El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-20
GR0CERS AGREE
ON FLOUR SALE
Wholesalers Take Back
Stocks; Physicians Ger
tificate Rule Given.

There will be no more flour sold by
the retail grocers in this city except
for the use OF invalids. children and
infants, and only then On physicians
certificates. This was agreed upon
by the grocers at a special meeting
with C. y. Bassett, local food admin
istrator. at the chamber OF commerce
building Friday night Il was an
nouuced that physicians would not
charge for issuing OF the certificates
They are 10 be furnished by the city
board OF health.
In selling the flour under physt-
clans certificate the three pound rule
viii be put into effect three pounds
Of flour and its substitute being al
lowed for one person per month me
I certificates will be marked uy groc-
: ers to prevent duplicating
Tobbers Take Back Flour
Mr. Bassetr told the retailers that
the wholesalers Of this city had met
Friday afternoon and had agreed 10
take back all OF the surplus IlolI
! stock that the retailers may nave on
/ hand. II was suggested that the
/ grocers continue TO carry a small
stock and that they turn the re-
mainder in TO the wholesalers.
Flour may also be sold under the
old ruling TO those living too tar
I from bakery 20 secure oSheI 3
! bread This applies generally 70 farm %
! ers and ranchers who only come 20
/ town about once a month The three
| pound rule will also apply IN these
/ cases. the customary substitute De-
I ing sold at the same time
Adopt Fl PasO Idea.
The district food administrator Is
well pleased with the local retail
] grocers' association. Mr. Bassett said
/ and the plan adopted here has been
| recommended 20 the grocers living IN
l other parts Of the state, with the re-
I suits that practically every part OF
I Texas has adopted the Organization
| plan OF the retail ErOcers OF this city
] Mr.. Bassett stated last night that
he had tried 10 keep Fl Paso on the
I three pound rule. but that the state
food administrator had suggested
that Fl Paso also 20 on wheatless
I basis as il was the only city In the
state that had not adopted it
The sale OF a special cake Hour, o.;
I no use as a bread flour. is permitted
/ BY the administrator This flour may
be sold together with the substitute
I Graham flour may also be sold, u
I was announced. This brand OF floui
I is sold at the rate Of three pounds Of
! substitute TO five pounds OF flour
Several OF the grocers announced that
graham flour could not be used eN-
cept with wheat flour. There IS verl
little graham flour in this city. the
/ grocers all stated Many OF them re-
/ ported they had none on hand and
but few OF them had more than 100
pounds
valley Dealers Report.
II was reported that there were
several Erocers IN the lower valley
around Clint and Fabens. who were
y largely supplied with wheat flour
and grocers from there appeared a.
D the meeting asking what they should
do with their flour. This flour wa.
not bought in Fl Paso and they could
not turn Il in, they said II was alsr
I claimed that they were 50 far from
] possible for them 70 receive baker,
! bread. II was stat-d that all tbs
l bakery wagons in II Paso could no
/ supply bread 10 the people living al
those places
Allowed To Sell Flour.
Z Because OF these conditions. Mr.
Bassett and the FL Paso grocer
agreed that IL was only fair and 10
line with good conservation 20 allow
OF their holdings. There is about 60.
600 pounds OF flour at Clint and Fab
ems. ID was reported. OF this amour
there Is $1,000 pounds OF low grad
flour that bakers would not buy. ant
rather than let the flour spoil. as {
! would within A few months. the ad
ministrator suggested that the mer
chants be allowed TO sell g..
The attendance at the meeting Fri
I day night was one Of the largest tina
the retail zrocers' association hal
l ever had FULLY 400 people were there
including about zoo Spanish speaking
grcCers-