Nassau Post 19180705; Title

              Ts« fwti OimMiliHills s^ T««r State An Dsk« to H«^ Tn Wk Tlii War
"^I^^By   AUGUStiN~^'NALLY<^^^n pHOnl MfcSr W. r. Iw» >«¦< C III I M< f«»nl r«»< Iwd     |
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.
7M» l» lh» —Hxul InMmlmmmt of a r—Uw ot tKm laAora of yoot Statm Food Commi—ion «• a eoa^ormHitt hoJy of amJ with tS* Unttod Statot Food AdmimhtraHom. ll will A«{p fe m tuttor ond clomrmr andormtandint if oar road- mrm.will *a«p IhU In mind. vim.. thot th* moHoo hora U not •»• of itrmloo of any man or mon, hot ot mmUle information. Tha»m fact* aro tot forth thmt yom may eoneoloo a Jmtt pridt In tho eoM««rfe«e«a and offtctlvo work of yoor Stalo ot tho Intlmalo partnor of yomr notional #«•- •nwiMR* In tho offonmivo and dtftntloa «c- livMmm of food aJminlitratlon. Th*y aro pmt fonaard alto in Iht kopm that all of at may ho tneomramod to a ttricltr obtorvanet of thooo rogolatlont which, howa9ar OMOttint, aro ••• tomllaila to taceott.
Ten Thousand Complaints Handled by Thia Division.
After the Bureau of Production, in the order of importance, comes the Bu¬ reau of Transportntlon and Distribu¬ tion. This Bureau la under the d!-' rectlon of Cyrus C. Miller. Its title explains Its business generally. It hns 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 thnn another, but this fact stands out, viz, that thd opera¬ tions of the complaint division, with Its-inspection stuff, are most frequent¬ ly brought before the public. This di¬ vision, directed by Philip A. Johanu, 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 f)ody, to discover violations of the food regulations, to make periodical Inspection of nil concerns, wholesale and retail, dealing In foodstuffs and to enforce the penalties visited by the Board on Individuals or firms found guilty of violating ttie regulations of the Food Admlulstrutlon and the laws of the State Food Commission.
Since last December this division lins handled 10,700 complaints. Many coiuplnlnts are received by luall, oth¬ ers i»ri'8euted In person by dtlzoti-s who linve wltnesHed violations, some come from State and Federal depart¬ ments or the Food Council, coiiiposed of approxlmntely lO.(X)t) hoiisewlvo.s in New York City, but the larKosi nuin- bor Is the result of tho untiring ener¬ gy of the Inspection staff of men and women. This stuff operates in all parts of the Stale, either in response to calls from l>('puty Food Adnilid.s- tnitors or under tii-ders from the head ot the division, lis work naturally In¬ cludes the collecting: and preseiiiittlon of evidence to sujiport formiil com¬ plaints of vtolailoii aud tlic serving at .'iiilipot'ims. Variety of Complaints.
The subjects of the complaints lii- vestlgnlt>(l up to the present liiae in- clmU'd : Hoarding of foodstutVs, viola¬ tions of the lieelless and wheatles.s <lays, combination sales, e.xcessive profits, the baking of breail wiilnuit suhstltutes or wlitioui siillleleiit siil>- stltutes. Hour sales wllliout cereals. oporailiiK without a lleense, sales of sugar and Hour In large (luantltles ti> liidlvtduiil consumers, etc. To the ef¬ fectiveness of this division Is due those salutary penalties wlileh have been liupoued on llrins uiid Individuals, h[g und suuill, found guilty of profit¬ eering, of boarding, uf selling exces¬ sive quantities of sugar to Individuals, of exat-tlng unreusouuble prices, of In¬ fractions of the label laws, etc. When¬ ever you read of some llrni buvliig lis license withdrawn for the period of the war, which means a total suspeu- ston of Its business, or of another be¬ ing permitted to contribute to the Red Cross sums of money ranging from I^A.UO to $20,000, this Is largely due to the effective operations ol the in- spectlox staff.
