The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-24
Ruling to Effect That They
Shall Cease Business at
Noon Next 9 Mondays
COMPLAINTS WILL
BE INVESTIGATED
Belief Expressed, However, of Ready
Compliance by Dealers-Food ProdHc-
tion May Continue at Many Manu-
featuring Establishments.

MONTPELIER, Jan. 24-If the desires
of the national and state fuel and food
administrations are carried into effect
there will be general closing OF whole
sale and retail food stores in Vermont,
Monday, Jan 2S, and for the remaining
eight Mondays during which Fuel Ad
ninistrator GaIfield's order is in effect.
The national fuel administration, be-
cause of the confusion created by the va
rious interpretations made OF the orig
mai order as affecting food stores, ruled
that on Monday, Jan. p, food stores
might remain open all day This sus-
pension OF the original order applied only
to that Monday, however, and is not III
| effect on any OF the succeeding Mondays.
! Fuel Administrator Jones today stated
emphatically that in his opinion the spirit
Of the order is beyond question that all
stores, with the exception OF those deal
ing in foods, shall remain closed all day
! Mondays, and there Is no change what
soever in the application of the order te
them. Mr.. Jones further says that the
spirit of the order is that the food store:
shall close at noon Tie national fue
and food administrators, Mr.. Garfield anC
Mr.. Hoover, have joined IN urging OF
patriotic grounds, that the wholesale anC
retail grocery stores shall strictly observt
the spirit of the order and close thei
doors at u O'Clock noon on Mondays, be
ginning Jan. IS.
\ conference was held today betweel
Mr.. Jones and Acting Food Administra
tor John T. Cushing of st Adams OF
! this point and the two administrator
were in agreement that, with timel
/ warning to the public, the distribution c
. food would not be endangered if the gro
i Gerry stores, wholesale and retail, were t
close at noon ON such Mondays Const
quently the decision of the two admir-
istrations is that food stores shall clos
at noon, and any complaints received tina
: such action will result in endangerin
necessary food distribution Will be il
vestigated by each department and d.
. cision reached in each individual cas-
: No such complaints are expected. how
d ever, for the consuming public, with an
y pie warning, can secure its food supple
= exactly as il would before any reguls
holiday. Both administrators agreed tn;
J. a blanket permission should be give
5, wholesale dealers to make emergen(
!. shipments Of food in the afternoon aft
d their doors had been closed at noon.
% Mr.. Gushing has ruled that grist mil
may remain open all day for the purpo
o. of milling hut when with the millil
o. there Is combined wholesale or reta
sale of foodstuffs or animal feeds, no sal
of either food or feed should be made
the afternoon, this being the spirit OF t
order.
VS. The intention of the order is to int
fere at minimum with the manufactu
and the necessary distribution of foo,
* Consequently, Mr.. Gushing has been
al eral in his Interpretation of the order a
or SO far as its effect on food product
he and on collateral industries support
ed food industries is concerned Spec
re- cially the closing order does not aft
IA grain elevators, potato or vegeta
houses, cold storage grain storage, gr7
lal feed mills, necessary cereal product MAJ
rd facturers, bakers, canners milk deale
creamerles, condensers, all milk produ
manufactures, packing and slaugh
houses, necessary ice plants and ref
Grating, sugar manufacturers
- Manufacturers Of farm machine
= binder twine, ammonia, insecticides
fertilizers are also exempt and permiss
ORC to operate has been granted collate
,or food industries in several instances {
w any further applications for permits
,cn be passed on by Mr.. Gushing