The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01
NEW YORK TOSELL
ARMY FOOD AT COST
E. j. O'Malley Arranges for
Disposal of Surplus Stocks
Here.
GREAT PRICE REDUCTION
Distribution Through Fire
and Police Stations and
Schools in All Boroughs.

WASHINGTON, July s1.-E. J. o'Mal-
Hey, Deputy Market Commissioner OF
New York city, reached an agreement
with the War Department to-day under
which surplus army food OF almost
every variety will be offered for sale to
the people of New York at cost. or at
least at prices which will be much
lower than the retail prices now being
charged for food. The War Depart
ment, It was announced tonight, has
agreed to consign the army food to the
city government, and the city Will have
thirty days in which to pay for 1t.
Under the agreement the city will be
the agent of the Government in
disposing of the food. and will not
be compelled to assume any financial
responsibility. the thirty day payment
portion of the agreement being In ERECT,
It is understood, only in the event that
the city sells the food. Otherwise the
unsold stocks are to be returned to the
army 1t is expected that similar agree
ments will be made by the War De-
partment with municipalities In other
parts OF the United States which Will
agree to distribute the food to their
ciizens, and which will agree also to
turn over to the Government the price
obtained for the stocks, less the cost
Of distribution and sale.
General Distribution Pledged.
The following statement in connec-
ton with the sale Of the food in New
York was made by M. O'Mslley:
| THE War Department consented to
permit New York city to act as its agent
in disposing of the surplus army food
when II was shown the surplus property
| officers that the food would reach the
| greatest number of people at the least
| cost to them. The Government agrees
to appoint some city official as its agent
and will consgn the food to him, and the
city will guarantee that the price fixed
by the War Department will be turned
over within period of thirty days. The
municipality takes no risk except to give
assurance that the commodities will be
generally distributed to the people.
The experts of the War Department
| are working now on a scale Of prices
TO be charged for the food, and we have
been assured that the schedule Will be
materially lower than the prevailing re-
tail market price In New York City.
will begin Immediately the work OF
placing with the army's zone supply
officer there a list of commodities that
we believe the people of New York will
buy. Upon the delivery of these goods
they will be distributed to all the fire
houses, police stations, school houses,
city market places and other available
distributing points in the five boroughs,
| SO that each community will have an
opportunity to buy the food at a reduc-
ton. I believe that New York can dis
pose of twenty or twenty-five carloads
of army food, ranging from canned
goods to cold storage poultry"
|
Foods That Are Available.
The following are among the foods that
will be available for distribution In New
York:
Evaporated apples, bacon. baked
beans, lima beans. stringless beans,
corned beef, roast beef. dehydrated car
| rots, canned cherries. sweet corn, corn
meal, white cornmeal, yellow cornmeai
ginger crackers, graham crackers, soda
crackers, farina, dried Goldfish, barley
-four corn -four, white corn -four. yellow
corn -four. cornstarch -four, graham -four
issue flour. oatmeal -four, potato -four rice
flour, rye -four. substitute bran flour
substitute buckwheat flour. ham. sugar
cured ham, corned beef hash, coarse
hominy. fine hominy, Australian assorted
Jam. macaroni, evaporated milk, oat-
meal. rolled oats. evaporated peaches,
canned peas, cucumber pickles, fresh
| frozen poultry, canned pumpkin, prunes,
raisins. spaghetti, canned squash and
canned tomatoes.
E. C. Morse. assistant director of sales,
and Assistant Secretary of War Croweli
have been deputized by Secretary Baker
to handle the question of food sales.
They have put a staff to work figuring
the prices and It was predicted by Mr..