New-York tribune., 1919-08-21
More Than 24,OOO,O 900
Tons of Edible Commodi-
Pounds of Commodities
To Be Ready for Disposal
to Public at 10 O'clock
Canned Goods Go First
No Limit or Purchases Ex-
cept Capacity of Custom
er to Carry Them Away

The sale Of more than $4,000 900
pounds of army foodstuffs by New York
City begins to-day at fifty-three schools
converted into temporary sales depots
DR.. Jonathan C. Day. Commissioner of
Markets. declared yesterday that nu-
merous inquiries have assured speedy
disposal of the supply. A comparison
of the citys prices and the charges for
the same commodities elsewhere re-
vealed 20 to 25 per cent difference in
favor of the army food.
The schools are scheduled to open
promptly at 10 o'clock. Only canned
goods will be on sale at first, it is ex-
pected, as 1t might require an hour or
two to bring the bacon from storage
houses. where the city has been cutting
and weighing it. Because of the added
expense entailed the becon will be sold
at "a cents & pound, instead of 33 cents
as originally announced. The schools
will close at noon for one hour and
close at o'clock for the day.
Terminal Markets Needed
The fifty auto trucks transporting
the food from the army warehouses to
the schools attempted to make an
average of two trips day without
success, DR.. Day said. Because of the
distance, the traffic congestion and the
time consumed in loading, the trucks
starting out at 10 o'clock in the movn-
ing were not able to discharge their
loads until A in the afternoon. DR..
Day said this has brought out the
great need for terminal markets, which
he declared absolutely essential to the
proper distribution of food
Between eight and twelve persons
will be at each school, all working
under supervision of policeman and
two members of the Women's Police
Reserve. The purchases must be made
on a cash and carry basis, and the
only limit to the quantity to each Gus
toner is the customers carrying ca
pacity. The kind of market baskets
grandmother went shopping with or a
go-cart or baby carriage is suggested
by Deputy Markets Commissioner Ed
win A. O'Malley as q means OF increas-
ing carrying capacity.
Selling System Simple
The selling system will be similar to
that employed in department stores.
The purchase will be entered in a
sales ticket book, the original being
handed to the cashier and the dupli-
cate to the customer. At the close of
the day the cashier, with accounts and
funds, viii be escorted by the police
man on duty to Room 526, Municipal
Building. City employees will act as
cashiers. More than l5O received in
structions from Mr.. O'Malley yester-
day.
The indoor playground will be used
as the store at most of the schools
Counters will be improvised, behind
which the workers viii dole out the e
supplies. Deputy Commissioner Will
lam Mulry is arranging to open ad-
ditlonal schools next month. 1t is
not likely that more sales depots viii
be added during August 1t is the
belief Of the Markets Department Of
fclals that virtually every neighbor-
hood is being afforded an opportunity
OF purchasing army supplies because
of the care with which the schools
were selected.
Commissioner Day said last night
that only unforeseen circumstances
might delay the opening, but attempts
would be made to open every school
named.
Army Apples Quickly Sold
SlN army trucks rolled through var-
Gus sections ~ the city yesterday, dis
posing Of fresh army apples at three
for ten cents The response by the
public was made in a large shower of
silver. and virtually all of the 5000
cases of apples have been sold The
sale by trucks commenced last FRIDAY.
but yesterday was the most successful
session, because a drive was made on
the downtown business district. A
truck in front of The Tribune Build
ing, rolled up with filled cases piled
high and rolled away with not enough
apples for large plate of apple sauce
Captain J. r. Hebblethwaite, in
charge of transportation and finance
of the zone surplus property office,
announced last night the army is ne
gotiating for disposal of 100000
pounds of poultry, 1000 900 pounds of
pork loins and 250 900 pounds of NUT
ton. This will be offered to munich
palites as soon as arrangements for
handling the foodstuffs without spoil
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