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wmmmmmmmammm THE EVENINGr WORLD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, ldlfl. 1 It ML FOR MILK PROFITEERS IS AIM OF FEDERAL INQUIRY INTO LATEST PRICE Secret Hearings Begun to Get for Criminal Prosecution. DEALERS ARE DEFIANT. Dr. Copeland Says Raise Will Cost the City Consumers $1,000,000 a Month.

Estimating that tho Increase In the prlco of milk will cost New York con-trumers $1,000,000 this month. HcnlUi Commissioner Copeland, as Chairman of tho Governor's Fair Milk Prlco Committee, to-day announced, a State and city investigation In co-opc ration with that already begun by tho Government. Commissioner Copeland has sent oton Horton, President of tho Sheffield Farms Company, an invitation for him and other officers of tho company to appear 'beforo tho Fair Prlco Coromltteo at ita first mooting of Investigation nt tho City Hall to-morrow afternoon. Too Federal Investigation into milk was started yesterday after announcement of Increased prices by tho Sheffield Forms Company, and tho Clover Farms Company, and a saatcmant by tho Itordon Farms and Products Company that It would an-pounco a ralso to-day(or to-morrow. Tho Federal hearings aro with a yiew to sending soma ono to Jail if possible.

Under Instructions from they will bo secret. If warranted, criminal action will bo taken, either under tho Lever Food Control Act or tho Sherman Act. Henry duller, Special Assistant United States Attorney, has been pamcd by Francis P. Garvan, Assistant Attorney General, to conduct the Inquiry; Mr. Gullor summoned several milk company officials yesterday to loam why a raise of 2 cents a quart in Qrado milk is warranted.

Mr. Ouller said that his Investigation Trill lost for weeks, that ho will summon every official in any way connected with tho milk industry in order to get tho facts, and that ho then will mako an extensive report to tho Attorney General, lie is assisted by no Clothing and Shoes Sub-Com-Bpoclal Assistant District Attorneys mlttco of tho Fair Price Commltteo JL Vf. Joyco and It. II. Williamson.

to devlso a Nation-wide price stand-Toe higher prices of tho Clover ardlzatlon, nt least In some staplo mama Company, vrtilch with the Bor- lines. In New York City. CUr. Will- den nnd Sheffield Farms concerns, mractlcally controls tho New York supply, wero made Known yes- ay to patrons tnrougn pnmcu forms distributed by drivers. The term reads: -Following prices will be In effect for our products boslnnlng Nov.

5: odt ii TiturtioJ milk, qmrt botue KUe. uu i Gnda A lloiwr pturlit mUk. quart botUe. CnJ A nw mUk. urt bottlt SllrJ it 1-4 quirt nrim 1 1-1 qurt Crm see.

ISHc. J-4 quirt XX.crtJro 1-4 aunt rondftiinl milk rr, Tionlpii Milk. Company, which Urn Sheffield Farms Company nnd thn Clover Farms Company, Dnictlcully controls tho distribution of milk in New York, to-day an- of mine in ftcw nounccd prlco increases for all grades of milk. Tho now schedule Is as fol- lows: lco) Milk, jvntturued, Ir auirt. 13 eu.

OertlQnl MIU. bottlnl, quut. 25 cU. Orido A Sllli. tottUi), ir Quart ID rta.

OraJo Jlllk. raatmiia-d, pr 18 eta. JCitrt llntf Orriin, ktt vlnt as cU. lijjit Creua, liaJf I'lnt -D Jluttutnllk, bottlwl. vet Quart eta.

Grids 1J Pnt 11 cU- J. Fltzputrick. oalcs manager for tao Uordch Company, attempted to Justify tho Increases on the higher prices paid tho farmer and tho recent wago incrcaso advances given employees, and predicted, that milk would contlnuo to advanco In prlco us long as labor costs advanced. Asked If ho would answer tho six Questions propounded to milk distributers by Hearth Commissioner Copeland. Mr.

