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TUB HASflAV TOM, ‘, N. T., MWDAT. JTTLT B, 1*1* P**e t — ---- Tew Feed AdeMeritiiie wd Tew SMe C.— i.liw Am Deiei le Hcle Tee Wk n i l Wer AUGUSTIN M'NALLY _ Dlrwrtf t4 NMHfy H T W n F m 4 C m m M m m J F<* m I F w 4 Bart STATE FOOD COMMISSION, U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION, A PATRIOTIC PARTNERSHIP The Work of One Is the Joy of the Other, and Both Exemplify the Spirit of National Unity That Means Success. rw« It Ih t w«m<# Im ttm lmtnl e / a r tt lt u ) o f tKa l o b o r t o f year S t e le F o o d Comml**lon m* a < o n j iT e tln r body o f mod milk Ikt U n ltad Slalom Food Admlnimtratioo h will kalp t o a bmltar mod elaarar andaratandlng If oar ramd- •rt.imUl kaap tkl* la m ind. ala . , tkat Ik* m o t loo kart la o a t am* of pral*o o f any man or m en, bat o f pmbilc Information. T h a t fact* a r t oat forth t h a t yam may concolaa a Ja*t pride In th e coo a p i c a oa* and affection w o rk of year S l a t * a t tk a Intim a te partner o f year notional yo a - •m m o n t In tka offenaioa an d defendoa a c - tlvltla* o f food adm ln ittration . They are p o t fo r w a r d a lto In the hopa t k a t a ll o f a* m a y bo ancoa r a y e d to a atrlcter okearvance of tkaaoa rayalatlona which, how e v e r enacting, are an- aantlala to aaccea*. Ten Thoueand Complaints Handled by This Division. After the Bureau of Production, In the order of Importance, comes the Bu reau of Transportation and Distribu tion. This Bureau la under the dl-' rectlon of Cyrus C. Miller. Its title explains Its business generally. It has several divisions, Including trafllc, dis tribution, trade organization, com plaint and Inspection. It would be dif ficult to state which of these divisions Is more useful than another, but this fact stands out, viz, that the opera tions of the complaint division, with Its- Inspection staff, are most frequent ly brought before the public. This di vision, directed by Philip A. Johann, Is the eyes of food administration ac tivity In the State. Its business Is to receive complaints, conduct formal In quiries Into these complaints, prepare them for adjudication by the Federal Food Board when It sits as a trial body, to discover violations of the food regulations, to make periodical Inspection of all concerns, wholesale and retail, dealing In foodstuffs and to enforce the penalties visited by the Board on individuals or firms found guilty of violating the regulations of the Food Administration and the laws of the State Food Commission. Since last December this division has handled 10,700 complaints. Many complaints are received by mall, oth ers presented In person by citizens who have witnessed violations, some come from State and Federal depart ments or the Food Council, composed of approximately 10,000 housewives in New York City, hut the largest num ber Is the result of the untiring ener gy of the Inspection staff of men and women. This staff operates In all parts of the State, either In response to calls from Deputy Food Adminis trators or under orders from the head of the division. Its work naturally in cludes the collecting and presentation of evidence to support formal com plaints of violation and the serving of subpoenas. Variety of Complaints. The subjects of the complaints in vestigated up to the present time in- eluded : Hoarding of foodstuffs, viola tions of the beeiless and wheat less days, combination sales, excessive profits, the baking of bread without substitutes or without sullicient sub stitutes, flour sales without cereals, operating without a license, sales of sugar and flour In large quantities to individual consumers, etc. To the ef fectiveness of tills division Is due those salutary penalties which have been Imposed on firms and Individuals, big and small, found guilty of profit eering. of hoarding, of selling exces sive quantities of sugar to Individuals, of exacting unreasonable prices, of in fractions of the label laws, etc. When ever you rend of some firm having Its license withdrawn for the period of the war, which means a total suspen sion of Its business, or of another be ing permitted to contribute to the Bed Cross sums of money ranging from $25.00 6o $20,000, this Is largely due to the effective operations of the in specting staff. This Bureau has another function which has been exercised with prac tical results. It dismisses first of fenders with a warning, that Is, where the offense Is