The Washington times., 1919-09-06
DISTRIBUTION
ISSTARTEDBY
FOOD LEAGUE
800 Pounds Of Butter Sent.
to Two Cooperative Stores
: As a "FeeIer Out.

The Citizens Cooperative Buying
and Selling League has. begun the
distribution OF food in Washington
In tkS attempt TO cut the cost Of
living.
John @. Mcerath, general manager
and purchasing agent for the organ
ization, today sent 800 pounds Of
butter to the Washington Steel and
Ordance Company and the Park View
Cooperative store as the hrst Official
distributing step OF the league. Mr..
hcGrath explained that ne did this
as an experiment to ascertain how
the products would be received by
the community groups.
cit Is the intention of the league
to deal with producers that will give
US the best prices, and, OF course, a
good quality is always demanded" :"
said Ar. McGrath.
Have 1000 PoundPa Of CORee.
There is still q considerable guam
tity Of the same shipment Of butter
in storage, which Mr.. HcGrath ex.
poets to send to other centers for
sale. In addition to the butter, there
are on hand, It is reported, about
1000 pounds OF coffee, and the dis
NAAbALlSA Vi lAAh 10 the NAElOuE COIl-
munity centers will begin next Mon
day.
These commodities were the first
purchased by the league authorities
for distribution. as proposed by the
original plans Of that organization.
As soon as the membership increases,
and q sufficient capitalization fund is
established, the work will take on a
broader scope.
Work on the home for the Treas
ury Department cooperative store
has already begun. Carpenters are
now at work in the sub-basement Of
the Treasury Building, clearing the
5000 square feet Of space and putting
in necessary shelving. It is expect
ed to be ready for occupancy within
q week.
League Il Pureh aaInE agent.
The league, It is understood, pro-
poses to act in the capacity of pur-
chasing agent for the various CO.
operative and community stores al
ready established and that will be
established. The league does not In
tend to establish any distributing
stores of It's own. but. will use the
departmental stores and community
centers.
MT. mCGTath IS bOth purchasing
agent for the league and general
manager Of the Treasury store. He
has emphasized the necessity for the
group stores, and pointed out, that
without them the league cannot sue
ceed.
An extensive campaign is being in
auguratsd by P. c. Myers, chief clerk
OF the Treasury Department, to gain
members for the new Treasury De-
partment cooperative store. Mr..
Myers today sent a letter to every
division head in the department
soliciting subscribers.
Employees In the department who
subscribe to the movement will be
asked to submit list OF articles they
think the store should handle. Staple |
food products probably will be the |
nrst items to be handled by the store. !
Mr.. Myers today said he expected |
TO be In a position next Friday or
Saturday actually to begin the pur-
chase Of commodities.
Distribution OF the surplus army |
food by parcel post is continuing !
Mr.. Kerlin reported today, with all /
The orders received during the last |
lew days scheduled to be delivered |
before this evening.
Mr.. Kerlin tomorrow will issue a
revised list OF the articles on hand /
md their prices.