Show GOVERNMENT A FOOD HOARDER HERE CHARGE I Ill Investigation ll Shows I Cans of Tomatoes in in Warehouses 1 t ti i i 1 SUPPLIES KEPT OFF S. S SALT LT LAKE MARKET Many lalY ily Storage Plants Plants' Report vz Stocks of Foodstuffs on Hand rr By Sant Smith With t-With With all this to-do to going on about boarding of ot food foods the greatest ho hoarder of canned goods In Salt Lake was found to bo be tho the United States govern sovern- me ment n t. t Dave Gershon special agent ent for tor the department of ot justice has ha's practically completed d. d his hla work W W. W. W Ray flay district district dis dis- attorney Is deeply involved In Inthe Inthe inthe the technical phases or of tho Infractions tons of the food law in Utah And yet the local officers of ot tho the government gov gov- did not disclose tho the fact tact which which a hour two two h ur Investigation brought to that the department quartermaster ter of ot Omaha has bas cans of or to tomatoes toma matoes ma- ma I toes in storage in Salt Lake Lako I The Tho statement t seems scorns incredible ble on i ithe the taco face of or It Yet Tet the tho Tn Tyng Warehouse Warehouse Warehouse Ware Ware- I house Storage company compan alone has 4 OO cases of or twenty-four twenty three-pound three cans can of ot tomatoes tomato s. s holding hoMing them for forthe the the tho United States government Tho facts are on the b books of practically ever every storage plant ant and warehouse warehouse- in Salt Lake d After r Tho The shipments of ot tomatoes from all the thc packing plants of or tho the state were received by the local warehouse mento men in to March larch ant and April This was four months after the armistice was signed Those ca es of or tomatoes of or t them remain i In storage estorage under orders of 01 the army officer in Omaha Each Jach case casc contains a family size can of tomatoes ton toes 4 CO cost cosi H 01 oi To offset tho n toe toc one can order them direct from nc officer through the tho Omaha Omah z zone s supply ppl the thc local c beginning today For Foi O all the Salt SaH Lake territory the government So has allotted cans of often often often ten pounds each cach None one of ot tho the family size i is even on the market n To get et one of or the largo large ems too largo large for tor torn any n family one must write t to Omaha and more than cases are re here In the warehouses of ot this ci city 1 conditions Here were some of or the revealed Huge More Stor Reported Ortel ll f r The Hanna Warehouse i company compan has about cases in storage storage stor- stor age hl c e No o. o 2 21 weight about three pounds a can The x The he Redman Fireproof Storage compan company com corn pany pan has haf about 1000 cases in storage e for tor the government same sarno size as the others other has s I Korns orns Warehouse company about 1000 cases cases cases- of the same sune kind be beIns being being be- be ing Ins held b by tho same ame arm army officer With the 1000 cases case held by tho the Tyng warehouse the total comes to about casts caseD although tho the figurea figurea fig fig- urea are aro not complete So 80 for several months tho the government govern govern- ment has withheld tho the sale or of a stock that can never ever be used by the army The rhe stock has not been touched even for forthe the ordinary use of 01 tomatoes tom at FortS Fort D Douglas us-as us It is stated by those in touch with the situation Oth Other r St Stocks kH Rumored There Is a Do report that canned peas and other vegetables are being held by bythe bythe the government lu in several outside warehouses The Investigation of private food supplies In excess excess of ot the winter de demand do- do mand has disclosed startling Walter Vilter M. M L Boyden state food tood commissioner corn com missioner said several days ago that tho the commercial supply of or stored goods was not The quoted price In tho the government government government govern govern- ment list for tor canned tomatoes size No 10 2 Is given at 9 cents a can a case cue for tor twenty four cans cans The Tho lo local local local lo- lo cal price of ot tomatoes Is from to 1 a n. caSe casc |