Evening star., 1919-08-15
ARMY FOOD SALES
. OF LESS THAN CASE
Post Office Makes Plans for
Distribution by Parcel
Post Here.
AVAILABLE NEXT MONDAY

Decision was reached by city post
than case lots. quantities OF the sur
plus Army food which will be sold
beginning Monday, by parcel post to
consumers in the District.
While selling in less than case lots
will put a tremendous burden on the
city post Office force, it was realized
by officials that to confine the sale of
the Army food to case lots alone
would deprive many consumers from
participating in the sale OF the food
stuffs.
Will Not Split Packages.
Flour and rice packages will not be
split. but purchasers may buy one
twelve-pound can of bacon for s4.15
instead of being required to purchase
case of six twelve-pound cans for
$24.90. Unless some order is issued
between now and Monday by the War
Department this plan of splitting
case lots. as far as possible, will be
followed by the city post Office.
Officials urge purchasers, however.
to make their orders by clubbing to-
gether, rather than asking that the
case lots be split. Whenever possible
several purchasers are asked to get
together and purchase a case, and at
| tend to the splitting up Of the order
themselves. This would be entirely
feasible in apartment houses and
other community groups. 1t may take
q little work on the part OF public
spirited people, but it will help i'm
mensely in the sale of the food.
This splitting of orders is regarded
by officials as the only way by which
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given to all the people. but all the
people are asked to help the post Of
flee force as far as possible.
Two Cases the Limit.
Two cases of each commodity will
be the maximum purchase allowed one
individual. The minimum order will
be one Of the smaller tins in which
most of the goods are packed. In
bacon. for instance. a purchaser will
have to buy a twelve-pound can.
Distribution Of the list of articles
for sale here and their prices. will be
begun tomorrow by the city post Of
fice il possible. It was hoped today
that sufficiently large quantity of
the lists would come from the govern
ment printing office to enable letter
homes on the noon delivery tomor-
row. This would not include the whole
city. however. and thousands OF. the
lists will remain to be delivered to
jhouseholders Monday.
The sale Of the food will continue
| until it is all disposed, of. it was an
| nounced. although the Official limits
| for the sale are August Is to 20.
More Food Arrives.
Surplus Army foods continued to reach
the municipal fish market, on Water
street, by the truck load today, but dis
! tribution OF the supplies to the commu-
| nifty centers. department stores and otner
buying groups is not likely to start be-
fore Tuesday or Wednesday. it was
stated.
1t 10 planned to have all the supplies
| reach the market and check up on them
before filling the group orders. A. j.
Driscoll, who Is in charge of operations
at the market, said receipts were COM
ing in rapidly today. but that house
| holders hardly could expect to get their
orders from the subsidiary distribution
points before the latter part Of next
| week.
E. d. Atkinson, chairman, and MEM
bers Of the Citizens' Cooperative Buy
| ing League, which is handling the Army
products. met at the District building
| last night to discuss the details of dis
tribution. Five carloads Of supplies are
comprised in the present shipment, and
| 1t is likely the league will place an ad-
ditional order for the government goods
within q few days.