The sun., 1919-08-18
BLOW PLANNED FOR
NY. FOOD GOUGERS
Conference With Palmer This
Evening to Plan War on
Profiteers.
FAIR PRICE" LIST HELPS
Army Stores VIII Be Sent to
Schools To-day-Sales to
Start Tomorrow.

Plans for obtaining relief from high
food prices and putting a curb on the
activities Of persons suspected Of hoard
ing various food products for still higher
prices will crystailise following a meet
ing at the Hotel Biitmore. this evening
OF A. Mitchell Palmer. United States
Attorney-General; Arthur Williams,
Federal Food Administrator. for New
York. and members of the Fair Price
Committee.
Mr. Palmer Is coming here to get in
touch with what Is going on and to
give his New York aids his point of
view as to what should be done, and
zone speedily. to stop speculation IN
foodstuffs and TO prevent unfair prac-
tees
The activities of Mr.. williams and
the various agencies associated with
him in the present campaign al
ready have scared number OF
men who now are quietly releasing
stocks of beans. canned goods, butter,
eggs and other foodstuffs which they
had bought at comparatively low prices
to hold for a rising market.
Reports to Mr.. Williams by investi-
gators indicate that large quantities of
these commodities, as well as sugar, are
In the possession OF men who are not
professional dealers in food. As n gen.
eial proposition, Mr.. Williams says, the
regular food dealers are not the men
who are guilty of these practices.
Fur Dealer Trades I'm Food.
when you ind a man in the fur
business who has large stocks of butter
and eggs" Mr.. Williams said, 1T can
safely be taken for granted that he
has not been buying and selling food
stuffs in legitimate trading. His only
object can be that Of speculation. And
we have found the fur dealer who has
been doing just this sort of thing"
Mr. Williams said he Is much encour-
aged over the results OF publishing
fair food prices" the better class of
ton to cooperate in the campaign to
prevent an unfair margin Of profits be-
ing taken and to keep prices down TO
the consumer.
I'VE expect to accomplish a great deal
after the Fair Price Committee gets to-
gether with Attorney-General Palmer at
the Hotel Biltmore meeting" Mr.. Will
Jams said. ''Mr.Paimer is tremendously
Interested in this thing. We wish to get
his point of view and to see IL he APP
proves of the plan we have here In New
York.
There isn't any doubt that the real
food speculator Is getting nervous over
the course of events. II we can reach
him we are going TO do II.
New York Is q big city and its food
requirements are tremendous The city
ought to have at least ten days supply of
food here at all times. Then there 10
the food that passes through the vari-
Gus legitimate hands In this city for
distribution elsewhere. In view of all this
II isn't always easy to determine whether
yestisators come SithkT the class
boarded for the purpose Of speculation.
Women Can Help Cause
80 far as we discovered last week
there are vast quantities of fish. beans.
butter. eggs, sugar and canned goods
stored here. It Is a question whether
the fish is being held for speculative pur-
poses"
Mr. Williams Is Of the opinion women
can cooperate in the campaign of nGht-
ing the high cost Of foodstufs and
everything else by refraining from buy
ing beyond the actual needs of her fam
lily and by Shopping around"
"A woman should shop around for
her meats for instance" he explained.
''She also should shop for different kinds
cf meats. She shouldn't go into a butcher
shop with a predetermination to buy a
certain cut of meat. There Ii always a
chance Of getting something else Just as
good and perhaps much cheaper. A man
told me yesterday that he 'shopped
around and bought a cut OF fine roast
beef at only SO cents a pound. The gen.
eral run of prices for that cut is 40
cents a pound. and in some high class
stores which make deliveries the same
thing costs IS to 90 cents a pound.
There is a big tendency to be ex-
travagant In marketing these days and
the people who do the buying for the
family table should learn the art of
buying cheaper cuts OF meat"
The Rev. DR.. Jonathan C. Day Com
missioner OF Public Markets. said last
night that as fast as forty-three trucks
can be loaded with army surplus food
stufrs this morning the goods will be
delivered aa forty-six public school
buildings FIRST listed by his department
as school stores"
Army Store Sales TO-morrow.
Sales will begin as rapidly as we
can get the canned goods. bacon. &c.
into the schools" DR.. Day said. I'm