The evening world. Newspaper, May 19, 1919, Page 8

ling World’s Prophecy Borne Out—Tendency Is Still Downward. By P. Q. Foy. ba Ou their market baskets y at the jowest price tI that statement tarmed out be conservative, + antes 2a Food Expert of The Evening World.) | When The Evening World told the ives Inst Friday chat they shipments of fresh vege- Friday and Saturday morn. Numerous letters high prices of butter an Is Th goods this port was approximately 9H, while the shipments fre ports were continuous and on a large seale, Many of our jeading merchants ex- | press the opinion that there sirould e ome limit to the kind of foods as the American ying more than the English consumers are for a sim. far product. The latest advices from land, received by the United States Government, give the maxi- mum or highest price at which but- Bold at 60c. and cheese and rice ing brought down the prices, and most | tc. ‘the leading markets gave the c advantage. Average cute! Consul at Auckland, Latem advices from the American New Zealand, m= Jamb and mutton were alse| report a cut if the price of flour from . ee cheaper than for several i scopty of free Director supply vou: and fruits. Georgia penches A feature of TELE ICOTELETI ET PETRIE EL ERIE ET EET 1+ HH ai 1 as illustreted, at. $6.60 to $6.38 a barrel, while the fixed joe of flour in England is $5.11 a of 196 pounds. Barnes in conferring with exp’ the period of reconstruction and per- ej will give some nea of | Mit the United States to start abreast the volumo of the dairy products from! with the other nations in the drive the Port of New Yor for the world's markets, England set- to May 3: Butter, 1 ting a pace for us that is well to the millers and wholesalers in the this summer, at low prices, nay fe JERSEY CITY TAXES FOOD STORED THERE *FORNEW YORK ITY United Staten, with a view to har- Monizing the price of wheat to mlll- ers, in chrrying out the demands of The Evenin- World for oat. Tie will be of the greatest benefit to the consimers of the United States, It will not only stabilize our halting industries, but it will shorten if England can afford to © our Wheat at our maximum price, and then maintain the price of flour at $5.11 per barrel, by subsidy to the @ ‘*, at a cost to the Government of 12 cente for oa her 40,000,000 inhabitants If x show 1 States delay its inevitable ais to Pay a Personal Tax of Local Merchants. duty to the American consumers? = | The War Department has given out | the stores of subsistence on hand, as By P. Q. Foy. valued at $61,574,000, and in addition to thia a surplus supply of 167,000,090 (Special Food Expert of The Evening cans of tomatoes, aw corn, pens World.) and beans. hese goods are fre#h and those adapted to native consump- tion should be turned over to our | Merchants in the wholesale butter and egg district were thrown into a laree wholesale distributers at a state of consternation this week by price that will enable the consumer the receipt of personal tax bille from to get a substantial benefit. orng: ‘A large supply of freah fish lsprom- \the [hance department of Jerasy ised us this week at more reasonable City, asking them to contribute to prices hfe a ast quantity of that municipality certain specified rozen fish in storage, carried over a perso! from last year, there will be Iktie or Cums in settlement of thelr i no space left to put away much of ‘xem the fresh catch until the frogen ts | moved out w a Foe a treat mal ang ee down tho they were aasexeed on 4 many thou- veteran Fulton Market dealers pro. *4nd doliars. of personal property, diet a plentiful supply of fresh fish |a@nd that the rate waa $32.54 for each thousand dollars worth of personal property held in that State in their names. The ‘merchants, especially thone who do not reside or! own property in Jersey, looked upon the bills as forwarded to them by mistake, and | promptly returned them; but the bills were just as promptly mailed back. | When it is reckoned that nearly fifty per cent, of the refrigerating space jin the metropolitan district is lo- jeated in Jersey City and that hun- | dreds of millions of dollars worth of ‘These tax bills informed them that | foodstuffs warehoused there an- nually, a tax of 3 per cent. on foods would mean an increased {burden on the already overtaxed consumers in New York, as compara} | tively little of these products are von- sumed in the State of New Jersey. | A