Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27

the theoretical and in most of the institu-
lions of the government business Is done
along the lines Of the Waterbury hospital.
w. A. Woods, whose business 1t is TO
see that the regulations are enforced said
that he was sure the spirit of the people
was right. lie found ~ large number of
minor attractions but nobody tried to do
wrong, he was satisfied He found them
all willing to jump In when the conditions
had been explained to them. In some cases
flour and other foods had been seized
without any publicity but in every case
the people who were overstocked mad
been willing to see II go and had showed
him where 1t was. He had had cases re-
ported to him where wheat was being
used and on investigation had found that
the substitutes had been used so cleverly
that his informant thought 1t was wheat.
This happened at the Waterbury Inn.
where the bread was 80 per cent. sub
stitutes.
The morning meeting closed with a SUM
mary of some Of the accomplishments OF
the Hoover system. In the first place, III
spite of the large shipments abroad, the
cost Of the staple products was smaller
by big margin to the consumer than the
year before. One year ago -four was sold
in Minneapolis for s16.75 per barrel and
1t now between $3.50 and $1,000. Spectators
were out of the game and it was estimated
that New England had been saved in the
cost Of sugar alone between s25OoO.Vo0
and S30,000,00O. The working classes had
obtained plenty of food when they would
have done without II 1t were not for the
Hoover system. While prices were being
reduced, the shipments of beef to starving
Europe had Increased from an average of
| 1900, 600 pounds per month to so, 100000 Tho
shipments of pork, which before the war
had been about SC, 100000 pounds per month
are now more than 308 600 pounds, and
, the same is true of many other staples
While the housewife is paying 13 per cent.
| less than a year ago on an average, tho
/ man who raised the product is getting u
| per cent. more. The margin Of profits to
the non-producers has been reduced with
that effect.
| At present, Congress is considering cut
ting down the appropriation for Hoover S
work. If this is done the results of wonder
full up-building will be destroyed. The
United States Is handling the food adj
ministration in the most economical man.
ner possible where efficiency can be OBJ
| tanned. A vote of the meeting was taken
to send telegram to Washington to tho
Vermont delegation to stand for the entire
appropriation for Hoover's work.
| GROUP CONFERENCES
In the afternoon the meeting was split
up into the different groups. There WIS a
large delegation of grocerymen in one,
and the latest regulations were explained
to them. The only really new thing is the
cutting down of the sugar allowance to
two pounds to each customer in the city
and to five pounds for the people in the
rural districts. The sugar for canning
purposes is not interfered with in any way.
The curtailment in the sugar sales will
go into effect at once. Inspector Woods
made it evident that whereas in the pas.
there has been much lenioncy displayed
by the food administrators in the enforce
ment of the law. there will be mono of this
in the future. as by this time everyone
should know just what the laws are.
The beef restrictions, which will go into
effect at once, were explained to another
group. Nearly every restaurant keeper
in the city was present and those who
were not present will be notified by mai
so the law will be known to all. AL
hotels and restaurants are requested moi
to use on their menus or serve boiled
beef more than two meals a week. beei
steak more than once a week and roas
DceI T1OTe IMAM OHCe d Wceh. 1Hls Will, u
course, do away with the customary
breakfast steak.
The supply of pork at present is goot
and economical expansion will be allowed
in this. 1t will be agreeable, therefore
II pork be used with it's products, sucf
as bacon, ham. sausage or in any form
1t is expected that the limitation on bee
will continue until the middle of Septem
Der.
The proposition of selling moro thai
two ounces of wheat to q customer wa
also brought up. Some prosecutions Of
J this line are expected soon and an Esse,
Junction man is to be the first victim MI
Woods explained that the food administra
ton is not trying to force the men out o
business who play the game fair. blu
they will force the man out of bushes
who is not square and in that way viii
help the honest man to eliminate dis
honest competition. If a man comes in an
wants six sandwiches to take out, tn
restaurant-keeper must be sure that the
are for six people. He will be held to &C
count If he doesn't Care must be take
also not to put crackers or bread on tn
table If they are not asked for.
A meeting Of women was held in still
another room. They will take up the mat
ter of pledges to abstain from the use q
, wheat in any form until the next harvest
James p. Taylor addressed the Joint meet
ing on this subject before the meetin
split up. Mr.. Brooks also added strengt
TO the arguments for DledReS