The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-22
GREAT BRITAIN FIXES PRICES OF FOOD
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Their Trading The various orders fix
ing or amending the maximum Irlces
of meat, milk, potatoes, bread, etc. are
communicated 10 the local committees.
and the trades and public ARE Informed
through the daily and trades press. A
stan Of inspectors IS kept Mt hcadquar-
| tiers, and number of sentences have
been imposed by magistrates through
out the country for cOntraYentiOn of
the regulations. The general penalty
Is fine not exceeding 500, or a term
of six months Imprisonment with or
without hard labor. or both. This pun
iShment may be inflicted for every sew
eral offensc. | purpose to make the
penalties more severe.
"While the prices of practically all
essential foods are now under control,
no compulsory rationing is imposed on
the general public, although all public
eating places are ratiOned as to the
amount of meat, flour, bread and sugar
which may be used in every week on
the basis of an average for each meal
After December 30 only half pound
of sugar per capita will be permitted
This will be Ohtainahle through SvS-
TEN of each consuming householder or
consumer registering with a specified
retailer, and securing from the local
food committee Il card emitting his
household or himself to the ration. The
retailer will keep record of his ariv-
cries to insure his not supplying any
one customer in one week with more
than the proper allowance Arrange
mcnts for the issue Of these cards are
in progress. and they will form the
groundwork should il become neces-
SAry later on to ration other food
etuffs.
Restrictions in Manufacturing.
There are many restrictions In man
Ifacluring. Flour made from wheat
must be sr"aight-rua -four, miIIrd to 81
1er cent extraction. ana it is compUi-
sorry To mix in 20 per cent OF flour from
other cereals and pulse, and pcruiSsi-
DE to mix in up to - per cent, while
10 bread may hr sold unless II hours
I'D. Following on restrictions Of 20
'"r cent and 10 per cent, manufacture
RS are now restricted to the use of
,nly % per cent Of the amount of
ugar they used in 1918. Speaking
generally, the use Of fOOdStuffS for in
'uStrial purposes and for the feeding
# animals has been either restricted
II prohibited. Waste of bread is q
riminal offensc.
Appeals for economy in conSump-
ion have been made, and q new CAM
align IS being organized to this end.
he maximum price of the Quartern
oaf has been reduced to ninepence for I
ash over the counter. 1t was found :
OsSible to do this by substituting flour.
find 1t necessary to control practical 6
7 all essential commodities. The dam
er that in reducing prices we may r
estrict supplies and increase consump- :
on is obvious, but think it can be
lrgely overcome.
1T has been suggested that our re-
ant liking OF meat prices will lead to
Strengthening. If it does. we
re in a position to control the trans
Ort Of meat, and we are taking steps {
license the slaughter house. A con-
Iton of the license will be that 10 {
ore than a certain number of cattle t
'e slaughtered per week. We also
'opose to control the sales through t
lie auctions, and we can limit the L
lantity there. In the course OF a 4
onth or two we hope to be able to /
'termine approximately what guam
ty of meat ought to go to each indus /,
ial area and to limit the quantity If c
ecessary. Maximum wholesale meat r
ices for the whole kingdom have c
zen fixed independently of the cost of a
nnsport, but we hope to meet the II
niger that producing areas, because r,
this, might get more than their fair f,
are Of supplies by fixing a fiat rail- c,
~ rate.
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