The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-10
FOOD CONTROL TO
Be EXTENDED TO
VIRTUALLY ALL.
STAPLES NOV. |.
Manufacturers and Distrib-
utors Will Be Licensed
By Government
WILL GUARD AGAINST
BUSINESS "SLACKER"
Manipulation Of Food
Prices viii Be Tolerated
49,. No Longer
CBy Associated Ppess.)


Washington, Oct. 1O.-Virtually al
the staple foods. consumed by the
American people will be put undel
government control on Nov. /.
The food administration announc.
ed last night that within q few days
President Wilson will issue an execu-
tiye order requiring that manufac-
turers and distributors Of some
twenty fundamental foods operate
under license restrictions designed tc
prevent unreasonable profits and ia
stop speculation and boarding.
Regulations will be prescribed for
meat packers, cold storage houses
milfers, Gamers, elevators, grain
dealers and wholesale dealers and
retailers doing business of more
than 100000 annually in the com
modities to be named,
To Protect Patriot.
The prime purpose of the food
administration, the announcement
said, lis to protect the patriot against
the Stacker in business. II has gem
orally been recognized that the enor-
nous obligation imposed on the Am
erican people to feed our soldiers at
the front and the allies creates a
disturbing factor in. trade which al
lows opportunity to a few to impose
burdens upon the many, and that It
Is of vital national Importance that
such control should be exerted as
will remedy, so far as may be, the
economic disturbances incident to the
war; &.s
Issuance OF the Presidents procla-
nation has been delayed, the an
nouncement said that the food ad-
ministration might complete confer
ences with representatives of trades
and producers and consumers. AL
ready about 200 conferences have
been held at which were planned
regulations and constructive methods
OF control.
1T has been the desire OF, the food
administration, the announcem ant
continued, ito secure the cooperation
OF all patriotic men in the various
trades so as to eliminate speculation,
boarding, unreasonable profits,
wasteful practices, ETC., in. the great
distribution system Of the country.
THE licensing provision in the
food bill is limited in operation to
the channels OF trade which lie be-
tween the farmer on the one hand,
and the retailer on the other, except
as II extends to those few retailers
who do an annual business OF more
than 100000.
Aim Of Administration. -- =.
THE administration is, charged
with several duties.
The producer must have q free
outlet and q ready market.
There must be no manipulation Cr
speculation in foods.
There must be no boarding in
foods.
Unfair or unreasonable profits
must be eliminated -
Discriminatory and deceptive and
practices which in any way
restrict supply or distribution must
be stopped.
These are the provisions of the
food law.
"The proclamation will require all
pr those handling the commodities
to apply for licenses be-.
fore Nov. /, upon forms which will
be supplied on application to the food
administration.
Applicants will receive licenses
without cost and the regulations
governing those dealing with the
licensed will be issued
n due course.
After Nov. /. no unlicensed per-
son will be permitted to trade in
enumerated in the
proclamation.
While authority Is vested in the
God administration to suspend any
license and to impose penalties for
yiolation OF the food law or special
regulations, 1t is the purpose of the
God administration to accomplish
hese ends OF public service and war
service, so far as possible, not by
coercion, but by patriotic co-opera-
ION"