The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-22
fG0O ADMINISTRATION
TO ORGANIZE STATE
Local Administrators to ne Named i'm
livery City and County to Super
wise Local Conditions.
RICHMOND MEETING CALLED.
ooionei White Invites Wholesalers and
Commerce. Auditorium Tuesday Ar
ternoon Next--Combinatio ton Sales
Outlawed.

The complete organization of every
city and county In the state for the
purpose OF keeping proper tab upon
the food situation. is the plan OF the
state food administration. Colonel F.
r. white
County and CITY chairman wifi be
designated and these locnl organiza-
ttons will he depended upon to
promptly report all abuses. 1t Is the
purpose Of the food administration to
ascertain the fair price for each arti-
Gle entering into the menu OF the ave-
rage consumer and to see that such
price. ana no more, is charged the
buying public
In order TO inaugurate the food
movement in Richmond on basis
Yair TO all. and In order TO get into
closer touch with the larger men in
the business OF supplying tho people
OF the CITY and surrounding territory.
Colonel White has called m eetfrs
Of the wholesalers. tohbers and com
mission men for Tuesday afternoon
AT 4:ao o'clock in the auditorium OF
the Chamber OF Commerce building.
AZ later date to he fixed. a similar
meeting will ne held with the retail
men OF the city in attendance.
II IL the purpose o, the food adj
ninistrator to recommend 10 the dis
trfhutors in all Of the cities Of the
state that thew inauvurate the cash
and carry" plan, meaning that for the
customer who paws cash and carries
his own bundles there VIII he a reduc-
ton from the price charged the cus
toner who buy. on credit or re
duir@s a delivery. tn" object OF the
recon- m endatiou is that the credit
Ier ~
his bundles delivered TO him NAV be
clearly shown the actual money cost
of these accor, -,odatfons.. and that
rhe crStorner WIZ docs not avail him
self ~ such accommodations NAV not
have TO paw an added price, which
acts "a a form OF Insurance aTainSt
Some o.hor mars dehts and pays the
costs ~ hauling some other custom
er's goods
Sa@I~ mn nc Wav.
TIL e't~ar shorts &c. which became
acnt" hare aeafn SATURDAY,, viii he
~emed'nd in the next dav or two ~
large Shfpnaent now or route from
New Orleans Several carloads are
exnecfet 10 arrive IL the next few
,'nv~ md st "a believed that the crisis
~ill t@~a heer ~'.ethNred with the
arrival - tbs sht0 nert.
49, rtqc 80 the et79s fnNF ad-
both e-f'i1~r and anxious 70 co-op~-
~7te fth the ~ovel-n rornt in distrfbu
tirk 4 - AZ reasonable nrices Those
who n-o not cooperating NAV be
,-eae},-.a ~. rnh}sc sentiment Recent
lr tt@ ints'~ator had occasion 20
wire a Roanoke retailer asking
vhe,'-r ~ rot the renort was cor
~@~t f',at "a r-a% selling sugar at
f.-snrt ~oy.ta the mound Reriv came
s~e rouuNs' - th>t price but that
hss 7>~osert n~ice was ten cents snd
woulH rot he Increased
outlaws Combination Sales.
wakf~~ cosn'zcnce ~ the gross
huse Witch had grown up since the
sn~sr shortage became acute, bv
which in orSnr 10 get very snail
ration 81 SUGAR. q n srscn was toTn-
relied 20 huv = Considerable amount
~ other mercha disc. frequently Of
ssYch rhsrecter that II was eawv TO
become >svevstorked with &. the f2oA
administration hiss issued sn order
ors9e~'tr~ the custom.
The only combination sale now law
mi is tfst dealer may cell one
mound ~ SUGAR with two pounds OF
eornmeaL This IS rot compulsory
hut ontionaI The test Of the order
II tho food adm rtistrRtion follows;
"Or and after November ~ fiast
Saturday, all combination sales nj
eood commodities are forbidden, with
the one exception sisted below:
The sale OF ole or morn food
commodities unon condition that the
purchaser shall buy one or more
other food commodities from the
seller In r-g~rded as "a combination
sale within the meaning of this ruling.
Combination sales frequently re-
sult IN the sal. Of more foods'urfs
Than the particular purchaser would
ordinarily buy. and are therefore de-
tsrr,sned to ne -vastef,il practice with
IN the meanicr OF section OF the
food administration set OF August 10.
1917.
Execution: Tending frrthe~ notice.
and 80 4 wheat conservation measure.
the dealer n'av sell sugar IN combiua-
ton with cornrtal. at the rlte OF one
mound OF sugar with two ~ cornmesl
No other com b'natfon will be rllowed,
THE dealer shall not sell either the
sugar or the corn~1aai at a price
Yielding him rroft greater Than ne
has ro~rr~iv -~iovea uHon the par
fruIar cor,rn odttv The dealer ir rot
-eoutred TO make rom cinatfor sales
~ su~ar and cornr7ral, but may DO so
AZ his discretion
Salt stocks rsoughs Up.
owing to tho rush made on local
saft stocks fNe rest ten DAYS. num-
ner ~ IA titles have been unable TO
nrocure this very essential inxredi-
ant IN almost all sections there has
henn boarding % sslt and the retail
r,.-,e~e hove, IN many Instances been
fouNied,
Nj o~fv viii the fond administra
ton nroha hfr take early cognixance
- .bo evfortIo1 A~ing practiced In