The Washington times., 1920-01-17

MILK PRICE
Head OF Retail Grocers De-
nounces Attempt TO Fix Charge
For Sales Here.

y vigorous pTotehN Was hdue taih
morning by John Brayshaw. presI-
dent OF the Retail Grocers' ProtectiSe
Association. against the efforts u!
the District fair price committee -
obtain pledges from groeers and OH
ers DOT to cell milk at more than
cents a pint and is cents a quart,
when II Is purchased wholesale at c.
oeHts . gallon.
Mr.. Brayshaw, who declared hs
voiced the sentiment OF the members
OF the Grocers' Association, charged
the Attorney Generals office with
bad faith. II II was behind the move
ment OF the committee to obtain the
signed agreements,
Not Profitable Price.
AT . recent meeting Attorney G~h-
3eral Palmer declared grocers should
make q reasonable profit" said Me-.
Brayshaw. land this committee de-
mands that we agree to sell milk at
a profit OF II 1-9 per cent. This piIcc
ID by no means profitable, and our as
sociation Is opposed to the commit
tees trying 10 forceSgrocers TO sign
pledges that they will accept such
"A proposition.
~ was charged with profiteering in
milk" said Mr.. Brsyshsw, "but the
grand jury vindicsted me. 1t refused
to bring an Indictment against me,
and l was selling milk at 10 cents a
pint and 20 cents a quart. But now
that ! am buying milk at go cents a
gallon, | am selling II at 10 cents
pint and IS cents quart.
"The members OF the Grocers' Asso-
citation are opposed to the regulation
OF prices of foodstuffs by the Fair
Price Committee, knowing, through
advice of it's counsel, that the com
mittee has no legal power to enforce
it's regulations. What the commit
tee is attempting TO do is to intimi-
date the grocers to retail their goods
at prices the committee believes are
reasonable"
On the other hand, the committee
inspectors yesterday and today OBJ
tained $50 signatures to agreements
by grocers who signified their will
lingness to sell retail milk at 8 cents
a pint and Is cents q quart. The COM
mittee proposes to place those grocers
willing TO abide by it's suggestion of
prices on a roll OF honor, and later TO
publish the names of the merchants
who fail to make pledges OF agree
ment with the committees rulings.
Those Who Have signeds
Here are some of those who signed
pledges up to noon today:
A. Possin, Twenty-sixth and Eye
streets northwest; John fudge. 9c2
Twenty-seventh street northwest;
l.. Brenner, 94s Twenty-seventh street
northwest; A. Lavizzo, 3003 NJ street
northwest; w. l.. Tobias, 3045 NJ
street northwest: S. !. Cohen, 1865 Il
jefferson street northwest; S. Burak,
/ 32S2 NJ street northwest; VI. Sissel-
man, 3103 NJ street northwest; J. A..
Howard, 3215 NJ street; Max Sacks,
1888 NJ street northwest; f. V. Bu-
kert, 1922 NJ street street northwest; {;
| Joe Puglise, 3206 NJ street northwest;
Mrs. \. +. Mcdonald, 3201 Grace
street northwest; 7. II. Chaconas,
3065 NJ street northwest Enoch
/ Baines, 3057 NJ street northwest: Mary
Gormley. 1858 Jefferson street north
west; Pappas & Coste. 3033 NJ street
northwest: [. Mastow, 1889 l street
northwest; II. J. Tippett. 1926 Penn
| sylvania avenue, northwest; II. Wais-
blatt, 2601 street northwest; S. Har-
! rad. 1900 X street northwest; J..
| Latham, 1901 Twenty-siXth st. \. w;
| Joe L. Wagman, 194l Ninth street
| northwest; Max Beaker, 1918 Seventh
| street northwest; Henry Hirsel. 1Sio
Seventh street northwest; F. Palmer,
| 1888 Seventh street northwest; Harry
| c. KRISTEN, 1920 Seventh street north
west g. A. Jackson, 1907 seventh
street northwest; Vincent Pape' l1is
| Seventh street Northwest; Elizabeth
Holzer, 1918 Eighth street northwest;
| Mrs. J. E. Withers, 7ls Rhode Island
! avenue northwest: Fl. Chevner, 1906
! Seventh street northwest; /. Orlone,
1920 Seventh street northwest; a
Buffolori, 713 o street northwest; /
| Silverman, 622 \ street northwest;
/ Sam Cohen, go y street northwest;
NJ. Wolf, l244 Fifth street northwest;
Sam Levinson. l245 Fifth street north
/ west; B. Messigi 1919 9TH street
| northwest; Mrs Charles Rosenfeld,
1901 Fifth street northwest; Ladinsky-
! Kaplan, 1901 Seventh street north
west; j. Luria & Son, 1920 Seventh
/ street northwest; II. J. Bar, 11oi SeN -
/ cnth street northwest; II. kinla nd,
( 1To2 Seventh street northwest; I. Syl-
Noris, 1882 Seventh street northwest;
/ 4. Monaco. T25 & street. southeast;
| I. Kohlen, 200 Ninth street southeast
/ !. :. Brown. POI Tenth street south
! east: Annie Hartwett. 1000 Il street,
| southeast: Abdow Mike, 1929 e
street southeast; IT, n. Sher, 233
| Twelfth street southeast; John Car
! roll 1901 = street southeast: Adam
gemann, 1lOi G street southeast;
| f Jordan, 9o2 street southeast; +.
LaEzari. 523 Eighth street southeast;
| 4. G. p. Tea Company, APO Eighth
! street southeast: A. Fuss. 5lS Eighth
street southeast; L. Capennelli, 4oN
Eighth street southeast; Elizabeth
! Mccarthy. 10 Seventh street nortH
east; Jas. J. Carley, go B street
southeast: Il. T. Mccormick, 700
North Carolina avenue southeast
John Kracke, Mid city Market 2316
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