New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-17
Crisis Passed
AS Roads Bring
Food Supplies
Produce on All Lines Be-
gins to Move Into City:
Farmers Urged to Send
Their Goods by Trucks
Embargoes Being Lifted
Officials Act to Insure
More Equitable Distribu-
ton at Fair Prices

The food situation Of this city, en-
dsngered by the OUTLAW" strike of rail
road men, apparently passed the crisis
Yesterday. The settlement of the truck
drivers strike and the gradual resump-
ton Of railroad freight service were the
direct causes of saving the city from
possible famine.
The State Department of Farms and
Markets yesterday issued an urgent
appeal to all farmers within trucking
distance Of the city to join movement
to bring their produce to the markets
here.
Produce on the railroads began to
move to the city yesterday. Early in
the day three trainloads of meat, COM
prising ffty-nine cars, came in over the
New York Central lines This was
later augmented by other consignments
on the same road, totalling more than
200 cars.
Embargoes Gradually Lifted
DR.. Royal S. Copeland, Health Com
missioner. announced last night that
he had been informed by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad authorities that one
third the normal shipments of food
stuffs had been received by the freight
department and conditions we're grow
ing better constantly.
He said the railroad officials had
told him that the embargo on freight
had been lifted to the extent of re-
ceiving one hundred carloads of food
and similar number of livestock
day. This is about one-half the normal
shipments The reports from the
During the day Dr. Copeland held
conferences with Mayor Hylan and
Commissioner of Markets O'Malley. AS
a result of these conferences efforts
will be made to insure more equi-
table distribution of food at fair
prices.
Dr.. Copeland added that the principal
difficulty now facing the city would be
the scarcity of food during the period
elapsing between the raising of the
embargoes and the time required to
reach normal shipments.
Milk Supply Is Saved
Part of the milk supply of the city
was saved yesterday when two students
of the Stevens Institute. in Hoboken.
went to the Pine Bush station ana
brought the milk train into the city.
The Importance of the motor truck
service to the city with foodstuffs was
emphasized yesterday when a truck
with $50 tubs of butter, weighing
$3.50 pounds, arrived in the wholesale
butter market after run of $50 miles
from Auburn, NJ Y. The butter was
shipped by the Dairymen's League Co.
operative Association.
The State Department of Farms and
Markets announced yesterday that
trucks had been sent to Philadelphia.
Boston and many other cities at long
distances from the metropolis for food
stuffs that the railroads were unable to
get into the city
Potatoes were selling at extreme
prices, according to the statement. and
California lettuce was as high as SIS
per crate of three or four dozen heads.
wholesale.
Says Meat Prices Should Be Lower
In statement issued yesterday F.
H. La Guardia, President of the Board
OF Aldermen, said: Meat should
have been 40 per cent cheaper than
normal prices within the last few days,
or else the Department of Justice has
failed to do it's duty I have ascer-
tanned from Colonel Regain, who has
charge of the surplus food in this
zone. that within the last three days
100000 pounds Of beef has been re-
leased by the government and actually
sold and delivered-so,d in quantities
Of not less than eight quarters, price
i0lz cents a pound.
prices in Chicago at the same time
were 1872 cents pound, according to
figures | received from Chicago. l am
asking our Department of Markets to
cooperate with Colonel Regain and OBJ
tain the list of names of the purchas-
ers which has been given to the De-
partment of Justice, so that we can
aid IN the matter of finding whether
the people have benefited by this sale.
There are still several million pounds
OF beef available, l am informed"
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