The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-02-23
GET ACQUAINTED
WITH FUOD RULES.
Food Administrator Hickey Gives q
Summary of Principal Regulations
Governing Baraea County.


People who are boarding food in
Baraga county are bucking up against
the federal government and are liable
to be brought up with a jerk, accord
ing to Food Administrator John A..
Hickey. His instructions are to tell
the people Of the district that it is un-
full to hold sugar or wheat -four sup
plies for more than sixty days needs
and that supplies so held are liable to
seizure. Furthermore, heavy penal
ties hang over those who do not obey
the law and the orders Of the food ad-
ministrator. the fines running up to
1000 for each offense, with two years
imprisonment or both.
The BANNED DAYS.
Mondays and Wednesdays shall be
wheatless days, according to the fed
eral rulings, and one meal of every
other day in the week shall be wheat
LEGS meal. At these times no foods
made of flour or even small percent
age of flour, which would include pas
tries, pies, cakes, etc, may be served.
Tuesdays are to be meatless days and
Saturdays are to be porkless days. in
addition. This means that on Tues
days and Saturdays no meat of any
kind can be used. No derivatives Of
meat can be used, either, although
meats other than pork can be used on
Saturdays. Lard comes under the
Saturday ban, as it 10 a derivative of
pork.
Consumers in general must live up
to the idea Of the meatless and wheat
less days each week, or else 1t will be
necessary for the food administrators
and other government authorities to
30 control affairs that they will have
to obey the rules. Force will be used
il necessary. So far this matter has
largely been left to voluntary action.
If restaurant and hotel men insist on
evading the rulings, the retailers and
wholesalers will be instructed to sell
to them no longer and if the salesmen
do not obey the law their licenses will
be revoked.
Meatless and wheatless days must be
observed by restaurants, hotels and
boarding houses.
Bakers and public eating places US
ing three barrels Of flour per month
must be licensed.
Lumber camps must adhere strictly
to the regulations for meatless and
wheatless days.
The powers of County Food Admin
istrator Hickey are such that he can
seize boarded foods and distribute
them. He also can control sources Of
supplies that offending merchants,
landlords and lumber camps cannot OBJ
tain them.
SUGAR SUMMARY FOR RETAILERS.
Sell two pounds to city customers
and five pounds to country customers.
Sugar must not be advertised for
sale.
To large customers, like hotels and
restaurants. sell q quantity 10 proper
tion to limit on household consumers.
Must not sell at price to exceed &c
per pound added to your actual deliv-
cred cost.
Sell to your regular customers only.
Urge everyone to use as little as
possible while the shortage lasts.
FLOUR SUMMARY FOR RETAILERS.
Wheat flour can be sold in ratio Of
four pounds to one pound Of substi-
tutes.
The following are substitutes: HON.
iny, corn, grits. cornmeal, corn flour,
edible corn starch, barley flour. rolled
oats, oatmeal. rice, rice flour, buck
wheat flour, sweet potato flour, soya
bean flour, feterita -four and meals.
Graham and whole wheat -four shall
be considered exactly the same as
wheat -four.
Rye flour may be sold without sub
stitutes.
Rye flour is not a substitute for
for wheat -four.
Wheat -four must not be sold in
greater quantities than one-quai ter
barrel to customers living in the mer-
chants community and not greater
than ons-half barrel TO-. rural custom
srs.
Wheat -four must not be advertised
for sale.
Combination sales Of -four with other
food product are forbidden.
Use Judgement and distribute your
-four according to the needs Of the
customer.
Sell to your regular customers only.
Your profit must not excesd l6c on
the actual delivered cost per twenty
Ave pound sack.
D.
.Mr. asd Mrs. John Gsnthisr were
Calumet visitors Sunday.