The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-20
THE SURFACE

0uR CITY government upon the petition Oh tho Central labor Union. has
- phed IN oder for a mned or % te war Department. surplus food
4uuA In This u Il merely following the example "a hundred Of municipalities
tafoaehout the country. who have bought OF the governments great war
hoafdinEs Which we're released or popuhi purchase ouy in Response to e
national dennnd a Few Q a few hundred people VIII purchase Of these
supplies when thes come and IN. some eases small SWINGS VIII be made IN
the 1000 supply o. the moment But ~ tins cy should buy this Whole Of the
allotment desEnutsd hy tie war department for all first class poStofnces IN
The fot nAs DISTRIBUTING. district renei from high prices would be but temp
oraty. a ratef O a few hays NJ effective as o ony IA lev c0mnr0dfues II
~ perhnFa we'll enough that This purchase should be made even " NJ more
han q hunaren vnizels profit hy A. But Il h nj "A remedy o. high prices
a. the country whore ID var department surplus products ae beng sold
direct
Inc Mayor Of a Sew Jersey city bought d ar load OF bacon and sold II
ut cost 70 the city. II brought cheap bacon to "a Few thousand people for "a
ntrerce eentfaly throughout Inc country.
Here and there a retail merchant mas be found who Is making an undue
InafHn Of pront We have beer unable 10 ~ 10 o Them here and "
laper inaesusaton throughout he country. the most hOrousr nvesugahon
possible, has nned TO discover AN extensive pronueeHng Ia foods Tine re-
tn merchant who buys stocks q foods nov n az eager anNeus buyer. n
takcz what he can get IN the Wholesale mafkeH ans = thankful mat hs stocks
t4n DC hep rephcnlshed. He doJs not know whit I'M future folds f0r hhn.
le Is oon1ucung has business om day % day. Attempting 70 lower food
prices BY cost competition In the retail markets viii prove wholly futile. be-
cause there 30 not enough surplus In an OF the primary food stOeks OF the
confsraung slorsso 4 SO and butter in packer renigerators will no,
terday cancelled checks for both butter ~ ~ bought ior tdl ad winter
delivery; bought nr in advance SIMPLY because the merchant h1 n % oher
way y insure his supply. III must pot up his money and lose the use OF II
10 nfontha in orde rtob b able TO have 7sesa N butter 10 sell IN future months
eStaua n contracts supply. The swift0 and Company manager VINO told IA
congressional committee that confiscauon oil todays stored supplies Of eggs
pnes and higher prices later Is Of course right An esq or a pound Of but
ter has Juata - mucn TODD Vaiue, II Will ~ 50 fr Ia feeding the people-and
no further IL cannot b stretched BY any reckless policy OF market rtdns
ana .coniscnuon h packer. and the rehngefaior system Of ms, nauon
needs fefofn.g goodness knows but IA needs the enOrm 81 law. not o Niocncc:
aud u nceus ieforn az ia base-the system which makes II possible TO ia
prices both coins In coming out OF cold storage;-not Il M crust Of the
nuftace at which We are % sfachng
before Ne will get anywhere with nigh food costs We must dispense with
h,sHun and the mud form OF rotns nov disturbing Us N get down 70 a
serve 70 more sfaNey d. tub the people without doing Us the saehteet per
lament good.