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INGRESS SHOULD. HGH FOOD REE re ee Qe--Wearing apparel has helped some, but -AEEPON AT WORK, _SGROVING BEL _ Many Members Feel That|Wholesalers and Farmers’ 13 Legislative Slate Must Be Costs Have Been Reduced— is Cleaned Up. Meat Quotations Fall. | hdenabll one denne, Waar Herschel H. Jones, head of the WASHINGTON, May 22.—Just as Plans were being made to pack up and go home to meet the voters or start on an Oriental junket, a cer- tain clement of Congress is ques- tioning the wisdom of quitting with- out cleaning its slate. The bills to gfesulate the meat packing industry &nd other economic measures are protruding their heads above ground in @ most annoying manner. The “Republican steering committee of the Senate hes tentatively set the date Of recess as June 4, but with a num- ber of Republican’ Senators protest- ing against quitting with important Dusiness unfinished, the situation has become embarrassing, On Aug. 8, 1919, President Wilson “@ppeared before Congress and made specific suggestions in connection With proposed legislation to check profiteering. The President's Were as follows: Extension of the life of the Lever Food Control Act to the date of ratificationfof the peace treaty, Extension of the ecope of the Lever Act to include fuel, food and clothing. Amendment of the Lever Act law to provide penalties for profiteer- | ing. . i Enactment of a law jimiting the | period during which goods may be held in cold storage; also a law requiring that goods be Marked with the prices at which they were placed in cold storage. Enactment of a law requiring that all goods destined for inter- state commerce be marked with | the price at which they left the hands of the producer. Enactment of a law to licénse and regulate corporations engaged . in interstate commerce, in order “= to prevent profiteering. Enactment of a law to control security issues to prevent specu- lation. ;, On December 2, 1919, the Execu- Jf tive again addressed Congr mak- ~ ing additional recommendations as follows: Extensioh of the Lever Act for a period of six months after thy signing of the peace treaty. pe ntlelty regarding profiteers D, 4 recommendations fot ra Regulation of storage prices, modeled on the law of New Jer- wey. The April figures of the Bureau ef Labor statistics, just announced, show the greatest increase of any thirty day period since April, 1915. With this state of affairs and a steadily increasing clamor from all parts of the country, Congress is be ginning to doubt whether it can af- ford to quit without doing something, in view of the speculative character of the excessive cost of iiviag. ‘To be sure, the wave of reduction In Congress can claim no credit for that. Neither can the Department of Jus- | tice, which has been tinkering with the situation in a haphazard way. Senator. Kenyon, Republican of fowa, served notice on his associates ‘Thursday that he would expect the packers control bill to be acted on before adjournment, Friday after- moon Senator Kendrick, Republican, of Wyoming, delivered one of the most extended speeches of the ses- sion on the same subject. He gave a comprehensive review of the meat packing industry year by year, and emphasized bis belief that there must be Xe jslation without delay in order to alleviate the situation, With the Consumers’ League, farmerS organi- gations and many other classes of} citizens urging relief, the pressure on | Congress is becoming terrific. Degpite all this, Senator Lodge and | the Steering Committee are prepar- ing for a quick getaway, which means that nothing will be done if they have their way. Some of those who feel growing public impatience with Congressional inactivity are threatening to filibuster against ad- journment, Senator Kenyon and others Bay that Congress cannot afford to ‘yun away from the cost of living issue, but ought to stay here and fight it out to a finish, ‘As usual, there*are a lot of other complicating features, Senator Lodge and his aides on the Republican -side in the treaty fight would like to ad- journ as soon as possible until the fYegular session in December in order | sto prevent the President from again submitting the treaty after he vetoes the Knox resqjution for a separate | peace with Germany. Congress took | up most of its time the past winter with some eighty odd “war investigd- tions” designed to produce campaign material. ‘The rumblings from the | gountry indicate that it is “fed up’ ‘on this kind of chaff and wants some s Tt will be no surprise “4 Sahat the Republican Steering Com- mittee tries to enforce its decision to quit for the summer. N Re sentative Fuller, Republican, of Massachusetts, who belongs to a group in the House that wants to take some remedial action before ad- journment, has introduced a bill to Yegulate the maximum price which shall be paid for the common necessi- ties of life. Mr. Fuller’s plan is to establish a common commodities com- mission consisting of five members, to be appointed by the President, the duties of ychich shall be to subm't to - DROPS PREDITED | buy | pound, veal one cent and hogs three LAID TO RETAILER; Division of Foods and Markets of the State Department of Farms and Markets, declared to-day that if New Yorkers are not wetting their food at reduce prices the fault lies with the retailét, “Tie farmer is getting lower Prices,” he said. “The wholesaler 1s getting lower prices. It follows that the retailer ought to be getting lower Prices, “The decline in the price of food commodities is not a deliberate price- cutting of so many per cent. It is simply the natural working of natural causes. It ought to mean a steady decline through the summer, prices declining as supplies increase. “Last weok there was a marked de- cline in the farmer’g price on prac- tically all farm products excepting new potatoes. Large supplies were coming in from the South. With a continuation of good weather and a clearing up of the transportation situation, the supply shotild continue to increase and the prices to fall. “Retailers have had a part in re- ducing wholesale prices, refusing to greater quantities than they needed for immediate sale—refusing to stock up. Consumers can take @ hint from the retailers and do the same thing, In fact they are doing 80. Last week a little bunch of four or five beets cost 18 cents at th grocers, and few bought. To-day you can get them for nine or ten cents, “Meat on the hoof is declining in price bacause the farmer finds it too costly to keep and feed livestock. Lambs have dropped two cents a cents in the Ikst féw weeks—on the hoof. Also the farmer has been get- ting lower prices for butter and eggs, and the consumer ought to get lower prices. John W. Nix, commission merchant at No. 281 Washington Street, also said that wholesale prices are declining. “The peak of high prices for food has been passed,” he declared. “The wholesuler is paying less and he is gharging less. The retail prices ought tosbe lower «ll summer, c ‘The Merchants’ Association of New York will meet Tuesday at the Hotel Astor to consider transportation prod- lems in the city, Alfred &, Marling Acting Chairman of the Citizen's ‘Transportation ‘Committee, "reports that truck farmers on Long Island Waye been handicapped by lack of seeds and fertilizer owing to the rail- road tangle. Recently, he, said, 160 cars of seeds and 100 cars of ¢ertilizer were found in the Jersey City yards and “rescued” for the use of the truck farmers. But he sald the delay had caused many farmers to plant with- out fertilizer, The Associated Dress Industries of | America to-day issued a_ statement saying that the price reductions in dresses offered in the retail stores “represent the biggest values ever of- fered in the history of the women's the wholesile interests were doing everything they could to co-operate with the retailers in binging down prices and restoring the dollar to Ats normal purchasing power. But he said if the movement was to succeed permanently these would have.to be co-operation als on the part of the makers of the cloth He said the sales now in progress will deplete the stocks of retailers and stimulate the demar®@ next fall for more production. [ANDY milk — already mixed with engar! For cooking — for table. A standby to keep among your pantry supplies. / The Borden label guarantees its purity. All grocers. 1650 BROADWAY aT ot STREET GET_WISE! SAVE MONEY Large selection of custom made, silghtiy worn mis- Tite and unealled for Suits, $5 to $12 Conte and Pants. 