The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-01
STATE FOOD ADMINISTRATORS
HEBBERD ISSUES NEW RULES
Wheat and Pork Products Must Be
Conserved-Mercha Prices
To Be Regulated

The following circular letter from
the office of Food Administrator
Hebberd were received by the Echo
Tuesday Jan. goth.
New regulations further limiting
the quantity of flour permitted to
be sold by retailers, millers or other
dealers in cities towns and countries
to consumers, and establishing maxi
mum profits to distributors were is
sued by Chas. Hebberd, food ad-
ministrator for Washington this
week.
Individual purchasers in cities and
towns will not be permitted to pur-
chase in greater than one eighth
barrels, or "a pound sack lots, ac-
cording to the administrators new
ruling. Farmers and others living
at a considerable distance from
points of supply may purchase in
quarter barrel lots, and those living
at remote points may purchase in
one half barrel lots. In exceptional
cases deviation from the new regu-
lations will be permitted only by Sc
curing a special permit from the
federal food administrator himself
or from the county food chairman
in the county in which the purchase
is made.
Gross maximum profits to whole
sale flour dealers are fixed at not
to exceed 25 to 80 cents per barrel,
according to the administrator. The
profit exacted by the retail dealers
when flour is sold in the original
mill package shall not exceed 60
cents to $1.20 a barrel, depending
upon the character of the service
performed.
"Any profits in excess of these or
in excess of those obtained in pre-
war times, will be considered cause
for immediate investigation by the
administration" said Mr.. Hebberd
Substitutes for wheat flour should
be sold at not more than reason
able advance over the actual pur-
chase price of the particular goods
sold without regard to market or
replacement value at the time of
such sale"
AS their part in reducing con-
Sumption of wheat flour, consumers
will be required to purchase with
each pound of flour one half the
amount in the following substitutes
cornmeal, cornstarch, corn flour,
hominy, corn grits, barley flour,
rice flour, oatmeal, rolled oats,
buckwheat flour, potato flour, sweet
potato flour, soy bean flour and fet-
erita flours and meals.
Graham, whole wheat and rye
flour are not to be used as wheat
substitutes, under the ruling issued
by the administration.
Bakers are required under license
regulations to mix five percent of
other cereals with their wheat flour,
and will be required gradually to in
crease bnlS SuDSJiIuIiOh u'iSh ~
ginning Feb. 28, minimum of 20
percent of such cereals is to be
used. The new bread will be called
Victory bread.
Wholesalers will be required, un-
der license regulations, not to buy
more than 70 per cent of their pur-
chases of flour from millers, as based
on their purchases for the cores
ponding months of the previous
year and their sales to the retail
trade must be in the proportion of
two pounds of wheat flour to one
pound of other cereals.
The new program on the wheat
less and meatless days and meals as
outlined by Mr.. Hebberd, is as fol-
lows.
Wheatless evening meals each day.
Wheatless Monday each week.
Wheatless Wednesday each week.
The Meatless program in effect
until March 13, when the meatless
holidays end, is as follows.
Porkless Tuesday.
Porkless Saturday.
One Porkless Meal each day.