New Britain herald., 1918-12-31

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shortage Of is17-1s1s After several
| attempted cases OF sugar profiteertng
| had been met by threats of severe
| penalties, the sugar situation of that
| winter was successfully handled
! through tho loyal cooperation of the
great body OF Connecticut retailers.
, Hote, Division
J hotel division was established
about October 1. 1917, with Almon c..
Judd of Waterbury as chairman, and
| Harry Bond of Hartford and p A.
Cantwell of Bridgeport. cooperating.
Long before Washington recon-
rnendcd the appointment of a COM
! rnittee for hotel division, Mr. Landers
| had called several meetings of the
members of the Connecticut Hotel
Mems association for the purpose Of
! devisins plans to conserve food in the
hotels and restaurants. The first
NJ Getting was called the latter part Of
April 1917, and the above named
| committee was appointed early in
| May, 1917. About January /. 1918,
! the committe" reorganized with
| Walter s. C+ardc OF New Haven and
! Hartford. and John Porter Of Hart
! ford, acting with Chairman Judd At
the same time Edward 7. Iugraham
| was employed to take charge of the
office work Of tho division.
1870 Eating Places Pledged.
The first step taken was the obtain
| ing of signatures on pledge ca rds
| from all the hotel, restaurant and
| club proprietors or managers in the
: state. This was. followed by question
mares. daily record sheets and
| monthly savings report cards show
| ing the savings in wheat. meat sugar
and fats. BY January / it was evil
dent that within the three months Of
October. November ald December, 40
to 90 per cent. had been saved in
wheat and meat as compared with the
same months in 1916. In February.
| 1913, the savings were -, S63 pounds
of wheat; 1o5,328 pounds OF meat
and 53,2f3 pounds of pork
Publicity was given continuously
| to the ever-changing rules of the food
administration as issued from Wash
| ington through newspaper articles
and circular letters addressed to the
| 1,97o public eating places in the
state.
All Connecticut hotels. restaura ats
and clubs co-operated ,patriotically in
the campaigns for food conservation
and It is certain that Connecticut
played no small part il assisting
| Food TO Win the War.
Bakers Organized
On the SUNDAY afternoon before the
| SO called 5000" wheat conservation
rules went into effect, the leading
wholesalers and retailers of the state
were gathered together by Admins
traitor Scoville to discuss the best
means for putting the new regulations
! into operation and especially of Sc
substitutes. At about the same time
after following one or two prelimi-
nary conferences, q meeting of bak-
ers was held in New Haven at which
the following directors and deputies
were appointed: ". j. Travis
Bridgeport; B. l.. Marsh, Stamford: ;
F. s. Thompson, New Haven; B. f.
Wetherby Derby: Emil NJ. Fox. Nor
wich; H. Bra hm Torrington:
George II. Kolb. Hartford
Fair Price Publication.
Early in December, 1917, Mr..
Sheehan. who subsequently was ap
pointed Educational Director. secured
the necessary cooperation OF the three
daily newspapers in Hartford for the
first fai1' price publiCa tons i'll the
Stats. During 1913 fair price publ
cations were installed i'll New Haven,
Bridgeport, New Britain. Waterbury,
New London. Middletown Rockville
Torrinston. AnSonia. Stamford Dan
bury and Manchester. In general, the
Connecticut price publication system
followed the standard suggested by
Washington. bUt the listed con1modi-
ties varied in localities and. as a. rule,
| the price interpreting committees were
the grocers themselves. chosen at
grocers' meeting to represent each
class of retail store. with the Food
Administrators Local Food Director
acting as ex-officio chairman
Administrative.
Shortly after MT. Landers was APP
pointed Assistant Food AdminiS-
traitor, Mr.. Scoville appointed Mr..
Durant an Assistant Food Admiuistra-
tor in Hartford and later Thomas w.
Farnam OF New Haven and p. Fair
child Wheeler Were appointed AssiS-
taDt Food Administrators with author
ity in their own yicinities When Mr..
l'ar1lam was called to head the Red
Cross work in Serbia, DR. Edward II
Jenkins of the Connecticut Agricul-
turaI Experiment Station in New
Haven, was appointed Food Admins
traitor for that city. There were no
county food administrators in Con-
nccticut, tho States political sub
divisions being more adapted to the
plan Of having q local food director in
charge of each of the one hundred
and sixty eight towns.
Ex-Mayor T4awIor Appointed.
Mr.. Landers and Mr.. Sheehan have
been with the Food Administration
continuously as Assistant Food Nd
luinst,ator and Director Of Education
resp ectively. In the latter part of
June. 1918. about the time the Food
Administration and the State Food
Department removed their original
Offices at no. SO Pearl street in Hart
ford to moro cornmodious quarters at
No. As Lewis street, Mr. Durant re
tired on account OF i1l-health and
Joseph II. I4aNlor, All |N-maNor or