82.50 Up Better than cheap clothing. Come see for yourself. SAMPLE SUITS $15-$25 Marples Vatuce M. COHEN 115 Tth Av., 8.5, cor, 17th 8 OPEN 8 A. M. TO 0 P. M’ a RR Authorized Exchange Dealers NEW AND USED BUICKS Glidden Motor & Supply Co. 239 West 58th St., Ove Door Bast of Broadway. Cordon &Dilworth ORANGE MARMALADE wearing apparel industry.” David N. Mosessohn, Executive Director, said «John Ward. RADICAL REDUCTIONS’ PAIRS SEASONABLE .-OXFORDS “+ All Sizes, Styles, Lethers and Patterns $895 A $Q-95 ; $1 1-95 17,000 SOLES AT THE TIME 21-23 Cortlandt street * Our of pri the President each month a list of articles which it has designated as @emmon necessities of life. Such a ipt shall, wheg approved by the Presiden be considered as the of- fal list’ of articles on which the! gommission shall fix the maximum price, The bill has been referred to House Judiciary Comnuttee, and less ft is blocked by the Steering , Committe it is likely te receive early Comaideration. \ Mens Shoes pee : ohn hoes REGULAR PRICES AR HOT-STAMPT ON THE OF MANUFACTURE, YOU CAN FIGURE YOUR OWN SAVINGS. Ja Manhattan 80-62 Nassau street 1401-1403 Broadway and 131-133 West 38 street In Brooklyn: 348 Fulton street ler customers kno that our policy has always been “ wsnound merchandise tnd en iatelijent decire se be of terse THE EVENING WORLD, SATURD ‘ JOHN WANAMAKER— f Broadway at Ninth, New York . The Significant Action of the National Association . of Manufacturers at its annual meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, Peg Mera 5,400 manufactur- ers, employing 6,000,000 people, stating “That we are. in hearty accord with all sensible efforts to reduce prices of ‘commodities, and to that end we urge our members to co-operate in all reason- able efforts to bring about that result” is one of the outstanding developments in the nation-wide movement to lower the cost of living and put the country on a peace-time footing. ‘ Each day sheds new light and brings new encouragement to go forward. It is our belief that there are many thou- sands of storekeepers who will stand together firmly against any further encroachments upon the purses of their patrons by the rais- ing of prices. We must reach the apex and we cannot even stand upon it. We must find our way out through a downward door. Labor must find the way to put through a larger production of articles of every kind or we must put an embargo on American manu- factures leaving the country in order to stop the ery of scarcity. We can bring on good times speedily if we work together for it. (Signed) Ve fi A Down- Stairs Store New goods at May 22, 1920, 20 per cent. off Remember this—The Down Stairs Store at Wanamaker'’s is a store of lower prices and de pendable merchandise; and now, with the co-oper- ation of many manufacturers, we are obtaining new goods underprice, and Suey them to you at sale prices, LESS 20 PER CENT. Women’s Polo Coats Models we have had in regular stock at $25. Sale price, $21.50. Less 20 per cent.—$17.20. Fifty-five of these fine, practical coats will be ready on Monday morning. ,Down-Stairs Store, Old Bldg. Kiddies’ Frocks Bought to sell special in the White Sale at $2.50. Less 20 per cent.—$2. Check and pretty chambray in pink, blue and brown— nicely trimmed. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bidg.~ Tailored Blouses Special at $1.95. Less 20 per cent.—$1.56. Corded and woven voile, organdy pique collars—in several good styles. Down-Stairs Stare, Old Bldg. Women’s Hats Special at $2. Less 20 per cent. —$1.60, Sen- nitt, peanut, basket weave and Wenchow straw— in sailor, mushroom and roll brim shapes. Black, brown, navy and colored facing, and all the light shades. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bldg. Men’s Straw Hats $2.95 (less 20 per cent.—$2.35) Four Good Styles Down-Stairs Store, New Bidg. Boys’ Shoes Good black leather shoe for boys—just the thing for summer play days. Sizes 9 to 1334, $3.2, less 20 per cent,—$2.68... Sizes 1 to 2, $3.85, less 20 per cent,—$3.08 Sizes 234 to 51, $4.45, less 20 per cent. —$3.56, Down-Staire Store, New Building Girls’ Dresses Same models we had in stock earlier in the season at $15. This lot, $9.75. Less 20 ie cent.—-$7.80. Sheer organdies—very a eae) orchid, peach, maize, bisque, flesh and Nile. Sizes 6 to 14. Downehitairs Store, Old Building Misses’ Raincoats A good raincoat at $6.50, Less 20 per cent.