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Show SUBMARINE WAR TO CUT PRICE OF FOOD NEW YOHK, ' Fob. 16. Germany 's unrestricted submarine warfare will soon have a favorable effect on the pocketbooks of housewives, according to food investigators acting for Joseph Hartigan, commissioner of weights and measures. "There are indications that consignors consign-ors and consignees of perishable food freight on piers, in boats, in yards and in storage here," the commissioner said, "will place the food on the New York market roaay or tomorrow, ucv win do this not only because of the perishable perish-able nature of the products, but because of the demurrage, insurance and other high charges they are incurring." |