The sun., 1919-08-19

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TOT not more than two wears or hcf,
ih.s section shall not apply fal to
ny farmer. gardener, hortIculturist.
neyAroist planter. ranchman. dairy
@s stockman or other agr1culturfst
win respect 70 any necessary produced
or raised upon land owned. leased nv
Su.tivated by him; th) to any partner
snlp, corporation OF association whose
snDersnip IL composed OF such indi-
vlouais with respect to any necessary
produced or raised by its members ,,,,or
land owned. leased or cultivated nv
them. nor (e) 20 any retailer WITH NJ.
spect to any necessary actually dealt IN
OF stored by him IN his retail business {"
RETAILER IL defined In another sec
.lon OF the act as one whose sales are
less than 100000 n year.
Jersey Mayor. Heard.
Demand that Congress stop invest,-
rating and take real action 10 redpc.
The cost Of living was made before fhs
house Agriculture Committee to-day by
mayors OF fifteen New Jersey cities
hscking this demand the Mayors sub
.lt'co prosrsmrne Of drastic leeisia-
uon. the principal features OF which
were:
L. CREATION OF Federal commission
30 regulate exports
=. Authorizing the Government IN tak.
over or control the operations OF all cold
storage warehouses
q. authorizing the Government to buv
an refrigerator cara
g. Provision that during the rrearn,
or any other emergency the Government
SHAH sen direct TO the public, not oniy
rood. but wearing apparel.
.. Direction TO the War Densr+r,.r+
HnlCaCa m Ha
naming SURPRISES OF food and clothinr
Charges were made during the hear
ing by Mayor Gfllen that the
Sig Five" meat packers cNontro, ~.
New YORK hsh market which IN turn
ewes them complete monopoly over all
the fishing along the Jersey coast
"A year ago. Mayor CfIlen told .b.
committee. the municipality Of Newarlr
discovered that the fish dealers Of that
city were selling only the more expensive
kino OF nsh, and that the poor people
OF tne city were unable TO get the
cheaper grades. such as ling. herring ana
whiting Upon further Investigation we
round that the New York nsh market
or rulton Market as Il Is sometimes
known controlled the entire catch along
the Jersey coast and that Il discoura red
the bringing IN OF these cheaper grader
The fishermen were instructed either
to throw all such fish back into the
water or turn them over to fertilizer
plants. despite the fact that the nutri-
ment OF these lower grade FISH is every
bit as good as the fancier kind.
So the city Of Newark arranged
with some fishermen TO bring direct to
Newark catches of the cheaper fish. and
We placed them on sale direct TO the
public. The experiment proved an I'm
mediate success, but suddenly. after
about three weeks, the supply Of the
cheaper grades began mysteriously TO
drop on. The men who supplied us
the fish gave various vague excuses that
these grades of FISH were no longer In
abundance or had moved away from the
Jersey coast, and finally the supply was
cut on altogether and for love or money
wo could get no more. We traced the
influence. We believe. TO the big whole
safe fish combination in New York and
found that even the State OF New Jersey
was powerless to effect a remedy.
Too Much Investiration.
with all the talk and the investiEa-
tons that Congress and the Government
have INDUCED in" declared Mayor Gillen
al the outset Of his testimony. the
only remedy that has thus far been set I'D
Tor these exoroitant living costs in the
very temporary one of the War Depart
nent selling its surplus foodstufs TO the
public When this surplus is disposed
OF what then? Talk and Investigations
amount to nothing. They don't amount
to row of pins. Do something"
Mayor Slaydack Of Verona blamed
Samuel Gornpers and organized labor
Tor the present situation. He said:
The Government started all this
prohteering by letting Sam Gornpers
| come down 10 Washington and tell the
United States what 1t must pay for its
labor. We are reaping what we have
sown. Twenty-Five years ago nobody
was attempting TO AmericaniZe the peo-
pie who were coming into this country
| as immigrants, and now YOU have Boil
| shevtsts In your midst l, a native
American, had TO walt twenty-one years
TO vote. while the rii ran from Europe
was coming here and voting in some
instance two years after ii arrived"
Sales Of army surplus ~ Parcel post
through the post offices Of the country
! were begun To-day REPORTS corning 70
the Post Office Department indicate,
however, that the orders for food are
running far ahead Of the supplies made
available by the army.
In Washington the distribution OF
l-order blanks by carriers AS stopped
early in the day because only a small
was on hand There was not enough
food available 10 NIL the first rush Of
orders this morning.
In New Orleans 10000 orders for
army food were received and in other
| cities the orders ran into the thousands
| Every State in the Union IS ordering
by parcel post with the exception Of
I New York. New Jersey and Connecticut
| In these three States supplies are to be
| distributed by the request OF the War
1, Department through the Governors OF
| the States.
Complete instructions on the handling
| OF parcel post orders have been placed
! in the hands OF every postmaster APP
peals have come from the West, how
ever to the Department 10 ask whether
ranches can be supplied because of the
! restriction TO individuals In every case
| the postmaster was permitted to use his
! judgment Though ranches Will take
stuff by the carload postal officials here
/ say II can be handled by parcel post
| Attorney-General Palmer, who Is lead
| ing the Administration fight on high
prices will go TO Philadelphia tomorrow
| from New York to confer with the
PI7fladelDhia Fair Price Committee and