—$5.20, Light-weight tan Bombazine--well made, belted models, Down-Stairs Store, Old Building **e Summer Frocks Ready at $5. Less 20 per cent-—$4, Th® pretty fig- ured voile dresses that serve so many summer purposes. New styles—-women’s and misses’ sizes. Down-Stairs Store, Old Building ase. SSX, ingham , 22, 1920, Telephone Stuyvesant 4700 Significant News of the Day Wool prices drop 10 to 20 per cent. « + +» Wholesalers predict steady fall in prices + +,+ Manufacturers offer cooperation “‘with all sensible efforts to reduce prices of commodities” + + + London newspapers print long cablegrams. From the N. Y. TIMES. Prices of Wool drop in Boston Auction Sales; buyers agree peak of high prices has passed Boston, May 20—The prices of wool slumped today, a break from 10 to 20 per cent, occuring at the auction sales conducted here under the auspices of the British Government. Only seven mills took part in the bidaing and but 30 per cent. of the wool offered for sale was disposed of. Buyers are agreed that the peak of high prices for wools has passed. From the N. Y. EVENING 8UN Wholesalers gow see lower prices coming Chicago—Big wholesale houses here today began preparing for a general drop in the cost of living and the restriction of credit by banks, by restricting credit to their own customers. Marwhall Field & Co., reputed the biggest wholesalers of dry goods in the countzy, huve urged retailers to cut their stocks to the bone, sid have begun calling in the “glow boys," customrs who are back on their bills. Butler Bros., one of the largest genéral jobbiny houses in the West, predicted today, through their city credit department, a steady fall in prices for the next two years, “By that time prices will be back at their pre-war levels,” said an official of the credit department. Wholesale buyers said that fur and silk prices already are well on the down grade, “Cotton and wool will be the next to go, and that will be shortly. When that comes there will be a general fall in prices,”’ one buyer for a large wholesale house said, New York—The wholesalers are the latest to join the crusade against the high cost of ving Cancellation of orders by retailers has forced a reduction by wholesalers, ‘and this is expected to have an immediate reaction on the manufacturers. 20 Per Cent. Off continues Monday | Applying to EVERYTHING in the Wanamaker Stores except certain price-restricted articles and our catalog stocks 65 Handbags From stock, reduced 20 per cent. + Take another 20 off marked price. These bags are the highest grade handbags in our stock—velvet with Dutch style sterling silver frames—lovely metal brocades—exquisite silks. Most of them came from Paris. They were $15 to $406. Monday they will be $12 to $300. And 20 per cent. off these prices. Jewelry tax is included in prices. Federal tax is not. Main floor, Old Building Im ported Lingerie At 20 per cent. off , A new shipment has just arrived—exquisite arments of finest handkerchief linen, beautifully Read made. ‘Tailored models, finished with hand hemstitching, hand-embroidery and hand-drawn work. More frivolous models trimmed with real Val. lace. They are made in sets—night-gown, chemise and drawers to match—but the garments may be bought separately as well. Nightgowns, $10.75 to $12.75, Chemises, $7.75 to $9.75. | Drawers, $4.50 to $7.60—less 26 per cent. Imported Shops. Third floor, Old Building Plaid Ribbons At 20 per cent. off A gala assortment—all new—Roman stripes, eg rire and modish combinations, varying in width from %-ine! to 7 inches, an inspiration to the lever of bright colors. Narrow ribbon for the bow at the neck, medium widths for wear ag a sash on the Eton suit and very wide for vests and bags. “ 45c to $3.50—less 20 per cent. Main floor, Old Building New Boudoir Caps At 20 per cent. olf Lace, satir, ribbon, net and ogain more ribbon and tace. Dutch caps, close-fitting bonnets and quaint hoods adorned with streamers. Dainty light colors, all very becoming; 715¢ to $8.75—leas 20 per cent. Third floor, Old Building Pajamas for Women At 20 per cent. olf Billie Burke models in one piece. Made of plain or fancy crepe. 