue and Seventeenth
street.
No. 4. Fulton and Third avenues south of
No. s., Jerome and Walton avenue. north
SITS Peter and Paul Hall, Brook avenue
south Of isist street.
LAFAYETTE Hall. Alexander avenue and East
s.; Thomas Aquinas Hall, DAILY avenue
north of 10th street.
No. Z, Kingsoridge avenue and 2sed street.
No. Sc. 2oith street near Hull avenue.
No. II. Fordham avenue. City Island.
st; Raymond Hall. Castle Hill avenue near
walker avenue QUEENS.
Jamaica High School. Hillside avenue. ia
Bryant High School; Wilbur and Academy
Flushing High School, Broadway and
Whitestone avenue. Flushing.
No. SO. State street and Roanoke avenue.
Richmond Hin High School, Elm street.
Richmond Hill.
No. IS. Prospect avenue. Hollis.
No. So. Walker avenue, Woodhayen.
RICHMOND.
No. !, TottenviIle.
No. IL Stapleton.
No. ls. New Brighton.
No. 90 Port Richmond
No. Is, West Brighton.
The sun., 1919-08-16
ONLY TEN DAYS MEAT STORED,
Swift & Co. Expert Says Release
Would Disrupt Market.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.-Whrle Fed
eral action to force Swift & Co. to place
on the market products now held in cold
storage might give some temporary re-
lief 1t would result in scarcity and
higher prices of poultry, dairy and meat
products next fall and winter, the House
Interstate Commerce Committee was
told to-day by l.. d. II. Weld, manage
OF the companyis commercial research
department.
Denying that Swift & Co. are en-
gagged in boarding food products, Mr..
Weld said It would BE an extremely
dangerous policy for the Government to
disregard the expert knowledge of those
in the business and market the supply
OF meat foods sooner than conditions
justified"
TT will demoraliZe the market" he
said. land have a paralyzing effect on
productions by introducing additional
risks into the storing of perishables.
Increased production depends absolutely
on on the utilization of extensive storage
facilities"
Mr.. Weld told the committee the total
supply of meats ready for the market
on June l was sufficient to last tho
country only ten days, and that the 54,-
900, 900 pounds of poultry then instorsge
would have lasted the country less than
ten days.
The sun., 1919-08-16
HUNT FOR FOOD FOARDERS

tors who served In those counties dur.
days. a'ioh
rhose who attended the meeting IN
me chamber of Commerce yesterday
nosioes Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Whit
marsh We're Alfred e. Marllng, president
VI .ne Chamber of Commerce of New
,ork william Fellowes Morgan. presi-
lent OF the Merchants Association; Mrs
snes Lees Laidlaw Of the Woman Nsuf-
rage party. Mrs. Henry Moskowitz. sec
retsry OF the Reconstruction Commits
ZION Charles c. Rumsey. chairman OF
.ne committee on Coordination of Com
nuniy councils; Hugh Frayne, execu-
i've COMMITTEES member OF the American
reueration Of Labor the Rev. DR.. Jona-
IAN y Day Commissioner Of Public
uarkets; W. Wrightson. assistant to
T ne president OF the Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company; Edward II, Flash Jr
resident Of the New York Produce Ex.
change; Peter H. Amor and r. c. Hen
cerschott, executive secretary of the
committee. sie
II. Royal S. Copeland, Health Com
.ssloner. provided more food for thought
10, persons dealing in foodstuffs who are
1A"s advantage Of the present situa-
uon. He announced that IL any person
ot nrm having license or permit from
u. Board Of Health is discovered
ncardlng. profiteering or otherwise mis-
using this privilege, the person or firm
VIII De summoned before the board TO
snow cause why their permit should not
be- revoked"
The Board of Health issues permits
70 dealers In dry eggs and frozen eggs.
AZ ISSUES permits TO maintain slaughter
houses tor cattle, pigs, sheen and potil-
Try, to manufacture sausages, to main
tam restaurants. to maintain bakeries,
70 manufacture ice cream and other
frozen products.
+. A. Grinnell. agent of the New York
central Railroad at Riga. N. Y, was
questioned yesterday by John T. DoolIng.
assistant District Attorney. in the pres
ence OF two members of the Federal
Trade Commission. concerning alleged
attempted shipments of milk in August.
1918. by Charles A. Macarthur of Miller
ton' which Grinnell. II is said, refused
to accept. This action, 1t was alleged,
followed after Macarthur refused to Join
the Dairymen's League.
Mr.. Williams, Federal Food Admin
istrator. said yesterday that United
states Attorpey-General Palmer is TAX
ing an intense interest in the food and
clothing question In New York and is
determined to use all of the powers of
the Government to eliminate profitecrinR
and boarding with their attendant evils.
Concerning his conference withtJudge
Charles B. Ames. representing the At
torney-General in Washington, on Thurs
day, Mr.. Williams said that the plan of
issuing the fair maximum margin list
was endorsed until better plan can be
developed.
The sun., 1919-08-16
POLITICS SCENTED IN
ARMY FOOD SALE
Brooklyn C.: o. p. Note Late
ness of Appeals for Help.

