Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-30
Local Grocers Will Begin En- rolling Tn cir Customers Tomorrow in List of Card Users
BLANK CARDS READY
Sale of Bread, Flour Tastes and Sugar Will be Sold to Consumers by Presentation of Card Only

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 1st, a card system will be in ef-
 feet throughout the state, to con
 trol sales of bread, flour, pastes,
 and sugar. according to announce
 ment made Saturday by the deal
 CTS association.
 The advisability of adopting
 such a plan has been considered
 by State Food Administrator Rior-
 dan for some time vast and expert ments were first made in Mari copa county. The card system has
 proven very satisfactory in the
 Phoenix district, and MT. Riordan
 plans to have it operative through
 out the state, commencing July 1,
 Blank cards are now in the
 hands of the local grocers and
 bakers who will be prepared to
 enroll their customers tomorrow
 morning.
 Local Dealers Agree
 A meeting of local grocers and bak- CTS was held Friday night at the of fices of the Warren district commer- cial club, at which time the card sys- tenn was thoroughly discussed. Dealers appreciate the difficulties in connee- tion with the adoption of the system locally, but are unanimous in their belief in the necessity for the card sysCtem and the results that will ulti- mately be attained.
 Supplied With Cards
 All dealers in the district are nov supplied with cards and will be in d position to explain the system to their customers Monday morning. It is ab- solutely essential that each purchaser Of bread, flour, paste (macaroni) and suger, for household use, fill out a card.
 Method of Operation
 Cards are retained by the dealer and as purchases are made they are check ed off the card. The dealer really acts as agent for his customer in se- curing the latters allotment of these foods. Customers must give name and address and definite information in regard to the number of persons in their families. The allotment in each case being based on the number of meals served. While the card reI mains in the files of the dealer, this does not prevent the customer from changing dealers. However the sys- tenn adopted by the state food admin istrator does not permit of a division of a consumers business among two or more dealers. The only deviation being in the bread purchases, where f. is permitted to designate a baker as dealer and file card with him, fo, bread purchases only, and file an ad- ditional card for flour and paste with grocer, in such cases consumers must keep within their limit of six pounds of flolr or bread per person per month. The sugar allotment is three pounds per person per month.
 No Duplication Possible
 A system has been devised to pre- vent duplicate issues of cards to the same person by different grocers. When a consumer fiels a card with a dealer the latter makes a report Of the customers name and address and of the quantities of food allotted, and forwards this itemized report to a clearing house. At the clearing house the cards received from all dealers are arranged alphabetically and dupli- cates are put aside. Persons who at tempt to defeat the card system by filing cards with more than one dealer are quickly exposed, and their cards cancelled. Their names are also re- ported to the food administration. Special Agent Elliot of the state food adminis.ration office, in addressing local dealers this week stated that in the Phoenix district, where approxi- mately nine thousand cards were is sued, there were less than fifteen cases where consumers attempted to secure two cards. An arrangement has been made with Secretary Egan of the Commercial club to handle the cards for the Warren district.
 Good Bread Record
 It is to be hoped that local residents will cooperate with their dealers and secure their cards before attempting to make any purchases of flour. bread. paste or sugar. The Warren district has a splendid record in the matter of flour conservation. Those who are in a position to know. assert that sales of flour for the first six months of 1918 are less than 90 per cent of the amount sold during the first six months of 1917 It has been the pur- pose of the food administration to keep 1918 sales to 70 per cent of 1917