Evening star., 1917-11-18
Food Administrator Forbids
the Combination With Other
Commodities.
CORN MEAL IS SPECIFIED
AS THE ONLY EXCEPTION
kwo Lots Of Sugar Consigned to
Chain Stores Expected on Mar
ket This Week.

Washington retailers who have been
Outstanding their sugar supply by sell
Ing that commodity to customers only
pn condition that they buy q stated
amount Of other goods, will have to dis
continue that practice, beginning to-
morrow, under orders of Clarence B.
Wilson, food administrator for the Dis
Arict of Columbia A similar order was
ISSUED last night by the United States
Food Administration, which will apply
70 every retailer in the country.
One exception is made to this rule, in
that a grocer may require customer
to buy. two pounds of corn meal for
every pound Of sugar sold.
In addition to a written statement
saying that Combination sales would
hereafter be prohibited. Mr.. Wilson said
verbally that no local retailer was JUS
titled in charging moro than 911 cents
Q pound for granulated sugar in bulk.
as the wholesale prices were low
enough to keep the retail price at that
figure.
Mr.. Wilson's Statement.
The statement issued by Mr.. Wilson
last night read:
.tOn and after this date, November
81, 1917 all combination sales of food
Ception stated below.
The sale of one or more food COM
moditfes upon condition that the pur-
chaser shall buy one or more other food
frny fhA call yt0v ia poc rd
ed as a, combination sale.
Combination sales are regarded as
wasteful practice within the meaning
Of section of the food administration
hct,' approved August 10. 1917. because
they frequently result in the sale OF
more foodstufs than the articular pur-
chaser would ordinarily buy.
One Exception Noted.
Until further notice and as a wheat
conservation me9sure the dealer may
~ the rate Of 0ne pQNIld Qx s4xeT With
kwo pounds Of corn Mo6l. - 6tHSr COM
kinafiona viii be permitted nor win any
pther ratio than that here stated be al
The retail dealer shall not sell either
eugar or corn meal at a price yielding
him q profit greater than he has nor
uaally enjoyed upon the particular COM
modify.
The retail dealer is not required to
snake combination sales of sugar and
corn meal. but may do so at his dis
erection
This ruling will be strictly enforced
throughout the District Of Columbia, and
feses Of its infraction should be prompt
IN reported to Clarence r. Wilson, fed
Nal food administrator for the District
tf Columbia, 1889 K street northwest"
sugar ON Sale This Week.
Two large consignments Of sugar
haye been received in Washington dur
p Philadelphia refinery by rail and
hnother from Savannah. Ga. by water.
Both lots were consigned to chain
ttorea in this city and will be placed
bn s&1e this week. Savannah refiners
&ere in conference with G. NJ. Rolph.
chief Of the division of sugar for tho
Omitted States Food Administration.
early this month and at that time
promised to get shipment to Wash
tngton as quickly as possible.
An effort to relieve the local sugar
shortage also has been made by Tom
Grant, secretary of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce. who has taken
PIP the matter with the local represen-
Through this agency a shipment of
plantation refined sugar has been
btarted to Washington and is due here
in few days.
Equal to Bargain Sales"
Stores in several parts of Washing
ton during the last three or four days
Ds equivalent to advertising a bargain
counter sale. for as soon as the news
spreads through the neighborhood.
men. women and children hurry in to
Quently customers have stood in long
lines outside the stores until the SUD-