canvass of the wholesale ‘food [district resulted im the vnanimous Gisupproval of the Jersey tax for various reasons, One merchant gave the substance of his cause as follows: “T had some eggs stored it City in my name but the goods wer owned by a shipper in Indian) sold them for him la per cent rs be compelled to do bu and T don't think that that law is conatitutional.” . Conron, Company not only unfair, but it was confisca- tory and would’ be an unjust burden | on the consumers, and would compel the merchants to charge 1% cents a dozen on eggs and 2 cents a pound more on butter for the same grade stored in Jerse: than if it were stored in New ¥ | At the uffices of the Merchants’ Ri of the Conron Brothers | jared that “the tax wa two of the jargest warehouses in T- sey City, President Frank A. Horne admitted that the mat vas in the th it raptN ey matter how surprisin; wy, teed SATISFACTION. Our ¥ ous adherence to the poll best in SERVICE and ACCOMMODATION, Crib Adam Period American Walnut Bearoom Suite of Dresser, Chifforobe with sliding trays, Teile For the June Bride ‘The more comparisons you make the more desided the advantage you see in making this your ing place. One thing you can re- member, icy of the BEST— as well as the best in MERCHANDISE. ‘“‘We Make Terms to Fit’’ wnied61S°® Plain Figure Tags on Everything MOTOR TRUCK DBLAVERIES EVERYWHERE t Table and Bed in full ibrary or Living Room Suite moulded i olishe : $ 250 is Pteaicy { Mebegney Sales. bs isbly polished, upholstered seats, baeke and 10 5% ge im coats; as illustrated sat Both Stores 84th St, & 3d Ave. == hands of their legal representatives, and he cou h about the matter at pri derstanding would Horne said a court 2 Blocks from 86th St. Subway Station and 86th St. Cross- town line. 84th St. “L” Station at door, v rrived at. chandl ly hy state shipine sof the same corpe Jin the views of President Horne J suggested that if the State of New Jersey insisted on the collection f this tax it would be a severe blow | tho storage industry in Jersey cl It was admitted that over 100, 000,000 pounds — of through tife Jersey warehouses dur- var, Lew ry ersey City, When asked in rela- to the law that imposes a tax foods in w: e tax in que: ale every price, no you are guaran- though never rigidly enforced hile the City of Newark | 4,000 annually from earned in a day ee sacetaticn been of the same law. "Mr. ment, but rests on sixty-five years of continu- snl With the corperations whether | 1 they should ag: amount fo the statutes to take their course, | He sald that Jersey City furnished police and fire protection, the cost of which js gradually increasin, The tax, Mr, Gannon infinetsiinally small. eaid, “the law says that the lmpowed only on the physical p: erty if the warehouses, the assess ments including only 8% to 50 per cent. On Oct. 1. Goods placed in th warehouses the day and re moved on the following t to this tax, #0 month out explained that taxes had been in- to "$1,000,000 a year, while paid $300,000 annually for personal taxes. Refrigerating Com- ne 000 annually, was entirely in- adequate for that corporation, and as jt refused to in its as ment the elty decit that amount and instead imposed tax on the merchandise in its ware- houses on Oct. 1, 1918, which the city t& now collecting from the customers, inasmuch as that Corporation refused to per its personal tax directly hen asked if he thought the uld auecessfulty collect the tax, he said: “Thore is Mo question as to'the collectibility; the same merchants carry stock im the warehouses year after gear.” iC, 0, 8. Y personal or allow | of the twelve, Swift & creased | Armour & to Jersey City The Merchants’ | pany was pay which, he de dd to accept a SOLDIERS’ NIGHT. WU Be Given for Students Who Went to War, Secretary of War Baker and Mer. Hebbelynek, Rector Magnifique of Lou- vain, will be among the guests of a welcome home dinner given for the City College studenty who went to war, by the associate aluaini of the college next | Baturday night in the Hotel Astor, Gen. Alexander of the {th Division, Secretary Baker arn! President Finley of the Univeraity of the State of New York will speak, “The Shy Botione represented in was 1! every | bran of service, from doughboy to Major General in the line, and from ordinary seaman to Com mander in the navy, Ahort addresses Will be made “by studema who entered the army. Any former student who wishes to attend