The evening world., 1919-08-25
CITY GETS ANOTHER
5OO,OOOPOUNDS
OF ARMY BACON
Last of First Consignment Be-
ing Sold To-day-Schools
Closed Tomorrow.

The last lot OF 100000 pounds Of
Army bacon delivered TO New York
City 10 being sold to-day IN the nifty
six schools where the Commlssioner
OF Markets is holding the public sales,
The schools win Be closed to-mor-
row, but 50 win reopen wednesday
with new stock OF canned goods and
bacon. Another 100000 pounds of
bacon has been allotted 10 the city and
Is on tho way to the central ware
house as fast As trucks can carry IL.
The bacon disposed OF has gone TO
consumers at "a cents a pound and q
check up OF the results n one reason
for closing tho schools tomorrow.
II tho "a cent price is found insuf1-
clent 10 cover the cost TO the city
and expense OF handling. thore may
DO revision OF the price.
The system OF accounting devised
by Deputy Commissioner o'Mailey
will give an accurate statement o. the
result in dollars and cents. on the
city's transaction, and this will de-
tormlne the future conditions OF the
sale.
The sales up TO date have totalled
Iiso,OOo. Deputy Commissioner o'Mal-
Icy said, and he hopes TO sec them rise
TO 100000 a day with tho opening OF
new schools.
Two markets will be closed perma-
nently, those at Public School No.
los. In East Fourth street. and the
schoolhouse at First Avenue and Slst
Street.
Advised by the Government that
largo supplies Of asparagus. cocoa,
prunes and pineapple will be available
for Wednesday mornings rush.
Father knickerbocker. following the
example OF other successful mer-
chants, prepared a little advertise
mont. as follows:
Save Money!
Bargains In Food
Father Knickarbockers
Grand Inventory Sale!ll q.
Asparagus Cocoa
Prunes Pinsapples
Begins wednesday,
August "a. 1913.
in
b3-Public Schoolhouses-6S
The reason for closing the markets
In East Fourth Street and at First
Avenue and 9lst Street was ascribed
by Deputy Commissioners OF Markets
William Smith 20 lack Of public in
terest," and this lack of~interest 10
the fact that important Jewish news
he A..
tlon OF the city sale OF army food
stuffs.
"The prlnes We shall onter," said
Deputy Commissioner Smith, "will
hRvo TO bo taken In 50-lb. unbroken
packages. They will represent a big
saving. In addition we shall place
upon tho market assorted jams In
2-lb. cans, six cans TO the box.
AN the nifty three stores will be
we'll supplied, for there are four
steamship loads at the. Army Base IN
Brooklyn. and a barge will be des-
patched from that point to-day 20
eaoh OF the Ave boroughs.
II q new stock OF bacon had
been shipped TO p. 8. No. 50 at Lenox
Avenue ana lS5th Street II had not
reopened and 800 colored Americans
were quite vishbly disappointed. $50
holds the bacon record up 10 date,
having disposed OF 5000 pounds be-
tween Friday morning and noon on
Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner smith thinks
New York City owes a debt OF gratl-
tude to Capt. Stewart and Capt. Hib-
beiWaite. in EenefHi charrs OF the
Army stores. Major GoIdNkein In
charge OF the BrooEiyn bA4d lieut.
Towle at the Port Newark bhse and
Capt. Smoot at Bush Terminal foI
their part-no lnconsiderable one, the
Commissioner says-in the success
up to date of New York's experiment