The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-09-05
u. S. CHAIN SHOPS
TO SELL At RETAIL
win Open Stores in Numerous
Cities TO Sell Household
Commodities.
A BLOW AT HIGH PRICES.
Will Offer Underwear, Shirts, Socks,
Blankets, Gloves and Sozp-one
Price for Goods Over Counter
or Sent by Parcel Post

washington.-The war department.
in keeping with the governments gen
eral campaign against the high cost
Of living. announced a method for the
disposal Of surplus army goods with
out precedent IN federal affairs.
The official statement Of the depart
ment on rs plan authorized by the di-
rector Of sales reads;
The quarterunSter general of the
army. with the approval Of the secre-
tary Of .cr. will inaugurate on Sep
tcmper - direct sales TO the American
pubic OF each household commodity
embraced in the surplus stocks held by
the rar department. To make these
sales direct 10 the ultimate consumer
the war department will open retail
stores. not only in those centers which
# now maintains depors and ware
houses. hut in several OF the other
large cities Of the country.
These stores will not sell only over
the counter. but 10 make these stocks
OF goods offered available TO consum-
ers of all other communities in the
United States will book and fill mail
~lders.
Prices will be fixed on all eommodi-
ties offered for sale In these retail
stores. The price axed upon COM
modify viii be the sales price for the
article delivered to the consumer any
where in the United States.
Under this plan there will be no
discrimination in cost between the pur-
chaser who buys over the counter and
rhe purchaser who acquires articles
through mail orders. The purchaser
who buys over the counter will have
the satisfaction OF inspecting and Sc
lecting the articles desired: the pur-
chaser who buys through the mails
will have the goods purchased at the
counter price.
Goods sold by mail orders will be
delivered through the parcel post. but
The sales will not he made. as was the
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the post Office department Purchasers
desiring 70 buy by mail order will send
their orders direct 10 the stores estab-
llshed by the war department.
To expedite and facilitate mail or
der sales the war department has re-
quesred the post Office department TO
establish parcel post substations in
esch Of the s.ores which il proposes
n open.
The war department viii prepare
catalogues quoting prices and enumer-
ating the location Of stores 10 which
residents OF each OF the several states
should address their mall orders.
These catalogues Will be made avail
able to the public at every post office
and post Office subsration in the Unit
ed States, and the commodities Of
fered for sale and sales price will be
made public through the press.
The stock Of each commodity the
surplus Of which is sufficiently large
TO justify such procedure will he redis-
tributed throughout the country and
allocated to the selling centers on the
basis Of population of the territory
supplied by each particular store. thus
assuring the residents of each state
of their proper allotment.
While the war department has not
yet definitely determined upon the cit
les in which stores will be established.
the present plan is 10 open stores in
the fourteen zone supply cities. which
are Boston, New York. Philadelphia,
Baltimore. Atlanta, Jeffersonville, Ind.
Chicago. ST. Louis. New Orleans. San
Antonio. Omaha. Fl Paso, san Fran
cisco and Washington.
The war department Will announce
in the near future the names Of the
cities in which the retail stores are 10
be established and will make public as
soon as the catalogues can be prepared
a list Of the commodities TO be offered
for sale in these stores and the prices
at which they viii he sold.