This Bureau has another fuactloa which has beeu exercised with prac¬ tical results. It dismisses first of¬ fenders with a wtrafnc, that Is, where the offense Is not aufflcieutly grave to warrant formal charges; and It con¬ ducts what might be called a achool of Instruction for the benefit of trades- lueu and otbera not familiar with the Food Administration rules. For ex¬ ample, If the InapectloB staff reports iiuuieroui violations tu one section of a city or towa or county ths offenders are either Invited to the beadquarters
of the Federal Food Board in Nerj York f!lty or to the offices of someTfi- ral fldmlnlBtrator. A friendly Inquiry 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, Oerman or Hungarian. This kindly, helpful at¬ titude, which Is seen In every activity of the Commission, wins the confi¬ dence of tradesmen and hA^ies the Impression aimed at—namely, that the Food Administration and the State Food Commission are not seeking to peniUlze mon and firms honestly striv¬ ing to conform to the regulations.
Trade Organization.
The Division of Trade Organization Is under the direction of Floyd W. Flske. It lias ^nade good. All the divisions have mode 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 nnd 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 hnve 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 patrlyt- Isin mny lie seen In tho splendid co¬ operation of grocers nnd bnkcM's, gro¬ cers' dorks jiiul assistants of bakers, the rank and Hie of Inlior directly Iden¬ tified with food distrlliutlon. nnd tho reduction of tlie miinlior of daily com¬ plaints 80 soon as tlio partnership was fully understood.
I'or oxainple, this division lias ral¬ lied to Us support and the supiiort of- food endeavor !."> organizations direct¬ ly Interested in the iiiaiiufacture or (llstrilnition of hatiery pro<hiets. The list includes both wholesalers nnd re¬ tailers and iln>se comprise one commit¬ tee pledged to see to it that the baking rules are oliserved. There Is a similar p>»rtiiprshlti of patrlorl.^m ostabllslu'd belweim retail grocers, Jolihers, dell- calesseji ilealers, wholesale grocers and dis!rJl)niors and the ('oiniiilsslon. Kosher Butchers In Line.
Kosher Imtclu'r (•oii)ialtt«'es have been orgiiiilzed, also coinniittees of Italian grocers and JoMiers, This di¬ vision hns s(>ttle(l at least two strikes to die satisfaction of till (.•oiici-rned. Tills division lias oilier fiiiietlons; It assists die tnide aud die public by t'lVeeiing e(iinil dislributloii of any sur¬ plus of supiilit's avallalile, of fiour or sugar, for instance. It often happens tliut one little storeMs about to close lis doors because it cniinot get am¬ ple supplies for Its trade. Tills divi¬ sion has .seen to It that such a store received Its share In common with others.
At the re<iuest of the Foo<l Admin¬ istration this division made an exhaus¬ tive study of the cost of comiuerclul baking for the purpose of deteriuln'.ng a fair price to be charged fur breads containing ihe re<iulred 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 loaves. This division distributed the rules of the Coiumlsslon re<iulrlng the labeling of specified commodities ex¬ posed for sale lu 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 certlti- cates for approximately 10,000,000 pounds. Public meetings, the printing and distribution throughout the Btate of sugar and flour aud other regula¬ tions, luterpretlug rules fur the trade, handling fhqulrles.  and sssiatlng   Uie
n*<>*Iy to ppfviire n^cMwIMex have In- or»»»nwHl tho rolume of htislTXMtA done hjr this division almost beyond eom- pilatlon.
Oictrlbution Olvlslen.
