The sun., 1919-09-03
DAY WOULD SELL
ARMY DRY GOODS
Markets Head Seeks to Add
Blankets, Socks and Shirts
to Stocks.
DRIED FRUITS ON SALE
School Stores's Receipts for
Day Fall to $4,000 Because
of Primaries.
DRIED FRUITS ON SALE

The Rev. DR.. Jonathan c. Day, Com
missioner of Public Markets, is SO tick
led over the city's success in retailing
army foodstuffs to the people that he
would like to add army blankets, socks
and undershirts to the stocks in the
school stores. He said last night he
will confer with Government officials to
see II It isn't possible for the city to
stock UP with these lines Of dry goods.
When Edwin ]. oMalley, Deputy
Market Commissioner. began to nego-
tiate with the War Department officials
In stocking DIP the stores. he put in an
order for 10000 blankets, and It looked
for a time as II the city would be able
to get them. Then there was a shift
In the plans for distributing the blankets
and 1t was decided that the municipal
tiles would be permitted to take over
10000 blankets each. 1t didn't make
any difference whether a municipality
had population of 100000 or less or
10, 600 or more. Ten thousand was the
limit per municipality.
Army Plans to Open store.
Subsequently the Government engaged
in the work of selling army BLANKETS d.
rect to the people and the Zone Surplus
Property. Office here gave consumers
chance to pick up bargains. There was
q great rush while the sales lasted.
Now the Government intends to dis
pose of it's vast stocks of surplus army
blankets, shirts and underwear in
retail store of Its own. either In q big
loft building or some other structure
| that can be used for that purpose. 1t
was said officially yesterday that the
| army department store" location for
| this city has not been selected yet.
| IT am thoroughly convinced" DR.. Day
said, shat IL we could sell these things
through the seventy school stores we
now have in operation the distribution
| could be more satisfactorily accom-
plished than through one big army store.
| The city would be able to cover seventy
! separate neighborhoods while the army
store would serve only one general neigh
borhood. 1t would be easier for people
living In the outlying districts of the
city to go to the schools of their dis
tricts than to travel TO the Governments
| store In the city for the things they
| might wish to buy. 1t would be cheap
er also for the consumers, as they would
save on carfare.'
DIR. Day said the bookke.per OF the
Department OF Markets reported yester-
day that the city rs probably safe on
It's financial venture as a retailer OF
foodBtuffs at below the prevailing retail
4 prices. Profits are going to equal the
city's expenses In distributing the goods
Yesterdays receipts fell to about $40,-
900 in the seventy school stores because
no sales were conducted after p. NJ
in school buildings where primaries tooh
place.
1 Dried Fruits Now on Sale.
No additional stores were opened
but many more are demanded. DR.. Day
said requests have been made for at leas
seventy more.
"And We could open them ALL" he add
ed, III we could get lot of new sup
plies. additional supplies. more canned
fruits. canned tomatoes and peas. tC
back up the bacon and beans"
Two barges of foodstuffs were in proc
ess of unloading yesterday and seventy
trucks were, engaged to take the stuff
from the barges direct to the schools.
II Evaporated apples. peaches and
primes and cocoa were added, yester-
day to the supplies, These commodities
were sold by the case only and boy
"expressmen" with their small wagons
did land Office business trundling the
cases home at so much per. Canned
asparagus and assorted jams, fruits