not sufficiently grave to warrant formal charges; and It con ducts what might be called a school of Instruction for the benefit of trades men and others not familiar with the Food ▲dmlnlatretlon rules. For ex ample, If the tnepectloa staff reports numerous violations In one section of a city or town or county the offenders are either Invited to the headquarters of the Federal Food Board In Nev$ York City or to the offices of some'Tb- l cal administrator. A friendly Inquiry i Is made. Frequently these Inquiries reveal lack of sufficient knowledge of the rules or their meaning. The trades men are told that the Commission wants to help them. Complaints are dismissed and the rules explained In the language of the tradesman, be he Jewish, Italian, French, German or Hungarian. This kindly, helpful at titude, which Is seen In every activity of the Commission, wins the confi dence of tradesmen and leaves the Impression aimed at—namely, that the Food Administration and the State Food Commission are not seeking to penalize men and firms honestly striv ing to conform to the regulations. Trade Organization. The Division of Trade Organization Is under the direction of Floyd TV. Flake. It has .made good. All the divisions have made good because they are In charge of men who are compe tent to do the work assigned them and because they are unhampered In the exercise of that work. This division Is the medium of Intimate relationship between the executive branch of the Commission and the thousands upon thousands of tradesmen throughout the entire State. When It Is not inter preting the rules of the Food Admin istration and the laws of the State Food Commission It Is settling labor difficulties that have threatened to stop the distribution of foodstuffs. Its head Is personally known to the execu tives of every organized body of mer chants doing business directly with the consumer. So successful has been the operations of this division and such Is the popular favor It has won that It Is called on to assist In the settle ment of numerous disputes or throw light on doubtful questions. Apart from Its dally activities, the really big work accomplished by this division has been the establishing of a practical and patriotic partnership between more than 40,000 merchants and the State Food Commission. The result of this partnership of patriyt- Ism may he seen In the splendid co operation of grocers and bakers, gro cers’ clerks and assistants of bakers, the rank and file of labor directly Iden tified with food distribution, and the reduction of the number of daily com plaints so soon as the partnership was fully understood. For example, this division has ral lied to its support and the support of food endeavor 15 organizations direct ly Interested In the manufacture or distribution of bakery products. The list Includes both wholesalers and re tailers and these comprise one commit tee pledged to see to it that the baking rules are observed. There Is a similar partnership of patriotism established between retail grocers, jobbers, deli catessen dealers, wholesale grocers and distributors and the Commission. Kosher Butchers In Line. Kosher butcher committees have been organized, also committees of Italian grocers and jobbers. This di vision has settled at least two strikes to the satisfaction of idl concerned. This division bus other functions; It assists the trade and the public by effecting equal distribution of any sur plus of supplies available, of flour or sugar, for instance. It often happens that one little storeys about to close Its doors because it cannot get am ple supplies for Its trade. This divi sion has seen to It that such a store received Its share In common with others. At the request of the Food Admin istration this division made an exhaus tive study of the cost of commercial baking for the purpose of determining a fair price to be charged for breads containing the required percentage of substitutes. After a careful Inquiry and analysis of statements and cost sheets this division recommended to the Federal Food Board the request of the commercial bakers for an In creased price for three standard loavee. This division distributed the rules of the Commission requiring the labeling of specified commodities ex posed for sale In stores. Through this division the Food Ad ministration has been distributing sugar under the recent certificate plan, and up to June 10 It had Issued certitt- \ \cates for approximately 10,000,000 