New-York tribune., 1920-04-13
Prices Raised
AS City's Food
Supply Shrinks
Should Conditions Prevail
for Week, Situation Will
Menace Lives of Comnu-
nifty, Says DR.. Copeland
Plea to Strike Chiefs
Mysterious Leaders Urged to
Attend Meeting To-day
and Avert Hunger Here

The railroad and harbor strikes con-
tinue to curtail the food supply, but
still the city eats.
Certain bread companies advanced
the price of bread one cent yesterday.
Packers raised the price of some cuts
of fresh meat from one to four cents.
| Increased prices were asked for vege-
tables.
w: D. Maher, president of the Mer
camille Exchange, asked brokers on
the floor yesterday to refrain from bid
ding in butter. He will do so again
to-day.
DR.. Royal S. Copeland, Health Com
missioner. met yesterday twenty-three
men, who represent every branch of
the food industry, to discuss with them
the present food situation. They con-
ferred for more than an hour with no
know who was engineering the strike
and what the attitude of this person
or persons would be with regard to the
shipments of food.
So DR.. Copeland said after the meet
ing that it was absolutely necessary
to get in touch with the leaders of the
strike movement.
II extend an invitation to every
leader in the railroad STRIKE" said the
NOAiiuloSioilSI, W appear az my OlllCc
tomorrow at o'clock in order that
/ may point out the Importance of pro-
tectng the community from an under
supply of food or switching to an un-
usual diet.
"If the leaders do not wish their
identity to be known l will keep their
names secret. If they do not want to
come to my office l will meet them
anywhere they designate and keep
silent about them
IL don't want to settle the strike.
want to see that every one gets enough
to eat.
81 am confident that for the common
cause, no leader in this strike wishes
to deprive women and children of the
necessary food. l speak with candor
when l say that should present cond-
fions prevail during the week, we will
kavc a situation menacing the lives of
tire community.
"A way must be found to give prefer
ente to food and permit its reception
he-e | urge that a delegation of strik-
ars meet me tomorrow to give consid-
Grafton to this one aspect"
The men who met with Dr. Copeland
yesterday are ready to do all they can
to heN. They left DR.. Copeland with
the hope that he would be able to
gathc- the strike leaders and talk to
them. Those who attended the con-
ference we're:
j; :. Fitzpatrick, F. w. Duryea and
|. N. Hungerford, of Borden's Milk
lam Voorhees, and r. w. Nix, of the
Fruit and Produce Trades Association;
H. H. Williams, of the Milk Products
Corporation; T. X. Purcell, of the Man
haitian Refrigerating Company; Stan
ley Mills, of the Dairymen's League;
Nathan Schweitzcr, of the Nathan
Schweitzer Company; Miss M. f. Roth,
representing the New York Milk Con-
terence Board; Frederick W. Bode, of
he National Biscuit Company; NJ
Grunauer, of the Bushwick Terminal
Company: Z. L. Goodsell, Of the Fruit
Auction Association; J. B. Arthur, Of
the Ward Baking Company; Alex. Moir,
of the Merchants Refrigerating Com
pany; A. H. Van Pelt. of Armour &,
Co.; II. NJ. Schwart of Wilson g.
Co.; ID. S. Horton, of the Sheffield
Farms Company; j. c. Lincoln, Of the
Merchants Association; II. c. Barnes,
of the Produce Exchange; A. p. Will
Jams, of r. c. Williams &Co. James
Seaman, of Seaman Brothers.
Dr.. Copeland said that the confer
cnce showed that the supplies in the
citv's food establishments were limited
family to avoid waste. The dictates
Of humanity. he said, make it neces-
sary that there shall be no boarding.
The State Department Of Farms and
Markets reported yesterday on the
holdings of certain commodities in the
warehouses here. They are:
Creamery butter, 3057,01 pounds.
American cheese, 2,492,365.
Eggs, 1857 cases.
Frozen beef, 18,51s,3e6 pounds.
Frozen pork, 3,344,492 pounds.
Frozen lamb and mutton, 767, 1895
pounds.
Frozen fish. 3,7os,214 pounds.
Besides this the army has in storage
100000 pounds of beef and 100000
pounds of pork. 1t also has large
supply of canned goods. Yesterday It
released 100000 pounds of cheese
to Zone No. l, of which this city is a
part.