The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-30
WILL ASK BAKER TO
SEND FOOD TO N. Y.
O'Mally, Deputy Commission
er, Goes to Capital to Re-
quest Allotment.
HYLAN APPROVES PLAN
Officials Say Packers Are Try
ing to Block Sale of Sur
plus Supplies.

| Edwin .. o'Maliey. Deputy Comuis-
sioner Of Public Markets, left fog Wash
ington last night to ask Secretary Of War
Baker to authorize him to act as the
Governments agent for the distribution
OF War Department surplus foodstuns
1 direct TO consumers in this city. He
proposes that municipalities be permitted
to take over these bacons. hams, canned
meats and canned vegetables at a price
TO be Fixed by the Government. and sell
them through agents. acting for the Gov
eminent, at Just enough advance to cover
the costs of distribution.
| Mr.. OMaliey had n conference yester-
| day with Mayor Hylan. and the Mayor
! told him that IL Washington looked with
favor upon his plan all city facilities Tor
| distribution would be placed at the dis
posal Of New York's agent. This means
| that temporary stores for the retail of
| the surplus foods could be established In
| police stations, fire houses, school houses,
market placed. &c. and that wagons and
| trucks of all city departments could be
used in transporting foodstuffs from
warehouses to various parts of the city.
| Mr.. OMaliey declared last night he Ii
1 very sure New York city could guarantee
Il
| n starter.
| The Government Is Offering strip bacon
| ut IS and - cents n pound, and retailers
| in this city are getting anywhere from
| IS to IS cents a pound for 1t. 1t Is ask
| ing so cents a pound for ham, and prices
of local retailers run from IS to As cents
a pound.
| Buffalo Sends Agent.
| Buffalo liz SO much Interested in Dep
uty Commissioner O'Malley's scheme that
| the Mayor of that city sent James u.
| Stafford, Fuel Administrator. to WASH
ington yesterday to let Secretary Baker
know that Buffalo Is anxious to have a
Government agent also. Representatives
of other cities are headed in the same
| direction.
| Tho beef packers are on the trail or
persons who are buying Government food
supplies for the purpose of resale, accord
ling to a statement made by Deputy Com
1 missioner OMalley yesterday.
| IAN agent for a broker who repre-
aents a group OF capitalists called on me
yesterday" Mr.. OMalley said. HE told
me the group was backed by at least
$50, 000. 900 capital and already had
taken 5000, 900 pounds of foodstuffs on
the War Departments hands. Sales
! men were sent out in this city and they
placed six orders with chain store con-
Germs and others for the sale of a lot or
stuff That very afternoon, my INFORM
ant said, the broker was greatly sur
prised to find that all the orders had
been cancelled. He told me the packers
had put men on his trial, and that II
| I would go down stairs with him he
would show me one who had followed
him to the building. Those who agreed
| to buy, he said, were warned that the
| excitenent would be over In q short
time and that II they wanted the packers
TO continue extending them credit later
on they would be wise to cancel the
orders now, and they did.
This man was 80 mad about 1t that
he said the group would be willing to
have the city take the stun of its hands
and sell 1t at exactly what IL cost"
| The Deputy Commissioners caller said
the packers offered the Government
fifty cents on the dollar for it's surplus
supplies, having sold the greater bulk
the lowest bid and they didn't get the
stun.
| The city OF Newark. which recently
bought 10000 pounds of ham at 80
cents a pound from Capt. A. A. Stewart.
| Zone Surplus Property Officer Of the
| War Department in this city. supple
mented it's purchases yesterday by taxi
| ing 10000 pounds of bacon in strips
and 10000 pounds of canned bacon.
| Middietown. N. Y. has bought a car
load of foodstuffs. consisting in the main
| of canned vegetables.
| ]. Julian Hail, representing the Mayor
of Yonkers. said yesterday the West
chester Trust Company has agreed to
underwrite fund for purchases to be
made by Yonkers for distribution among
| the people at cost