The evening world. Newspaper, August 1, 1919, Page 2

Hi : ~ ; F Z 3 : 5; Beatties | & § i | | s 5 < i i if $2 i i : ? i d H i i z g pty Re 4 ge ott ( i S>? ——— Evening World Reader Acts on the Hint to End the Profiteering. CURE FOR GOUGING, ze ; i i ik i g tt ' e 5 a i is Hd | ta f i h : \ : tl Ff OO ON ete a OR ee anf ten © ees ee i ¥ # z 35.9 ——— = the remainder of reported 5 A t ee RE store oi ied See Las coe a 4 ARGUE FORD CASE, Bapert Te.timony,on Anarchy Ie-Heard. CLEMONS, Mich, Aug. 1.— the Henry Ford-Chicago sult to-day, profesor of political he OPA ee ee eT a ———. Per Cent. on Their Fruits and Vegetables. ‘The following letter muy suggost to, 1 y a New York housewife to ask ‘herself whether she belongs to any Your newspaper has, as usual, fone straight to the point and told ite readers just who le re- sponsible for the high cost of veg- @tables and fruits raised in plen- teous quantities within cannon You have HOUSEWIVES WHO DO NOT WANT TO HELP, 1 now understand, as never be- fore, what The Evening World is “up against” when it secks to serve the best interests of its Bome of the ‘women bei 1 approached frankly shrank from the effort eequired to pave the 00 per cent. which they agreed probably could be saved by going with.me. They were sim- ply lay, Others. who ought'to be members of the “nobility” in.gome country that maintains such an institution; feared to get into ‘“gueh @ crowd" as they bad seen ‘with thelr vain airs. have me understand they did not need to economize, though I hap- pen to know. that in some casén, least wives of salaried fen id idve's ward time make ends meet. 1 aid Leng] ¥ || tung operation of Soden soniteie women, and sary we a Tor Sat pufeheoce “of vowetablen - fra Perhaps when som i Ives they will fall into it even our little ones omer * ANOTHER HOUSEWIFE, New York, July 31, 1919. 4 If co ers desire further -proof that retailers in all rts of the city are meking exorbitant profits on home-grown les let them com- pare fe. prices, they are called on to Pay at the local stores to-day with’ the prevailing prices the dealer has to p@y at the Gansevoort and Walla- bout Markets; PLAIN FIGURES PROVE THE RE- TAIL GOUGING. Potatéés run from $% to $5.25 a bar. rel, There are about 180 pounds .o barrel.. If the small retailer, payin; a low r asks more than 6 cents) @ pound he profiteering. The price at the pusheart markets ranges frum 3 to 4 cents a pound for select pota- toes, Small ones can be bought there for 2 cents a pound, Green’ corn of first quality (large, full ears) costs the retailer from 33) cen' cr It is plentiful in and daily be- tbe! best, quality, and probably will be at its cheapest, To-day most of the retail | stores in the city demand 8 vents or more an ear for it—some of them much more. In the pushcart markets the same grade can pe bought for ¢ cents an ear, Cabbages, which also are plentiful now, bring @n average of 6 cents each fot heads weighing from three or pounds. Whether your local low. dealer sells them by the head or HOUSEWIVES NW ORGNZE PASCART MARKET PARTS | TOBAKRETALERS GRE HYLAN TELLS POLICE} TO GET BUSY: ON tion ‘Charges Against Pack- ers—O Malley Shadowed. “ie aye" ry 2 ees ay ae Be TH Seen erie oie ee —-. pes a a f DOD Newark’s ‘Live Wire’ Mayor Opening Sale Of Army Bacon at Cost Price to Citizens | Orders Inquiry Into Intimida- The report that agents of the Big below those prevaliing in the retail trade and have threatened that the packers will withdraw credit from butchers handling Government meats brought about various developments to-day. Federal, county and city of- ficials took notice of the ¢eports and it is quite probable that action will follow if the alleged actions of the packers’ agents are substantiated. Mayor Hylan instructed Police ‘Commissioner Enright to use the Po- lice Department in ‘ferreting out threats of repriqais on butqhers who have expressed a willingness to sell army meats at prices below the mar- ket rates. District Attorney Swann ordered his assistants to look up the law and be prepared to co-operate should the police investigation estab- lish that there has beeh intimidation of butchers, United States District Attorney Francis G. Caffey announced his willingness to bring proceedings under the Sherman anti-trust act if evidence is presented to him indicat- ing that the Big Five are endeavor- ing to hold up prices by threatening ruin to retailers. Practically all the meat sold in this city Is obtained from the packing monopoly and all butchers are al- lowed credit—that is they do not have t» pay for their meat until they have sold jt. Deputy Commissioner of Markets O'Malley and O. Gabriel Tyrrell of Hackensack, N. J., who has been trying to sell surplus army meats to retailers in this city, are given as the source of the reports that agents of the packers have frightened the retail dealers away from the project of disposing of the Government supplies at cut rates, BUYS $9,000,000 WORTH OF BA- CON, HAM AND OLEO, Mr. Tyrrell says he is an agent of a syndicate which has bought $9,000,- 000 worth of bacon, ham, oleomar- garine and canned roast beef with the object of disposing of it, through retailers, without profit to the syn- dicate, According to Mr. Tyrrell, he is in position to furnish retailers with 2,550,000 pounds of bacon at 35.cents @ pound; 1,500,000 pounds of smoked ham, at 27 certs a’ pound; 3,000,000 pounds of oleomargerine, at 36 cents & pound; 6,600 cases of canned roast beef, at from 24 to 25 cents a pound. He says he closed several contracts a fow days ago with retailers, who agreed to take over large quantities vf his supplies and seh them to the Public at about six cents below the may‘ket price for bacon and ham and oleomargariae, and 12 cents a pound below the market price for roast beef. fioon after he had taken these or- ders they were cancelled, and while he has no proof, he believes that agents of the packers followed him on Mis rounds and intimidated the men who had agreed to take his meats and oleo, P Deputy Commisisoner of Markets O'Malley, who is working to provide the public with immense stores of elty over, he charges much more than this, In the pushcart markets the prevailing price is 2 cents a pound, Carrots cost the retailer 20 cents a bunch of about 24 carrots, He usuall sells them in bunches of three, whic! cost him less than 3 cents. 2 asks more than 5 cents for such a bunch he asks too much. The pusheart mer. chants sell them at from 4 to 6 cents a bunch of three. Tomatoes are sold to the retailer at from $2.25 to $2-50 for 20 quarts, which equal from 20 to 30 pounds. they run, this ls from 2 to 8 cents for each tomat They sell in the push- cart markets at from 3% apiece, String beans scll to the ret $1.50 a bag of from 28 to 80 qu: and a quarter, so at prese: Je prices they cost the 3% cents well them at or a pound? Canteloupes cost the ret $3.50 to $4 @ box of 48. This is fron pound, he. ma’ a Ae it i reese more than from cen a head for them. In Biosi ance the 71-3 to 81-3 cents apiec New Ji and little, as the load runs, Taken as to 56 cents Kl other person who with a quart of beans weighs about a pound hol ade less than 5 cents a quart, or und, The pughcanters does your local deaier ask for a quart from m ey watermelons sell to the retailer at 80. cents each, taken big surplus army meats and canned goods, has been shadowed ever since he took ap the project at the suggestion of The Evening World. He has run across indications that the packers are trying to throw obstacles in the path of the city oTicials who are working to provide the people with cheap meats. Mr. Caffey said that if the packers ‘have sent out agents to threaten meat market proprietors with loss of credit or otherwise, the Sherman ‘law hus been violated. All he wants is the evidence and the Grand Jury will do the rest. HYLAR BENDS LETTER TO EN- RIGHT ON THREAT REPORT, Mayor Hylan was considerably ex- ercised over a report from Mr. O'Malley that he has been shadowed by persons opposed to the sale of Government meat by the city and the Mayor also took cognigance of the charges made by Mr. Tyrrell. The result was the despatch of the fojlow- ing letter to (Police Commissioner Ho- right. “I have been informed by Depaty Commissioner of Markets O'Malley thatyhe. has, been followed from place te place by a man who he believes represents the food profiteering in- terests; that ts, an agent of one of the five big packers that contro! the food in the United States. “It is reported that a few men have acquired 10,000,000 pounds of food from the United States Government and are willing to dispose of ham and, bacon to New York retailers at 6 cents per pound cheaper than they can buy it from the packers, with the under- standing that the retailer will sell it to the public at @ corresponding re- duction; that it 1s impossible to sell in the New York market, as the re- tailers prefer te buy from the pack- ers and charge the public higher prices; that the representatives of the men who have the 10,000,000 | pounds of food purchased from the Government are likewise being fol- lowed by packers’ agents while mak- ing their rounds.in an endeavor to sell this food, and that whenever an order ts taken it {8 cancelled within a few hours, “I wish you would direct the police throughout thé city to call on the butchers on their posts and find out i, possible whether they are willing to purchase bam and bacon from others than their regular dealer if they san get it at least six cents per pound cheaper, “Obtain from the butcher the name and description of any man who visits them and requests them not to pur- chase ham and bacon and other food- stuffs from any one other than thele regular dealer; Butchers should make note of any threat that is mado as to credit being out off and the refusal to supply goods. “Have the butcher report any tele- phone communication or other con- versation bearing on credit and food- stuffs furnished by the regular deal- ers or other dealers who have pur- chased from the Government or other sources, Obtain any other evidence in violation of Section No. 680 of the penal law—to prevent another from exercising a lawful trade or calling or doing any other lawful act by force, threats, intimidation, or by Interfer- ing or threatening to interfere with the property belonging to or used by another. “Also Section No, 580—Coercing an- view of compiling another person to do or to abstain from doing an act which such other person has a legal