The sun., 1919-10-07
ENLISTED BACON ON
SALEAT 28 CENTS
One Million Pounds of Army
Stock to Take Place of
35 Cent Product.
DAY UNRAVELS MYSTERY
Question Now Is, What Will
O'COnnor Do With His Sup
ply Arranged FORE

Enlisted canned bacon at rs cents a
pound is in.
Unenlisted canned bacon at IS cents a
pound Is out
This happy shift follows the unravel-
, ling Of the Great Bacon Mystery.
The 28 cent bacon--possibly 1000, 900
pounds of twill be put on sale In polit-
ical clubs in place Of the IS cent bacon
| certainly 100000 pounds Of (which
the Rev. DR.. Jonathan c. Day, Commits
sioner of Markets. has arranged with
Swift & Co. for distribution through
| NJ. j. OConnor, saloonkeeper and polit-
ical leader.
The only difference between the two
bacons is that one Is surplus army bacon
and the other isn't. Both come in
twelve pound tins and everybody admits
1t is the best army bacon that ever hap
I pened.
Delivery of 100000 pounds Of canned
bacon to the city at 23 cents for retail
sale at 2S cents. was started at o'clock
yesterday afternoon by the army, ac-
cording to Col. J. NJ. Carson. zone supply
officer
|, More Supplies May Come.
The statement was made at the zone
supply office that IL the city succeeds
in selling the entire 100000 pounds of
bacon now in metropolitan storages (the
city acts only as selling agent for the
army, 1t is possible more bacon may
be obtained for the city from other
zones.
The Department of Markets is much
pleased over the idea of giving New
York consumers a chance to get bacon
at far below the regular retail market
prices. The army authorities are de-
lighted over the prospects that Uncle
Sam will be able to dispose of large
army stocks which he doesn't need. The
difference between the retail price-2S
cents-and SO cents or more. the butcher
shop price for bacon that never saw
any army red tape. represents some de-
gree of the JOY of prospective bacon
buyers.
Just what Mr.. O'Connor proposes to
do with his 1000. 900 pounds hasn't been
terday the matter concerned Swift &
Co. and Mr.. O'Connor and not the De.
partment of Markets.
Dr. Day has never said what price
Swift & Co. intended to charge O'Con-
nor for the bacon. but 1t Is understood
on the best OF authority that 1t would be
80 cents a pound.
Day Makes Explanation.
Such a figure would have given O'Con-
| nor a margin Of $40. 900 on the 1000. 00C
pounds as he intended to sell 1t to po-
litical clubs and others at "a cents. The
| clubs had been advised by the Depart
| ment Of Markets to charge consumers ar
additional cent a pound to cover over
head. O'Counor was to make all the de-
| liveries, and trucking charges in these
| days Of low priced bacon come high
Still he expected to have something left
| out of the $40, 900, providing he disposed
, of the entire consignment.
| DR.. Day didn't officially unravel the
| mystery of the proposed simultaneous
sales OF 2s and 35 cent bacon with the
backing of the Department OF Market:
| until he had a talk with Col. Carson
yesterday. Then ne issued an explana
ton of the Misunderstanding in which
he said he made the arrangement with
Swifts for the distribution OF bacor
| through O'Connor because of an army
| order that no more bacon was to b'
| distributed among municipalities. A
subsequent telegram from Washington
| restored bacons to the list.