The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-20
DIR. LADD CONFERS WITH
NORTHWESTERN MERCHANTS
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soon as you can. See that the man
who carries his packages home gets
the advantage of it. 1t has been tried
out in New Jersey and is most sue
cessful. If you want the package de-
livered five cents is charged for each
regular delivery and fifteen cents for
a special delivery.
There should be no more profits
than there were before the war. There
is no excuse for higher prices, and l
hope that the man that is doing it will
be found out and made pay the $4,000
fine or get the two years in the PEN
itentiary.
DR.. Ladd said that Minot was one
of the towns that had been reported to
him as selling bread higher than the
regulation price which was fixed by
the government.
"Meatless and wheatless days are
necessity and the man who does not
observe them is not good citizen.
Tuesday is meatless day. Wednes
day a wheatless day. Friday is fish
day and on Saturday we are asked not
to use pork. If these days are not
observed, with the consequent loss
of food on them, before three months
you will undoubtedly be licensed. Any
man who doesn't observe the days
does not deserve the protection Of the
country" declared the speaker.
Sell Substitutes.
In speaking of the bakeries he said
that they would be asked not to sell
wheat flour bread, cakes, pies or other
wheat goods on Wednesday.
H. rroaS +ba pca nF rn,ltrx,
and fish and the constant saving. He
said that most people would try to
live up to the demands made by the
government and the others would fall
in line after seeing their good ex-
ample.
Cash and Garry.
II want to say a few words in re-
gard to cooperating with the mer-
chants. The time is close at hand
when We should put ourselves on a
different basis, and that is the cash
and carry basis. The federal authori-
ties have already put into force the
regulation that merchants shall not
sell combinations Of food products
1t has been customary to advertise so
many pounds Of this and so many
pounds of that for $40; that cannot
be done any more, SO don't blame the
dealer if he refuses to quote a price.
There is no combination to be sold
with the exception of corn meal and
sugar, two pounds of cornmeal may
carry one pound of sugar. The others
must be quoted as single articles.
The next thing that is coming is to
get everything on a cash and carry
basis. There are scores of dealers
working along these lines at the pres
ent time. 1t is being put into prac-
tice in New Jersey. These things are
all tried in some state first. The re-
strictions of combination sales was
tried in Massachusetts,. The cash and
carry basis is to be tried in New Jer-
sey. Everything is to be marked on a
cash basis at the counter to be taken
away with you and you are therefore
not paying for somebody else's de-
livery. In New Jersey, people who
run an account, two per cent is added
for bookkeeping and service and so
much for each delivery You can see
what the articles are costing you and
what service is costing you. Many
articles are going to come under the
licensed law. For instance, leather
goods.
Secret Service Men Here.
He told Of the secret service men
being in the west now and how a
thorough investigation will be made
of the merchants who are not follow
ing the government instructions, and
of the hotels and restaurants that are
not observing the meatless and wheat
less days. Some interesting develop
ments may be expected according to
DR.. Ladd.
In concluding his remarks DR.. Ladd
made the following personal appeal to
the audience:
II ask you as fellow citizens to help
make this effort success and make
it easier for your local merchants in
order that we may save the food for
the boys going to the trenches, for it
is just as much our patriotic duty to
save the food as requested as it is to
sacrifice the lives of our young men
who are going to the front to fight
for democracy"