The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-30
The National Food Law and Its Main
Features Presented in Condensed Form


|volving fund or covered into the treas
ury. Plants to be restored when me-
cessity ceases.
President authorized to make and
enforce regulations of business on
any board of trade, exchange or sim
liar institution, to prevent undue en-
hancement, depression or fluctuation
in prices. Power given to summon
persons and records and accounts.
Penalty for refusing to obey the presi-
dents regulations is $4,000 fine and
four years in Jail.
President to establish and fix mini
mum price for all grades of wheat es-
tablished by the United States Grain
Standards act, and in every principal
primary market, on the basis of No. /
Northern spring wheat at 50 bushel,
such guaranteed price to hold till May
l, 1919. President authorized to buy
and sell guaranteed wheat; also to
protect the governments guarantee
against foreign competition of import
ed wheat by adjusting tariffs on i'm
ported products.
Presidential Prohibition.
Effective 80 days after the passage
of the act. the use of any foods. fruits,
food materials or feeds for the manu-
facture of distilled spirits for. bever-
ages is prohibited, but permitted un-
der presidential direction for other
purposes and for fortifying sweet
wines.
Importation of all distilled liquors
prohibited after the passage of the act.
President authorized to require, when
he deems necessary, the reduction of
alcoholic content of liquors Cloth dis
titled and malt). Penalty Is $4,000
fine and Imprisonment for two years.
President may not license liquor man
ufacture in states where state prohibi-
ton prevails.
President may commander distill-
ed liquor, in bond or stock, for redis-
tillatioR purposes. Interference with
an officer in carrying out the act made
an offense punishable by fine of $1,000
or Imprisonment for one year.
Sum Of $2.5O0.0OO appropriated for
office administration of the act, and
s150,o0O,O00 made available for carry
ing out the provisions of the same.
President to make monthly reports to
congress of his transactions under the
act.
II any section of the act be declared
that section is made
separable from the rest without i'm
pairing validity of the balance of the
act
Fix Price of Coal.
Act limited to duration of the war.
President authorized to fix the price
Of coal and to regulate it's SALE trans
portation and storage: said author
ity to be exercised through the fed |
eral trade commission.
President authorized to requisition
and take over coal mines or bust
nesses; to operate the same or con-
troll their operation through regulated
resale prices by private owners, If he
ieems necessary; price fixing to- be
determined by the federal trade COM
mission. Full authority is given the
laid commission to investigate books,
'ecords, etc, and all moneys accruing
rom such operation are applied as
lbove. In fixing maximum prices all h
osts. including depreciation, are to be
Included; also reasonable profit. /
'enalty for disobedience of the decree I
$4,000 fine and two years in prison.
President authorized to acquire nj
rate of soda for fertilizer purposes r
nd slo,ooo,ooO is made available for q
he purpose. \