Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-16
Must Be Accompanied By
Costs Including Parcel
Post Charge
WILL START MONDAY
If Supply is insufficient Purchasers
Get Refund-No Orders Taken for
Less Than Amount in Container.

In accordance with resolution re-
Gently passed by Congress providing
for the distribution of certain surplus
foodstuffs now on hand at the se.v.
eral military subsistence depots by
utilizing the parcel post and in accor-
dance with the wishes of the Post
master General the employees Of the
local postofice will Monday start the
work of taking orders for the sale OF
this food and this work will be dis
continued August 20.
Inasmuch as the supplies are limit
ed it is the intent of Congress that
the same opportunity to purchase be
given to all Sections of the country
In order to secure the best results and
to be certain that the foodstuffs get
into the hands of bona fide consum-
ers it is necessary to utilize post
Offices as distributing agencies and to
leave the individual postmaster some
measure of discretion as to the actual
consumers to whom sales should be
made and in what quantities
AIT orders from consumers must
be accompanied with the cash, which
must include the total cost of the
order and parcel7post charges. No
special order form for the use of con-
sumers viii be provided. Consumers
must order in writing and itemize the
foodstuffs desired so that post mas
ters may readily determine the exact
charge to be made.
it is announced that carriers in
the city or rural delivery service may
accept orders in writing. Consumers
may keep a copy Of the order given
to carrier upon which the carrier
will receipt for cash paid. When a
carrier turns an order into the main
office or station he snould be given
receipt for the cash by the postmas-
ter or superintendent of the station.
Should there be insufficient supplies:
to meet the demand;t those consum-
ers, who fail to receive foodStuffs
should be given refund of the
amount paid as soon as possible, or
the proper amount should there be a
shortage of part of his order.
In case of bulk. supplies, such as
flourjeor rice in bags the postmas-
ter will not accept orders for less
tainer, that is postnsasters will not
than the amount in the original con-
sell a fraction of bag of rice, few
pounds of flour. No orders will be ac'
cepted without the cash in advance.
The prices quoted in the list of the
postoffice are the 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 Property Officer
at the particular office to which his
state is assigned. The exact cost OF
each item to the consumer can be de-
termined by the postmaster by adding
to the "price per can etc"
For instance, an office located in
the first or second zone from the sup
ply depot can show that on the first
item, bacon packed six 12-pound cans
to the case, the price per can to the
consumer would be s4.3S; the parcel
post rate on 102 pounds .(the total
weight of the case being 5 cents for
the first pound and l cent for each
additional pounds, amounting to to.
tai Of S1.06. As there are six cans
to the case the proportionate amount
to be added to the cost Of each car
would be Is cents. on the second item