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Show HUNDREDS RUSK FDR FOOD: ! j jMore Than $1300 Worth I ! of U. S. Surplus Supplies Sold at Postoffice. i iSalt Lake Citizens Eager to Pay Cash in Advance for Provisions. More than $13,000 worth of surplus army foodstuffs was eoM at the local i postoffice yesterday, according' to V.'. E. Block, assistant postmaeter. Mr. Block said at the rate the orders cam in the opening' day, Salt Lake's quota would not last very long. Orders aro being taken lu room 5 of the postoffice building, and must be paid for, together with the one-zone postal rate, before the order is accepted. Mr. Block said all orders from Salt Lake would probably be shipped in one carload and distributed by postal carriers to the homes of the buyers. Some Orders Refused. A number of boarding house keepers were refused orders this morning on the ground that they were not bona-f!de consumers, con-sumers, but desired the foodstuffs for resale, according to Mr. Block. He estimated esti-mated yesterday that half of the buyers were representatives of community buyers, buy-ers, who had gone in together on the purchase. In order to eliminate the possibility of food dealers getting large supplies of the foodstuffs, the postoffice officials ruled that one purchaser could not buy more than two cases of any one article. This ruling was also made on account of the shortage of supplies portioned off to Salt Lake. Many Buy Rice. Bacon, canned beans. Jieas, string!ess beans and corn and rice were the articles most frequently ordered. The allotment of rice was only ten 100-pound sacks, and this supply was exhausted early in the afternoon. Buying of fjour and cherries was not very marked. It is believed that the flour supply will remain untouched, as the market price of flour in the city 13 lower than the government price. Tomatoes Toma-toes were also ordered sparingly, as the eight-pound can Is larger than the general gen-eral family requires. The following articles are still for sale by the local postoffice. Bacon, 12-lb. cans. 2461 cans; corned beef. No. 1 cans, 6299 cans; corned beef, No. 2 cans, 8158 cans; corned beef, 6-lb. cans, 852 cans; roast beef, No. 1 cans, 5270 cans; roast beef, No. 2 cans, 5867 cans; roast beef, li-lb. cane, 640 cans; bash, corned beef, 1-lb. cans, 4016 cans; hash, corned beef, 2-lb. cans, 3894 cans; beans, baked, No. 1 cans, 2664 cans; beans, baked, No. i cans. 7438 cans ; beans, 6trlngless, No. 2 cans, 167 cans; corn, sweet. No. 2 cans, 7761 cans; beans, dry, 100-lb. bas, 6200 lbs.; cherries, small cans, StOOO cans; peas, green, 2-lb. cans, 10.920 cans; tomatoes. No. 10 cans, 661 cans; pepper, black, i-lb. cans, 411 cans. The supply of rice, baked beans in No. 2 cans and vegetable soup has been exhausted. ex-hausted. City Takes Action. Salt Lake City, guided by the experience experi-ence of Omaha, Neb., may yet acquire for distribution through the municipal market some of the food supplies offered for sale bv the government. Tcktrraphic advices received by Mayor Fcrr from Mayor E. P. Smith of Omaha are to the effect that the experiment was immensely successful there. As a result, the city commission reached a determination determina-tion yesterday, upon Mayor Ferry's report, re-port, to send a capable agent to Omaha to inspect the goods and to purchase a carload, principally of bacon, if found advisable. ad-visable. The messages from Mayor Smith were smt hi response to telegraphic inquiries sent him by Mayor Ferry. The first answer, an-swer, under date of August 15, was as follow. "I bought bacon and other food products prod-ucts from the war department and will open four food stations commencing tomorrow; to-morrow; will advise you result of first dav's business." The following dispatch was received by Mayor Ferry under date of August 17: "First day's experience in sale of food products was a great success. Sales far exceeded amount counted on and had to close doors of auditorium to keep buyers out. Have placed another order for three times the original amount." Mayor Ferry forwarded the following dispatch on August IS: "Your experiences in food distribution Interesting and encouraging. Advise me if less than carload lots of bacon can be purchased. Kxperiment somewhat questionable ques-tionable here account added freight rates and our inability to Inspect purchase." To this the answer received yesterday morning was: "Believe you could buy carload made up of different commodities, all taking same freight rate. Our sales Monday 1 about double that of any previous day, and I have placed an order for 100.000 pounds of bacon and for large amounts of rice, hominy, peas, raisins, syrup, peaches and prunes. This order takes practically all in Omaha warehouse, but government will ship from other depots to Omaha for distribution." |
