Evening star., 1917-10-11
CHECKS Abnormal
PROFITS ON FOODS
President Issues an Order
Bringing Twenty Staples Un-
der u. S. Control.
EXEMPTS SMALL DEALERS

ExEMPTS SMALL DEALERS
The machinery of the food admins
ration was set in motion today 10 com
plete preparations for government con
troll of twenty of Americas principal
foodstuns after November !. in com
pliance with a proclamation issued oy
President Wilson last night.
Under the terms of the Presidents or
der. licenses will be required for the
manufacture. storage. importation and
distribution of flour. bread. meats. po-
tatoes. sugar. milk. butter and dairy
products. canned foods, rice. staple
vegetables and other stipulated COM
.fnodities Farmers and small dealers
are specifically exempted.
:. statement by the food administra-
iion, made public yesterday, forecast
the order and said its object would be
to prevent unreasonable profits and TO
stop boarding and speculation.
Essential to Act.
After quoting the food control act.
under which the action is taken, the
essential in order to carry into effect
the purpose of said act to license the
Importation. manufacture. storage and
distribution of neceSsaries to the ex
tent hereinafter specified.
"All persons. firms, corporations and
associations engaged in the business
either of G operating cold storage
warehouses "a cold storage warehouse,
for the purpose Of this proclamation.
being defined as any place artifcially
or mechanically cooled to or below a
temperature of As degrees fahrenheit,
in which food products are placed and
held for thirty days or more: 90 op-
Grating elevators. warehouses or other
places for storage of corn. oats. barley.
beans. rice. cottonseed. cottonseed
cake. cottonseed meal or peanut meal;
or. go importing. manufacturing tin-
cluding milling, mixing or packing);
or distributing Gncluding buying or
selling) any of the following commod-
tiles:
Wheat Rye or Flour.
Wheat. wheat flour, rye or rye flour
Barley or barley flour.
Oats. oatmeal or rolled oats.
Corn. corn grits. cornmeal, hominy
corn flour, starch from corn, corn oil,
corn sirup or glucose.
Rice, rice -four.
Dried beans.
Pea seed or dried peas
Cottonseed. cottonseed oil, cottonseed
cake or cottonSeed meal.
Peanut oil or peanut meal.
tSoya bean oil, soya bean meal. palm
oil or copra oil.
"Oleomargarine, lard, lard substitutes,
oleo oils or cooking fats.
Milk. butter or cheese.
CONDENSED, powdered or eyaporated
milk
Fresh or Cured Meats.
.Erash canpad or oura5 b..f a.,
mutton:
Poultry or eggs:
Fresh or frozen fish:
Fresh fruits or vegetables;
Canned peas. dried beans, tomatoes,
corn. salmon or sardnes:
Dried prunes, apples, peaches or
raisens;
Sugar. sirups or molasses
Excepting. however, the following:
Operators of all elevators or ware
manufacturers OF the derivative prod
5ncts OF wheat or rye, who have already
been licensed
importers. manufacturers and refin-
efS OF sugar and manufacturers OF
sugar sirups and molasses. who have
already been licensed.
Limit of 100000.
Retailers whose gross sales of food
commodities do not exceed 500. 900 per
annum.
Common carriers.
Farmers. gardeners. cooperative asso-
cations Of farmers or gardeners, includ-
with respec to the products of any farm.
garden or other land owned. leased or
cultivated by them
Ffshermen whose business does not
extend beyond primary consignment
Those dealing in any of the above
commodities on any exchange. board
OF trade or similar institution as de-
dned by section thirteen of the act of
august 10. 1917, to the extent of their
dealings on such exchange or board of
trade
"Millers of corn. oats, barley. wheat
rye or rice operating only plants of a
daily capacity of less than seventy
6ye barrels
tomatoes. salmon or sardines whose
gross production does not exceed 5000
cases per annum
Provision for Meat Dealers.
Persons slaughtering. packing and
distributing fresh. canned or cured
beef. pork or mutton. whose gross sales
OF such commodities do not exceed
100000 per annum.
operators of poultry or egg packing
plants. whose gross sales do not exceed
$4,000 per annum.
Manufacturers of maple sir,1p. ma
pie sugar and maple compounds:
"Ginners. buyers. agents, dealers or
other handlers of cotton seed who
handle yearly between September l and
August 81 less than 100 tons of cotton
seed are hereby required to secure on
or before November l, 1917, a license
which license will be issued under such
rules and regulations governing the
conduct of the business as may be pre-
scribed.
Applications Made Here.
Applications for the licenses must
be made to the United States food ad-
ministration. Washington, ID. c. law
department. license division, on forms
prepared by it in advance for that
purpose. which may be secured on re-
quest.
ANY person. firm or corporation or
association other than those bereinbe-
fore excepted who shall engage in or
carry on any business hereinbefore
specified after November l. 1917, with
out first securing such license will be
liable to the penalty prescribed by said
act of Congress"
The penalties prescribed for violation
of the act are fine of $4,000 or i'm
prisonment of not more than two years
AVERAGE $33. so EACH.