New Britain herald., 1918-10-25
REGULATES COST OF
 BUTTER AND CHEESE
Dealers Must Be Guided by Food
 Administration Rules

Hartford, Oct. 25.-New license regulations important to every butter and cheese dealer and of considerable interest to the public, have been pro- mulgated by the Food Admiristra- tion. The recent rise in the price of butter has been incorrectly thought to De due to the amount of but ter purchased by the government. out Of an estimated storage stock of loo' o'o0O,OOO pounds, the ~governm ont has taken 25,OOO,00O pounds. The Food Administration has been apprc- hensive that the high price might st1fe the consumption of dairy but ter, increase the consumption of oleo- margarine and cause general slump in butter prices which would be dis astrous to the original producer. The price of feeds has not increased but there have been material advances in wages paid by the dairy industries
 The new license regulations are the result or recent inquiry into the ab- normally high prices of butter and cheese and the new rules are for the guidance not only of dealers who hold Food Administration licenses, but for those who are dependent upon such licenses for their retail sup plies.
 Because of the great demands made by the Army and Navy, there is some thing of a, shortage of American or Cheddar cheese, and the Food Ad- mln1stration is asking the patriotic public for more intensive conserva- ton of cheese.
 Tn insisting that butter be retailed at a reasonable advance over the cost, the Food Administrator defines cost for the purpose of this rule to include: 1. Purchase price; 2. Trans portation charges, if any; 3. Storage charges actually incurred on cold storage butter; 4. Insurance charges actually incurred on cold storage but ter; 5. Interest on money invested at the current rate while butter is in cold storage; 6. Actual cost of print ing if the butter is put in print form from tubs or cubes Cost shall not include any allowance for shrinkage In weight, commissions or expenses other than those herein listed. Maxi mum margins permitted in any sale except by manufa Cturer or retailer shall be limited as follows: 1 cent per pound on car lot sales; 1-2 cent per pound on 1000 pounds; cents OH o,OUU pOuHuS, : l-Z cents on iNU pounds; cents on 100 pounds and 3-4 cents on less than 100 pounds. Additions for@c6ld storage charges are limited to 1 cent per pound for one month and not more than IA cent per pound for succeeding months up to a maximum of 2 cents.
 For cheese the first five cost items are the same as for butter and the sixth permits of additions coverin~ the cost of paraffinfng not to exceed 1-$ cent per pound. Sales except by manufacturers and retailers are sub ject to the following limitations; on car lots 3-4 cents per pound, 1000 pounds 1 IA cents per pound; 800 pounds 1 3-4 cents per pound; and less than 500 pounds 3 cents per pound.
 The Food Administration is r1'rect- ing it's enforcement machinery against dealers who are attempting to reap large profits in the rising butter market. Under the Food Adminis- tration regulations, butter, both stor- age and fresh, must be sold at price not to exceed a stipulated margin over cost and dealers are not allowed to profit by abnormal advances in the market quotations. The ret9ilers' IudTSln or pTOIlC on DulI6I Sllctli IiOC exceed cents per pound at cash and carry stores and cents per pound at credit and delivery stores.
 According to the new cheese regu- lations, retailers may not sell Ameri- can or Cheddar cheese at any ad- vance in excess of six or seven cents over cost. The six cent per pound profit represents the maximum mar gin of profit for stores conducted on the cash and carry or no service plan, while seven cents per pound IS the maximum for the extra service stores extending credit and delivery.
 Dealers whose delivered store-door cost is figured in fractions may have the benefit of such fractional cost.