New-York tribune., 1919-10-18
Fresh Produce Rotting;
City Eats Canned Food
Receipts Of Fresh Butter and
Eggs From Nearby Points
Cut Off BY Express Strike

With the receipts of fresh butter
and eggs from nearby routes com
pletely cut off and huge supplies Of
pershables deteriorating in the holds
of ships and on the docks New York
City consumers yesterday began chang
ing their menus.
A. P. Williams. chairman Of the sub
committee on wholesale groceries Of
the Fair Price Committee, said yester
day that the consumption OF canned
goods here has increased materially
in the last few days. part of the
winter reserve is being consumed, he
said, presumably because of the falling
off in receipts of fresh fruit and vege-
tables.
According to the Federal Bureau of
Markets, no nearby fresh butter and
eggs have been marketed since the
beginning of the express strike. Pro
than New York City with the first
rumors of the strike, the director said.
On October the fresh butter receipts
here were 1,45S cases, while 1907 tubs
of butter were received. The follow
ing figures show the decrease: October
Z, 535 tubs of butter, 4,o2S cases Of
eggs; October 8, 232 tubs of butter
zoos cases of eggs; October 8, SOL
tubs of butter. 2,SS9 cases of eggs
October 10, 27S tubs of butter, 2,031
cases Of eggs; October II, 112 tubs of
butter and go cases of eggs. No fresh
butter or eggs have been received
since October IL. As a result, accord
ing to a director of the bureau, the
public is turning to cold storage butter
and eggs
The scarcity Of fresh eggs has de-
veloped an upward trend to the price
market On October II fresh eggs
were quoted, wholesale, at So cents
a dozen. Yesterdays price was SO
cents. Butter has advanced one cent
pound, fresh creamery butter being
quoted yesterday at 60 to 63 cents a
pound.~ The wholesale price of cold
storage eggs yesterday was 90 to 81
cents dozen. The best cod storage
butter was quoted at 6312 cents.
No auction sales of foreign perish
abes were held yesterday, due to
failure to unload the craft in the har-
Dor. c. E. Goodsell, of the Fruit Auc-
tion Company, visited Mayor Hylan
yesterday in the hope Of making ar
rangements for the removal of large
quantities Of onions, oranges, grape
fruit and pincapples which are daily
deteriorating. Two shiploads of on
ions, comprised of more then $4,000
bags, are waiting to be unloadcd.
l.. j. Llppmann, of }. l.. lAppmann
commission marchants, said yesterday
that the city's reserve of perishabcs
was dwindling daily and would dis
appear before the end of next week
Carloads of produce, originally in
tended for this city, have either been
held up or diverted to other markets
He told of two carloads of apples in
Vermont, scheduled for his firm, which
were shipped yesterday to Boston.
Peter NJ Amor. President Of tbs
Retail Grocers' Association, predicted
yesterday that there would be a short
age of canned goods this winter HI
declared that because of the low price:
of canned goods sold by the city, fresi
vegetables are being almost ignoret
| by housewives. The sale OF vegetables
ne said, was so slow that the marke
has been fairly glutted and pro
ducers have become discouraged be
cause of the low return for their work
The holding up of shipments by tn,
strike has not caused any noticeable
food shortage, he said, because mos
people were already on a canned good
diet