The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-10
TRADING STAMPS GOOD BYE
Merchants to Hear Present Status OF
Trading Stamp in Kenosha from Their
Standpoint Other Important Bus
mess to Follow Dinner.

Kenosha grocers will take the first
step toward definitely clamping the
lid on the sale of sugar and meeting
the regulations prescribed by the state
officials on Thursday evening at the
dinner and meeting of the Kenosha
Retailers in the assembly room of the
Chamber of Commerce building. The
regular meeting win be preceded by a
dinner, served at six-thirty, after
which one of the most important bust
ness sessions of the year viii be held
and many topics of interest win be
discussed.
The Kenosha grocers have not been
officially notified as to just what is ex-
pected of them in regard to the sale
of sugar to prevent shortage and
many of them confess that they are
cup in the air as to what they should
do in this regard. There is at present
no great sugar shortage in KenOsha,
such as is gripping many cities of the
country, but it is possible that this
may exist unless the rules laid down
by the state are carefully observed.
Food Administrator BullamOre will
probably be at the meeting on Thurs
day evening and explain what his at
titude will be in regard to the inter
probation of the rules.
"All that we know about this sugar
proposition said Secretary Maddox
this morning, els what we have gained
from the bulletin of the State Council
of Defense. The rule there states that
wholesalers may furnish retailers from
one to three bags week and that re-
tailers are allowed to sell city cus7
toners from two to FIVE pounds and
country customers from five to ten
pounds. The penalty for continued vi
olation of the rule will be to shut off
the sugar supply entirely. The grocers
are hoping that their customers will see
that they are held by the regulation
and that requests will not be made for
them to break the law no matter what
the circumstances may be. !"
In addition to arranging to clamp
tie lid ON sugar sales, Pixie grocers will
also be again warned that it is neces-
sary for each and every one of them,
who deals in food-stuffs to file with the
government AN inventory of stock ON
hand, January 1st, 1918, the failure to
do which will involve a fine of not less
than one thousand dollars. Several
grocers have not as yet secured blanks
for this purpose and they are urged to
do SO at once. This food inventory must
also be made by all hotels restaurants
and hospitals in the city.
"Another thing that we are going
to do at this meeting" said Secretary
Maddox, Sis to show the merchants
the present status of the trading stamp
in Kenosha. Many Of us believe that
it will be the funeral obsequies and
both its friends and enemies are urged
to be present so that all the members
may get clear understanding of the
situation. So far as we have been able
to learn every merchant in KenOsha,
but one, who formerly made practice
of giving any kind of trading stamps,
quit for good on January 1st. All of
these have declared their intention of
abiding by the spirit of the law as well
as the letter and of making no effort
to avoid the same by means of any
technicality. We have not had a
definite report from this one. We
are sure therefore that the discussion
of the trading stamp viii be one
of the most interesting parts of the
meeting"