New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Commissioner of Markets
Plans More s'Rolling
Stores; Eight Cent
Haddock Is His Hope
Friedsam Idea Favored
Williams Writes Merchant
Newspaper Advertising
Covers Fair Price Need

Arthur Williams. Federal Food Ad-
minstrator, agrees with Colonel Mi
chacl Friedsam that newspaper adver-
tising is successfully keeping lists CT
fair prices on clothing, shoes and hats
before the public and that fair price
lists covering these commodities are
not essential. He so expressed him
self yesterday in a letter to Colonel
Fricdsam, chairman Of the sub-com-
mittee on drygoods and clothing. Mr..
Williams's communication followed his
receipt of Colonel Frcdsam's report
recommending that the project of is
suing fair price lists for shoes and
hats be abandoned.
Dr. Jonathan P. Day, Commissioner
OF Public Markets. announced he is
planning to sell fish from rolling
stores"
Mr.. Williams expressed hearty in
dorscmcnt of Colonel Friedsam S pre-
miscs and pointed out that the adver
tising columns Of the newspapers arc
carrying valuable price suggestions to
purchasers already. The Food Admin
istrator declared that one advertiser
prices and making up a list of articles
and prices for the guidance of the
shopper.
The Food Adm nlstrator wrote:
Buying on Business Basis
zone result | think you may justly
claim is that cXtravagant and ALARM
ing statements regarding the cost of
these essentials in clothing-or at least
the cause for such statements must
disappear with splendid publicity such
as this. With careful shopping in
making ones pcrsonal expenditures,
somewhat like that observed in making
business expenditures; with careful
studying of the advertising appearing
in the daily papers, and by following
the rule of making purchases only
from dealers of integrity and RESPONSE
oility. there would be no Just cause
for complaint of either 'profitcering'
or representation in tho quality
Of the goods purchased against the
merchants Of this city
"May ! express to YOU and through
you to the members of your committee
our sense Of appreciation for what
has been accomplished and what will
be accomplished through the efforts
you have set in motion?"
Mr.. Williams declared that yester.-
meats showed actual upward tenden-
cies only in butter. He feared the
price of neat would advance.
The upward tendency of meat prices
has not affected pork, slight decline
being recorded.
City May Sell Fish.
Dr.. Day said he was planning to sell
fish in the streets of the city on carts,
conducted on the principle of the
trolling stores Haddock is SELL
ing for four cents q pound at Fulton
Market, he said, but was not obtainable
q, retail stores at less than sixteen
cents. He plans to have the haddock
sold at eight cents. He wrote to DR..
Royal S. Copeland, Health Commits
sioner, requesting fish peddlers
licenses.
Leaders OF political organizations
fairly flooded DR.. Day yesterday with
offers to handle the one million pounds
of bacon which will be distributed un-
der the supervision of his department.
The bacon was purchased by Nj. j. O'Con-
nor. of 30S LennoX avenue. The bacon
Will be sold in twelve pound cans at
50 cents a pound. Swift & Co.. who
sold the bacon. are desirious of seeing
that it reaches the people at a mini
mum price, DR.. Day said.