pounds. Public meetings, the printing and distribution throughout the btate of sugar and flour aud other regula tions, Interpreting rules for the trade, handling inquiries, and assisting the needy to procure necrtwltle* have In- ereasod the volume of hnstnee* done hy this division almost beyond com pilation. Distribution Division. The head of this Division le George L. Bennett, Assistant Director of TmnsportaMon and Distribution This division’s Important contribution to Food Administration Is a fair Price List pnhllahed twice a week and sent to a large mailing Hat. It Is the re sult of a public demand. Price-Inter preting committees of wholesalers and retailers assisted In the establishing of these price* and, after some doubts had been cleared away, agreed to ac cept and enforce them. To arrive at these prices and make them acceptable to the trade has meant long mid pa tient study of the whole subject of price differentials and profits. If the Price List has done nothing more, It has at least been Instrumental In stabilizing the trade to the extent of making prices for the actual necessi ties of life almost uniform. The fol lowing paragraph from a recent report of the head of this Division may he Informative; “This subject Is complicated hy the fact that the different foodstuffs are not sold at the same percentage of gross profit above cost, some being sold practically at cost and others at high profits. In order to assure both the public and retailers fair treatment It has been necessary to determine the volume of trading In each one of these foodstuffs In the average store and to determine the average coat of doing business. It has been necessary to use a small force of accountants to de termine some ot these Items of expense and volume of trading and to aet forth these facts In statistical order. This has been done for the grocery, retail meat and retail fish trades.\ Price List Is Enforced. Only recently, It should be added, n New York grocer was permitted to contribute $25 for failure to observe the fair prices. The complainant was a housewife. Lack of precedent made It necessary for this Division to actual ly become n Bureau of Research, to make special Investigation covering long periods, to evolve new methods of regulation—In a word, to make changes that are almost revolutionary In char acter and effect. Not the least of these research studies was that which took In the system of receiving and dis tributing eggs, live poultry, evaporated and condensed milk, Ice and vegetables, fruits, cereals and flour. This Division, through conference with the dealers, fixed fair prices for turkeys at Thanksgiving and Christ mas, brought about an arrangement with live poultry dealers whereby they pledged themselves not to sell until April 30 of this year live poultry bought from farmers after February 11 and established a maximum price for that period. A similar arrange ment was made with poultry slaughter ers. The “Eat the Potatoes Campaign\ was successfully conducted by this Division and brought relief to farmqrs who had large stocks on hand. This Division also brought about a study of Ice production and distribution, fol lowed by a national conference at Washington. Later the Commission appointed Benjamin B. Odell Ice Con troller for territory In New York State not embraced In the law under which he was appointed. Ice was declared a necessity of life, and any municipality requesting permission to do so was au thorized by the Commission to buy and sell this necessity. Recently Ice mer chants In the cities of Troy and Sche nectady were ordered to sell Ice hy weight and at prices fixed by the Com mission as reasonable. Committee on Census. The achievements of this Division were crvmrtdersMjr added to by the val uable work of a Committee on Cenana, of which Felix M. Warbnrg la the Chairman. Thin committee, a volnn tary one, la composed of distinguished atatlatldana and accountant*. They have evolved a *yatem of weekly cen- *na of all the stock of specified com modities In the hands of wholesalers and Jobbers. This Inormstlon comes to the Federal Food Board In card form. During the flrat days these cards were distributed and collected hy offi cers of the police force. This census gives food officials a complete knowl edge of the amount of foodstuffs han dled by all dealers week by week. Later retailers were Included In the census plan. With this and Informa tion that comes to It from other sources, such