Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-29
WAR EMERGENCY
FOOD SURVEY
Agencies Placed In BaIiimOre--Rep-
resentatives Of Bureau Of
Markets.
US. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
To Assist Dealers And Others Who
Must Rep ,t--To Show fetal
Food Holdings in U. S.

Food Holdings in U. S.
To facilitate the taking OF the ma
tional inventory Of foods in Baltimore
and its vicinity. the Bureau OF Mar
kets OF the q. S. Department of
| Agriculture, which has the War
Emergency Food Survey in charge,
has placed agencies with its two Bal
] timore Offices
The Offices are at Rooms 409-415
Garrett Building in charge OF V. l..
Nigh, and at Room al Custom House,
in charge Of E. r. Biddle
Copies OF the schedule have been
mailed from washington to most
/ dealers ia food materials in Balti-
more and its vicinity The names o.
new concerns, and Of a few others
were not available. however, and ar
rangements have been made, there
fore, to supply them locally. Appli-
cations for schedules should not be
made 10 the local agency before Janu-
ary Q This viii permit schedules
mailed from Washington to reach
their destinations and thus eliminate
duplication.
Persons Required To Report.
The agents of the survey point on.
that the Act OF Congress providing
for the War Emergency Food Survey
requires every dealer in, and manu-
factnrer OF, foods or food materials,
and every holder Of such commodities
in lots substantially greater.than fam
~ I-s1.
mail it TO the Chief OF the Bureau OF
Markets, washington, D G., by Janu
AIRY. 10, 1913, and fixes the penalties
for failure to do so. This includes
not only all wholesale and retail
dealers in foods. and feeds, public
warehousemen and food and feed
manufacturer, regardless Of the size
Of the stocks which they hold. also
those in charge OF hotels, restaurants,
commissuries OF industrial concerns,
chools, institutions, etc, providing
that their stocks on hand have q
value OF $3.50 or more. Even manu-
faoturers arc included who use a food
product in the preparation of another
product which cannot be considered
a food, such as bottling, chewing gum
and drug manufacturing concerns.
Holders Of foods OF the classes
named above who have not received
schedule through the mails by
January 2. or who need additional
copies, should obtain them from
either Mr. Biddle or Mr.. Nigh.
The War Emergency Food Survey
viii be the mos comprehensive in
ventory OF foods ever made in the
United States. It's purpose is to
show the total stocks Of food and food
materials on hand in the country so
that the public and the officials Of
the government may have the neces-
sary information on which to base
plans for conserving and distributing
supplies already on hand, and for
producing the foods needed next sea
SON
To Show Total Feod Holdings In The
United States.
/ To a large extent the Food Survey
VIII be carried on by means Of sched-
uies or questionnaires In addition
Inventories viii be made Of stocks
! held by several thousand representa-
tive families in various parts Of the
country. The average holdings So
determined viii be used as a basis
! for en- estimate Of the total holdings
! by families throughout the country
I The total quantity OF foodstuffs held
on farms will be determined by esti-
mates made by the Bureau of Crop
| Estimates OF the T. S. Department OF
| Agriculture. The addition OF the
stocks in the hands Of these three
classes Of holders will give the total
supplies in the country December 81,
] so far as it IS possible to reckon
them
To furnish figures with which to
check the accuracy of the mail survey
| Of stocks held by the hundreds Of
thousan OF retail dealers. the Bn-
rsau of Markets through the active
| cooperation Of local officials, will
make a stcre-to-store survey Of the
mail classes Of such dealers in forty
| three selected counties which best
represent their type. geographically,
| lfndustriallv and economically. These
| counties range from cuyahoga Coun-
~. Ohio, embracing the City Of
| Cleveland to rural counties having
no village Of more than $500 popu-
Iation