this dhiner should micate with Prof, Wrederien B. Wobinson at lhe college, N@ WORLD, MONDAY, MA Consumers Here May Have Rear Admiral Lovatell? Taken frigerating Company, which operates | cover wht an un- specified | | city | ete mr ¥ 19, 1919. NEXICANS SELE "TALI OFFI ONL SURVEY of Vera Cruz just before we aniled Dock Commissioner Murray Huri MeNenny, D. 6. vision, due t missed the day on the lowan, bu io Havana, 15 NEW YORK MEN LISTED From Train by Carranza Government Soldiers. Rear Admiral M. Lovatelli of the Italian Navy and Nava) attache of the Italian Embassy at-Wahington was arrested and taken from a train near Vera Cruz by a troop of soldiers of Govertiment ten days ago, according to John W. B. Mil- lian, a petroleum tnvestor who ar- rived in Brooklyn to-day on the Ward liner Morro Castle from Havana, Vera Cruz and Tampico. The Admiral, according to Mr. MI- Ngan, had been making a survey of off camditions in Mexico and of the Carranza Government's attitude tow- Action in To-Day’s Roster From Anny in Fiaavce. The following New York City the Carranza Brooklyn boys are reported tn today Forces: ards foreign exploitation, “It was generally understood that he had written very frank reports to his ome government which had fallen into officlal Mexican hands. Admiral Lovatelll protested against his arrest when soldiers boarded his train and claimed the immunity .of his diplomatic status, bat was hustled away notwithstanding, Up to the time the Morro Costle sailed nothing more bed been heard af him. Mr. Milligan believed that the Mexican censorship has prevented the news of the arrest from getting out of the country until now. At the Italian Bureau of Informa- tion, No. 501 Fifth Avenue, which 19 in close touch with the Royal Ttalian Embassy at Washington, it was said that Mr. Milligan was right in bellev- ing that the news of the arrest of Rear Admiral Levatelli had not been allowed to get out of Mexico, The last communication recetved from the Admiral was a letter written Just be- fore he left Mexico City on his way here. Immediate inquiries are to be made by the Itelian Government, It was understood, ax to the arrest and apparent refasal to allow the naval attache to comraunicate with his Embassy or Hone Government. “The month of April.” said Mr. Milligan, “was the greatest month the present prevailing industry of Mexico, organized banditry, bas ever known, Any man who likes the life can g0 to Moxico and be a bandit for six weeks and retire with a com- petence. Bands of raiding robbers the country ‘systematically. ‘They never bother anybody who has no money, but they keep careful reo- ords of the prosperity of every indi- vidual, and as soon as he accumu- Models models, finished SUNNYCORN Sunnycorn makes many delicious desserts, Sunnycorn is a satisfying vegetable. Sunnycorn is a nutritive cereal. IT'S MIGHTY GOOD —Reeipe book in package | Buy SUNNYCORN trom your ownGrocer — it’s mighty good! s ly one of the family of SUNSEAL eatabies IT MAKLS LITTLE DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU NEED { SUNDAY WORLD “WANT” WILL GO AND FIND iT, y go and take it away from him. They took $80,000 from a. Government paymaster just outside burt went down the bay to meet his aged father-in-law, Frank MoNenny, a hardware merehant of Havana, who was expected on the Morro Castle, The old gentieman—he ts eighty—was coming to gfeet his son, Major C. R. C., of the 26th Dix IN A, E, F, CASUALTIES Henry Krick Reported Killed in casualty list by the commanding gen- eral of the’ Amertean Expeditionary Killed tn action—Henry Krick, cook, “Nonwense! Temptation had nothing OPPENHEIM.GLUNS & CG Important Sale Tuesday Foulard Silk Dresses For Women and Misses L of Graceful Simplicit Designed for Early Summer Wen. Foulard Silk Dresses in Navy, Black, Taupe and Copen combined with white. Pleated tunics and sleeves of Georgette Crepe in con- trasting colors; collarless and square neck Exceptional Value ae e.g ETTARD YMA 1 RENTED IN. No, 800 Wost 198th Street, Wounded severely—Private Daniel J. Ward, No. 213 Bast 434 Street; Josep! P. Alnwick, 106 Steriing Street, Brook. lyn} Rdward MeDermott, $1 Calyar Street, Brookiyn, Wounded, degree undetermined—Jon C. Gleason, mechanic, No. 194 Wyckort Street, Brooklyn; Prifates Michael Cap- uto, 215 Johnson Street, and James b. MeNeill, 136 West 12th Street. Missing ta action—Corpl. 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