The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-16
ALL STlPLE FOODS
GO UNDER CONTROL
Decree to BE Issued Requiring All
Pa1ties Handling Necessities to
Have Licenses


the staple foods consumed by the
American people will be put under
government control November 1. The
food administration announced to-
night that within a few Sdays Presi-
dent Wilson will issue an executive
order requiring that manufacturers
and distributors of some twenty fun
GamentaI foods operate under license
restrictions designed to prevent un-
reasonable profits and to stop speca-
lation and boarding.
Regulations will be prescribed for
meat packers, cold storage houses,
millers, Gamers, grain dealers and
wholesale dealers, and retailers doing
a business of more than 100000 an
nually in the commodities to be named
To Protect Patriotic,
7 The prime purpose of the food ad-
ministration, the announcement said,
"ls to protect the patriotic men
against the Stacker in business. I!
has been generally recognized that
enoromus obligations imposed upon
American people to feed our soldiers
at the front and the Allies creates a
distributing factor in trade which al
lows opportunity to few to impose bur
dens upon many and that it is of VI
tai Importance that such control
should be exerted as will remedy, so
far as may be, the economic disturb
ances incident to the war"
|, Why 1t Was Delayed
Issuance of the Presidents procla-
maticn 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 nave been
held, at which were planned regula-
tions and methods of control.
THE licensing provision in tb Don
bill, the announcement contin, et "is
limiting operation to the channel
of trade which lies between the farm
ers on the one hand and the retailers
on the other, except as it extends to
those few retailers who do an annual
business OF more than 100000.
Score of Commodities
The food administration has Sc
lected about twenty basic commodities
and their products as forming the
prime basis of life and has limited its
licensing control to these commodities
and also, in so far as practicable.
eliminated the smallest units Of bust
ness in these staples.
cit is the purpose of the food ad-
ministraticn to effect conservation in
the commercial use of these commodi-
ties and to keep them flowing toward
the consumer in direct lines through
the channels of trade in as economic
al manner as possible.
'The producer must have free
outlet and ready market.
tThere must be no manipulation Of
speculation in foods.
"There must be no boarding Of
foods.
Unfair or unreasonable profits
must be eliminated.
Discriminatory and deceptive and
wasteful practice which in any way
restricts supply or distribution must
be stopped.
Effective Machinery.
"These are the provisions of the
food law. The licensing system which
was authorized by the law provides
a more effective machinery for its
enforcement. 1t must not be thought
that these operations become illegal
only upon issue of licenses. They
have been ignored since the 10th of
August when the las was passed and
numerous cases coming 70 the atten-
stion OF the food administration have
been corrected.
''The proclamation will require all
those handling the commodities con-
cerned to Apply for license refore No
vember l.
applicants will receive licenses
without cost and the regulations gov
erning those dealing With the COM
modities will be issued in Dire co ,rse.