85, Two piece models in fine madras in solid colors. $3.50 to $5, Slip-over models in two pieces. Made of dainty batiste; sleeveless and with V neck, $3.85. Striped crepe coat model—-blue, lavender and pink. A particularly attractive garment, $5. Third floor, Old Building Store Hours 9 to 5. From the NEW YORK SUN & HERALD The mid-monthly business review of the Irving National Bank of New York reported as follows: “Not a few capable observers believe we are about to experience a decline in prices, Events in the stock mare ket, which ~~ easily be misleading, lend some svopert to this view. bv ae] rt eek sume, of y 1 was per cent. higher in “on Ay 1, this weld eee to the railroad strike. po ye was bound to put up eis Bradstreet’s index number at $20.8699, the highest yet; March 1 1 at $20.7124, but rose again May 1 to peo bg season when it was reasonable to expect a ther decline. As the price situation in all countries is growed that the index number of the “for April a fall of prices in “Ban business men, economists and others have been dinning it into the public ears that thrift, as well as greater luction, is necessary to economic rehabilitation. “The policy of one of the most successful and best known American merchants, owner of stores in New York and Philadelphia, in pes bere a widely advertised ‘ale of all goods at uctions of 20 per cent. from ori- ginal markings, has attracted general attention and greatly stimulated buying. All_ these things have created at least a psychological foundation for lower levels.” From the N. Y. TRIBUNE Price slash here alarms Britain— fear of slump in imports ahd relief to Europe is expressed London, May 20—It is believed here that a great deal of the goods now being thrown on the American market at low prices were destined for this side of the Atlantic, This gives rise to fears here of an increasing shortage in im- portations of the necessities of life. There also is fear that the changing economic situation in America will make that nation more than ever disinclined to assist in ray hoageey eras Several oe asta gertee long cal ms concerning the wave ice Polis the United States. io . Napkins and Towels At twenty per cent. off their very low Monday Prices 800 dozen napkins, $15 PURE LINEN, 24 x 24 in. (dinner size); beautiful satin finish; firm close weave, charming scroll design. $15 dozen below current prices for this quality, notwithstanding, you may take 20 per cerit. off that price, Monday. 300 dozen face towels * $12 to $36 dozen PURE LINEN, good quality, good size. Take 20 per cent. off these prices. 1,200 dozen Turkish towels $9 to $24 dozen Heavy, generous size. Among them are a number of fancy weaves, Take 20 per cent. off these prices. F First floor, Old Building ~ Dumbarton Suits At 20 per cent. off ' A vew shipment of Dumbarton suits for women has arrived in the Suit Salons-—new models, in many delightrul shades of blue and in the new sponge color and other shades of tan, midnight blue and heather mixtures. Made with pen and slit pockets, some with narrow bias strips laid Norfolk wise down the back, and with narrow leather belts. Others with shallow yokes after the smartest of English sports models. $42. 60—less 20 per cent. Second floor, Old Building These New Goods Are Being Opened _ Crepe—crepe de chine—Gros de Londres—tricolette— sport satin (white)—taffeta—lawn and linings—cambric— men’s ties—men's bathing suits-men’s collars—picture frames—notions and girdles—scalloped linen sets—Madeira seta—-towels, linen and union—-napkins-—table ‘cloths—- Turkish towels—shects and pillow cases—Brussels carpets— lace—veilings—Chinese lace—curtains—cretonnes—curtain goods—frizette—taffeta — velvet — radio cloth - pineapple straws — umbrellas — underwear — hosiery — bodi ices — mer~ cerized hose-—silk hose-—wool soles—bags—belts—buckles— knives—vanity bags—cases—baby carriages—sunshades-—- hammocks (nurse: china and glassware—toilet paper— * trunks—wash cloths-—-soap—kettles—-traye—refrigerators—— O’Cedar polish—andirons—birds — Italian beds (antique) — divang—chairs—tables—buffets—library tables—-furniture men’s gloves—toilet supplies— spoons— sterling’ silverware —mats, carpets—lamps and bulbs—books—frocks and skirts—suits and dresses— women s coats—pearl necklaces— photo albums—suit cases—house dresses—chairs, desks— ing —All Twenty off Rules of the Sale Nothing sold to dealers Nothing sold C, O, D. Nothing on approval Nothing returnable _