The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-12-14
TIGHTENING COILS
ON FOOD SHARKS

That the government is resolute in
its determination to curb or, prevent
imitation of food prices, along with it's
policy of conservation and unfair stor-
age, is apparent from the bulletins Of
instruction sent almost daily to the
members of the county board recently
appointed by Federal Food Admins
traitor of Ohio, Fred C. Croxton, Of
which County Auditor Geo. McNeal is
chairman.
With these bulletins are also copies
of orders sent by the administration
to wholesale and retail dealers Of
staple foods defining specifically what
is expected of them by the govern
ment with respect to boarding and un-
fair prices. The articles enumerated
below, under the regulations of the
U. S. Food Administration shall be
sold at not more than reasonable
advance over the actual purchase price
of the particular foods sold, without
regard to the market or replacement
value at the time of such sale:
Cleaned rice, rice flour, oleomar
garine, lard, lard substitutes, oleo oil,
cooking fats, condensed, evaporated or
powdered milk, fresh, canned or cured
beef, pork, or mutton, canned peas,
canned dried beans canned tomatoes,
canned corn, canned salmon, canned
sardines, dried prunes, dried apples,
dried peaches, dried raisins, syrups,
molasses, clarified, plantation washed
and open-kettle sugars.
The Food Administration now de-
termines and announces that for the
purpose of determining such basis of
cost, the owner may average the pur-
chase price to him of goods actually
purchased by him before Nov. /, 1917,
if he desires to do so. However, if he
exercises this option, he must not in
any case average the cost of one COM
modify with another: for examnle, he
may average the purchase price to
him of all beans purchased before
Nov. 1, 1917, but he must not average
beans with peas or rice, or with any
other commodity whatever Beet
sugar must not be averaged with cane
sugar.
IF the merchant determines to av-
erage and once exercises that option,
he must not again average his cost of
the same commodity; for eXample, If
as basis of determining profit in con-
formitv with the Presidents regula-
tions, he averages the cost to him of
two or more lots of corn actually rur-
chased before Nov. /, 1917. whether
delivered or not. he must not again
average any lot whatever Of corn.
These regulations will probably be
more difficult to apply to canned goods
than to anv other one class Of articles.
In order that the supply Of canned
goods bought on lower price basis
may be equitab1v distributed among
consumers. the Federal Food Admin
istration for Ohio requests every re-
taller in Ohio to limit his sales Of
canned goods until further notice to
four cans to each commodity to any
one customer representing house
hold of ordinary size.
The retailer must not he party to
any arrangement whereby any con-
sumer is enabled to secure an unfair
amount of canned eoods. and in case
any attempt is made to accumulate a
large quantity, the matter should be
reported to the Federal Food Admin
istrator for Ohio at Columbus.
In order that there NAV be equitable
distribution among retailers. the, whole
salers have been instructed to limit
their sales of "onned goods according
to the needs of the retailer.
Since Nov. II. all combination sales
of food commodities are forbidden,
with one execution.
The sale of one or more food COM
modities, unon condition that the rur-
chaser shall huy one or more other
food commodities from the seller. Is
regarded rs. a coordination sale within
the meaning of the above ruling.
Combination sales frequently result
in the sale of more foodstuffs than the
particular purchaser would ordinarily
buy. and are therefore determined to
be wasteful practice that is pro-
hibited.
The exception to this ruling, as a
wheat conservation measure, gives the
dealer the right to sell sugar in COM
bination with corn meal, at the rate
of one pound of sugar with two of
corn meal. No other combination will
be permitted. nor will any other ra-
ton than that here stated be allowed.
The dealer shall not sell either the
sugar or corn meal at price yield
ing him a profit greater than he has
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