Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-04 | Page 10 | 'Cash and Carry' is Food Saver's Slogan

'CASH iO CARRY' IS FOOD SAVEFTS SLOGAN One Delivery a Day Also Recommended by National Defense Council. CONSERVE MAN POWER Elaborate Service Now Rendered Ren-dered by Merchants Said to Be Needless. The following bulletin iras yesterday issued from the office of the state food administrator : The "cash and carry" susRestion and the "one delivery a day" idea will not down. They are being- talked about, the system Investigated and facts and figures marshalled for serious se-rious consideration. The national council of defense has made an exhaustive ex-haustive survey of the matter and hiphly recommends both I he. "cash !ind carrV'.and the "one delivery u day," givinpr out the fact that many thousands of men and vehicles, prob- ably as many as 150,000 of each, are needlesslv employed in the delivery service. Of course, if that number of men could be released for active war service, the 1SO.O0O lools very big-, but if the large proportion of the 150.000 prove to be either over or under the age limit, or turn out to b otherwise unfit for service, the question is immediately robbed of a great deal of its importance. Need Men Everywhere. One big feature would be. however, how-ever, that the men or boys released by a curtailed delivery service would be of immediate use in farm labor, mining, transportation, agriculture and shipbuilding. The commercial economy board has made a careful study of the delivery de-livery service of retail merchants, and found that many thousands of men and vehicles are needlessly employed em-ployed in this service. Realizing the great need for the conservation of our man power, the council of defense de-fense has authorized the commercial economy board to bring about an adjustment ad-justment of retail delivery systems, to the end that when men empyed in this work are taken for the war it will not be, necessary for the merchants to call other men from the essential forms of war service to replace them. Recommendation Offered. The commercial economy board has recommended: ( 1. The reduction o,f? the number of deliveries over eachroute to one per day. 2. The restriction of special deliveries deliv-eries and the return privilege, and 3. The establishment of co-operative delivery systems in small and medium-sized cities and towns. By following these recommendations retail merchants can satisfactorily perform all the necessary delivery service and at the same time essential essen-tial war-time industry. The elaborate service now rendered ren-dered by many merchants may be permissible in times of peace, but it can have no rightful place in a wartime war-time programme.