Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-11
MERCHANTS lila TO ]
SECURE /; FOOD
SALE |: LICENSE
Local Business Men Have
Not Understood Regula-
tons and Proclamation.

1t appears that a number of local
merchants have misunderstood the
federal, license system for certain
dealers in food, and a number OF
them have+applied to the state branch
Of the United States food admins
tration in an effort to obtain the in
formation needed for the legal con-
duct of their business.
one of the points which evidently
have been widely misunderstood. was:
To whom do the new regulations ap-
ply? aye
Attention. is called to the fact that
about a month ago. President Wilson
placed all-all, without exception
meatpackers, cold storage ware-
wholesale distributors and those re-
tailefs who do d business Of more
thanA$1OO,O0 a year. under federal
license The commodities which are
incluHedain thekpresident's proclanla-
ton, are: X Il
Wheat, wheat flour, rye, rye flour,
barley, harley flour. oats oatmeal,
rolled oats corn. corn grits. corn meal,
hominy corn. corn, flour, starch from
corn, corn oil, corn syrup, rice RICE
-four, dried beans. pea, seed, drled
peas. cotton seed.@cottonseed oil, cot
tonseed cake. ~cottonseed meal, pea
q nut oil. peanut meal. s~oya-bean OH,
soya-bean meal. palm OIL, copra OH
oleomargarine, lard. lard substitutes
oleo oil, cooking fats, milk, butter,
cheese. condensed. evaporated or
powdered milk, fresh. canned, or
cured beef, pork and. mutton, poultry
and eggs. fresh or frozen fish, fresh
fruits and vegetables. canned peas
dried beans, tomatoes, corn. salmon
sardines, dried prunes. apples peach
es raisins, sugar, syrup molasses..
Those Not Included.
Retailers who dosa business of less
ed. Since the proclamation was is
sued, some of its provisions nave
been given special Interpretation by
the legal department, of h United
States. and the following information
is taking from such interpretation:
A retailer whose gross sales OF all
food commodities exceeds 100000 a
handles any one of the controlled
commodities Notwithstanding the fact
that his total sales Of licensed COM
.modities may be less than 100000 a
year. In estimating his sales. he may
disregard articles that are not food
commodities, as, for example, wooden
ware, matches n kerosene.
The food administration holds a
certain class of commodities are not
within the meaning of the presidents
license proclamation. These excep-
lions are noted below:
Mince meat, Chilli sauce. Chilli con
carne, catsup. soups, baking powder,
Lima beans canned from fresh stock.
corn chops, sausage, deviled meats,
Hamburger steak, mixed potted
meats, lunch tongue, veal loaf. shred
ded wheat distributors not licensed,
olive oil, macaroni distributors mot H.
censed. sauerkraut.
Some Bakers Must Have License.
All bakers who use more than ten
barrels Of flour a month are required
to take out license. Mills n eleva-
tors as we'll as grain warehouses also
must have license.
No fees are to be paid for the Ii
cense.
business aggregates less than 100000
a year are exempt from the license
regulations. they are, nevertheless,
subject to all the rules n regula-
tions established for safeguarding
those foods designated in the presi-
Dental proclamation.
If any merchant, who himself Is not