The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-09
NAMES VIOLATORS
OF FAIR PRICE LISTS
Food Administrator Williams
Says Five Have Promised
Redress.
HOLDS SIGNED PLEDGES
Commodities That Reached
Peak of 5000 January 1
Now Cost $3.01.
HOLDS SIGNED PLEDGES

In keeping his promise Of pitiless pub
iicity for. those who do not play fair
with the Food Administration Arthur
williams, Federal Food Administrator
for this city. made public last evening
the names and addresses of FIVE dealers
In foodstuffs against whom he says veri-
ication of complaints of alleged viola
lions was obtained by investigators for
the fair price Committee. Some Of these
investigators include Department Of JUS
tice agents. which isn't going to add to
the peace of mind of men not inclined to
toe the mark. Mr.. williams declared
that in each of the five cases where 1t
was found necessary for the Food Ad-
ministration to act all the dealers adj
mitted the truth of the charges and
promised never to do it again.
Three of the complaints had to do
with overcharges on. sugar. The others
were alleged INCONSISTENCIES Of the fair
price lists on meats and groceries. One
man was accused of charging more than
the maximum fair margin on bacon and
eggs and the other exceeded retail fair
Mr.. williams said B. Levy, a whole
sale grocer, $40 Vernon avenue. Brook
lyn. was accused by the Federation of
Hebrew Retail Grocers Association,
Inc, 80 and 81 Delaney street, Man
haitian, In a letter written September 4
by A. l. Aronoff of charging one Horn
stein. a retailer Of 1899 Park place
Brooklyn. IL cents a pound for sugar,
terms net cash.
'B. Levy is not a profteer," Mr.. WILL
Jams said. He said he bought 100
barrels of sugar from the National
Chemical Products Company of Phila.
delphia and paid 1866 cents a pound for
It. The Philadelphia concern explained
that they bought it for export and there
fore the sugar was not subject to the
rules Levy was apparently sincere in
his belief that personally he wasn't sub
sect to the regulations, contending that
the Presidents proclamation released
him from everything but deals In -four.
He bought the sugar from the whole
sale concern at $10.65 a hundredweight,
he said. There was nothing discreditable
about his part in the transaction. The
National Chemical Products Company
agreed to make a rebate to Levy of $500,
the difference between the $10.65 a hun
dredweight which they charged him.
and $3.50 hundredweight which they
should have charged as selling agent fol
the reiners. Levy agrees to pay back
TO Hornstein and other retailers all over
charges made by him. He will give US
the names of these people. Where he
cannot make rebates to customers the
amounts of the overcharges will be
turned over to the United Hebrew
Charities of Brooklyn.
ssrTha Economy Rutter and E,pp Com,
pany. 142 Boulevard, Rockaway Beach,
was accused of retailing sugar at 12
cents a pound. We investigated and
found the charge was true. We had an
admission from the company in writing,
signed by H Rosen of Rosen Spries,
agreeing to refund the amount Of the
overcharge and not to overcharge in tha
future.
"Antonio Leane, grocer, 3f9 East
Thirty-ninth street was accused of
charging 10 cents a pound for sugar.
he wrote us: We are selling sugar at
IS cents, or two pounds for 25 cents.
We will make refund and sell it at IL
cents after this
"Oiego Villareale, a grocer, 32S East
Thirty ninth street. accused of over
charging oil sugar. wrote: I admit SELL
ing sugar at IL cents a pound L will
refund. If necessary, and will sell for IL
cents a pound after this
m. Janisch, who retails meats and
groceries at 334 East Thirty ninth street,
was accused in a complaint of charging
more than the fair prices on eggs, bacon
and onions. He charged SO cents for
bacon last week as against a fair price
OF 81 cents. He charged cents pound
for onions as against fair price of from
az to az cents He sold eggs at 70
cents as against fair price Of 81 to 60
cents"
Mr.. Williams pointed out that on jan
uary 1, 1919, when high prices apparent
ly had reached the peak, the total of all
prices of commodities in the fair price
list OF groceries amounted to $3.08 1-3,
as compared with total of s3.01A in
the list OF prices announced to-day and
appearing in another column.
Wilson Writes to Jewish Bakers.
President Wilson has written a letter
to the National Association OF JewiSh
Bakers congratulating the industry On
being the first In the history OF the
country which, instead of arbitrarily
raising the price of their commodity.
asked representatives of the public TO
decide whether or not an increase IN
price is justified. Morse Fraukef, d.
rector Of the association, told yesterday
ABOUT the letter at nearing before
Louis Marshall and his subcommittee
OF the Fair Price Committee now irving
TO find out what a fair price for Jewish
bread shall be.
Jacob Goldstono. international or
ganiser of the Bakery and Confection-
cry Workers Union, testified the pay
Of bakers in the Jewish shops ranges
from Si5 to $50 per week, as compared
with SO to $50 a week paid to unIt n
Christian bakers.
The master bakers contend they can
not continue to sell Jewish bread at
cents pound In the face of the high
prevailing WACO scale for labor.
Mr.. Franlel said cooperative stores,
run by consumers in Brownsville and
parts Of The Bronx, sell bread 2 cents
a pound cheaper than the regular
bakeries. In order TO compete with the
cooperative stores, he added, the bakers
have to work seven days 4 week.
Joseph Klein, a Brownsville baker,
declared the cooperative stores under
selling private bakers are being oper-
ated ut a loss the deficit being met by
assessments levied against consumers
holding shnres. TIe likened the position
Of the bakers between the cooperative
stores and the labor unions as Sin tie
grip Of Bolshevists."
Managers OF the cooperative stores
Will be asked to testify at a future
hearing