Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-15
President Orders Them to Submit
to Federal Control.
RULE EFFECTIVE DEC. 10
Hotels, Restaurants and Clubs Who
Make Their Own Bread Affected
by New Regulations-Bread
at 7 Cents.

crackers, Will be required to conduct
their business under government Ii
cense, beginning December 10, accord
Ing to proclamation by President
Wilson, issued On Monday The order
includes not Cnly bakers, but hotels,
restaurants and all other establish
ments using as much as ten barrels Of
flour monthly.
The presidents proclamation is the
first step in the food administration
plan to give the country q One-pOund
loaf of bread to retail at cents. AL
though without direct authority to
force such a price, Food Administra-
tor Hoover is confident that the cond1-
tons of the terms will be such that
bakers will agree on 7-cent loaf.
Text Of Proclamation.
President Wilson'S proclamation fol-
lows:
"Whereas, under and by virtue of an
act of congress entitled AN Act to
Provide Further for the National Sc
curity and Defense by Encouraging the
Production, Conserving the Supply,
and Controlling the Distribution of
Food Products and Fuel approved by
the president on the 10th day of Au
gust 1917. it is provided among other
things as follows:
Grants Licensing Power.
"That by reason Of the existence Of
state of war, it is essential to the
| national security and defense, for the
successful prosecution Of the war, ard
| for the support and maintenance of
| the army and navy, to assure an ade-
| quate supply and equitable distrihu-
| ton, and to facilitate the movement of
| foods, fuel, including fuel oil and nat
J ural gas, and fertilizer and fertilizer
i ingredients, tools, utensils, implements,
machinery and equipment required for
the actual production of foods, feeds
and fuel, hereafter in this act called
necessaries, to prevent, locally Or gen
orally, scarcity, monOpOlization, hoard
| ing, injurious speculation, manipula-
| tions and private controls affecting
such supply, distribution and move
ment, and to establish and maintain
governmental control of such neces-
saries during the war
Announcement Necessary.
""She president is authorized to
make such regulations and to issue
such orders as are essential effectively
! to carry out the provisions of the act.
"And, whereas, it is further pro-
vided in the said act as follows:
"'That, from time to time, wherever
| the president shall find it essential to
/ license the Importation manufacture,
storage, mining or distribution of any
necesSaries, in order to carry into eff
| feet any of the purposes Of this act,
and shall publicly announce it, no per
| son shall, after a date fixed in the am
| nOuncement, engage III or carry on any
such business specified in the an
nouncement Of Importation, manufac-
| ture, storage, mining Or distribution OF
| any neceSSarieS as set forth in such
! announcement, unless he shall secure
and hold q license issued pursuant to
| this section.
sue such licenses and to prescribe reg
uIations for the issuance of licenses
and requirements for systems of &C.
| counts and auditing Of accounts to be
kept by licenses, submission Of re-
! ports by them, with or without oath
or affirmation, and the entry and in
| spectiOn by the presidents duly author
| lied agents of the places of business
| of licensees
"NOw, therefore, I, Woodrow Will
son. president of the United States of
America, by virtue Of the powers con-
ferred upon me by said act Of congress,
hereby find and determine, and by this
| proclamation do announce that it is
essential, in order to carry into effect
the purposes of said act, to license the
manufacture Of necessities 10 the ex-
tent hereinafter specified:
"All persons, firms, corporations and
| associations who manufacture for sale
bread in any form, cake, crackers, bis
cults, pastry Or other bakery products
(excepting, however, those whose con-
SUMPTION VI any IOuI anu meal III
the manufacture of such products is, in
the aggregate, less than ten barrels a
month) are hereby required to procure
a license on or before December 10,
1917. This includes hotels, restaurants,
other public eating places and clubs,
who serve bread or other bakery prod
ucts of their own baking.
"Any person, firm, corporation or
association other than those hereinbe-
fore excepted, who shall engage in or
carry on any business hereinbefore
specified after December 10, 1917, with
out first procuring such license will be
liable to the penalty prescribed by said
act of congress"