Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-02-14
WHEAT OBSERVATION

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~ "To prvent boarding flour fol-
lowing the Presidents proclamation
we suggest you enforce ruling refer
ence quantity sales of flour outlined
tour letter January 8th). The sale of
flour by retailers, millers or other
dealers in towns or cities to indivi-
dual consumers shall be in one-eighth
to one-fourth barrel quantity or less;
in rural or foreign communities, in
one-fourth to one-half barrel quantity
or less. Gross
wholesalers in flour should not exceed
from fifty to seventy-five cents per
barrel. Profit exacted by retail deal
ers IN original mill packages should
not exceed from eighty cents to q
dollar twenty per barrel depending
upon character of service performed.
Where retailers sell in amounts less
than original mill package, the gross
profit should not exceed one cent per
pound. Any profits in excess of these
or in excess that obtained in pre-war
times will be considered cause for an
investigation. Substitutes for wheat
flour should be sold at not more than
a reasonable advance over actual pur-
chase price of particular goods sold
without regard to market or replace
ment value at times of such sale. -
Hoover.
(2) SUGAR. Sugar should be sold
in towns and cities to consumers in
two to five pound quantities; to farm
and rural customers in five to ten
pound quantities.
(3) With reference to the rule re-
quiring the purchase with flour of an
equal amount of substitutes, you
should notgive permission to consum-
ers to buy flour unless they come
within the following exceptions: (a)
where a consumer obligates himself
to use only hail Of the flour in the
future that he has been using in the
past; (b) where the consumer agrees
to take only mixed or blended flour
having not less than 25 per cent of
corn meal or some other substitute
for wheat flour; (c) where the con-
sumer purchases whole wheat or
Graham flour containing at least SO
per cent of entire wheat, in which
case purchaser must buy 6-10 Of
pound of wheat substitutes for every
pound Of Graham or whole wheat
flour purchased. Where these condit-
ions are met, consumers can purchase
flour alone only where they have your
written permission and before giving
this permission you should be convin-
ced that they will in good faith meet
the exceptions a, b, and C above en-
umerated.
(4) RYE FLOUR. Rye flour may
be sold without requiring the pur-
chase of substitutes. But rye flour is
not permissible substitute for wheat
flour because the allies will now take
all the rye that we can ship them.
(5) WHEAT AND RYE MILLERS.
By the Presidents proclamation of
January, 10, 1918, all wheat and rye
millers (regardless of capacity not
already licensed as millers, are re-
quired to procure a license as such
by February Is, 1918. Those already
licensed for the storage of wheat or
rye may have their milling activi-
ties added to their present license.
They should communicate at once
with the License Division, Fc
ministration, Washington, D. G., re-
turning their license for the addition
of their milling activities and sta
ting their rated activity in barrels
per day of twenty four hours. Wheat
and rye millers are required to fill
in the following form and return it
with their application.
Number of barrels of wheat ground
since July l, 1917,-----------------
Number of barrels of flour manu-
factured since July 1, 19T,----------
Price received for flour - (per bar
reD (since July 1, 1910 $--------
per barrel.
Price received for feed - (per tom
(since July 1, 1910 $-------- per
ton
Amount of wheat on hond at date
of duplication ---------- barrels.
Amount of flour on hand at date of
application -------- barrels.
Rated capacity ---------- barrels
per "a hours.
| Name
| Address
Date -----------------
Co Note to Feed Dealers. Per-