right to do or abstain from doing, wrongfully, unlawful; uses or attempts the in- ‘or force. “The Police Department of the cit |must aid in proouring videu against food profiteers ahd thi ercing dealers a! ploiting the people of the city,” el erreta of such person by threats agents who are intimidating and co- retatiors ‘and ex- GERMAN PROTOCOL TO PEA TREATY GES TO SENATE Explains Agreements Reached at Exchange of Memoran- dum at Versailles, \WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—The pro- tocol to the German peace treaty, defining explanations of the treaty agreed to in memorandums exchanged between the German and Allied pleni- potentiarics, was laid before the Senate to-day by Vice President Marshall. The documents were trans; mitted yesterday by President Wilson, but too tate for submission before to-day. : The protocol was accompanied by explanatory ‘letters from President Wilson and Secretary Lansing, The protocol and the correspondence were referred to the Foreign Relations Committee. ‘The text of the protocol follows: “With a view to Indicating precisely the conditions in which certain provis- ions of the treaty of even date are to be carried out it is agreed by the high contracting porties that: “A commission will be appointed by | the’ principal Allied and Associated Powers to supervise the destruction of the fortifications of Heligoland, in accordance with the treaty, This commission will be authorized to de- cide what portion of the works pro- tecting the coast from sea erosion are to be maintained and what portion must be destroyed, “Sums reimbursed by Germany to German nationals to indemnity them in respect of the interests which they may be found to possess in the railways and mines referred to jn the second paragraph of Article No. 156 shall be credited to Germany against the sums due by way of reparation. (This paragraph relates to the Twing Tao Twinanfu Railway and mines in China acquired by Japan under the peace treaty). “The list of persons to be handed over ‘to the Allied and Associated Governments by Germany under the second paragraph of Article No. 228 shall be communicated to the German Covernment within a month from the coming into force of the treaty. “The Reparation Commission re- ferred to,in Article 240 and Para- graphs 2, 8 and 4 of Annex 4 cannot require trade secrets or other confi- dential information to be divulged, “From the signature of the treaty ang within the ensuing fous months Germany will be entitled to submit for examination by the Allied and Associated Powerg documents and proposals in order to expedite the work connected with reparation and th®s to shorten the investigation and accelerate the decisions. “Proceedings will be taken against persons who have committed punish- ablq offenses in the liquidation of German property and the Allied and Associated Powers will welcome any information which the German Gov- ernment can furnish on this subject.” President Wilson's letter accom. panying the protocol was 8 follow: “Phe protocol originated in a writ- ten interchange of views between the representatives of the Allied and As- sociated Powers and the representa- tives of Germany, as a result of which the representatives of Germany re- quested that certain explanations of methods and facilities which it was proposed phould be accorded the Ger- man Government in the execution of the treaty should be reduced to writ- ing and signed by the powers signa- tory to the treaty so as to form a de- finite and binding methorandum:” Expressing the opinion that Ger- many never could pay the amount of indemnity assessed against her, Ber- nard M. Baruch, economic adviser to the American peace delegation, told the Foreign Relations Committee to- day that the Peace Conference had framed its reparation programme on what Germany owed, rather than on what she would be able to pay. The proposed reparations commissions, he said, would decide how much Ger- p my coul! pay and would not ‘at- tempt to collect more than that amount, regardless of how much it decided she o ‘ed. Senator Johnson of California asked why, if the United States did not ex- pect to participate In the indemnity, there should be an American repre- sentative on ‘the commission. Mr. Baruch said American representation was necessary. “It Will be a matter of dollars and Gents to American business interests,” said Mr. Baruch, “because on the de- cisions of the commission will depend stability of world financial con- ditions for years to come.” Secretary of Labor Wilson urged immediate of the Kenyon res- olution authorizing President Wilson to call the first meeting of the Jnter- national Labor Conference this fall and appoint American delegates. The treaty itself provides that the first meeting shall be held in Washington on invitation of the Uaited States, but existing law prohibits the Presi. dent from calling such a conference. “BIG FIVE” TREATY WITH POLAND GIVEN , TO SENATE BY LODGE Senator Also Presents Pact for Gov- erning Rhine District, Which He Received Privately. