New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-08-07
.GR|OCBRS SUSPEND
CITY DELIVERIES / | i
FOOD ADMINISTRATION ORDER
WENT INTO EFFECT LAST
MONDAY
MILLERs WILL BE ASKED TO
SUSPEND RETAIL FLOUR
DELIVERIES III

their customers. All grocers had rush
delivery day Saturday, most of them
doing much delivering after supper.
Heavy articles, such as flour, oil, salt
and vinegar were the main articles called
for and every sort of possible and i'm
possible receptacle was pressed into
service.
| WYE Issues Department Order
This order was conveyed to the
grocers of this city at a meeting at the
Commercial Club rooms Tuesday eve
ming by V. B. Wye, special representative
of the food administration. After ex-
planning the situation, in which he stated
that it would be but a short time before
the delivery system would be entirely
eliminated, he urged action upon the
grocers and Immediately an order was
signed by all the grocers of the city
prohibiting the delivery of any goods
from their stores The order signed reads
as follows:
'tBy order of the Federal Food Adj
ministration we, the undersigned mer-
chants Of New Ulm, hereby agree to
abolish all deliveries, starting next Mon.
day, Aug. 5th, 1918. No special del
iveries will be made" Then followed
the signatures of the various grocers
of the city.
Violators To Be Punished
| Any violation on the part of the
grocers will be severely punished and may
result in the revoking of federal permits
to purchase and sell certain goods, and
if continued violations take place may
result in the closing of. the offenders
store.
/ To Save Man Power ..
The order suspending delivery in New
Ulm is expected to release several men
for military service or make them avail
able for some more necessary occupation.
Besides this. it is estimated that there
will be quite saving in gasoline and
horse feed, besides releasing the del
livery rigs used by the grocers for use in
other work.
Profits Ordered Cut
Several other things were explained
to the grocers by Mr.. WYE, among them
the late sugar order. The grocers were
also told that the government. expected
them to sell sugar, flour, and flour SUBJ
1stitutes without profit.
4 Heavy Deliveries Curtailed
| What will be done in regard to the
delivering of heavy commodities is not
definitely known but as things stand at
present, it appears certain that other
deliveries will be curtailed so that the
people can buy in small quantities only,
unless they have a car or wagon in which
to carry home their purchases. It
has been rumored that the retail dealers
] will demand that the millers stop the
retail delivery of flour and other goods
that they manufacture so as to put all
on an equal basis.
j To Call For Eggs, Etc.
i MIR. WYE remarked to some of the
( grocers that it might be possible that the
government will prohibit the use of
delivery conveyances entirely. Whether
1 this order prohibits the calling and get
j ting OF eggs, potatoes, and other things
4 purchased by the grocers is not definitely
. understood and the merchants have
/ decided that until something has been
told them they will continue to call for
4 eggs, potatoes, etc. u
4 But Few Complain
Il 1t seems as though the customers
realized the savings that will follow for
!, the grocers report that but few of the
I customers have voiced any complaints
!, These were not of very serious nature
!, either, and people are accepting the
4 situation as gracefully as may be althc
many are wondering why only one other
I city in the state received the orders tc
) discontinue delivery service. City papers
> are authority for the statement that only
a at Redwood Falls and at New Uln1 has
the no-delivery system been adopted
I Mrs. Ferdinand Gross Of st. Louis
q Park arrived Monday for visit with
: her sister, Mrs. Anna Wicherski. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Wichers6's
] grandchild, Miss Anolda Kruggel, also Of
! st. Louis Park.
E Walter Muesing has accepted a posi-
: ton with the Marshall Milling Co. al
Z Marshall and has taken over his duties
q this week. He refused several offers
las superintendent Of schools, among
!, which was the one at Winthrop.
I The Review mentioned last week that
Paul Winkeimann was located at Camp
Jackson, New Jersey il. should zhavt
T been Camp Jackson, North Carolina
{ He has been at this camp for almost !: