Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-06-13
HEAVIEST MONEY 4
FINE YET IMPOSED
FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF
FOOD REGULATIONS AS COT
TON SEED DEALERS.
RED CROSS GETS THE $500


Administration in Tennessee, the Red
Cross committee OF Lincoln County
will receive a $500 second Liberty
bond of the United States. The penal
ty was imposed by Federal Food Ad-
mfnistrator H. A. Morgan on the firm
Of Strong, Bagley G Bagley, of Fay
etteyille, for alleged violations OF the
food regulations as cotton seed deal
ers.
This is the heaviest money penalty
that has so far been imposed by the
Federal Food Administration in Ten
nessee. The firm of Strong, Bagley &
Bagley. largely through inadvertence
and ignorance, admitted that they had
violated the food regulations and from
the first manifested a fine spirit. Ad-
hitting their violation of the rules OF
| the Food Administration, they readily
agreed to be penalized to the extent of
$500 Liberty Bond to be given to
| the Red Cross. The bond was received
by Charles c. Traube, state legal rep
resentative, who looked after the inter
ests of the Food Administration, 1t
was promptly forwarded by DR.. Nor
gan to Chairman Lees Of the Lincoln
| County Red Cross committee. Or.
Morgan took the position that Lincoln
| County should be entitled to credit for
the same.
The penalized firm wrote to DR.. Nor
gan a splendid letter admitting the jus
| tioa Of catf1op,opt aynraGsil,U q
| probation of the attitude of the Food
| Administration and rendering its SER
vices in any capacity to the Food Ad-
ministration. Speaking Of the case,
Dr.. Morgan said:
"This firm was guilty, but through
lnadvertence. The members are thor
oughly loyal and honorable men but
they had neglected sadly to inform
themselves about the regulations gov
erning their business and action Nas
necessary, but l have never come IN
contact with men who were fairer or
who manifested finer spirit than did
Messrs. Strong, Bagley & Bagley"
Sugar Distribution.
There will be no exceptions what.
ever in the enforcement Of the rules
limiting the supply of sugar that IMAM
ufacturers Of non-essentials may OBJ
Pin, according to the instructions that
were given to the Federal Food ADJ
ministrators at their meeting in Wash
lngton last week. The Tennessee Food
Administration was represented by ].
I M
Igtrator, and Charles c. Traube, the
state legal representative. The Food
Administration is determined that
there shall be sufficient sugar in the
country to provide for the canning
and preserving demands of the peo-
pie. Makers of non essentials, like
candy, chewing gum and soft drinks
will be strictly limited to so per cent
Of the amount that they used during
the corresponding period of last year.
Sugar cannot be obtained for these
purposes except upon the written per-
mission Of DR.. H. A. Morgan the Fed
eral food administrator of Tennessee
Wheat Harvest.
Farmers should sell their wheat
from the thresher, in the judgment of
the Food Administration, for the rea-
son that the price is fixed by the gov
eminent, and there will be no inoent-
i've whatsoever for holding the wheat
In fact, il will be more profitable to
the farmers of the state to sell the
crop from the thresher than it would
W n hn1 Cf IN
and loss from shrinkage 1t will be
much better from every aspect to sell
the wheat at once than to hold 1t.
From present prospects, the crop is
going to be very large one. In fact
some estimates place the yield higher
than for any year since 1914, when all
former records in the state were ex-
ceeded.
Flour Shipments Checked.
Hereafter no flour can be shipped
into a county without the written per
mission of the county food administra.
tor of the county into which the ship
ment is to be made. Announcement
to this effect was made last week by
Dr. H. A. Morgan, Federal food admin.
lstrator of Tennessee. This Is done
to protect the territory from which
flour has been periodically surren.
dered to the government by the peo-
pie from a flood of flour that would
be turned into the county by unpatrf.
otto flour dealers.
The Food Administration is daily
growing less tolerant Of violations OF
Its rules in this state, and almost
every day merchants, millers, restau.
rants, etc. are being disciplined. In
Bristol the city food administrator
closed the store of merchant who
persisted In the sale of flour in viola
ton OF an agreement among the PEG
pie OF that city not to sell or consume
any more flour. A man In Nashville
who raised a row because of the limit
ed sugar ration served by the restau
rants of that city. in compliance with
Food Administration orders, was taken
into police court and fined $40 and
costs. County food administration
have been instructed to discipline a,
who refuse to obey the requests, anx
orders OF the nation. and public semes
ment approves every peaAaty tAaA q
imDoseA.