The sun., 1919-10-05
BACON OFFERED CITY
AT 2S G. ROLLS CLUBS
Political Organizations Had
Made Deal to Retail It
at IS Cents.
BOUGHT MILLION POUNDS
Store Schools in Competition
Will Sell Army Grade at
28 Cents.

Officers OF political clubs. who Jumped
at the invitation of the Rev. DR.. Jona-
than c. Day, Commissioner OF Public
Markets. to convert their ciubhouscs into
stores for the sale to voters OF Swift's
canned bacon at IS cents a pound, will
be all a-fiutter over the latest bacon
news. M. J. oConnor OF 500 Lenox
avenue. under contract arranged by I'r.
Day to buy 1000. 900 pounds of bact'n
from Swift q Co.. which is to be distrit-
uted through tho clubs under the Com
missioner's supervision, said he did not
and could not believe 1t was true.
The news. as made public by Col. ].
M. Carson, zone supply officer, is to the
effect that the army will start tomorrow
to deliver 100000 pounds of Swlfts
canned bacon to the Department of
Markets at 23 cents pound, and that
the city can have as much more as II
wants OF some 100000 pounds In
metropolitan storage plants. AS this
means that bacon will cost consumers
who buy in the school stores 2S cents a
pound, It Is believed the political clubs
will have to engage in some very ex-
pert salesmanship IL they succeed in get
O'Connor deal is carried out.
DR.. Day said last evening he had not
heard that the army had reduced Its
price Of bacon to 20 cents to the city
but II the news was true the city would
be glad to take all the bacon the army
would let 1t have at that price. This
10 equivalent to saying that New York
ers are in for a chance to get lot Of
good bacon at very low prices. Bacon
a ~ IN IN hutNhAr
around so cents a pound.
Army Omcers Take Exception.
It was learned yesterday that army
authorities in charge of the distribution
| Of army surplus foodstuffs took excep-
ton to a description which DR.. Day gave
| in a letter to clubs of the bacon which
| he induced Swift & Co. to sell to O'Con-
nor at 80 cents for resale to consumer
\ at IS cents Dr. Day referred to 1t as
''Swift's Best Army Issue Bacon"
| whereas, It never had been christened
"army" bacon. 1t was prepared for the
army, but was never delivered owing
l to the windup of the war. The army
| authorities figured 1t out that DR.. Days
prospectus of O'Connor's bacon was in
sense knock on the army's surplus
bacon, and. OF course, they didn't like
| II. They are eager that Uncle Sans
surplus bacon shall get to the people
as quickly as possible. They also OBJ
| jected because DR.. Day, in his letter.
said the army's price to the city was
BAN cents. In view of a reduction from
| that price.
| Col Carson would not discuss the pos
sible effect of the action of the Depart
ment of markets In paving the way for
the sale of 100000 pounds of bacon in
clubhouses. or any other phase of the
transaction. He merely confined himself
to saying that beginning Monday the
army will start delivering the city's first
! 100. 900 order of bacon at % cents and
| let 1t go at that. n
| All the city's orders for army food
stuffs up to date have been placed by
Edwin ]. O'Malley. Deputy Market Com
| missioner, who built up the fine organi-
| cation by means Of which nearly $1,000
900 worth of food has been sold directly
to consumers.
EMO Politics." Says O'ConnoP.
When Mr.. O'Connor, who is a saloon
keeper, real estate man and political
/ leader, was informed last evening that
the city was going to sell Swifts canned
| army bacon at 2s cents he said:
II don't believe such a contract ever
was made. There can't be contradictory
4 L
Everything is under DR.. Days super
vision. The bacon we have is the finest
| kind Of bacon for the benefit of the
citizens at IS cents pound. You can't
| get any better bacon at SIS cents. There
isn't any politics In what we are doing.
1t 10 all for the benefit of the people. I"
Or. Day was surprised, too. over the
latest bacon news and he hustled to get
his deputies. O'Malley and Smith, on the
telephone.
st have Just had n talk with Mr..
O'Malley and Smith," the Commissioner
| said later to SUN man. The last
offer we had from the Government
placed bacon at 34h cents a pound. On
Monday Mr.. O'Malley conferred with
Col Carson and Capt Hebblethwaite
about getting more bacon. They were
not sure what the price would be, II
there was more bacon to sell. Mr..
O'Malley told them the price should be
cut 10 cents. and II II was reduced to
that figure the city would distribute at
20 cents. Up to this morning the army
hadn't agreed to reduce it
willing TO Take IL All.
I've urged all along that the city
should get more bacon. II the army has
cut the price to 23 cents we will take
the entire 100000 pounds But OF
course you can't sell IS cents bacon II
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