New-York tribune., 1919-09-27
Net Reduction of Nearly 2
) Cents Is Shown in List
| Given for Last of Week:
! Eggs Are 2 Gents Higher
Army Stores TO Sell Food
Clothing Committee Ready
!. to Fix Fair Retail Price
/, on Mems Shoes and Hats

A reduction of per cent in grocery
prices since the first of the year was
asserted yesterday by the Fair Price
Committee OF the Federal Food Admin
1stration. in making public its li-wcek
~ price list. The committee points out
that reduction of from s TO 10 per
cent has been brought about in the
price OF meats. Five thousand dollars
day, 1t asserts. is being saved by the
recent decisions prohibiting an in
crease in the price of Jewish bread,
while $4,000 is saved daily ON breads
used among Gentiles The issuance OF
The fair price schedule on sugar. it
asserts, has effected saving of three
cents a pound.
OF the twenty-five grocery items in
yesterdays fair price list. five show
an increase aggregating four cents and
seven show decrease amounting to
0A cents, making a net reduction in
1a"or or the public OF lA. cents Fresh
eandied Western eggs have been added
20 the Inst, beng regarded as good as
thc selected type and showing a say
ing OF from eight to nine cents a dozen.
1Ve only change in the meat list is
IN lamb, which shows reduction of
two cents pound. The Wholesale price
OF beef is one cent less than at the be-
glnning of the weoH, leaving the net
increase for the last two weeks at two
cents. This increase mas not been car
ried IN the retail price list because Of
the dealers agreement to bear the
burden themselves. and also because
the higher price did not prevail in
all wholesale establishments.
Mr.. Williams said that early next
week he expected to quote fair prices
on mems shoes and hats Michael
Frledsam, chairman Of he committee
on clothing, ne said has nearly com
pleted tabulating fair prices
The sales for the second day at the
United States government retail store
1T % West Nineteenth Street. accordil.oe
to Captain JafTray Peterson. in charge
OF the business, were about $l0. 600. as
compared with s6o,oOo taken i'm on
Thursday. the opening day White
$4,000 persons purchased surplus army
property, the jammlNg and crushing
of the previous day were missing.
The article most in demand vestcr-
day, he SAID. were woolcn blankets.
The captain expected larger crowds to-
day because of the ending OF the Jew
,sh holidays. and has prepared to
handle the business with about 500
clerks. Thousands of mail orders, he
said, which cannot yet be filled are
received hourly. 1t is likely. he as
serted that branch stores viii be es-
tablished in various sections of the
city and surplus army foodstuffs will
also be sold to the public
DR.. Day announced yesterday that
the price of the fancy candled eggs
now being sold by the "rolling stores"
at 6d cents a dozen would be advanced
to Of cents on Monday. He explained
that the loss to the Gamblers in releas-
ing only the superior eggs has reached
point where they could not deliver
them at the old price with any profit
TO themselves. In view of the fact that
the housewives are still saved from 6
TO 10 cents dozen on this quality of
eggs. which he says is retailing at 60
to 64 cents, he believes the increase is
justified