The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-13
ROTARY CLUB IS
INVESTIGATING
AS TO THE ADvIsAB1LTTY OF PUR-
CHASING GOVERNMENT FOOD
SUITS.
FIND PRICES BUT LITTLE BELOW
THOSE ct WHICH JoBBERS
CAN BUY.
LEARNS THAT BEST OF GOODS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUR-
CHASED BY PACKERS.

Mcssrs. George T.. House. Roy B.
Naylor and r. Walter Marshall. COM
pnsing q committee of the Rotary CLUB
called upon City Manager Charles q.
Ephlin yesterday afternoon 10 discuss
the proposition of purchasing govern
mcnt rondstuirs for distribution IN
Wheeling The Rotary club Mt its meet
ing Yesterday pledged the loan Of S25.-
ono with which TO guarantee payment
for tho food products in tho event inc
committee recommends this method OF
combating Tho high cost or living.
After comparing the prices at when
tho government is offering its surplus
army food products with tn" wholesale
iobhcrs' prices prevailing in IN" CITY,
the committc" found hut it'll" difference
in tho two sets Of prices. othcr ihlor-
nation weighing against IN" wisdom OF
purchasing government food products
wac ob,aincd as "A result OF which the
nrnspec that this method Will be ADOPT
cd here is not very bright
Rest Of Goods Sold To Jobbers.
After noting correspondence SUBMIT
fed bv Mr., Edward Wagner or the Ed
ward wagner Grocery company. relative
,o tho goods offered by the government
il was very evident to the committee
that tho best of tn" government S.orN
of foodstuffs had already been SOLD 10
the jobbcrs of the country. In scF'rai
instances It was also noted that III sew
cral instances the prices quoted ny IN"
govcrrmcnt warc much higher than the
prices al which tho government had s"'''
70 the inbbcrs 4 copy Of the New YORK
Journal of Commerce was Suhnl'''d III
which an article appeared which read:
,,rr-H nj
roodstufs to packers and chain aSS"Hl-
a,ion houses at 32is to 80 percent be-
low the United States purchase prices
and CITY supplies at 90 percent below
purchase prices" This would mean that
Wheeling to obtain tn" goods must pay
from l3 To 30 percent NOR" Than inc
same goods have been sold by the gov
eminent Ia packers.
Comparison Of Prices.
Following are tn" prices OF bnth 'n'
government and jobbCrs. {. u. b. Wheel
ing. for som" Of tn" articles or food
offered by tho government:
No. > baked h"ans-tio :crnmcnt prlcC
Sl.67l-; Wheeling jobhcrs' price. Sl.o9
No. matocs-ti"N"rnm"nt price
$780,: johbcrs. Sl.iO.
No. tnmatO"s-'ior"rnm"nt price
Sl.S7ia: johbrrs'. $3.50.
SirlnrlcsS hcans. No. 2.-iorcrnmcnt
price. sI39: jobhcrs'. $3.50.
No. corn-lioNcrnmcnt price. 5l.4S;
juhhcrS. Sl.T5.
No. pcas-Govcrnmcn price, sl.il;
johbcrs' Sl.65.
Mr. Wcimcr. Of the WCimcr Packing
COMPANY. who was present, rcportcG
TINT there was practically no sale for
canned roast beef and but little demand
for corncd beef in TN. He said that ba-
con in tin could he bought through the
racRing houses in quantities ut IS
cents per pound. {. a h. Wheeling. aS
against the Kovcrnmentp rice Of &c
cents per pound.
None Of tho wholcsal" CrnCors present
at the conference had ever handled
corncd beef hash. which is ono Of the
articles Offered by the government.
Committee up in the Air"
As a result Of Ia" information Oh
tanned. Of which the above mentioned Is
ONLY a small part. III" committee. ms
Mr.. House. the chairman. stated. is W
in tn" air" rs I" how {" proceed
\ supply OF IA" government food pro-
ducts IS to be received in Pittsburgh III
Ccw days. II WAS d'ciGId that Mr.
House make II trip to Pittsburgh and
learn how the plan works III that city
The committee Will defer making its re-
port until il hears from Mr.. House r"la'
tive to the Pittsburgh experiment.