The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-17
PENSACOLA IS ALLOTTED QUOTA
FOR PARCELS POST DISTRIBUTION
FULL INFORMATION
NOW OBTAINABLE
While G yer n m E n t Sale
Lasts Prices Paid Will Be
Considerably Lower Than
Retail; Original Packages
Not to be Broken.


The local postoffice will tomorrow
morning, begin taking orders for the
surplus stocks of supplies now fh gov
ernment warehouses, it is announced
by Postmaster B. s. Hancock, and n
large number of Pensacola people
who have felt the high cost OF living
are expected to put in orders. Tho
sale of war surplus foods will begin
Monday. August Is, and will stop
"Wednesday. August 20.
In consulting the price list published
herewith, prospective purchasers
should remember that the supplies
will be shipped here from Atlanta.
which is In the third parcel post xone.
Charges for shipments by parcel post
will be six cents for the. first pound.
and two cents for each additional
pound. The weight limit on one pack
age is 125 pounds.
The weight and price per can have
been omitted from the published price
list, but customers may find out what
these will be by dividing the price
per case by the number of units to the
case.
Postmaster Hancock has placed
Charles Van Matre. Jr.. OF the local
postoffice force, in charge OF the SELL
ing campaign. and he will be assist
ed by Mrs. Mary r.. Moore. also en-
ployed I'm ~the local office.
Pensacola has been allotted the fol-
lowing quota of supplies:
Baked beans 4.74o one pound cans:
459 two-pound cans. and 1000 three
pound cans: corned beef. 6,48O one
pound cans, $500 two-pound cans. and
$40 six-pound cans: roast beef, 6.400
one pound cans, $500 two-pound cans
and $40 six-pound cans: stringless
beans, 1860 two-pound cans; cherries.
370 two-and-one-half pound cans;
corn $500 two-pound cans; corn beer
hash 400 one-pound cans and 1900
two-pound cans; Peas. 12400 two
pound cans Beans-issue 1900
pounds; Flour--issue. 1900 pounds:
rice, 100 pounds: assorted jam, g.
900 two-pound cans; pepper, All one
fourth pound cans; soap. toilet, 1881
cakes; vegetable soup, 43S pints;
$40 small cans; tomatoes,
700 ten-pound cans; 'Dacon, 1900 IL
pound cans.
Where purchasers do not Wish 70
buy a whole case of certain articles.
they are asked to club with someone
else and order a whole case, sas por-
tions of a case will not be sold. Orr
der blanks may be had at the post
office.
The prices quoted I'm the list are tho
unit costs to the consumer, to which
must be added postage at the parcel
post rate on the total gross weight of
the order from the zone surplus prop
erty officer at the particular office to
which his state is assigned-
All chlers from consumers must be
by the cash which must
include the total cost of the order and
parcel post charges
Carriers in the city or rural delivery
service may accept orders in writing.
must keep a copy OF the
order given to a carrier. upon which
the carrier will receipt for cash paid
In case OF ashortage OF any item tho
first orders received wilb be given
preference. ~and on any orders that can
not be filled the money will be re-
funded to consumers promptly.
The price list follows:
Bacon. 6 12-pound cans to case. weight
I02 pounds. $24.sp-
Beef. cQned. 4s No. l tins to casa
weight 65 sounds, 1892.
Beef. corned. "a No. cans to case.
weight S. pounds. s13.20.
Beef corned. IL 6-pornd cans to case.
weight IS pounds. $21.o0-
Beef roast. 4s No ! can5 to case. 50
'cunds, 313.44-
Beef. roast. IA No. cans to case. 80
,ounds $15.12.
Beef roast Il s-pound cans to case.
Is pounds S22.S0.
Hash. corned beef. l8 1-pound cans 70
'ase. SO pounds. $10.56.
Hash. corned beef. "A 1-pound cans to
.ase. II pounds. $8s3
Beans. baked. 4s No. cans TO casa
Q pounds, $197.