The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-30
NORMAL PROFIT II
OF NORMAL YEAR
ONLY ALLOWED
Rules Affecting Dealers In Food
Stuff Which Child Will
See To Enforcing
LAW OF SUPPLY AND
DEMAND SUSPENDED
No Holding Back of Goods and
Books Must Always Be
Open To Inspection

All the principal dealers in food prod
ucts In Hawaii, those who do a bust
ness Of one hundred thousand dollars a
year, who are to be licensed by the gov
ernment must sharply curtail any un-
usual profits they have been making
and must cut the prices Of their COM
modities. They are to be allowed TO
make the normal profit Of ordinary
years only, irrespective of the law Of
supply and demand. s".
The rules under which an big pto-
vision dealers will be allowed "a, do
business after their licenses arrive
which will be shortly-wtn be enforced
by J. T. Child, Hawaiian representative
Of the national food administration.
In BASIS FOR RULES
These rules are based on three fun
danlental principles: T.
i. To limit all profits TO the normal
amount which the hcensee obtained in
ordinary years. Even II a shortage be-
comes apparent the commodity must
stfll pass to the consumer at the same
reasonable price as though there was
sufficient supply. In nonperistable
products every licensee will be required
TO sell at reasonable advance over the
cost Of the particular goods sold with.
out regard to the market price when
sold. E .''. -. Assn
2 To keep all food commodities
moving in as direct a line and with
as little delay as practicable from pro-
Queer to consumer, and TO discourage
speculation and resales with q trade.
In case Of all products, except cotton
seed, fresh fruits and vegetables, cold
storage products, canned goods and
dried fruits, no ncensee will be allowed
70 hold or contract for more than sixty
days supply at one time. This is sup.
plemented by more stringent special
rules In some instances Any unreason-
able boarding win be the cause for re-
voking the license. o.. s.gE!z =.
s.. To limit as far as practicable con.
tracts for future delivery and dealings
in future contracts. 40 ,.t I'd; ~
Except in the commodities mentioned
above contracts for delivery more than
forty-fve days In advance are forbid
den, and some special regulations pre-
scribe q shorter time. All licensees win
be required to give the food admins.
tration at Washington monthly sworn
reports Of their business, and their
books must always be open to inspec-
ton. ~. -
Every dealer must conduct his btisi-
ness with these principles In mind. The
regulations do not attempt to change In
any way the customary channels Of
business or to eliminate any dealer who
has an established channel Of distribu-
ton. liz t.
THOSE EXEMPT ''As YETI
For the present, hotels, restaurants,
confectioners, ice cream manufacturers
and bakers win not be required to
take out licenses.
The dealers Of Hawaii viii not re-
ceive their licenses in time to come an.
der the full regulations by Thursday,
as the mainlanders viii, but IN their
cases 1t is required that they conduct
their business in a normal and proper
manner - 'E1 ~ VIZ
A single company requires only one
license and one application. blank, no
matter how many. branches II has, pro
vided they are conducted under the
same name. If the business Is, carried
on in different names OF by subsidiary
corporations, they must each have H.
cenSe. 49,.