New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
N. Y. Port Uses
8 Billion Lbs.
of Food a Year
snrvev by Authorities Is
Made 10 Show Danger
OF Possible Tie-Up of
Transportation Facilities
5Nillinn + Eggs EatenDaily
1900 Carloads of Supplies
Arrive Every 2f Hours to
Feed 100000 Persons

ef the PORT o. NCW ORR annually have
crs up and served TO them mountain
Of foodstuFs Weighing s,445 200 900
peands
The meas, fish, eggs, vegetables and
the thou Nd and one other things
hat are aped onto this mountain
come frol every point &C the globe in
all man Of coNvcyarces. An ap-
pretiat interference with the steady
aaw c. Sc supplies into the port
would lurs~, threaten the life OF q
age pr 'tion If It's population.
Jast us would "avpen in the event
q tio O. the harbors shipping
Facilities national railroad strike
is yrescr in report on The Food
Sunnly o. he Port OF New York Dis
tries.' BY tie Port New York
Anthor'. which has just completed a
thorough irvey Of the subject In
torest in the matter was stimulated ov
the emergency of 1921 when tie out
,av railroad strike threatened to cut
% The city's supply Of food
Emergency Keller Devised
At that tine General George ".
Goe,has headed n relief organization,
and al elaborate plan was devised
utilizing motor trucks, Waterfront
equipment and airple1es. if necessary,
to bring into the metropolitan dis
zrict the Necessary foodstuFs and
nesical supplies. This organization
was Aept intact and is now part O..
the activities Of the Por, Of Nev, York
Auttor.y. The problem IS becoming
more iuvoivcd with the rapid increase
\ in population.
Among the interesting facts pointed
cut by the rep IT concerning the
quslity, fastid.ousness and the size Of
the. aypet.t.cs Of the denizens Of this
ci'S and rs TEA neighboring inunci-
psksies, are that:
~ecllonal ana racial diFererce9 IN
diet are fast disappearing
TIE reign Of the chain store and the
enick luuch tends to foster homo
geneous appetite.
Iho port receives daily for cor
sunption nearly l.S00 carloads OF food
stu.f by rail, water and truck
Al average of 2,67O 500 quarts OF
ui.k are received here daily, reQuir-
ing the daily output o. 10000 COWS on
;op00 dairy farms.
Tie port is the fourth Iargest live
stock center in the nation.
t. 1920, IL addition to the receipt Of
327 333 : 53 pounds of dressed meats,
thsre were slaughtered in this port
so ,9G4 head Of cattle, calves, hogs,
shsep and goats.
Reserve Meat sy.oply Small
l. case of . tie-up OF railroad or
shipping transportation Facilities, the
yenort points out, it is VOL to know
.hi,+ the amount Of meat held in stor-
re in the port district is Yeyy small,
scoroparisoM with the daily consump-
tion. During the winter months there
-. ou'v sroln Tour to six days supply
N STORAGE. In ihe summer there /.
only from SIX 10 eight days supp j.
on hand.
amount Of -four In storage TO suppl
rbe district about thirty days.
About 5.254,SO4 eggs are consumed II
+ys district daily, q large proportion @.
.gso, coming from Canada, Denmark
\ ana. Argentina and Australia. There
re never more than three months
ppiy Of eggs on hand here in tht
rage houses.
There are usually 100000 pounds
fish I'm storage here. This vould
but Jew days IN case Of com.
< tie-up Of transportation iacili.
$, Tie bulk Of the supply Of fresh
frozen fsa coming by rail.
The report indicates that the length
time the city could sustain itsel1
Apuld transportation facilities be sus-
pended would vary With Che season o1
~fa year.
she arst and most diRicclt problem
Fouid be, 4 saye, to keep up the min
MUM necessary daily supp.y Of huiC
mix. This Wocld seem Impossible ex
cept by maintenance OF the regular
mill trains, because OF the compare
tyely great distance OF milk produc-
+ng areas ana the practicability o.
attempting either motor truck or va,
Ger transportation for il on q large
scale.
Vegetables Come From All pafts
STAPLE vegetables such IS potatoes
9sons. cabbages and carrots would bt
Implied 10 the port district b. mote:
f-urk from nearby sections and from
sHAthern or foreign points at virtuaMy )
ia times Of the yoer. In Tire vinte.
nths & considerable portion Of the
sh fruits and fresh vegetables from
- ithern sections could come by water
California products are being shippet
@re ia large quantities b. Wy OF ths
anna Canal.
essgtiop Of railroad transporta.
~ I'D Immediately ly cnt off the bull
!. lpply Of livestock ard live
-ueN ,mmodisies az sugar, coac,
SAE te Thich reach here almost Ell
s7rel> water. would not oe affected
- ges OF rail transportation
olec-fn .sher sections dependent upo,
's17 ribut.ng market NJ ight suFer
"t regard 10 -four, grains, cameo
g9ed eg"s, butter, cheese, evaporatee
lAlik. ozsn meats anG frozen poultry
ssys 8 report, the quantities on hane
II ator 20 during the maj or part Of the
year II he great prctectior
agfanss IN temporary emergency. :
SUPP II fresh fish could be had b.
%atsr -nsportation from oll points or
ne Atlantic Coast. This would bf
possible at all times of the year, es
cspt during d very severe winter season
Aniigonish Ghost Interests
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