Arizona republican., 1917-11-04
REAL LABOR IF U.S.F00!D BOARD
 BEGAN LIN NOV. 1
Many Businesses Named in Presidents Proclamation
 Must Have Licenses or Be Compelled to Close

The real work of the United States food administration began on No vember l, when the presidents proc lamation placing all wholesale and retail dealers under licenses became effective
 Those who are required to obtain licenses from the government en- braces meat packers, cold storage warehouses, millers, canners, elevat- ors, grain dealers, wholesale distribut- ors and retailers in all business whose | gross business is S100,000 per year and over. The program of the ad ministration attempts to produce the following results:
 The producer must have a free out let and a ready market.
 There must be no manipulation or speculation in foods.
 There must be no hoarding ih foods.
 Unfair or unreasonable profits must | be eliminated Discriminatory and deceptive and wasteful practices which in any way restrict supply or distribution must be stopped
 The government is not asking or expecting manufacturers or mer- | chants to do business at loss, but l rather to conduct their business ..t margins of profit not greater than 1 those enjoyed in normal times, and to assist the government during the period of the war in stamping ous profiteering, manipulation, epecula | tion. hoarding. Unfair or unreasOn- able profits must be eliminated" Fur thermore, free and open competition must continue as before the war Costs vary widely among competitors even in the same locality, and the food administration does not expeci 1 and cannot under existing fedora statutes, countenance or permit any action by which distributors would all come to the same level of price or profit. Each should continue tt conduct his business independently q. heretofore. The government vii judge each distributor upon his owr merits and according to his particu- lar costs and circumstances.
 Timothy A. Riordan. United State:
 
 charged with the duties of seeing tha the law is complied with in Arizona and to this end is making survey O warehouses and storehouses in thu state to ascertain commodities on hant or November l. A sworn statemen will be required monthly so that thu administration will know whether pro ducts are being removed within q req sonable time.
 After November l, no unlicense' persons will be permitted to trade il the presidents proclamation. The re ports received by the administrator will be carefully safeguarded so tha private information given to the gov ! ernment in confidence will not be di vulged to competitors. Men who ar experienced in the production ant mer chandising of the licensed com modities will aid in administering tn law. and a legal department has beel organized to facilitate it's enforcement
 While authority is vested i'll tn food administration to suspend any Ii cense and to impose penalties for vio lation of the food law or special regu lations, it, is the purpose of the foo administration to accomplish thes. ends of public service and wa service so far as possible. not by coercion. bu by patriotic cooperation. It has beel the expressed feeling of the whole o the many conferences held in Wash ington that the licensing system oper ating alike in every part of the coun try will, in fact, be a protection to tn great majority of producers and dis tributers, as well as to the public against the operations of those fe, who unpatriotically seek to exploit tn necessaries of life.