The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-04
FOOD CONTROL REGULATING
SALE OF SUGAR AND FLOUR

just been fixed by the food control
authorities, is the most important
current order issued from the office
of DIR. A. M. Soule, Federal Feod
Administrator for Georgia.
While the sugar famine has been
dissipated almost without realization
/ by the people of Georgia, through
the manner in which it was handled
! by the administration, DIR. Soule en-
phasizes strongly the fact that the
supply must be rigidly conserved to
meet Army export demands
SO comprehensive is the digest OF
the sugar and flour regulation as pre-
pared by n. l.. Willet, Administrator
| for Richmond County, it has been
adopted by the state office of the
| Food Administration for pron1ulgat-
ton. 1t is as follows:
(By N. L. Willet, Augusta, Ga.)
Here are some food regulations
applicable to retail wholesale grocers
which should be carefully studied by
them, and which l give below
Retail Sugar The retail grocers
price for this at present is 10c, cash
and carry, and lie credit and deliver
ed There is some hope from some
quarters to the effect that sugar in
month or more may be lowered in
price. The supply now is more plen-
tltul. But we are going to have
shortage in 1918, and every pound
that we save here, helps us to ship
the more to4our Allies who are on
basis per month of almost no sugar
at all. The candy people who have
been allowed so per cent of their
usual sugar ration, are now being al
lowed so per cent. But large num-
Der of these factories shut down to-
day because they could not get sugar
at all.
Sugar should be sold by the retailer
in cities to consumers in not more
than two to FIVE pounds at a time,
and care should be taken that the
consumer is not allowed to duplicate.
! 10 the farm and to customers, who
live in TIE country, a sale of FIVE to
ten pounds is allowed, for it is more
difficult for the man in the country to
get new supply.
Sugar Wholesale: Wholesale gro
GERS should not sell sugar in excess
of one thousand pounds at time
to a retailer. Sugar should not be
shipped on back orders without
| positive order from the buyer. Whole
sale grocers should use every precau-
ton at their command to prevent du-
plication of sales which would allow
the retailer opportunity to have more
sugar than necessary, for consecutive
distribution.
Flour: The wholesaler of -four gets
y to SOC barrel profit, while the re-
taller is allowed $1.00 per barrel and
upward. But here is one important
point in -four selling for the retailer.
Flour i'll towns and cities should be
sold i'll not over l-8 or IA barrel
quantities. The retailer can sell to
farm communities in IA and IL bar
rel quantities. The idea is to cut
out among retailers and consumers
the whole barrel business.
There has come recently an in
creased flour demand in barrels. this
is certainly for the specific purpose
OF boarding, and comes either from
greed or fear or both. Now, if everv
home bought barrel of -four if
would represent is of our entire an
.nual production. If every man sets
aside now one barrel of -four for the
family where he has been buying it
in quarters, IT would be impossible for
the Food Administration to keep I'D,
on account of this boarding, as to
what our export resources in flour
would be. Dealers will tell all YOU
that there has been quite large de-
mand for flour recently in wooden
barrels. Some people are boarding
salt and matches and other things in
the same way. This shows a bad
spirit and spirit that is not credit
able to any man who does it. 1t is
quite seam why flour be bought by
the consumer, in no larger amounts at
time, than as per above The retail
&ocer who is asked not to put in ad-
vertisements tending to induce con-
sumers to increase their purchases of
Hour and sugar. This is decidedly
against public policy. s
Combination sales: There are many
concerns who make combination sales
IN sale of clothing or shoes. they
will offer combination sale of food
stutfs along with it The ruling here