The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-06
Grocers Choose c. X. Crosby.
j. E. Bushnell and
G.. w. Brooks
VANDERVEER MAY
BE ADMINISTRATORS
Has Been Recommended for Appoint
ment-Conference in Board of Trade
Rooms with Z. @. Nelson, Represent
ing State Administrator.

ing state Administrator.
About rs grocors from this village
and West Brattlcboro met in the board
Of trade rooms Yesterday afternoon
and discussed with +. G.. Nelson Of
Springfield representing the Vermont
food administration, various questions
involved in the Observance of the ma
tional food administration regulations
and elected an interpretive committee
20 serve with Brattlcboro food admin
istrator who will bc appointed, in look
ing after the local situation.
This committee consists Of Charles
Il. Crosby. wholesaler, Jason T.. Bush
nell and George W. Brooks 1t is the
plan 10 have one wholesaler ON each in
tcrprctivc committee, when there is one
in the town or city. II was announced
that jean j. Naudervccr, steward a.
the Brattlcboro Retreat. had been rec
commended for appointment as local
food administrator and that he prob
ally would be- appointed.
Holland !. Wilson. one of those who
attended the recent state conference OF
groccrs, called the meeting 20 order and
introduced Mr.. Nelson. The latter then
outlined the duties Of the Interpretive
committee, one Of which is 20 prepare
for publication y list Of fair prices OF
staple food products This be said was
not price fixing proposition but a
means of letting the people know the
maximum aud minimum prices being
..Na tla4...uHt auI ~ HrDfRpf-
ing them against oycr-churgcS.
After the local food administrator l.
appointed the committee will meet aud
make arrangements for work. 1t will
ascertain from each grocer the price
charged for certain articles and will
furnish the local newspapers for publ
cation the highest and lowest prices
fer each article. Mr. Nelson suggested
that the committee start with potatoes,
sugar, and flour adding 70 the list oth-
ar article. rs fast as possible. and when
any changes IN price, occurrcd 70 give
the papers D st1tGWe0f an tTe Tca---r~a
This information viii be published
without charge, for the benefit of the
public.
Ii any grocer makes a charge for any
article which the committee considers
excessive in view of all the cirAum-
stances. the grocer viii be so Informed
and IL the grocer and committee fail
10 agrCc the matter will be- reported to-
the state administrator, who will in
vestigatc, and then if the matter cannot
be adjusted satisfactorily the grocer
will bc excluded from membership in
the United state, food administration
aud the fact and reasons therefor pun
lishcd,
In this connection it should be stat
ed that each grocer is 60 be furnished
with q white membership poster, OF
which is printed In red and black let.
tiers the following:
ITO serve our country we have en-
listed in the United States food Admin.
istration.
~. :. Food administration controlled
commodities Apples, dried; beans
dried and canned; beef, fresh, canned
aud cured. bread; butter; cheese; cook
ing fats; corn, canned; corn grits; corn
meal; corn oil; corn syrup; cottonsecC
oil, eggs; fish. fresh ana frozen; flour
fruits. fresh; bominy; lard milk, fresh
canned and p0Wdcged molasses; nut
ton, fresh, canned and cured; oatmea
and rolled oats; Ole0margarine; peaches
dried; peanut oil; peas, dried an,
canned; pork, fresh, canned and cured
poultry; pruucs, raisins; rice; salmon
canned; sardiucs. canned; starch, corn
sugar; syrup; tomatoes, canned; vegC
tables. fresh.
awe pledge ourselves 20 give on
customers the benefit of fair and moo
crate prices, selling at no more than
reasonable. profit above cost to us
~ the bottom Of the poster is
dotted line on whoch the grocer is eA
pectcd 90 sign his name as a membe
81 the United States food administr1
tion. and the poster to he put in