The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-26
About All Dealers in Food
Commodities Must Sc
cure License
INCLUDES THOSE WHO
SELL COOKED FOOD
Federal Rulings and Interpretations
Sent by Local Food Administrator
Vanderveer to AL Grocers in Brattle-
boro District.

set of rulings by the United States
food administration was sent today TO
all the grocera in the Brattleboro dis
trlct by Jean J. Vanderveer, local
representative OF the federal food ad-
ministration. According to Mr.. Van
dervcer S Interpretation about every
local dealer in food commodities will
have to procure a license, under the
Special Extra ruling, as practically
all of them sell to hotels or restau-
rants in larger or smaller quantities.
This means not only grocers, but also
persons who sell cooked food The
federal rulings sent out by the local
administrator are as follows:
The following rulings and interpre-
tatlons of the United States food ad-
ministration are sent to you for your
information and guidance:
Special EXtra-SaleS of licensed
food commodities to ships. hotels or
restaurants are wholesale and not re-
tail transactions and license is re-
quired TO make such sales, no matter
what is the amount of the sale All re-
tailers, whether they hold retailer s
license or not, who make such sales. are
subject TO license to the extent of any
such sales. Ut is evident that the
word restaurant must be taken in its
literal meaning and would mean any
place or house where cooked food is
sold, boarding houses, ete)
Rye-Rye is not a substitute but
NAV be sold without a substitute. Our
associates in the war are taking all the
rye we can ship.
'Substitutes-Substit for wheat
Hour should not he sold at more than
reasonable advance over the actual
purchase price Of the particular goods
sold without regard 10 market or re-
placement value At the time of slch
sale.
Observation-Disclosures in violation
OF the wheat conservation rules cannot
be made even though the contract was
consummated prior to the effective date
OF the ruling, Jan %, 1918. This ap-
plies to retailers selling to consumers
No credits for purchases of wheat flour
substitutes made prior to Jan. 2s are
TO be given III any case.
= Observation-Disclosures are not
TO be granted without the approval of
the state food administrator. If flour
remains comparatively inactive, the
purpose of the order win be met. If a
store IS out Of substitutes tho grocer
should exert every effort to secure
them, either through wholesalers or bv
borrowing from a ncighbor grocer. No
exemption can be given a store. for
unfair competition would Immediately
arise
Flour Arrivals-Groeers are ad.
ylsed that their -four receipts will be
| only 40 per cent of the normal. To
protect themselves and their customers
against time of shortage, they should
IN their own interests, reduce their
Hour sales by 20 per cent, and it is
also TO their interest as well as being
necessary to accompany every sale of
flour since Jan. %, 1918, BY the neces-
sary amount of substitutes If flour
vas sold during the early days of the
| order, the grocer should compel the pur-
chaser to take now the substitutes nee
| eiSary to cover the previous purchase
without substitutes before making an
| other sale of -four to that customer.
Enforcement-The laws and rules
and regulations must be enforced as a
matter of public necessity and that the
loyal grocer may be protected AGAINST
Unfair competition and the loyal con
sumer against having the available
Hour reserve taken by hoardcrs. The
names of persons who have purchased
more than the legal amount should i'm
mediately be reported with reconlmen
dations.
"JEAN J. VANDERvEER.
! Local representative of tho feder-
al food administration.