as the Produce Exchange and the railroads, the Commission Is not only constantly Informed of the receipt of all foodstuffs at New York, but Is able to check up the general dis tribution and know the volume of busi ness done by wholesalers, retailers and Jobbers week by week. Traffic Division. A story of 10,000 words could be written on the achievements of the Traffic Division, which rarely Is distin guished by having Its work set forth In the newspapers. Since last March 305 cars containing foodstuffs have been traced by this Division and sent to their proper destination. It has often happened that these cars were lying on a siding In the far west, tied up with other freight Shippers complained of delay and receivers were disturbed by a condition that was felt In every branch of buslnesa. The business of the Traffic Division Is to secure the re lease of food products held up by em bargoes, to locate missing cars, adjust disputes between shippers and con signees, etc. It Is managed entirely by volunteers, all experts, under the direction of T. E. Duggan. During the winter, when congestion was abnormal, this Division handled ns many as 40 complaints dally. When your Deputy Food Administrator wants to find a lost car containing foodstuffs he wires the head of the Traffic Division, THUATUBS THEATRES AMERICAN T H E A T R E 7 0 S o . M ain S t . F r e e p o r t Phone 633 Frteport Established 1907 CLARENCE A. EDWARBS All Branches of INSURANCE Automobile, Fire, Burglary, All Casualty Lines, Surety Bonds. Sunday July 7 Kvenlne 7.SO j u N h c a p r i c e A CAMOUFLAGE KISS A Romance of n Tw entieth Century Ol rl By Steven Fox CURRENT EVENTS Monday July 8 M atin.* S.30 Evening 7.SO VAUDEVILLE MONROE SALISBURY — IN — THE EAGLE SMILING BILL PARSON BIRDS OF A FEATHER Goldwyn Comedy Tuesday July 9 Matin,* 8.80 Evening 7.80 MADGE KENNEDY THE FAIR PRETENDER by Florence C. Bollee E d d ie Polo In B u l l ’ll Eye Wednesday July 10 Matin.* 8.30 Evening 7.80 VAUDEVILLE DOROTHY DALTON and WILLIAM DESMOND The Marriage Bubble A Dog Catcher’s Love Keystone Corned v Thursday July 11 E v e n ing 8.15 CHEATING THE PUBLIC All Star C a s t A Timely end Thrilling A m erican Story by Msry M urillo C U R K E N T E V E N T S Friday July 12 Evening 7.80 ALL STAR VAUDEVILLE in the aid of Church of Our Holy Redeemer VAUDEVILLE Mary Warren in The Vortex T r ian g le Feature in 5 Reels MUTT AND JEFF CARTOON Saturday July 13 Mat In M 3.16 Evg. 7.15 * 9 Matinee: Mon., Tues., Wed., Thars., Sat. Opp. Depot Tels., .36 Freeport, N . Y Res., 909 Latest Designs and Makes in Beds, Springs and Mat- resses Upholstering and Repairing of AU Kinds VICTOR FAHRENFELD Merrick Road Freeport, L. I. NEW PUBLIC MARKET JOHN LA GRECA F o r m e r ly W ith P itterm a n at 74 South M a in St. Fruit and Vegetable Store At 50 MAIN STREET FREEPORT, N. Y. Opposite the Post Office FULL STOCK AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES Invites Your New or Continued Patronage For Sale, to Let, Wanted. FOR SALE—White French Pood les, age 2 years; price $10 and $15. Mrs. J. Hanse, 1 E. Smith Street, Freeport. Advt. FOR SALE—Indian motorcycle wiuh side car. Apply Charles J. Snid er, taylor, 21 South Main street, Freeport. tf-18 FOR SALE—Motor boat, eighteen by five, three horse power Ferro En gine. all in good condition; price, $S5. L dx 11, Wantagh. tf-19 i FOR SALE | HATCHING EGGS—Barred Plymouth Rocks, single comb Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns. $2 and up per setting. Best strains. For further particu lars apply to HENRY BRUNING Grand Ave., near Seaman Ave. 8-16-121 Baldwin MONEY T o Loan on Bond and Mortgage Quick Action B. N. EDWARDS, FREEPORT, N. Y. E A G L E E lectrical Shoe Repairing Rubbers and Shoes Repaired while you wait. All work guaranteed. Reasona ble Prices. JAMES PISCIMTfA, Prep. 86 Railroad Ave., Freeport, L. I. WE HAVE NEW and USED FORDS T o u r in g , R u n a b out, C’ou p v let, T o w n ami ItiiHiness Cara For Sale or Exchange C h t t s i s , $400;2ltunuboutH , $ 4 3 5 ; T o u r ing, $ 4 5 0 ; C o u p e let,$560; Tow n , $045; Sedan, $09fi; Truck, $ 6 0 0 . We carry and constantly havejon hand a large stock of all FORD parts TOOLS and MAN Make the World's Greatness W E EMPLOY THE MOST CAPABLE A N D RELIABLE MACHINISTS We maintain a machine shop equipped with modern and up-te date aaechinery, and having a capacity to do any and all work on or about aa automobile SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS
