The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-21
omciaI Letter Quoted.

On March II. 1919, Col A. NJ. Davis
of the Quartermastei's Corps. in the
Purchase. Storage and Traffic Division
of the War Department in Washington.
ID. c. wrote to Frank Gerber, president
OF the National Gamers Association. as
follows:
Your letter OF March Is to Major
Gen. II. l.. Rogers has been referred to
me for reply. | am glad to be able %
relieve your mind on the subject Of
army supplies of canned vegetables 20
be dumped on the market Acting along
the lines suggested by you. canned peas,
corn. squash and string beans will b.
added to the ration list, which has al
ways contained canned tomatoes. This
will entirely dispose of our stock and
eliminate surplus. l trust this will ~e-
lieve your mind and those Of your as
soclates in the Gamers Association"
These Incidents are but illustrations
OF the scope of that policy Of extrava-
gance and boarding which the War De-
partment continues to practice at the
present time. as THE New YORK
HERALD has pointed out in other recent
articles relating to wastage of army
supplies and favoritism shown to GER
tain concerns and individuals in dis
posing Of so-called surplus"
The much talked of army food sales
into which our municipal government
entered with much enthusiasm We're. as
a matter of fact, carefully arranged so
they would not do what the general
public was led to believe they would
do; that Is. break the high prices Of
foodstuffs. Wherever this army food
was released care seems TO have been
exercised that the public at large should
get only such articles as would have the
least effect upon the market The goods
released through these sales were but a
limited quantity OF what was on hand
In the army warehouses, and in many
Instances with the aid OF our city ofii-
cials. large corporations were permitted
to select the best OF the food before II
was offered to the general public
Wholesalers Got Mig Lots.
on September Is. 1919. Edwin ].
O'Malley. now Commissioner Of Public
Markets for this city. in his capacity
as Deputy Commissioner Of Public Mar
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letter addressed 70 Capt f. r. Morris.
Zone Surplus officer stationed at 46l
Eighth avenue. directing him 20 deliver
to A. Sllz. Inc. wholesale dealers in
poultry. of 416 West Fourteenth street.
half million pounds OF poultry which
the city OF New York had purchased
from the army FOR sale TO It's citizens
Records of the transaction indicate
that this concern ultimately purchased
considerably more than half "A million
pounds through the city and that II
coused IL to be carted away from the
army refrigerating plants in lots OK
varying sizes. the last lot being taken
out on February 4 Of this year In many
cases the wholesale concern resold tho
poultry to customers VINO did the cart.
ing. The Government does not appear
to have received any recompensc Tor tn
storage and refrigeration OF thousands
IRON thousands Of pounds which lay Ia
lts plant long after the sale had been
contaminated awaiting the convenience
OF the purchaser.
Never Reached People.
A glimpse at slips relating 90 this
transaction shows clearly that the army
poultry did not reach the great mass %
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