The head of thin Division is Oeorge L. lU-nnrtt, Asslstsnt IHrertor of TmnsportnMon and fMsirlhutlon This division's lmrK>rtnnt contribution to Koofl Adminlstrntinn la a fair Price IJst pnhllshed twice a week and sent to n large mnlMnjt Hat. It Is the re¬ sult of n public demand. Price-Inter¬ preting committees of wholesalers nnd retailers assisted In >he establlHldng of these prices nnd, after some doubts hnd been rlenrffl away, agreed to oc- rept nnd enforce them. Tn arrive at the.qe prices anrl mnke them acceptable to the trade hns meant long nnd pn- tlent study of the whole subject of price dirrerentlals nnd profits. If the I'rlre Mat lins «l<)ne nothing more. It lins nt least been Instrtitnentnl In stabilizing the trade to the extent of making prices for the actual necessi¬ ties of life almost nnlfonn. The fol¬ lowing pariigrnph from a recent report of the hend of this Division may be Informative:
"This subject is complicated by the fact thnt the dilTerpnt foodstuffs nre not sold at the snme percentage of gross profit above cost, some being sold practically nt cost and others at high profits. In order to assure both the public nnd retailers fair treatment It hns been necessary to determine the volume of trading In each one of these foodstuffs In the average store and to determine the average cost 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 anti to set 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, a New York grocer was permitted to contribute $25 for failure to observe the fair prices. The complainant was a housewife. Lock 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 on 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 o maximum price for thnt period. A similar arrange¬ ment was made with poultry slaugliler- ers. The "Eat the Potatoes Campai^'n" was successfully conducted by this Division and brought relief to (arm^s who hod large stocks on hand. 'This Division also brought about a study of ice production ond distribution, fol¬ lowed by a national conference ot 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 o necessity of life, and any municipality requesting ]>ermlsslon to do so was au¬ thorized hy the Commission to buy and sell this necessity. Recently ice mer¬ chants in the cities of Troy nnd Sche¬ nectady were ordered to sell Ice by weight nnd nt prices fixed by the Com¬ mission as reasonnl)le. Committee on Census. The  achievements  of  this  Division
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 ¦ivii'h side c;ir. .^pply Charles J. Snid- f';', taylor, 21 South Main street, Freeport. tf-18
FOR S.\LE—Motor boat, eighteen by five, three liorse power Ferro En- i;-;re. ail in good condition; price. $Hi). i.;x   11, Wantagh. tf-19
FOR   S.ALE I
HATCHING EGGS—Barred I Plymouth Recks, single comb I Rhode Island Reds and White ! leghorns. $2 and up per setting. I Best strains. For further particu- 1 lars apply to |
HENRY BRUNING , |
Grand   Ave., near   Seaman   Ave.' I 8-16-I2t BaldvHn I
MONEY
To Loan on Bond   and
Mortgage
Quick Action
B. N. EDVARDS, FREEPORT, N. Y.
EAGLE
Electrical Sboe Rcpalrbig
Rubbers  and   Shoes   Repaired while you wait.    All work iruaranteed.      Reasona¬ ble Prices.
JAMES nsci«rrii. Pr«f.
86 Railroad Ave.. Freeport, L. I.
wer* roralff^rabljr addMl to hy th* rsl- n«hl# work of a rommltte* on r^nmis. of which Felix M. Wtrbtirg Is the Chairman. This pommltt^. a rolnn- tary on*, ts compot»«1 of diatlngnlshed stntlstlrlsna nnd accotintnnta. They hare evolved a system of weekly cen- ans of nil the atork of specified com¬ modities In the hands of wholeaalera and jobbers. This Inormntlon cornea to the Federal Food Board in card form. During the flrst dn.va these rnrda were diatrlhnted and collected hy ofH- cera of the police force. This census gives food offlclnia a complete knowl¬ edge of the amount of foodstuffs han¬ dled by nil dealers week by week. Later retallera were Included in the census plan. With thla and Informa¬ tion that comes to It from other Bonrres, such aa the Produce Exchange nnd the rnllroada, the Commlaalon la not only constnntly informed of the receipt of nil foodatuffa at New York, but Is able to check np the general dis¬ tribution and know the volume of busi¬ ness done hy wholesalers, retailers and Jobbers week by week. Traffic Division.
