The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-07
CANNOT BRING SUGAR
FROM CANADA
Must Have License or You Are Perform
ing an Illegal Act and Subject
to Punishment.

Montpelier, lug. 1.-THE importation
of wheat, sugar and wheat products in
any quantity from Canada unless an in
dividual license for such importation has
been requested of, and granted by, the
war trade board in Washington, is no
longer legal and persons who make such
importations without license are per-
forming an illegal act and are opening
themselves to punishment.
News of this decision of the war trade
board has been received by the state food
administration officials here from Wash
ington, the United States food admins
tration quoting from war trade board
letter as follows:
This will notify you that the war
trade board have revoked any general Ii
cense under which sugar, wheat and
products of wheat may be imported from
Canada and that individual licenses will
be required after Aug l."
This should, in the eyes of the state
food administration put an end to the
practice INDUCED In by some who live
along the international border, of going
into Canada and purchasing -four in an
unpatriotic attempt to avoid the $3.50
order. No single phase of regulation has
been more difficult than this and the
story of how the new war trade board
order was brought about is very interest
ing.
Some time ago it was reported to the
then acting food administrator that -four
was being brought in from Canada. This
was verified and served as the basis of
representations to Washington AS a
result, after somewhat lengthy negotia-
tions, an order was issued from Ottawa
nstructing the Canadian customs off.
cials not to permit the expectation of
-four from Canada except in proper cases
and the grocers of the dominion were in
structed not to sell -four to Americans.
The volume Of trade showed decrease
after this order, but it was not stopped.
The United States customs weekly fur
nished to the state food administration
officials list of American importers of
-four, and with this information in hand
the administration has the basis for
whatever action against those who have
been seeking TO avoid compliance with
the $3.50 order may seem advisable.
The trade was not completely stopped,
however, and when it was learned that
bread was being imported from Canada,
new efforts at correction were made
The result is that no wheat or wheat
products or sugar can now be imported
by any resident Of the United States un-
less a special license is secured from the
war trade board, and as license will not
be issued except where trade conditions
warrant it, II is expected the practice
will be wiped out entirely
Now that a definite basis for action
has been placed in the hands Of the gov
eminent to deal with such cases they
viii be dealt with directly and il will
no longer be necessary to resort to
exhortation and patriotical appeal
1t puts all on the same basis and prox
unity to the neighboring dominion which
happens to be a big wheat growing
country, will not place the individual in
favored status as rc~ards -four. Can
ada has been making heavy exports of
-four to the allies, thousands Of barrels
passing through Vermont alone on their
way to the seaboard, -four which had
been purchased by the Wheat Export
Co., for the allies. In fact, the -four
stocks Of the two countries are held in
common so far as shipments to the allies
are concerned, and even though the -four
had been bought in Canada, the act was
diminishing the common stock for for
eign shipment.