Fltzp.itrlck said that' ho could answer them and that any official of his company could answer them, but that it Dr. Copeland really wanted them answered ho should pubpocna tho milk distributors. Ho eald that us far as tho Federal hearting wus concerned It been going on to hia knowledgo slnco September and that thcro was nothing now In connection with it. There aro so many hearings nowadays," ho said, "that officials of inllk companies havo not tlmo to properly attend to tholr business. Yet when they get nil through with tho bearings and all tho testimony Is taken public officials aro not better equipped to relievo tho situation than they wero before." It was said at tho main offices of tho Clovor Farms Company that the expected additional rovonues dorlved under tho new prico scalrf would bo almost entirely absorbed by recent wago Increases grantod employees.

An assistant to tho General Manager eald: "The company will' ust about clear tho Incurred expense which came about following the acceptance fe bo drivers and other help ot tho FEDERAL CONTROL OF MAY LAST A YEAR! Williams Would Limit Purchases Until Normal Conditions Are Restored. 0 SUGAR Federal control of tho price of MarkeU ad U8efuInca8 sugar to consumers and Federal con- nnd was stooped In partisanship poll-trol of thoamount each consumer Ucs was brought out under dlroct ex-may buy in tlrao of shortago will be arallmtln of Mr. Dillon by John B. continued through next year, or unUl apPd SZ normal conditions nre restored, if Ar- sit as a apodal commlsoloner In con-thur Williams, Federal Food Admin- ducting tho investigation, istrator, has his way. "A two-ccnt-a-quart having on -Mr.

Williams advocates not only tuts extension of tho period of con trol, but also believes that an ar rangement should bo made by which thcro shall bo a firm Federal control on every pound of sugar brought into tuuiiiry irora uuroau. At, present ino uovornment controls all Imports of sugar from Cuba and Porto Rica, but does not control tho supply from Venezuela and San Domingo. The fact that some foreign sugar Is uncontrolled, Mr. Williams says, has made it posslblo for dealers to Jugglo with flgurrs and with exporting la- bcls to an extent that has enabled them to profiteer In sugar for domes- tlc use. It is possible, Mr.

Williams said to- I day, that tho 1920 crop of raw sugar from Cuba may cost two cents a pound moro than this year's crop. I But ho added that even if this in- crease in tho prlco of the raw product I doi tako effect, it will not be a legit- imato excuse for tho extraordinary Incrcaso in the retail prlco that some of tho biggest "sugar prico nro trying to create. wiin 1 Mr. Williams made arrangements for a conferenco between United States District Attorney Caffcy and Inms suld, thero already exists ft i considcrablo dftgreo of standardlza- I nn.us.iv a.KUl uy iuc auvenming k-umpciutuu Announcement was made that tho now supply of navy food, about worth, probably will bo placed on sale early next week under, iho supen.iBlo of Commissioner of I iviv ni. thn rnntrnl illiitrlhti 1 "a al 1,10 dlstrlbu- PROFESSOR THOMAS BURIED.

Col nmli In Fncnltr l'nyn Last 11c-apreta to l.lnsrulst. Preililent Nicholas Murray Butler and members of tho faculty of Columbia University filled St. 1'auPa Chnpcl to- day to pay their last respects for Uw late Calvin Thomas of No. 430 Itiversldo Drive, -professor of Gcrmsn languages land 1'tcrature at Columbia sinco 1800. wJi( on Tue3duy of dlteaaa of th(; heart.

lull lllIIHKi. tVlIU WUS OlXl -I1VC yrars old, leaves a widow, Mr. Alary Klennor Thomas, and two ons, I'rof. Harold Thomas of Western University uml Paul Thoman, connected with the Carneglo Foundation. Wrltrr Ilrcomrit llrldr.

HTAMFOUD. Nov. 6.air, Nina W. Putnum, a short story writer, was married here ycitcrday to llobcrt J. Sanderson, District Superintendent or tho Southern New England Telephone Company.

company's compromise offer to pro-vent a strike. "We aro also paying tho farmer one-half cent more per quart for milk this month." Health Commissioner Copeland, has "six pertinent questions" to bo put, first to Luton Horton, President of Sheffield's, and afterward to tho head of every milk concern which luinouncca further ralso In mUk prices. "With the November prices to the farmer, (3.33 per hundred as (gainst $3.11 In October, an advanco of Tin per hundred, or approximately four-tontlis of a cont per quart, what additional cost on this acqount aro the ilealrrsJustlllcd In adding to the prlu of milk for thin month? "Docs tho prlco 17V4 cents for grade 11K an that the purchaser of a single quart will pty 18 cents? If so, how much do you estlmatu will lu the (unount of Incomo derived from this 0110 item of a half cent? "How muny employees, by classification, nro afrcctftd by the new snlaiy Mchcdulo and hoiv much is tho actual Iticrt-BSa In salaries? "With the new schedule of pay for your employees, what additional cost on this account aro tho dealer Justified In adding to the price of milk for this month? "With the advance In the price of milk of approximately 1V4 cents per quart, as 1 fleuro It tno Increased cost of milk to thu cltlzcni of New York during the month of November will ba approximately a million dollars. How much In excess of last November's profits to the dealors will tho estimated profits of this November bo? "Assuming that tho pcopla will endure this added burden nnd will buy an qual amount of milk, deductlnc the additional pay to the farmer of four-tenth of a cent per qunrt, and the additional cost of distribution duo to the Increased pay of employees, what will be the Increased Income ot the milk distributor over October, by reason of thU raise In DILLON SAYS MILK CAN BE SOLD AT $50,000,000 Is Annual Profit, Former Markets Commissioner Says. John J.

Dillon, former Commissioner of Food and (Markets and editor of tho publication Kural New Yorker, appearing to-day as a witness In tho investigation of the Dc- artmcnt of Food and Markets, un der tho Morcland Act. declared that milk now selling for from 17 1-2 to" 30ients a quart could be sold, under a proper system of distribution, for 10 to 12 cents If bought at tho stores, thus eliminating a yearly profit to milk companies in Greater New York of moro than J5O.O00.000. This statement and the allegation mat mo Department of Food and trlbutlon which will eliminate nan- dllng of milk and other foods by six i ur uiucrcm proiu-scexing mid- tuemen. "Despite assertions to tho contrary, tho farmer Is getting ono cont a quart less for his milk' this year than ho did last year and the dealer Is making a greater profit than ho ever did be fore. lnstunce," Mr.

Dillon con- Unucd, "tho farmer Is paid 7 1-2 cents for quart of milk. Under tho prcs- ent prices, the dealer has 10 con.s a 1ua working margin for ids mlll- Freight and pasteurizing coat lllm 1 ctnt a quart. Therefore, he BctB a Profit of 9 cents for taking tho rrom Ul depot and delivering it t0 010 door or tno consumer for 17 1-2 ccnTtf for Brado Jl milk. tho people and tho Stato legislature, 118 wel1 03 local civic boulcs, nnd mcUloJ m. there is no reason why milk cannot bo sola in tim tn.

ui a prico or cents a quart for loose milk and 12 ccnta quart for bottled milk. Can ou Imagine tho profit wnen mere is more than 2.000,000 quarts of bottled milk aold dally in "Hera Is a situation whero tho Department Of Food and Mnrknt. which has outlived its usefulness and which wus created for tho express 1'urpose of destroying, tho very kind ot work tho farmers wnm tn toward adequate systems of ioou uisiriDution, should step In and do something. nv nil i now" Departoc'm of FooSs6 aU ilaS well as tho Uureau of Agriculture of that department, is so steeped in poll- 413 10 uu virtually useless. ono rcmcd.

fg ollmlnnt elimination nt 1110 uepariment or Food and Markets und ull kindred bureuus, and ro-estnbllshment of a Department of Food and Markets and a Department of Agriculture under slngle-heuded commibslonti, chosen by tho Governor or fleeted by the people: Individual commissioners for both tho departments, who can mlo their departments without political Interference nnd -who are responsible to the Governor and tho people, and who can be removed only by tho Governor and tho people." Other witnesses who will take tho stand nt tho 'hearing, which now has taken on the aspect of securing material for remedial suggestions on legislation with a view to attaining greater efficiency from the Markets Dpartmcnt, include: Charles A. Welting, former Commissioner of tho Department of Agriculture for two terms; Former Commissioner of Agriculture Calvin J. Huson, Dr. V. A.

Moore, of Cornell University, con-slercd nn expert on tuberculosis, nnd T. C. Hunter, an attorney, who prosecuted food violation cases for tho Attorney acneral. Calvin J. Huson, former Commis sioner of Agriculture, testified that politics nnd the multiplicity of bureaus had demoralized workers In the Department of Foods and Markets nnd the Uureau of Agriculture.

$10,000 TO GIRL SCOUTS. John D. Ilockefeller Mr. Ilnr-rlman nnd Other Aid Drive, John D. Ttockofellcr Jr.

materially aided the Girl Scout drive by pledging a gift of 2,500 yesterday toward the Manhattan quota of $100,000 In the city and N'atlon-wlda campaign for axnlclato member nnd funds. An additional contribution of $2,500 was offered by Mr. Ilockefeller conditional upon tho rntlro quota of $100,000 belnir raised In Manhattan by Arml-tlco Day, whn tho drive close. Mrs. K.

II. Harrlman yesterday sent a check for $2,000, and check for $1,000 wore recolvnd from Mortimer 1 Schlff, Nicholas Ilrady and Arthur Choatn, LEARN ENGLISH FIRST. Arthur Forman, of No, 357 Sackmnn Street was fined $5 and advised to learn English before he undertook to earn his llvlntj by driving .1 truck by Magistrate Ilrown in Williamsburg I'laza court to-dny. Forman' excuso for driving through a street where children were playing wa st hat ho could not read tho sign "School Street, Closed for Tramc." Herman Mark Dunn lu Thau Three Cent. DBUUS, Nov.

6 The German mark reached Its lowest level yesterday when quotations run down to SC. 50 marks to the dollar. Additional decrease In the value of. the mark will causa au economic crash, it is (cared. CENTS A QUART -mine, said former Commissioner Dll- SV ion, -means a saving of more than JiLt PfMbMir Illy U8.000.000 a year, jind a greater sav: 1 .1 MML iM eWmmmmmW Ing can be mode with a system of dls- 'VV'UiMrr mmmW iSmm 1 Fifth Avenue Gets Peep At Women 9 Pantaloons, Latest Craze in Paris 35 fal New York Will Be Wearing Them Soon, Predicts Miss Sheer.

Hero wo have, ladles, what you all will bo wearing beforo long to receptions, on tho Btrect In fact, everywhere If tho prediction of a Now WETS OPEN FIGHT ON WAR TIE ACT IN U. S. Distillers, Brewers. and Retailers Enter Arguments Before Judge Hand. Urcwcrs, distillers, whocsnlcr3 and retailers opened their legal battlo against War Time prohibition to-dny.

Three cases Involving thrco different phases of tho Hnuor question wero before Federal Judge Lcnrncd Hand, who announced this morning that ho would hold court In session until six o'clock to-night In order to cnablo tho battery ot counsel' to complete their arguments. The first caso was tho application of Dreyfus, Blum nnd for an Injunction preventing V. H. agents from interfering -with tho removal of worth of distilled liquors now In bonded warehouses hero. Formor Judgo Wultcr C.

