The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-11-14
Summary Of New Food Regulations

Butler, Mo-, Nov. II. Io18.-To the
Retail. Grocers of Bates County:
Your attention is, called Is the fol-
lowing regulations:
1. Sell substitutes with wheat
flour. The xetailer must require the
consumer to purchase the proper pro-
portion of substitutes with wheat
flouf or to present millcrs' corn meal
certificates.
+ 2. Disposition OF corn meal certi-
ficates. :, Properly endorse and mail
to me at the end of each week all
millers' corn meal certificates re-
ceived by you.
g. Certain commodities not substi-
tutes. You are notified again that
oatmeal, rolled oats, rice, hominy,
rye meal and edible corn starch are
not substitutes.
4. Report certain flour sales. Re-
port to me monthly the names and
addresses OF all persons who buy as
much as 100 pounds of flour at a
time. Give the amount of flour pur-
chased by each person named.
s. Victory flour. Victory Mixed
Flours are to be sold without substi
tutes.
6. Graham flour. Graham flour or
whole wheat flour that contains 05
per cent of the wheat berry is VIC
| tory Flour and may be sold without
substitutes.
| :. Margins ON wheat flour. You
are allowed a profit on wheat flour OF
ST 30 per barrel, IS cents per "a ID
sack, 80 cents per - Id sack, TO cents
per % Id sack; or cent per pound
over cost if sold in small quantities in
bulk.
8. Fair price publication. The
Fair Price Board has issued its first
list. Retailers are expected to con-
form to this price list as nearly as
possible. Noticeable variations from
these prices should be reported.
Dealers must justify prices in excess
OF those indicated. 1t is possible that
your cost on some commodities Will
not justify the price indicated.
9. Margins on mill feeds. Your
profit on. wheat mill feeds must not
exceed IS cents per cwt. over cost IN
case of sales at the door or 20 cents
per cwt over cost in case of deliv-
cry.
10. Combination sales prohibited.
Combination sales of food commodi-
ties or feeds are prohibited except the
sale of flour with substitutes. A
combination sale is sale of one
commodity on condition that the
customer also purchase some other
commodity or sale of a commodity
at a price effective only if the pur-
chaser takes other commodities
II. Sugar certificates for retailers.
The retailer must purchase sugar
from the wholesaler upon certificates
issued to him by the Federal Food
Administration. The wholesaler is
not permitted to deliver sugar to the
retailer until he has received such
certificates.
IL. Sugar purchased by retailers.
The retailer may purchase at one
time a supply OF sugar equal to the
certificates issued to him tor any par
|ticular month. This revokes the rul-
ing to the effect that the wholesaler
might not deliver to the retailer
sugar in quantities larger than from
900 to 1000 pounds at time.
10. Margins on sugar. The retail
err is permitted a profit OF not to ex-
coed one cent per pound over de-
livercd cost of sugar, provided he en-
joycd this margin of profit in prewar
times, otherwise, he should charge
profit in accordance with that
charged before the war.
II. Sugar allowance to consun-
ers. The retailer may sell to any in
dividual customer during any month
only sufficient sugar to allow three
pounds per person for each member
o fthe family. m
Is, Sugar sales to consumers. The
retailer may sell to any individual
consumer his whole monthly allow
ance at one time or to any family
months supply, for the entire family
on the basis OF three pounds for each
member of the household.
My office is on the ed floor OF the
Missouri State Bank Building. Write
or phone to me in regard to your dill
ficulties. Phone No. 40.
Yours truly,
a. Il. Owen. y
County Foo administrator.