Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-12-13

U. 8. FOOD ADMINISTRATION, \
Administrator for L0Nisjan0,
New Orleans. ]

10 All D1str1ct ana fer16h Food A0.
ministrators:
The main duty OF the Food Admin.
stration from now on will be to urge
the people to conserve the o d
which will win the world, and to pro-
tect the conserving consumers from
profiteering. The rules protecting the
people must be and will be strictly
observed. For that reason the retail
profits have been more definitely
liked and the plainly stated margins
will help in guidance.
Retailers are allowed to add ss
their profit above delivered cost the
following:
Victory Flour, Wheat Flour, Origi-
nal Mill Pigs, 1-2 Dbl. Quantities and
more, s1.O0 to s1.20 per Dbl. Ia Dbl.
Quantities and less, s1.s5 to s1.eO per
Dbl. Broken mill pkgs, 1 l-2c per ID.
Barley Flour, Rye Flour and Corn
Flour. Original mill pkgs, 1sc to &c.
Broken mill pkgs, 1-2c per ID.
Rice Flour, IS to 22%.
Corn Meal, Original mill pkgs, IS to
22%. Bulk 1 1-2c per ID.
Hominy, IL to 229.
Sugar, all kinds in bulk, 1-9c per
ID. In reiner's original pkgs, 1c per
Id.
Evaporated Milk, unsweetened, 1s
to % q.
Dat Meal and Rolled Oats, bulk l
1-2c per ID. Original mill pkgs 20 to
25%.
Rice, beans, white or colored;
starch, edible; corn syrup, tins, 20 to
25%.
Canned Corn, Peas and Tomatoes,
standard grades, % to 3O%.
Canned Salmon Chums, pink and
red, and canned sardines, domestic,
Is to 3O%.
Dried Fruit, Raisins, Prunes and
Peaches, % to 800.
Lard, pure leaf, and lard substi.
tutes, in bulk, 8 to &c per Id; In tins
IS to 22%.
Breakfast Bacon, whole pieces, 8 to
&c per Id.
Heavy Bacon, whole pieces, 8 to &c
per ID.
Hams, smoked, whole, 8 to &c per
ID.
In quoting sliced ham and bacon
add usual differentisl to cover actual
shrinksge,
"Original mill packsges," - used
above, means where retailer sells pro.
duct in the same mill container % 70.
ceived by him.
"Broken mill packages" means
when retailer removes contents from
original mill packages and sells In |
smaller quantities.
By other special regulations the 70.
tailer's maximum margins have also |
been fixed in accordance with the fol-
lowing list:
Potatoes, white Or Irish, Is to S0%.
Onions, % to sos.
Eggs whether sold In carton or
not), to &c per dos.
Butter, to 70 per Id.
Butter Substitutes, Oleomargarine,
Nut margarine, etc., to &c per ID.
Cheese, American, Cheddars, Twins,
Flats, Daisies, Long Horns and Y. Az,
to Sc per Id.
The retailer may have the benefit Of
fractions OF cent a. follows: II sugar
cost delivered e9.e1 per hundred, or
s.61c per Id, he would add $50, max.
ing his selling price lille per ID. He
would be allowed 12c for one pound.
Two pounds would be 22.22c. He
would be allowed &c. Five pounds
would be $3.50. He would be sl-
lowed SEC. In other words, multiply
the exact delivered cost OF one pound
plus ! 1-2c by the number of pounds
sold. II the result ends In . fraction
the retailer Is allowed the full cent.
The same rule would apply to other
It Is understood that delivered
cost" means the cost ct the railroad or
'ther terminal In the town where 70.
ailer lives. II retailer 10 not located
n railroad or steamboat town he
nav include the cost of hauling In de-
ivered cost. The flrst price IL for
ash and carry stores, the second for
ervice stores. ID
The United States Food Admins I
ration is working out system Of re-.
all profit on meat. L
JOHN M. PARKER. IL
federal Food Administrator for La. {