The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-31
Orders Go Into Effect in
Windham County
Tomorrow
RECORDS TO BE
KEPT IN DUPLICATE
Cards to Be Issued by Grocers and No
Sugar VIII Be Sold Except on Card
County Food Administrator Issues
Letter to Dealer.

After today Brattleboro and in fact
the whole of Windham county will be ON
card system so far as the sale of sugar
is concerned, and it would not be surpris-
ing if before long some other commodi-
ties, of which there is shortage, were
put on the same basis.
A mutual agreement has been reached
among the dealers in Windham county
and orders have been issued by County
Food Administrator Horton D. Walker
and Local Food Administrator Jean ].
VanderYeer whereby the sugar card sys-
tenn will go into effect tomorrow morning
Each grocer and other dealer in sugar
has been furnished supply of cards, and
the grocer will furnish card to each
family. No sugar win be obtainable
| without this card and only one card will
be supplied to a family.
| Around the margin of each card are
| the dates covering August and September
and under each date the figures /, and
| ., which are to represent pounds of sugar.
| When person buys sugar the figure cor
responding TO the number of pounds
bought will be punched under the proper
date
The card viii contain each familv's
name or number and the grocer will keep
record of all sales. Each day the grocer
will return to the local food administra
tor the list of sales for the previous day
so that duplicate cards can be kept by
the administrator. These duplicate cards
will be kept on file, properly indexed. Sc
THAT if any family succeeds in getting
1.-TWO cards the fact viii show up at the
administrators Office
For this purpose quarters are being sci
apart in the farm bureau and board oi
trade rooms in the town hall building
where Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock will act as
secretary for the food administrator eael
forenoon from to II o'clock and wher,
the grocers will return each day record
, of the sugar sales for the day before.
year or two ago some of the Brattle
boro groeers voluntarily issued suga
J cards for their own convenience and pro
, lection, but this is the first time tina
such cards have been issued by the foe,
, administration
Mr.. Walker, the county food admins
} traitor, today sent to the various loca
1
ty the following letter:
: To Local Food Administrators and Dea
r On account of this last order of tn
: administrator affecting the distributio
of sugar, / have decided that Windha1
4 county shall go on "card SYSTEM b,
c ginning August l.
n | am convinced that the people hav
k not entirely lived up to the rules ri
!, garding the quantity allowed each pc
1 son. The new order requiring the dea
d er to keep a record will not preve1
0 them from buying at different store
i The card WILL
G 1t will also save the dealer I'll
trouble of keeping record of each sal
/ A quantity of these cards is being sci
d you today. They cost me 25c per hui
l, dred. If / have not sent enough as
5, for more; the printer will keep ii
c form set up until each family is su
piled. When you ask for more tell n
q how many.
L Keep a list of the names of people
4 whom you give out cards so / can chez
up those who are clever enough to g
card from more than one dealer.
will ask for the lists little later.
ar Put the name and address lin ca
there are two John Does in your tow
of the head of the family on the car,
! also the number in the family, boar
u ers and employees included. This numb
times two equals the quantity of sug
OF allowed on that card per month.
ge Punch out the date and the quaint
of each sale on that date on the ed
lie of the card with ticket punch or
It's harness punch and let IS see if they c;
beat it.
er IF you spoil card do not destroy
Of | The number of names on your list mu
Ter check with the number of cards issue
is Sincerely yeurs,
HORTON d. WALKER.