The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-11

The mOve was forecast In staten tion declaring it was necessary to prt boarding and speculation.
 After quoting the food control act. under which the action is taken, the Presidents proclamation says:
 Tt Is essential. in order to carry into effect the purposes of said act to license the importation, manufacture storage and distribution of necessaries to the ex- tent hereinafter specified.
 TO ALL WAREHOUSEMEN
 All persons, firms. corporations and associations engaged in the business either of O operating cold storage ware houses (a cold storage warehouse for the purpose of this proclamation being de- fined as any place artificially or mechan- ically cooled to or below a temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit, in which food products are placed and held for 30 days or more); (2) operating elevators, ware houses or other places for storage of corn, oats, barley, beans, rice. cotton seed, cotton seed cake, cotton seed meal or peanut meaf or (3) importing, manu- featuring Gncluding milling, mixing, or packing> or distributing dncluding buy ing or selling) any of the following com modities:
 Wheat, wheat flour, rye or rye flour; barley or barley flour; oats, oatmeal or rolled oats; corn, corn grits, corn meal, hominy, corn flour, starch from corn, corn oil, corn syrup or glucose; rico, rice flour; dried beans; pea seed or dried peas; cotton seed, cotton seed oil, cotton seed cake or cotton seed meal; peanut oil or peanut meal; soy bean oil, soy bean meal palm oil or copra oil.
 "Oleomargarine, lard. lard substitutes oleo oils or cooking fats; milk, butter or cheese; condensed, powdered or evap- orated milk; fresh, canned or cured beef, pork or mutton: poultry or eggs; fresh or frozen fish; fresh fruits or vegetables; canned peas dried beans, tomatoes, corn, salmon or sardines; dried prunes apples. peaches or raisins; sugar, syrups or mo- iasses, excepting, however, the following:
 EXCEPTIONS
 "Operators of all elevators or ware houses handling wheat or rye and manll- lecturers of the derivative products or wheat or rye who have already been licensed.
 Importers, manufacturers and refiners of sugar and manufacturers of sugar syrups and molasses, who have already been licensed.
 "Retailers whose gross sales of food commodities do not exceed $1oOOoo per an- mum.
 Common carriers.
 s.Farmers, gardeners. cooperative as- sociations of farmers or gardeners. m cluding live stock farmers, and other per- sons with respect to the products of any farm. garden or other land owned. leased or cultivated by them.
 oFishermen whose business does not extend beyond primary consignment.
 .srhose dealing in any above of the commodities on any exchange. board cf trade. or similar institution as defined by section 13 of the act of August ID, 1917, to the extent of their dealings on such exchange or board of trade.
 ..Millers of corn oats, barley, wheat rye or rice operating only plants of daily capacity of less than 75 barrels.
 Gamers of peas, dried beans, corn, tomatoes, salmon or sardines whose gross nroductiou does not exceed 5000 cases per
 apens os s slaughtering. packing and dis trEguttng fresh, canned or cured beef. Nark 5ny mutton, whose gross sales of snnn con nodities do not exceed s1O0,0OO yers&nnunl.
 's,pera sors of poultry or egg packing rlants. Nhose gross sales do not exceed ssa0g0 per annum.
 Manufacturers of maple syrup maple sugar and maple compounds.
 COTTON AND SEED
 N'Gsinnus buyers, agents, dealers or otlser han iers of cotton seed who handle yearly oe cen September l and August sl Tess sh 150 tons of cotton seed are kereby fea sred to secure on or before Wovssnbsr <. 1917 license which li- aenss wiM ne issued under such rules as.a reg atjons governing the conduct of sAe b4sstnAAa as may be prescribed.
 s8ApIa leal N IS for the license must pc .8ade sp the Laitei States food admin sauaA shssston, D. C.. Law De- jartrnt enAs Division. on forms preparea h$s n aarance for that pur- pose. whseM mssNS ns secured on request
 "Any rarxesi. lsn ur corporation or association ptherA tnaa those hereinbe- fore exceps sed ufSM spal' engage in or 1. carry on AnAInesA nsAein inbeeore speci- fed after N asr lal without first securing such MeeNee ssA Re liable to the penalty presci saad sN'q act of Com gresn." E.
 Tke penalties nlesc Pta er violaHon of the act, are 2 fiss Pl 2''9as 'E iinPrisbn- Iaent of not morx thel erss