The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21
Product to Be Appropriated
to Communities Accord
ing to Their Needs.
PRICES ARE FINED
By GOVERNMENT
Limitation Placed on the
Amount of Flour Used
by Bakers.

The sun presents herewith the fuii
text Of the German Federal Councils
decree selling all Hour and grains and
providing for their distribution for the
uss OF the German public while the war
is in progress. FuiI-detaiIs Of the man.
ncr Of acquiring and appropriatins the
foodstuns are given. n was this order
which caused Great Britain 10 intimate.
In the reply to the note of the United
states. that she may declare food con.
traband Of war. The decree. which ha,
never been published In the United
states. is as follows,
r--sEIzuRE
Article / on and after February 1.
1915. ali supplies within tho empire OF
wheat. rye, pure or mixed With other
grain. threshed and urJhreshcd. are
seized In behalf Of the War Grain So
Ciety. Ltd. in Berlin. L. the same way
all supplies OF -four of wheat rye oat.
and harley will be seized in . half OF
/ Nilt NpilllhlAN.tS III Nt'l'p llttN are
! found. Flour which is AZ present in
trinsi, is seized IN neh1ir or the com.
muni;y ~ whose district i Is de-
! livercd.
! Article .. Exempt from seizure are:
"ta) supplies b, Plug 20 The en-
/ 3irc. a Federal stat" or Aislce- Lo--
raine. and IL par lcu..tr TO the military
/ or naval authorities or to th" central
/ bureau az Berlin for the provisioning
of the army o. 60 N" community IL
whose district thoy are found
"'b) supplies belonging 10 tho War
Grain Soyi"'y. Ltd. or so the Contra,
Purchasing society Ltd at berlin
"'') supplies Of thrc~hed grain ard
-four not aGsregatiuE more than 2o4
pounds.
Article ?. The seized goods must no.
/ be altered and co"tractual transactions
with regard 10 them are void. unles.
otherwise provided for In Articles
and 2. H. particular the us;-g ~
these supplies for feeding purposes j.
prohibited on par win curtractu,l
trar sact.onS are attachments and dis
traints.
Article The holders % seized sup.
plies are entitled and Obliged to take
action necessary for the preservation
of The supplies. Shipments which are
en- rout" may be C0mp,.t j sales m eel,
TO the War Gran SOCIETY. Ltd or 20
the competent community tNrticic ~
ana teratious or d.suosals made with
permission OF the W.. Gra,u Society
Ltd, OF the competent community arc
permissible Sales by o'c community
10 another community require the 3p-
proVll OF the higher admins r.'iv, au-
thor.ti's and have 90 bc announced to
the Imperial Distributing Bureau tAr-
ticle 3l)
ACTS rERMIsSlutr ~ splTr or ,rI2r.Rr
"ta)-Farmcrs may ror the purpose
of feeding the members Of tn,i. stab
lishments, inclusive OF the bands. use
per month and capita igs rliuds o.
broad grain and for sowirr pu osey the
seeds required. Instead o. pou, d.
bread corn l76 pounds 0our m,y bo
used
/ "ih)-Farmers and dealers may sun
ply grain ;or sowing purposes # IL can
he proved that 1t comes from agricil.
tural concerns which have for the las,
two Years been engaged 40 tho sale Of
seed grain Other seed grain may br
supplied for sowing purposes ou,y with
permiss on o' tho competent authority
",cD Mills may grind the corn, the
-four IS subject ~ seizure ou behalf o'
the community IN whose district tho
mill 's located
"(I)-Mi,ls may deliver nour % the
naval authorities iu February. 1918. II
they are held 20 do 50 in hat month on
the ground of an !rrrru'tr storage con-
trac' o~ a similar ohitrltIon
"Icl-Dc,lcvs ana ,ro,I,pp n,,us ,,..,.
per month soil nour ana fn o,c-b,Ir ~
'"e amount ~ H"u' Sn'H ana delivered
between January I aud H.. l9l5.
"Gb Bakers and corf,tionrrs MAY
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a nd Ttr,.It.,t...,.