over In Brooklyn some Republican
men and women insist that Democrats
are actually playing politics in the mat
ter OF the city's proposed distribution
of army foodstuffs. In fact Jacob A.
Livingston. Republican executive chair
man Of Kings, is SO sure about II that
he has declined to appoint committee
10 assist in the distribution. He puts
the declination on the grounds OF the
Iatensss of the appeal. whereas the
Democrats received their invitation to
help some days ago.
william Mulry Deputy Commissioner
Of Public Markets, went across the
bridge yesterday to ask Mr.. Livingston
and his fellow Republicans TO Join In
the good work.
NO" Mr.. Livingston replied, "the
time is too short between now and
Monday TO organize any committees.
You appeared before the Democratic
executive committee some days ago and
invited the men and women to help.
You should have accorded the same
privilege to the Brooklyn Republicans.
/ wish to add that this is simply an
other OF the many instances In which
the Democrats from Wa shington down
TO the New York city administration
have attempted to play politics with
every situation since the outbreak OF
the war"
The sun., 1919-08-16

recently where we were discussing prices
some one-but this was a man. by the
way-rose and said that he did the buy
ing for the family. and at three shops in
one block in Amsterdam avenue he found
the same day the price OF leg of lamb
ranging from % to 3s cents. The quail
ity seemed the same. he said: they
looked the same Well, I know those
shops, and know that the shop selling
for 2S cents carries a cheaper grade of
meat. One must know values, A good
many animals now are slop fed, or still
fed-that is, they are -fattened from the
breweries. Well, the flesh of such ami
mails shrinks with the evaporation of
the water In the feed, and such a leg OF
lamb won't be nearly so large when
cooked. One butcher proved to me that
he had lost six pounds from shrinkage
In barrel OF chickens that had been fed
thus. or course. he added this on the
price. Women must learn these things
and learn to tell when the retailer Is
making just defence and when he Is
trying to put It over on her-as too
many OF them do"
The sun., 1919-08-16
HOARDED FOOD BEING
MOVED, WARNS COX
Notifies PaIner's Office-4O
Warrants Issued.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. l5.-Gov.
James NJ. Cox wired late to-day to
Frank Davis, Assistant United States
Attorney-General at Washington, that
the Sheriff Street Warehouse and Stor-
age Company, Cleveland, to avoid Fed
eral penalty was moving its meat prod
ucts to Chicago warehouses and that
records as to previous storage in Cleve-
land are being destroyed.
While the Governors telegram did not
give the names of companies alleged to
be shipping their products to Chicago,
his telegram earlier in the day to At
torney General Palmer said Morris Co
and Wilson Co. were owners of part
of 100000 pounds of meat alleged to
be held in the Cleveland storage house
Illegally under Ohio laws Brandt & Co,
Cleveland. were alleged to own the re-
mainder The telegram to Mr.. Davis
was as follows;
Under the State law food found in
storage houses of violators of the stor-
age act cannot be confiscated. The Fed
eral law refers to the holding for a
reasonable time The Attorney General
expressed to the Governor the hope that
he would accept the expressed wish Of
the people which is manifest in statutes
as definition of reasonable time. The
Sheriff Street Warehouse and Storage
Company, Cleveland, to avoid Federal
penalty is moving its products to Chi
cago warehouses, records as to previous
storage being destroyed in the process"
Gov. Cox announced tonight that to-
days activity is only the beginning in
the States war on food proiteering. He
said many additional warrants will be
issued. some probably tomorrow.
The Governor to-day requested the
resignation OF S. 7. Nash OF cleveland
member OF the State Board of Agricul-
ture. Mr.. Nash is president of tho
Cleveland Provision Company. the mar
ager of which is charged in a warrant
issued to-day with violating the cold
storage law.
Approximately forty warrants charg-
ing Ohio food dealers with violations OF
the cold storage law. many of which are
The sun., 1919-08-16
SWIFT DENIES HE'S
FOOD SPECTATOR
SdyS Company Has Observed
Federal LdU.

CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-Louis F. Swift,
president Of Swift & Co.. in replying to
the charges made against the Chicago
packers said.
Swift & Co. have never stored food
for speculative purposes. but only to
meet the public demand for certain conf
rlodities throughout the year.
When the Federal food regulation
law was adopted by Congress in August,
1917, the Washington authorities in
terpreted It to mean that certain foods
could be stored for period not exceed
Ing twelve months even in States where
shorter periods were provided by State
laws. We have followed the rulings of
the Food Administration In every re-
spect.
I'VE have never at any time shipped
food from Cleveland to Chicago or vice
versa to manipulate prices. deceive peo-
pie or to keep food Off the market"
officials Of the Monarch Cold Storage
Company In Chicago denied to-day that
foodstuffs had been shipped from their
plant to a Cleveland cold storage ware
house, reshipped to Chicago and then
forwarded to the Cleveland house again.
They said that food was never shipped
from Ohio to their plant.
They declared that their concern per-
forms a public utility service and that
no record is kept OF the locality from
where shipments are received or sent.
record of the names of the owners.
description of the commodity and the
date Of the receipt and delivery is kept,
they said.
Federal officials to-day continued their
search for food hoarders and profiteers
among wholesalers and retailers AS
sistant District Attorney r. A. Milroy
limited at seizure soon of sugar stores
and other commodities
Although prices in many commodities
are going down as the investigation pro-
gresses," he said, that does not mean
that the profteers will be able to escape
responsibility for their dealings in the
past. Prosecution will not be forestalled
by sudden lowering OF prices"
The sun., 1919-08-16
CARELESS PEOPLE
AHoW Constipation to Poison
Them, When Relief is Simple,
says Food Expert Mccain

There are many preventable tragedies that
originate in lazy, indolent. sluggish and in
active digestion, the chief symptom Of which
is constipation" says Alfred W. Mccain. in
his book. The Science Of Eating" which
has already been described by DR.. D. E. S.
Coleman. professor Of Materia Medica. Flower
Hospital, New York. as the most important
contribution Of hundred years to medical
literature"
The commonplace and obstinate character
Of the disease is perhaps responsible" no
says. for the prevalence Of the idea that
constipation is a necessary evil rarely capable
Of permanent cure As result Of thi, false
and dangerous attitude the people are prone
to content themselves with a certain degree
Of temporary relief too often brought about
by the easiest means at their disposal. namely.
the use Of pursative drugs. To get rid Of
constipation the intestinal mucosa must be
furnished with adequate stimulation so that
the body may throw off the self-poisoninx
toxines which do 50 much to make life misera-
bic. The simplest, most natural. and at the
same time most surprisingly neglected remedy
for constipation. fact determined in hun.
bred hospital experiments is BRAN" he says.
After visit to Battle Creek recently Mr..
Mccain made the following statement:
w. K Kellogg has evolved new bran
food in Kellogg's Krumbled Cooked Bran.
which. prepared in the big Battle Creek kitch.
ems, contains the stimulating. medicinal min
eral salts and extractves Of the outer coating
of whole wheat which have been found so
useful in the treatment Of constipation. Even
youngsters take to it on account Of its superior
palatability and texture Two or three table,
spoonfuls a day cannot fail in the majority Of
cases to be followed by really extraordinary
results. There is no longer any theory back
Of bran therapy, the virtues Of which are now
recognized by the entire medical profession.
The housewife no longer needs neglect this
most important consideration in looking after
the health of her household,
A big package Of Kelloss's Krumbled
Cooked Bran in the Kellogg "WAxtite" con-
tainer awaits her at the grocery store.-Adv.
The sun., 1919-08-16
Is Cent Sugar Causes
First Jersey Arrest