Noycs represented the complainants. Former Judge Noycs asserted that tho Wartime Prohibition Law may havo been constitutional when adopted, but ho raised tho question as to Its constitutionality because of changed conditions nt tho tlmo when Collector Kdwards refused his clients permission to withdraw their liquors from bond. After quoting Supreme Court decisions indicating tho Federal District Court possessed Jurisdiction to hear and pass upon tho controversy, Former Judgo Noyos discussed llvo propositions which ho described as elementary. Judge Hand agreed to tho first proposition which was that tho Gov ernment possessed no general poUco power to prohibit tho sale of In-toxicants because that Is a police power reserved to tho Stntos. Judgo Noycs further contended that, a "law may bo constitutional in November, 1018, bocauso of tho existing stato of war then, may bo shorn of Its constitutional authority by a chango of conditions In November.

1919." Tho then exiting war necessity, Judgo Noycs argued, has been satis-fled by tho demobilization of tho army and tho nuvy "Congress, itself," ho ald, "cannot dotermlno tho constitutionality of its own acts. It cannot pull Itself up by Is own boot strnps "President Wilson has proclaimed tho war at nn end, thereforo the war emergency Is ended too, and tho basis of this law ns a Constitutional amendment should fall nnd tho Court should so declare. Thero are JTO.OOO.OOO of distilled Hplrlts In bond awaiting tho determination of this question." That tho present Prohibition Low In a direct contravention of tho IStli Amendment to tho Constitution wns al argued by Judgo Noyra. Ho also argued that tho 18th Amendment jtnvo tho liquor Interests ono yoar tn which to dlsposo of their stocks; that tho year's tlmo docs not expire until Jan uary, 1920, und that tho puro.H.) ot that amendment had been contravened by tho enactment of tho Volstead Law Frloroon, Assistant Attpnoy i in km III I II It York young woman. Miss A.

Sheer, comes true. Thcso aro the celebrated pantaloons Miss Sheer brought with her from Paris and woro down thb gangplank to tho consternation ot officials and. tho delight of tho ship ntws reporters. Miss Sheer walked out with them to-day and caused a Hurry In Flffh Avenue. They aro the latest Parisian craze.

Miss Sheer said, and-aro worn to tho smartest functions. General, who appeared, for tho Government, dtxlanAl that demobilization had not been completed, as Mreams of troops word still coming back from Franco. Tho Wur Kmtrg-I'ticv. ho said, was not over, and ho cited tho general restlessness of tho. country In support or this tneory.

lie mentioned tho overriding of the President's veto by Congress as. proof that Congress did not regard tho emergency as over. $3,000 BAIL FORFEITED. Jinn Acrimrit of Tlieft Fall in tn Cniirt. Maglstrato ltobert C.

Ten Dyclt in Yorkvllln Court to-day declared forfeit tho 13.000 ball bond put up on Oct. 29 by Samuel Herman, twenty-five, of No. Avcnun 11, accused of stealing a pockctbook In a woman' tailoring es talillshmcnt In Wc.it B7th Street. Coun- for for Bn aJjourn. nn-nt nn cruund ot Illness, "I object." said Assistant District At- torncy O'ShniiRhnnssey.

"this lithe third limn tho defendant ha failed to appear." ffH KourtfMUi FRIDAY It's a season of ribbons for every kind of trimming and also for the making of innumerable pretty gifts for Christmas. The large assortments in the sale offer a rare opportunity to buy all you need at money saving prices incredibly low. See other pagen for our four eol. Friday, at uiual, Bargain Day alto atari of season tale and tptetal adv. of Apparel for Dutlnett Women, OUT, BUT LEADERS Union Officials Insist That to 4,000 Have Quit Theic Posts.

With officials of the United Drug Clerks, Local No. 1:5 asserting that between 3,500 and 4,000 men went out on strike this morning for Increased pay and recognition of tho union, a canvass of drug stores In tho finan cial and theatrical districts to-day showed that virtually no clerks) went out on strike nnd few bsid received official notification from tho union that the strlko had bean called, othor than tho annpunccmcnts made In newspapers. John J. Healln, special agent'of tho Uureau of Mediation and Arbitration, of tho iNcw York Btnto DpparUncnt of labor, conferred this afternoon with 13. K.

linker of Lafayette, International President of the union, nnd 1L AI. Sorowltz, President of Local No. 325 of this city with tho view of adjusting tho situation. The strikers nre demanding nn eight-hour day and ISO a week for registered pharmacist. Ansuranco was given to-day by Hakar that under no clrcumstnncos will tho strlko deprive tho sick or suffering of medicines.

Ho said the proprietors of moro than 100 drug stores already had acceded to tho cleks' demands and would bo opon to fill prescriptions In nil parts of tho city. Kxtra pharmacists will bo supplied to thoso stores in caso there Is a rush. Mr. Hakcr also said that no hospital, public Institution, dispensary or cllnio would bo affected by the strike. Ho ndded hat assurances to that effect Jad been given to Mayor Hylan and Health Commissioner Copeland.

According to Mr. Hakcr, tho union druggists in tnn grcator city numuer about 4.000 out of tho total of 8,000 FEW DRUG ERKS SAY STRIKE IS ON Tiffany Co. Fipth Avenue 37 Street Jewlry, Watches: and Silverware -Noted for Quality STORE OPEN 9 A. M. TO 5 P.

Blrwt eat of Ik RIBBONS la .35 Yd. Our Regular .52 MOIRE, SATIN AND TAFFETA RIBBONS, full five inches wide black, white arid an.inflnite variety of newJovely shades. employed. Ho said only about 2,600 would bo called out by tho strlko. It was his opinion that "tho troublo could be settled In ten minutes it tho employers would consent to recognition of the union." "About per cent of tho drug clerks," added Hakcr, "belong to tho I.

W. W. Thoy havo been vociferous and actlvo for several weeks In trying to promoto the strike. They met In Hast Fourth Street Tuesday night. Hut wo havo succeeded In, wiping out their Influence." As far as could be learned this morning tho only stores affected by tho strike wero tho Independent pharmacies on tho east aide1, where owners, I In tho absence ot their clerks, wero filling prescriptions as rapidly aa possible.

It was said at the offico of Georgo Gales, President ot tho Louis K. Liggett Company, which operates scvcnty-flvo drug otorcs In this city, that with sixteen stores heard from, but six clerks walked out on strike. Tho company's estimate was that not moro than forty clerics would walk out to-day. A survey ot the situation In Brooklyn showed that few of tho drug stores had been seriously affected. HEDGES ASKS TO RETURN 4111 AND MADISON LINE Says Impossible to Pay the Rental as Line Docs Not Pay Operating Expenses.

Job B. Hedre, Receiver for the Niv York Hallways Company, to-day pre sented a petition to Federal Judge Mayer aklng permission to cut oft the Fourth nnd Madison Avenue Una from the system and roturn that line to It owners, which are the Vanderbtlt Interest. Mr. Hedge said the line had not been paying operating expense afhee the re ceivership and that It had been impossible to pay the rental, which amount to 1400,000 a year. The 86th Street cross-town line Ii owned by the Fourth and Madison Una owner and wilt be turned back at the samo tlmo It Judge Mayer grants the petition, which he was expected to do this afternoon.

Ono ot Mayor Hylan' bus line has been running parallel to the 81th Street line, and It was suld Hedge might try to stop the bu line by litigation. In atend ho has taken steps to place that problem In the hand of tho owner who tho property back. M. irth AvtniM SATURDAY PS sHoifs In quality, appearance mm! pomfort, Hurley Shoes provide the maximum of each; and usual Hurley lasts combfett these desirable features. Made over a special lat has fdrepart, instep, aad A heel.

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