The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-06

RULES FOR WHEAT
Order Which Applies to Mill
ers, Wholesalers, JObbers
and Retailers -
20 PER CENT SALES
COMPARED WITH 1917
Ruling Is Strict in Regard to Buying
One Pound of Substitute Flour with
Each Purchase of Wheat Flour
Amount Of Sales Limited.

Each Purchase of Wheat Flour
Amount of Sales Limited.
ST. ALBANS, Feb 6.-The wheat
conservation rules, under which the so
80 order of the national food admins
tration which orders that with the sale
Of flour an equal amount of any one or
combination of the following cereals
be sold: Barley flour, buckwheat -four,
corn flour, corn meal, corn grits, feterita
1ours and meals, hominy, oat meal, Pc
| tato flour, rice and rice flour, rolled
| oats, soya bean flour, sweet potato
-four, are given out at the office of the
| federal food administration for Yer
mont, as follows:
Special rules % to 80, inclusive, are
promulgated for the purpose of secur
| ing an adequate supply and equitable
| distribution OF wheat flour for purposes
! essential to the national security and
| defence and TO the successful prosecu-
| ton of the war. Under existing con
| ditions, the present unrestricted distri
| button of flour is deemed to be clearly
m unjust, unreasonable, and wasteful
| practice.
Rule %. No licensee shall sell, use
or deliver to any person any flour 9TH
er than the grade generally known as
Second clear or low grade for any
/ purpose other than the manufacture of
human food.
(a) Millers.
Rule "a. The licensee manufacture
ing wheat flour shall distribute his out
put not sold to the government of the
| United States. TO the food admiuistra
tion or for export through his custom
AIRY markets and channels of distribu-
tion in such manner that each of his
| customers receives his fair share there
of, and that during the three months
| periods from Feb. l, 1918 to April 80,
1918, and from May /, 1918, to july
81, 1918, no town, city. state or dis
trlct receives from the licensee IS mill
more than 70 per cent of the amount
lt received in the corresponding quar-.
ter OF the year 1917 He shall not
seek new markets or channels OF dis
tribution, and sales of large quantities
20 new customers will be regarded
prlma faeie, as violation of this rule
| Rule %. The Hcensee manufartur-
ing wheat -four shall not on and after
Feb. u, 1918, sell or deliver to any
person engaged III the business of bak
ing bread or rolls any wheat flour. ex-
cept whole wheat -four, unless the buy
or purchases at the same time or the II.
censee satisfies himself that the buyer
has purchased one pound of wheat foul
substitutes for every four pounds OF
wheat -four purchased
Wheat flour substitutes for the pur.
pose OF this rule and of Rule 80 shall
include bran, shorts, and middlings, corr
flour, corn meal, edible corn starch
hominy, corn grits, barley flour, role
oats, oatmeal, rice, rice flour, potato
Hour, sweet potato flour. buckwbea-
hour, milo, kattir, and feterita flour,
and meals, soya bean flour. peanu.
hour, casava flour, taro flour, banana
flour, and other products of a similai
nature.
In making any combination sales nm
der this rule, or rules 20, 20, 30 and 81
the llcensee shall name price for eaci
OF the articles SO sold, which shall no,
represent more than normal pre-wal
profit on any one Of such articles.
Kule 20. No icensee manufactnr
ing wheat -four shall, without the per
mission of the United States food ad
mlnlstratOr, sell or deliver such wbea,
hour to any retailer or consumer there
OF, unless the buyer purchases at tn.
same time or the hcensee satisfies him
self that the buyer has purchased ON,
pound of wheat flour substitutes for ev
cry pound of wheat flour purchased.
Wheat flour substitutes for the pur
poses of this rule and of rules % an,
81 shall include hominv, corn grits
corn meal, corn flour, edible corn starch
barley flour, rolled oats. oatmeal. rice
rice flour, buckwheat flour. potat,
Hour, sweet potato flour, sova bes,
hour, and feterita flour and meals.
tb) Wholesalers and Jobbers.
Rule -. The licensee dealing il
wheat -four at Wholesale shall nor
without the written permission of tn
Lhlted states food administrator. pur
chase for delivery to him during tn,
three months periods from Feb. ! +
Apul 80, and MAY | to July 81, in 1918
: more than 10 per cent of his normal re
= quirements of -four for such period Tn
I amount of purchases made in the co,
responding three months periods j,
I, WI VIII be regarded as prima faci
evidence OF such normal requirements.
Rule -. The icensee DEALING i
wheat flour at wholesale should distrir
l ute the 40 per cent OF his requirement,
ef purchased In accordance with Rule >,
through his customary markets An,
channels of distribution in such man
ner that each of his customers receive
his fair share thereof, and that durin
the three months periods from Feb.
{ 1918, to April 80, 1918, and from Ma
!, 1918, to July 81, 1918, no town. cit,
!. state, or district receives from the i
j, censec more than 20 per cent of tn
amount it received in the correspond
ing three months period in the yea
:, 1911. He shall not seek new marke,
Y or channels IF distribution, and salc
G OF large quantities to new custome,
. will be regarded prima facie as a VII
e lation of this rule.
Rule 20. The lieensee dealing i