New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
lower Prices.
And More Food
Expected Soon
Railroads and Farmers
Bring Large Supplies of
Perishable Goods to City;
Conditions Near Normal
Sugar Reported Scarce
Retail Butchers to Handle
1900, coo Pounds of
Army Meat Just Released

With the embargoes on foodstuffs be-
nc lifted by some Of the railroads
.rd the possibility of normal railroad
and coasewise transportation looming
.hove the food shortage caused by the
-,;lrosd and haroor strikes, the pros
,eets of more food and a drop in
nr;ces looked real yesterday.
There was hardly railroad that did
NOT bring in some perisnatie food.
tour of the downtown markets
showed a refreshing supply of pro-
r;sions. Merchants felt more hopeful.
The New York Central placed 109
.srs of food and Is cars of hogs on
,he West Side tracks. The Pennsyl-
vsnia announced it had relieved the
emergency on livestock and would
hing TO New York all that was offered
for Shipment. About 125 cars of live
.tock were placed for shipment here
and several train loads are now in
movement. Along with these are 1870
rars Of fruit, all of which are cX-
pected to arrive to-day.
Thirty-four cars of provisions ar
rived yesterday at the Pennsylvania
piers on the North River. A ship
Ioaded with 5000 bags of onions ar
rived from Egypt.
Butchers to Handle Army Meat
Thomas P. Wallace. president of the
Fruit and Produce Association. whose
Office is at 116 Warren Street, said yes
terday that although market conditions
we're not normal they were not serious.
he said the Pennsylvania Railroad had
l f1 -
would be rushed from Norfolk, Va, and
100 carloads would start from places
further south.
Arrangements have been made with
retail butchers to handle the 100000
mounds of army meat which was of
iered for release recently. The butchers
are to get 100000 pounds Of frozen
beef for 1Ole cents pound, and it
ought to be for sale tomorrow.
Among yesterdays receipts were A.
600 cases of butter and 12,O1S cases
Of eggs. The Dairymen's League
brought $50 tubs of butter $50 miles
by truck.
The price of creamery butter dropped
from rs to IS cents a pound. Eggs
went from 40 to 46s cents dozen 1t
is suggested that the activities of the
Flying Squadron had something to do
with this change in prices.
lew potatoes were not so cheap-S30
y barrel. Old potatoes sold from SIS
to SIC a barrel, and foreign potatoes
from s12 to sl3 barrel. Lettuce was
IS a basket, asparagus $3.50 box and
spinach $3.50 a barrel. Merchants said
they had difficulty in selling goods be-
cause of the high prices.
Milk Shipments Satisfactory
Milk shipments were reported to be
satisfactory.
Ole Salthe. acting director of the
Bureau of Food and Drugs of the
Health Department., said yesterday that
Hlvania Railroad that they expected
d have 200 floats of food ready to un-
load to- m orrow.
He said that $4,000 pounds of fresh
fish were received by the fish markets
yesterday, and that the slaughter
houses had resumed operations on a
larger scale than at any other time in
the last few days.
Sugar is scarce and expensive. Frank
c. Lowry, general sales manager of
the Federal Sugar Refining Company
said:
Recently the estimates of Cuba's
production have been reduced $4,000
tons, or more than 10 per cent. At
present values we are outbidding the
world for supplies, and large purchases
have recently been made of Java and
other sugars for summer and fall de-
livery that do not generally come to
this market. If the American con-
'umer continues willing to do this the
necessary supplies will be obtained.
The other solution is reduced use, and
the decision lies with the consumer"