THE first arrest in New Jersey
for alleged profiteering in
sugar was made yesterday by
United States Marshal Ettelson.
The accused is Samuel Blaeser,
who conducts a small grocery
store at 1875 Prince street,
Newark, in the heart of the tene-
ment house district. He is
charged with violating the Food
Control Act by charging Is cents
a pound for sugar, whereas the
fair retail price is only IL cents.
Blaeser was held by United
States Commissioner Mooney in
$1,000 bail for hearing. Thirty
three fifty pounds bags of sugar
we're found in Blaeser's store.
The sun., 1919-08-16
Butter Company Indicted.

TOLEDO, Ohio. Aug 15.-The Rock
Island Better Company OF this city was
indicted by the county Grand Jury here
three days ago on the finding that the
company, with several others, conspired
to fix the price OF butter subst tute at
80 n cents a pound. Separate indictments
were returned against three members of
the company-S. ]. Bailey. William F.
Stevenson and James p. Klotz. They
were released on bail OF $500 each.
The sun., 1919-08-16
EGGS SEIZED IN DETROIT.
Permission Sought 10 Put Them on
the Market at Once.

DETROIT, Aug. l6.-A libel was filed
here to-day under the Lever act for the
seizure OF 100000 eggs held in stor-
age by the Rock Island Butter Company
OF Toleda and A. f. Thibodeau & Co.
of Detroit, United States District Attor-
ney Kinnane announced tonight.
Michigan has no statutes limiting
storage OF foodstuffs. but Mr. Kinnane
declared an investigation will be made
looking to proceedings against the
owners under the States antitrust
laws Permission will Nbe sought of the
Department of Justice to place the eggs
on the market Immediately.
Further seizures were limited at by Mr..
Kinnane, who IL working under instruc-
items from Attorney General Palmer
The sun., 1919-08-16
SUPPLIES STORAGE FIGURES.
Porter in ALBANY
Aiding Federal Prosecutor.
al Despdtch to The Sun.


ALBANY, Aug. 15.-Figures on cold
storage holdings of food throughout
New York State are being supplied to
Federal prosecutors by Commissioner
Eugene H. Porter OF the division of
foods and markets of the Department
OF Farms and Markets. The statistics
cover a period of six months. This data
constitutes an important item In the
Federal Governments probe into food,
according to agents of the Department
of Justice.
The division of foods and markets
has also pledged its aid and coopera-
ton To the States food investigators
On August Commissioner Porter wrote
former Gov. Martin w. Glynn and John
II. Finley, investigators for Gov. Smith,
telling OF an investigation already un-
der way to ascertain whether there had
been profiteering.
The sun., 1919-08-16
BIG H0ARDS IN BUFFALO.
100000 Pounds of Butter in Cold
Storage There.

BUFFALO, Aug 15.-It was announced
at the United States District Attorneys
office to-day that Federal investigators
have located three and half million
pounds of butter and more than three
million eggs in cold storage warehouses
here. The accumulations started last
May, the records show.
United States District Attorney Lock-
wood, who will return from Chicago to-
morrow, will determine whether the
storage conditions warrant libel action
by the Government. Libel action pre-
cedes seizure and sale.