The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
TONS Of butter
SEIZED. ..BY-KYSER
AND MAY Be SOLD
Savannah, Ga, Firm Had Fat
Cold-Stored in Memphis.
Old PriCe-Fixing Committee
Resumes-C. of c. Busy.

Butter-64,9O0 pounds of twas
seized in Memphis Tuesday by W. d.
Kyser, United States district attorney,
under authority OF the recent statute
which forbids the boarding OF food
stuffs.
N. The butter was the property Of the
Osborn Hartman company Of Savan-
nah. Ga. II was In cold storage at the
plant Of the MemphisS Cold Storage
company, 29 South Front S9eet.
The butter viii be sold prihahiy at
public auction, haasstirGtt5 " seil Mr.
Ixyser has asked already, is fgiEFn to
him. The proceeds, OF the sale VIII 30
to the Osborn2 Hartman company, after
All Of the costs OF the seizure and sale
I shall have been deducted.
The seizure of the big lot of butter
Tuesday under the antihoarding stat
ute is the first In Memphis. 1t preced-
ed by two days the meeting Of a war
time committees, called back into ac-
tion by Mr., Kyser, which viii fix prices
on all foodstuffs regarded as necessi-
ties of life. Under this general head,
prices on butter, sugar, flour, shorten
ing Gard, compounds and OLD potatoes
and salt meats, will be fixed for both
wholesalers and retailers by the COM
mittee ION Tuesday. afternoon.
b No price will be set on foodstuffs not
regarded as necessities. Almost every
variety OF canned goods thus will es-
cape the price flxers,
Compliance with the prices fixed by
the committee will be enforced by the
United States district attorney. This is
taken to mean that-th food profiteer
will be in very, very hard luck If he is
caught at his tricks.
Price Regulators.
The committee which will act under
Mr.. Kyser's direction is the same one
that regulated prices on foodstuffs dur
ing the war. 1t is composed of Milton
II. Hunt, Oliver Finnie Co, chairman;
u. r.. Donelson, Yates G. Donelson Co.,
millers; Charles Keller, Globe Grocery
store, Inc; Milton Knowlton, of the
7. G. Knowlton Co.; B. G. Wood, A. s..
Barboro & Co.: A. c. Stratton, Stratton
Grocery Co.; l.. T. Webb, Linden sta
ton: c. w. Lynch, White-W Wilson, Drew
Co.; Charles L. L. Glover, grocer, Coop
Cabe. Armour & Co.: Palmer Andrews,
Fly & Hobson Co., and Dave Levy, of
Russell & Levy Co.
In line with the swats at the profiteer
planned by Mr.. Kyser is the meeting Of
special 4mmittee of the Chamber Of
Commerce. appointed by w. II. Fitz-
Hugh, president of the chamber, to
probe profiteering, not only in food
stuffs, but inAice, coal and house rents.
This committee met Monday afternoon
at the Chamber Of Commerce, M. w
Swayne, Of the Swayne Sales company,
was chosen as permanent chairman.
The committee will depend on IN
formation sent to it by citizens. All
| persons having any knowledge of prof
iteering of any sort are urged to mail
complaints to the Chamber OF Com
merce All communications will be
| treated as strictly confidential, accord
| ing to Mr., Swayne. This step is taken
so that the landlord who charges an
outlandish rental will not be able to
wreak vengeance on a tenant who in
forms on him, or the food profiteer
| to hand an extra little swat on the
| pocketbook of a customer. Every com
munication to receive attention and in
| vestigation must be signed. No anony-
| nous communication will be taken seri-
| ously by the committee.
II profiteer is discovered by this
| committee he either will be treated to q
dose Of pitiless publicity or the atten-
| tion Of the United States district at.
| torney will be called to him. The COM
| mittee will meet again when, a suffi,
, cient number Of complaints from citi-
Gems shall hsve been received