The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-04

To facilitate the taking OF the ma
fional inventory of foods in the state
ef Florida, the Bureau Markets OF
The United States Department of Ag-
ficulture, which has the war liner
uency Food Survey in charge, has
placed an agency of the Survey with
its local office at 9O9-11 Bisbee build
ing, 41-43 w. Forsyth Street, Jack
sonville. F. w. Read in charge of the
Jacksonville office has received sup
ply of the schedules and will dlstrl-
butte them in response to personal or
request on or after January 3rd.
Copies of the schedule have been
mailed from Washington TO most
dealers in food materials in Florida.
The names of new concerns and OF
q few others were not available, how
ever and arrangements have been
made therefore to supply them from
Jacksonville. Applications for sched-
ules should not be made to the jack
sonvilIe agency before January 3,
at the earliest and requests should
probably be deferred until a day la
ter as schedules mailed direct to
dealers will undoubtedly be delayed
somewhat owing to the congestion of
the mails. This will permit schedules
mailed from Washington to reach
their destination and thus eliminate
duplication.
Pearsons Required to Report.
Mr.. Read points out that the Act
of Congress providing for the War
Emergency Food Survey requires
fevery dealer in, and manufacturer
lof. foods or food materials. and every
holder of such commodities in lots
substantially greater than family
supplies. to fill out a schedule and
mail it to the Chief of the Bureau
iof Markets, Washington, ID, c., by
JanuaSv 10. 1918. and fixes the pen
alties for failure to do so This in
cludes not only all wholesale and
retail dealers i'm foods and feeds
public warehousemen and food and
feed manufacturers. regardless of the
size of the stocks which they hold
but also those in charge of hotels
restaurants, COmmISSaries of indus
trial concerns, schools, institutions.
ICtc., providing that their stocks on
hand nave a value Of $4,000 or more
Even manufacturers are included who
use a fooG product in the preparation
of another product which cannot be
considered as food, such as bottling
chewing rum and drug manufactur-
ing Concerns.
Holders of foods of the classes
received i schcrule through the mails
by January 3rd or January It'll al
the latest, or who need additiona
copies. .hculd obtain them from NJ
Read.
The War Emergency Food Survey
VIII be the most comprehensive in
yentory of foods ever made in tn,
United States. Its purpose Is tc
show the total stocks of food anc
GOOD materials on hand in the coun
try so that the public and the Off
Gals of the government may hav,
tre necessary information on which
To base plans for conserving and dis
tributing already on hand, and TO
Producing the foods needed mex
season.
To Show Total Food Holdings il
the United States.
To a large extent the food sur
Vey will be carried on by means O
sche dulles or questionaires. In ad j
ton. inventories will be made o
stolen stocks held by several thou
sands representative families in tn,
various parts of the country. TIL
average holdings so determined vii
he used as a basis for an estimat,
of total holdings by familie
throughout the country. The tota