Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
FOOD RULINGS co
TO LOCAL GROCERS
Dealers in Food Commodities
Must Secure Licenses
Includes Those Who Sell Cooked Food
Federal Rulings and Interpreta-
tions Sent Out.

A set of rulings by the United States
food administration was sent Tuesday
to all the grocers in the Brattleboro dis
trict by Jean j. Vandervcer, local
representative of the federal food ad-
ministration. According to Mr.. Van
dervecr S Interpretation about every
local dealer in food commodities will
have TO procure a license, under the
Especial Extra ruling, as practically
all of them sell to hotels or restau-
rants i'll larger or smaller quantities.
This means not only groccrs, but also
persons who sell cooked food. The
federal rulings sent out by the local
administrator are as follows:
"The following rulings and interprc
tations of the United States food ad
ministration are sent to you for your
information and guidance
especial Extra-Sales of licensed
food commodities to ships, hotels or
restaurants are wholesale and not re-
tail transactions and q license is re-
quired to make such sales, no matter
what is the amount of the sale All re-
tailers, whether they hold retailer s
license or not, who make such Sales are
subject to license to the extent of any
such sales. ct is evident that the
word restaurant must be taken in its
literal meaning and would mean any
place or house where cooked food is
sold, boarding houses, etc.
"Rye-Rye is not a substitute but
may be sold without substitute. Our
associates in the war are taking all the
rye we can ship.
MISUNDERSTANDING for wheat
flour should not be sold at more than
reasonable advance over the actual
purchase price of the particular goods
sold without regard to market or re-
placement value at the time of such
sale
DelivericS-Deliverie in violation
of the wheat conservation rules cannot
be made even though the contract was
consummatcd prior to the effective date
of the ruling, Jan. %, 1918. This ap.
plies to retailers selling to consumers.
No credits for purchases of wheat -four
substitutes made prior to Jan % are
to be given in any case.
Observation-Disclosures are not
to be granted without the approval of
the state food administrator. If flour
remains comparatively inactive, the
purpose of the order will be met. If a
store is out of substitutes the grocer
should exert every effort to secure
them, either through wholesalers or by
borrowing from neighbor grocer. No
exemption can be given store, for
unfair competition would Immediately
arise.
- Flour Arrivals--Grocers are adj.
vised .thatntheir' -four receipts will be
only 20 per cent of the normal. To
protect themselves and their customers
against time of shortage, they should
in their own interests, reduce their
flour sales by 20 per cent, and it is
also to their interest as well as being
necessary TO accompany every sale Of
flour since Jan. %, 1918, by the neces.
sary amount of substitutes If -four
was sold during the early days of the
order, the grocer should compel the pur.
chaser to take now the substitutes nee.
e1sary to cover the previous purchase
without substitutes before making an.
other sale of -four to that customer.
'Enforcement-The laws and rules
and regulations must be enforced as a
matter of public necessity and that the
loyal grocer may be protected AGAINST
unfair competition and the loyal con.
sumner against having the available
flour reserve taken by hoarders. The
names of persons who have purchased
more than the legal amount should i'm
mediately be reported with recommen.
dations.
"JEAN j. VANDERVEER.
Local representative of the feder-
al food administration.