Show SUPPLIES FOR POOR LO SECRETARY HITCHCOCK WRITES WHITES CAUSTIC LETTER I ON SUBJECT a letter from the secretary of the board of trado trade of now yolk washington april 3 1 secretary hitchcock has haa sent tho the follow ing letter to prank frank S gardner secretary of the hoard board of trado of oc now new boik yot k city department of 0 r wit sh inc ton lon D L C april alwil 3 edcur der 8 clr fi r I 1 IT havo a vo film bunor to lado uio tile tolila r 0 of our bolter of tile hio to mine or ol the iho with and it I 1 ild litand itri ILA conion ts 3 you pi pitt tt g the iho or of 1 tilt li bids lor for ro 11 16 ihan hl department in tr thon than in new kw york vork excepting in ili the casc of cities us Ts ro best bat to a rn nah such inch as aa wo oro are clid pi id to urmit of bitica in an furnoh fur nth h your cani being bt lna t thai hat now york la is first ali st a primary prini cry L lit in lines and theio fore in n not lit ili all ail ian lilies 1 jn fit reply icily I 1 1 hap g to lo ashurt you yon that it 1 li not proposed to in any wiy may new at york nor yet to favor any r alty ily or sec section ion hut but simply to provide tho the to millet each ta Is ell cn your pro protest tet from your our mint of view Is natural ani and Is fully noted but pr destri do not usually deton nino bilto aud auml lot tiong and ahli cadin L primy position for now new york 1 I ani to lo note your rone KonTu ralis im that thai som of liu bistel i 0 atles may mav 1 ha properly to moat extent PA lout slid and jiow how they may thus comfit compete to can only lic be determined bv actual liaw which lit in tho in present case cage aro are to lo bo be ropi by bona poo all tho the departments ind and call for bids from responsible ti ot of their plum of residence lucli uch bid bidders drra na as are fan ean purchase so ilia iho articles thoy ma may Y ron tract to dw I 1 vr elther cither in now new york or 0 o long lone as aa such nuch articles are arc de dc ivor 4 tit lii strict conformity eulth tho the con aitio hollons n s of if the contract contri cl with mith uie the gosorn merit which in no way may dictates as to the primary pio of purchase you w will it pardon me if I 1 decline to lo either d discuss or OP criticism criticise critic ise the ablona of my P predecessors with reference to lo official orders issued five yea abo the manufacture and market conditions of our leading western cities os as you must bo be oman hae reviled marvelous mur tie de during that period V 0 t and their boards 0 of traio and go in leagues a make reasonable reason ibl 13 and forcible domand demands that such buch v develop me 1 and I lurea oed resource im with mith tho the alt ad vantage 8 hall IMS bo duly ond awl properly ace gadze d there gre government mare bouNes for indian lloA both in nw now york lork avitt anil calt apo ago ind and there Is s no foundation or NUCK Llon that either cathor la Is to be dispensed with wilh both the and I 1 of were prepared and IA s nod after a most carmul in 01 u te ion of the Interi ot of mhd gov m rumal rum n iati nL abich in liew low of fartel not restrict the of to otto ono locality especially m alien hen that locality la Is more than a fl ilKu usand miles distant from tho the rosena tiona and tt lAments where nelroy tile llo whole holo of ill ihn supplies for are apo to bo be ilia dl I tributes tri buted ind and consumed end ibus by such restriction fall to obtain tho the best results for the tha Gov government emment tho the correct correctness on tho the contrary con trao of tho the plan dien adopted by this department can only I 1 ho properly decided by the actual ilia to be at chicago on tho the it lh ith of april on anil I 1 ul at new ew york on oil tile tho of may i daga beford bated ua tl thero them in 1 nothing prevent it amia 4 fill ful from rom making their I 1 pul in new york hoeu hould they find I 1 tho the prin primary iary aud and aniol lid ad mi in which to moko make their tie se I ay your letter perhaps inadvertently appeared peard ap in tile tho journal of comfere be h faroat anit reached me rd I 1 shall ethun take the iho inn fiber itutti tv 0 of giving tills this reply y equal publicity I 1 fl remain yours very cifu fully ly is il A secretary |