The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-10
NAVY BACON JOINS
ARMY FOOD SALES
100000 Pounds Added to
Stocks Offered i'm New .
YOrk's Public Schools.
CANNED GOODS SECURED
Departmental Plan to Be Tried
In Harlem Market TO-mOr-
row Afternoon.

Tile navy is contributing bacon for
sale in the public schools. Dir. Jonathan
Day. Commissioner OF Markets. an
nounced yesterday that AN order had
been placed with the navy for 100, 900
pounds of bacon to be sold at % cents n
pound, and that 1t was being carted
from the warehouses.
Or. Day said also that he had pur-
chased other commodities from the
army. and gave their selling prices. He
has 600,0 cans of corn at IL cents a
can, 100000 cans of peas at IL cents a
can, 500 cans of string beans at IL cents
. can, 100000 cans of evaporated milk
at 10 cents a can, 100000 cans of sar-
dimes at IL cents can and 100, 900 one
pound cans of salmon at is cents a can.
These foodstuffs will be sold at the
prices named in those public schools
selling Government foods They are be-
ing taken from the warehouses as fast
as possible and the Commissioner said
he expected to have them on sale to-day
or tomorrow. DIR. Day said that We'd
nesday's receipts amounted to s6s,000
Heavy Sales mt schools.
Reports OF food sales in the school
buildings of West Harlem and Washing
ton Heights showed themselves last
night TO be heavier than in any day OF
the previous two weeks At p. s. 1876.
14Sth street and Broadway, about
twenty cases of canned bacon were sold
in three hours yesterday morning. All
canned goods sold well, but dried fruits
Jagged a bit. Other schools reported
an Increase over Wednesdays sales
Something new in the way of mar
kets is going to start on Saturday at
the Richard Webber Market on Third
avenue and 120th street." said DIR. Day
yesterday. THE market will be con-
Quoted on the cooperative plan and will
have ten Observation-Disclosures, bread, fish,
fruit and vegetables, dairy, delicatessen,
groceries, household utensils and a res
taurant1 Each department has been
rented to specialist who buys food
stuffs directly from the producer and
will sell to the PUBLIC at wholesale
prices
He explained that special depart
ment had been created where wholesale
foodstuifs would be sold at no greater
profit than 1 cent a pound
Clarence Y. Palitz, chairman. codifi-
cation of ordinances, who was instru-
mental in bringing the new market into
being, said in connection with the l cent
Il pound profit: The average layman
may think It is impossible TO sell at
such margin, but when you consider
the average price per pound to be less
than 20 cents, and l cent representing
the daily overturn, 1t is a reasonable
profit If sold in large quantities"
Guard Against ProfteerinE.
The tenants of the departments were
described by the Commissioner of Mar
at ttrNttI,I trtt
They are bound TO the spirit of the
plan by a lease, one of the clauses Of
which states that each tenant must sell
wholesome foodstuffs of good quality
and at Il fair price. m the event OF
his attempting to sell anything lower
than the standard of good food or at
tempting to profteer his lease will be
revoked Each employee who handles
the commodities must be certified by a
competent physician that he or she is
IN perfect health.
stated by Mr.. Palitz. is to reduce the
high cost OF living by eliminating the
real pre- iiteers-the middlemen. tie said
that b.! selling direct to the public the
public would save 20 per cent.
No figures as to the cost of commod-
flies could be obtained from the mar
let yesterday, but It was assured that
The foodstuffs would be sold at the mimi
mum price. The market will be offi-
ciany opened at 9 o'clock Saturday
e'ternopn.
Capt. Jafrray Peterson. officer In
charge Of the Quartermaster retail store
No. !, said yesterday that the daily
sales OF Quartermaster stores-clothing,
blankets brushes, brooms. spades. SHOW
els and the like--amounted to $4,000.
Attendance at these sales" said
Capt. Peterson. lis falling of. due TO
the fact that the people do not under
stand that the sale is continuous and
Will continue about four months"