The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
GRAIN DEALERS ARE NOW UNDER
 LICENSE RULE
All Whose Business Exceed $100,O0O @ Year Are Un-
 der Food Administration

Since, February 15, every dealer in grain and feeds, whose annual busi- ness exceeds $100,O00, is presumed to De operating under. a license from the United States Food Administration, as authorized by proclamation by Pres ident Wilson, January 10. The Fed eral Food Administration for Connect icut has announced the special rules and regulations, which have been pro mulgated to govern the licensing and manufacture, mixing and processing, imp porting, storage and distribution of feeding stuffs. These are the rules: Rule 5. No Ecensee selling wheat, mli f.oLb, as a broker shall charge more than a reasonable brokerage not to exceed 25 cents per ton and no i- censee shall charge a brokerage on any wheat mill feed on which a brok- craze has already been charged. Rule 6. No hcensee selling wheat mill feed as a commission agent for the sale of consigned wheat mill feeds, making sale delivery and collection, shall charge more than a reasonable commission mt to exceed 50 cents per ton and no icensee shall charge a commission on any wheat mill feed on which a commission has already been charged.
 | Rule '. No Ecensee buying and sell ing wheat mill feeds as a wholesaler or jobber shall charge more than a reasonable advance over the average bulk price at mill (plus brokerage commission or inspection fees, actually paid freight and cost of sacks) of his stock of all such wheat mill feeds on hand or under contract not at that time contracted to be sold, such ad- vance not to exceed the following shipment from mill or in transit, payment cash, demand draft or sight draft, one dollar per ton; shipment from mill or in transit, sale on ar rival, draft terms, one dollar and a half per ton; sale ex-jobbers, ware house upon arrival, draft terms, three dollars per ton. In making sales on credit, not to exceed one dollar per ton may be added to the margin which could be charged if sold on arrival, draft terms.
 Rule 8. No wholesaler or jobbers shall sell wheat mill feed to any per son other than retail dealer, man. ufacturer, or a consumer, provided that he may sell to another whole saler or jobber if in making such sales he states to the buyer the price which was paid bulk mill for the particular wheat min feeds sold. In such case, the buyer shall not sell such mill feed at more than the advances specified in rule T, over the bulk mill price of the particular wreat mill feed so pur- chased from another wholesaler or jobber.
 Rule g. Rules 5, 6, and shall not be construed to affect the validity of any contracts made prior to February l15, 1918, unless invalid on other grounds Every Hcensee shall on or
 before April 1, 1918, file with the feed- ing stuff section of the United States Food Administration, Washington, D. lC,. a memorandum of all unified and existing contracts for wheat mill feeds
 made prior to February 15, 1918, and remaining thrilled March 15, 1918, and
 of stock on hand March 15, 1918, pur- chased on such contracts.
 Rule 1O Page of Amendments land Additions to rules and regulations lis hereby amended by adding the fol- flowing paragraph: "The above prices shal be exclusive of any brokerage or commission actually paid in accord lance with feed rules and s. In case ithe licensee maintains Q separate job Ibine department and performs a job ping service, he may charge a reason able wholesalers margin in addition to the above prices, not to exceed the
 margins permitted to wholesalers by lspectal feed rule 7'' Jobbers' margin
 should be calculated over average cost as defined in rule of all the jobbers stock of the particular wheat mill lfeed on hand and under contract
 which he has not already contracted to sell Rules are effective February
 15. They do not apply to past con- , tracts.