A story of 10,000 words could be written on the achievements of the frafflc Division, which rarely la distin¬ guished by having Its work sot forth In the newspapers. Since last March 30!i 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 waa felt In every branch of business. The business of the Trafllc Division Is to secure the re¬ lease of food products held up by em¬ bargoes, to locate missing cars, adjust disputes between shippers nnd con¬ signees, etc. It Is managed entirely by volunteers, all experts, under the direction of T. E. Duggon. During the winter, when congestion was abnormal, this Division handled os many as 40 complaints dolly. When your Deputy Food Administrator wants to find a lost car containing foodstuffs he wires the head of the Trofllc Dlvlsloi).
TKBATRRS
THBATRKS
AMERICAN
THEATRE 70 So. Main St. Frhpout
Phone 633 Fftfport
Sunday July 7
Ertnlnt    7.(0
Monday Julys
M*tin#«   S.30 Ercnlnc   7.10
Tuesday Julys
Mating   t.M Evening   T.tO
Wednesday July 10
Matin.*   8.30 Evening   7.80
JUI^E CAPRICE
A CAMOUFLAGE KISS
A   Romanee   of   a   Twentlrtfi    Century   Girl By Ste\-en   Fox
CimHENT EVENTS
VAUDEVILLE
MONROE SALISBURY
THE EAGLE
SMILING BILL PARSON
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Goldwyn Comedy
MADGE KENNEDY
THE FAIR PRETENDER
by  Florence C.  BolIe«
Eddie  Polo in null's Kye
Established 1907
CLARENCE A. EDWARBS
All Branches of
INSURANCE
Automobile, Fire, Burglary, All
Casualty Linea, Surety
Bonds.
opp. Depot Ff««port, N. Y
TeU.,.36 Res., 909
Thursday July 11
Evcninit 8.1 5
Friday ~ July 12
ETvning   7.80
Saturday July 13
Matinee    3.15 Eva. 7.16 ft 9
VAUDEVILLE
DOROTHY   DALTON and WILLIAM DESMOND
—IN—
The Marriage Bubble
A Dsfl Calclier'i Uve      Keyatsse Ctmtiy
CHEATING THE PUBLIC
All   SUr   Cast
A Timely and Thrilling American .Story
by   Mary   MuriUo
CURIIKNT KVKNTS
ALL STAR VAUDEVILLE
in   the  aid   of
Church of Onr Holy Redeemer
VAUDEVILLE
Mary Warren in The Vortex
Tninngle  Feature  in   5   Reels
MUTT AND JEFF CARTOON
Matinee: Mon., Tues., Wed., Tliurs., Sat.
Latest Designs and Makes in
Beds, Springs and Mat- resses
Upholstering and Repairing of AU Kinds
VICTOR FAHRENFELD
Morrick Road      Freeport, L. I.
NEW PUBLIC MARKET
JOHN LA GRECA
Formerly With Pitteriuaii at 74 South Main St.
Fruit and Vegetable Store
At 50 MAIN STREET        FREEPORT, N. Y. Opposite the Post Office
FULL STOCK AT
1X)WEST POSSIBLE PRICES
Invites Your New or Continued Patronage
WE HAVE NEW and USED FORDS
TourinK, liiiiiabout, Coiipi'Iet, Town aud liiiHiuPHS CarH
For 5ale or Exchange
Chauis, $400;2ituuubuutH, $4^5; Touriuff, S4/»0; Coupelet,$500; Town, $045; Hedau, «69A; Truck, $000.
We carry and constantly havefon hand a large stock of all FORD parts
TOOLS and MAN Make the World's Greatness
WE EMPLOY THE MOST CAPABLE AND RELIABLE MACHINISTS
We nuiintain a machine shop equipped with modern and vip-le-dete machinery, and havinir a capacity to do any and all work on or about aa automobile
SUPPLIES OF ALL KIND6