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Show PLAN FOR SOLVING H THE FOOD PROBLEM H N w York. Jan 7 The latest plan for wrestling with the high cost of hLb food problem in New York is a prop- wjH osition being considered by the new ly formed organization of restaurant ,mM ami botel proprietors for the buying of their lood supplies in a co-operative way. The possibility of reducing the cost of dining at New York restau- rants is not reflected in the announce- H in the proposition made today. jH but a saving of nearly 50 per cent to the proprietors is forecast. H The Society of Restaurateurs, as M ; the new organization is called, held H its first meeting last night, after H I which the co-operative plan was an- H I nounced. Tho idea advanced is the jH I formation of a co-operative supply Jil jcompanv with a capital of $1 000 and jfl a shareholding membership of 500 of H the leading restaurant and hotel men H 1 in the city, each member to be as- sessed $-.000. It is proposed not only - H to enter the wholesale supply bus!- ness in the food line., but to purchase W manufacture everything needed ; for the restaurant trade, from napkins to S |