The evening world., 1919-10-06
OLD WASHINGTON
MARKET JOINS IN
CHEAP FOOD DRIVE
Butchers Handling Army
Roasting Chickens-Stor-
age Eggs to Follow. T.
By'P. @. Foy.
Especial Food Expert Of the Evening
Worldly


Through the efforts OF The Evening
World the old food citadel, Washing
ton Market, will fall in .llne 20 assist
in lowering food prices TO consumers.
An initial shipment of 500 boxes OF
fancy army roasting chickens Is
promised for to-day, by August Silz,
who is distributing the surplus army
roastors. This will enable consumers
TO purchase a fancy milk-fed or fatted
roasting chicken for 3S cents a pound.
This chicken will be equal in quality
TO any roasting chicken that can be
purchased elsewhere, regardless what
the right direction by the merchants
in Washington Market will be the
distribution of fancy candled storage
eggs In cartons at 5S cents a dozen.
These eggs are furnished and packed
by the firm Of George w. Martin &
Brother, who are desirous OF permit
ting the housewives to see for them
selves how fine storage eggs really
are. For nearly thirty years the
housewives of the United States have
been purchasing storage eggs as
fresh laid" fancy State under in
Vulnerable brands at prices some
times rs 10 100 per cent. higher than
they should pay for the best storage
eggs to be had. At the same time all
poor, frosted and watery eggs that
never were In storage were sold as
storage eggs, which accounts for the
prejudice against storage products OF
almost any kind.
President William Minder OF the
Washington Market Merchants Asso-
citation says the sale of army roasting
chickens is only the beginning Of the
drive for lower food prices, as 'ho
merchants Will collabornte with him
in any move to extend the usefulness
% Washington Market, which, as he
explained, used to be the barometer
of food prices for the Eastern sea-
hoard, but an advance OF over 40
per cent. in the rentals compelled
many of the merchants TO take an
extra profit when the volume was
| light. but now" Mr.. Minder says,
| with the increased volume OF bust
ness we will show the stores that we
con operate on smaller margin OF
profit than they can"
In spite OF the attempt Of the pack
crs TO advance the prices on fresh
meats TO dealers, the latter, it can be
said TO their credit, are not generally
imposing the advance on their GUS
toners. Most OF the uptown butchers
reported n quiet trade on beef last
Saturday, while they invariably re-
ported an increase I'm the volume oI
pork chops, mutton and roasting
chickens. Many Of the dealers were
retailing the army roasting chickens
at &c 10 = lie others were charg.
ing 3Sc. the riRvimum price permitted
by a tacit agreement with the Gov.
ernment authorities as n fair price tC
consumers.
Mutton continues 10 he the leading
cheap meat food and should be used
more generally by the average con
sumer. A year ago the wholesale
market on mutton was % TO 2S cents
per pound, while to-day 1t is sellInp
at 10 TO Is cents. or so per cent
cheaper than "a year ago. while the
mutton now available Is much superior
In quality to that Of a year ago. Res
taurants that cater to the working
people should specialize more in porl
and mutton products and would max,
a handsome profit IL they cut theil
lprices 40 per cent. without reducing
the size OF the portions served. Thj
holdings of mutton In the freezers IN
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
and Argentina are said TO exceed
1000, 100000 pounds, and the United
states will be the objective point 70
its full share as soon as ocean freigh
becomes available. A large cargo o
mutton Is now reported to be afloa
from Australia by way OF Vancouver
and the same is true of beef, but a
the large packers in the United State
have the refrigerated space unde
charter, they can limit the importa
tion until they can move more Of thci
surplus holdings, unless the Unite,
States Shipping Board allocates a sur
ticlent number of refrigerated steam
ers to enable Independent merchant
to bring some OF those cheap meats L
the United States.
August Silz, who Is dlstrlbutin
the army surplus pork loins an,
roasting chickens, reported hehv
sales on Saturday, and says that the
cannot get enough of the large size
OF roastcrs sorted out TO supply tn
trade.
Consumers should ask for storag
creamery butter, which Is equal
not better than fresh made and muc
cheaper, and the same should apply I
storage eggs. An advance OF 8 cent
n dozen in fresh eggs and 8 cents
pound in fresh creamery last wee
was the result OF consumers aslSin
for fresh creamery and now laid eggi
while I'm many cases they paid tt
price on fresh eggs and fresh cream
cry butter, but got the storage stool
while II they asked for storage the
would get the same kind. but at
lower price.