The New York herald., 1920-01-03
F0ODsTUFFS SHOW !.
MANY CUTS FROM
PRICES A YEAR AGO
Arthur Williams Issues Com
parative Tables for the Close
of 1913 and 1910.

Fair price, food lists. including retail
prices quoted at the close of 1918 and 1918.
were issued yesterday by Arthur Will
|iams, Federal Food Administrator. Ac-
Icording to the lists the public consumer
lis paying less today than at the close OF
l191S. OF the many meat items quoted
leighteen show a decrease and none an
increase. On commodities such as butter
beans, bread, cheese. eggs. potatoes. &c.
the net numerical decrease. according to
the figures. is fifteen, while three-name-
", candled storage eggs. onions and csr-
tain canned salmons-have increased.
The comparison does not hold with re-
gard to eggs. and in some instances but
ter, when the individual buys Of the re-
taller. The price quoted by the Food Ad-
Iministration for select candled fresh eggs
lyest day was eiehty-two cents a Dozen
While this may be- a fair price" 1t did
not exist throughout the city, retailers
selling as high as ninety cents dozen.
The maximum fair price for onions was
QUOTED at eight cents pound, while but
ter (fresh) was to be sold at seventy-six
and storage butter at seventy-two cents
a pound.
| 1t was announced by Mr.. Williams that
conditions in the sugar market are ex-
the present month, IL not before Mr.. VIII
Jams expressed himself as being pleased
with the action of Congress with regard
to the passage of the McNary Sugar Con-
troll bill which has been signed by Presi-
dent Wilson. The bill perpetuates the
Sugar Equalization Board. After this
month Mr.. Williams believes that the
ruling price of the commodity will be
either fifteen or sixteen cents a pound
lat the maximum. Nine million pounds OF
Cuban sugar. which was delivered here
recently, will not retail at more than ten
cents a pound, he believes.
A gradual reaction in the market prices
lof many foodstuffs, incident, perhaps, to
the near approach of Congressional ac-
ton on the peace treaty. is looked for by
the Food administration.
Mr.. Williams stated yesterday that he
expects to receive within few days a
report from the Levy Dairy Company,
which short while ago volunteered to
sell bottled milk through small retailers
on a cash and carry basis Of sixteen cents
a quart.
A steady increase in the sale OF navy
foods was reported by, Dr. Jonathan c.
Day. formerly Markets Commissioner and
now Special Agent for the government.
DR.. Day announced that the navy authori.
ties have offered to open up their entire
stocks of surplus supplies for distribution
to the people Of this city through him az
special agent.
Mrs. Louis Reed welzmiller, Deputy
Commissioner OF Public Markets, In
charge of information and the conserva-
ton Of foods. outlined arrangements by
which she hopes to spread knowledge con-
cerning the buying and marketing OF foods
among the children of the public schools
and to provide housewives with an ade-
quatc supply Of sugar.
Declaring that shortage OF sugar Is Just
as serious as shortage of milk. Mrs Melz-
miller said with regard to young children,
that she will so to the Sugar Equalization
Board to make an appeal to divert sugar
from the manufacturers. so that the needy
families Of the city may have more
adequate supply. Mrs. Welzmiller is ready
to start an agitation for an issuance Of
half pennies.
David and Joseph Horn, Of No. 1,iS
lntervale avenue, the Bronx. wholesale
distributors of canned goods. complained
to Mr.. Williams several days ago that
they had purchased from II. Weiss. Of
No. 80 Henry street, wholesale and re-
tail grocer, 1900 pounds Of granulated
sugar and were forced to pay twenty
seven cents pound for II. Upon investi-
cation by special agent of the Depart
ment of Justice. 1t was charged that
Weiss had paid twelve and one-half cents
pound for his sugar. Weiss was
arrested, and arraigned before United
States Commissioner Hitchcock and held
In $500 bail for further examination.