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Show PERISHABLE GOODS PILED UP ON PIERS Nr-w York. Feb. 16 Germany's un- J restricted submarine warfare will soonJfl have a favorable effect on the pocket-books pocket-books of housewives, according to food invest iqators acting for Joseph Harti-?an, Harti-?an, commissioner of weights nnd 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 today or tomorrow. They will do this not only because of the perishable nature of the products, but because of the demurrage, insurance and other high charges they are incurring." |