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—A copy of @ treaty between the “Big Five” pow- ers and Poland, said to have been signed at Versailles on June 28, was put into the Senate record to-day by Chainman Lodge of the Foreign Rela- tions Committee, who said it had been submitted to the British Parliament two weeks ago, The text of the agreement betwoen President Wilson and the represen- tatives of the'other big powers for government of the Rhine district also was presented by Senator Lodge, who said he had received a copy privately after the document had been pre+ sented to the British Parliament. The Rhine agreement, as presented by Senator Lodge, follows: “The Allied and associated powers did not insist on making the period of ocupation last until the reparation clauses wete completely executed, be- cause they assumed that Germany would be obliged to give ever ‘oof of her good will and every necessary guarantee before the end of the fif- teen years’ time. “As the cost of occupation involves an equivalent reduction of the amount available for reparations the Allied and Associated Powers stipulated that if before the end of the fifteon- year period Germany had fulfilled all her obtigations under the treaty, the troops Of occupation should be im lately withdrawn, if Germany, at an earlier date, has given proofs of her good, will and jsfactory guarantees to Assure the fulfilment of her obligdtions, the Allied and Associated Powers con- cerned, will be ready to come to an agreement between themselves and the earlier termination of the upation, ‘Now and henceforward in to alleviate the burden of the tion bill they agree’that as the Allied and Associated concerned are convinced that’ the conditions of annual amount of the sums to be paid by Germany to cover the cost of occupation shall not ex- ceed 240,000,000 marks gold. This provision can be modified if the Allied and Associated Powers agree as to the necessity of such modification: BUYERS SWANP NEWARK MAYORS “BACON STORES Ten Additional Selling Places to Be Operated to Handle Huge Crowds. So great a success has been the sale of army food in Newark, N. J., that Mayor Gillen to-day an- nounced that ten additional selling places will be opened. At Engine House No. 21, on South Orange Ave; fue, the first load of bacon was sold in half an hour to-day, When the second joad arrived there was such @n eager crowd demanding it that the @aleswomen didn’t wait for it to be unloaded: They sold it direct from the truck. The sales yesterday exceeded 15,000 pounds—more than one-third of the entire shipment- of 40,000 pounds— and so far exceeded his expectations that his entire organization was ut- terly inadequate to cope with the situation and had to be practically doubled. Where three big auto trycks had been originally engaged six were required. . All last night a double shift of eighteen men and six women cut and weighed the bacon at the Henster cold storage plant, the central dis- tributing point, in anticipation of to-day’s sales. This morning early the prepared pieces were delivered to the thirteen selling station’. Tne canned bacon ordered by Mayor Gil- Jen also arr! last nigbt and was placed at the stations to-day. A» had been announced, the strip bacon is selling at 36 cents a pound, and the canned product at 38 cents. The bacon was cut into two and four pound pieces to-day. At the start of the sales yesterday only six, eight and twelve pound slabs were sold, but the demand for the smaller pieces was so great it was decided to put out the smaller weights. FALL CALLS FRAMING OF LEAGUE A GRIME AGAINST CIVILIZATION Retards Hope That Will Eventually Bring People of the Earth Together Says Senator. WASHINGTON, Aug: 1A “crime against civilization” was committed in framing the League of Nations, Senator Fall of New Mexico, Republi- can, declared in a speech to-day, “We are asked to surrender that political freedom, which of itself con- stitutes out of all the forces known to man the great force for freedom, for right, for justice unswathed, untrammeled power of this great nation governed under one law or fornf of government, breath- ing the same air of freedom, speaking with the same tongue and worship- ping the one God," Senator Fall said “Joined with the other people of the world in this so-called peace treat joined with those nations, every one of whom we are eold, even by. the President, sat at Ahe peace table in- sisting upon selfish rights or claims or readjustment of rights or claims, of international boundaries and of new boundaries; constituting only a fraction of the governing body of the League, unable within the League to impress ourselves and our ideas and the unhampered, |” PAXSON.—STACY. to make our demands, out of ft, because of the fact that delegate to others the right to eight votes tu one against ua in mater of selfish interest Mm ~ they can unite; we have not only stroyed the Government * fathers, but, in my mind, we vommitted a crime against the tions of the earth, st civil tion itself, and retarded ‘a thousund years that rvign-of Ch whieh we all wil; eventu bring people of the earth gothe a HANGS SELF FROM GAS JE Man in Fis Uses Min Belt; Ernest Bohm, manager of, pro and effects for the Charles Miller © pany’s theatrical studios at No, West 38th Street, was found o'clock to-day hanging dead tr oMce by Edward Lawrence, of the company. 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