The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-08
COUNTY FOOD ADMINISTRATORS
NOTES.
New Wheat Flour Rule

All classes OIL Icldll ucdlC1o III
wheat flour may sell to their GUS
toners in quantities not in excess OF
24h pounds to town consumers ana
not in excess of 40 pounds to rural
cnsumers at single sale.
All sales Of wheat flour must be
accompanied by an equal amount OF
wheat flour substitutes;
their customers should advise them
that they may obtain additional Hour
with substitutes from time to- time
after their supply is exhausted and
they require it.
All retailers Of the county who are
the producer and selling them to the
Wholesale market commission man or
to any one else other than directly
to the consumer must have license
to handle this egg business.
Any dealer in the county who is
not complying with these regulations
is liable to a severe fine for such
violations.
New Sugar Rule.
Two pounds OF sugar per person
per month will be allowed for each
person and two pounds OF sugar Tor
each 80 meals served at public eat
ing places.
Wheat can not be used for any
purpose but human consumption
and any mixture of wheat and oats
must be separated.
Farmers do not have to sell their
wheat and should save all good
wheat possible for seed. ~
BY sending sample to Y; >.
Rapids or grain terminals, farmers
may have their wheat tested, and
know Just how much it should be
locked and what price they should
receive for it.
Open Season On Sugar Hoarders.
The open season on sugar hoard-
ers will commence August 18th, ac-
Food Administrator J. r. Deems, to-
day. Those who have been purchas-
ing in excess Of their allotment and
storing against a rainy day, when n
other folks are out OF sugar VIII
be given the opportunity to return
their excess sugar Before 20 he August TO-
Without publicity or punishment.
In the meantime the Food Admins
tration is searching the records OF
sales made by retail grocers and mail
order houses and organizing a corps
of field agents. commencing on the
morning Of August l 1 these field
ers like a thunderclap, and hoarders
will find that the drive for army
slackers was mere afternoon tea
compared with the activities with
reference to sugar. The agents of
the Food Administration will have
the goods on violators, as they Will
be possessed of lists OF az her
counting will be demanded. Priv
iiege of paying Red Cross penalties
viii be withdrawn and all cases will
become working material for the fed
eral grand jury Penalty for hoard
ing is $4,000 fine or two years i'm
prisonment.
ers and for canning will be sufficient,
provided the food hog is rooted out.
Already the roting out process has
commenced, and more than $4,000
pounds of illegally held sugar has
been returned through county food
administrators. Cases of fragrant
tention. Alex Baumgartner, Clayton
county farmer, yesterday paid $500
to the Red Cross for boarding sugar
He visited numerous stores, purchas-
! ing in five pound quantities, and
purchased additional sugar for can
ming purposes before his first sup
ply was used up. He stated that
So SO that in case there was a sugar
shortage, he would have sugar at
home for his family's use. Nest
feathering of this sort will not be
permitted by the Food Administra-
ton. AS measure of protection for
all consumers, all must share alike
The food administration promises
there will be enough sugar for all if
everyone plays fair, follows the rules
and observes the administrations re-
quests. w. II. Shields,
U. S. Food Administrator.