Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1920 — SEEK LOWER PRICES [ARTICLE]

SEEK LOWER PRICES

STATE MARKET OFFICALS MEET IN NEW YORK. Plan to Devise the Means Would Tend to Bring Down Costs. New York, Feb. G.—Market officials from thirty states assembled here to organize the National Association of State Marketing Officials. They seek to solve problems which will tend to lower the price of foodstuffs. The conference will end on Saturday. Greater production, better transportation, prevention of loss in perishable foods and standardization of fruits and vegetables were some of the questions before the conference. Others included inspections and certification of products, licensing storage warehouses, activities of cooperative associations, Interchange of market quotations and measures for promoting uniform legislation concerning marketing in the various states. Tehpqrary officers chosen at a preliminary meeting were: Dr. Eugene H. Porter, New York state commissioner of foods and markets, president; L. G. Koster of Wisconsin, vice president; K H. Rhodes, Florida, secretary, and <luy C. Smith, Pennsylvania, assistant secretary. , The decrease in cold storage egg prices was explained as being_due to

the fact that the expected’ European demand for eggs did not fully develop.