The sun., 1919-02-03
WAR OFFICE DODGES
FOOD PRICE RULES
1t Offers Animal Feed Stuffs
at Rate Not Possible to
Private Traders.
RESTRICTIONS IRKSOME
Distributors Demand That All
Artificial Barriers BE
Removed.

One OF the arguments advanced W
big distributors of animal feed stuns IN
favor of tho country wide demand tnat
governmental restrictions on grains ana
foodstuffs shall cease IL the fact thst
while restrictions are supposed to Apply
to individuals and concerns as traders
they have not always applied to one'e
Sam himself as a business competitor
Of men in the trade.
During the last few days OF the OLD
year several distributors In this city re-
ceived communications from captain
Of the ouartermaster Corps, War Depart
ment. Offering fer sale large Quanut,es
of brar. at SAT or S4s a ton, (. o. b.
Port Newark, N. ]. 1t Is understood
that there were in tho nelghborhood OF
seventy-five carloads of the bran in stor-
age in Newark, and the men In the
trade interpreted the Government orer
to mean that as the war was over Uncle
Sam couldn't use 1t and wanted to get
rid Of II. 1t was assumed that the War
Department had purchased the bran at
the same bulk price that the mills ex-
acted from ordinary distributors ana
was looking for a profit. There was
demand for bran at the time and some
brought as high as $50 to $55 a ton.
Rule on Feeding stuRs.
Under a rule governing feeding
stuffs." effective on October I, 1918. no
licensee buying and selling wheat mill
| feeds, which include bran. as n whole
saler or jobber shall charge more than
a reasonable advance over the bulk price
| at mill OF the particular feed sold (plus
freight and cost Of sacks), such advance
not to exceed the following:
shipment from mill or in transit
payment cash. demand draft or sight
draft. 81 a ton.
shipment from mill or In transit, sale
on arrival. draft terms. s1.bo per ton.
sale ex-jobbers' warehouse, payment
cash. sight draft or demand draft. s2.50
| per ton.
sale ex-jobbers' warehouse. upon ar
rival. draft terms. 50 per ton"
Here are some OF the Food Admins
tration regulated prices for bran delIv-
cred In New York city covering period
! Immediately preceding the date on which
the Captain Of the Quartermaster Corps
offered city distributors carloads Of bran
at SAT or s4s per ton;
October IS. s35s5: October II. 1851
tDecember C. s32.73: December 81. &3547
The United States Food AdminIstra-
ton cancelled it's rules and regulations
December 90. including fair" price
schedules IN the wheat milling trade
causing an immediate increase In the
basic price OF bran, middllngs and mixed
feeds. amounting app! Ultimately to SIC
per ton.
On January .. 1919. Eugene II. Porter
director of the Bureau Of Animal Feed
ing Stuffs OF this State. Issued from Al
bany an announcement tina. his bureau
had received that very day Information
from the Federal Food Admlnistrat ior
! calling attention to the fact that, al
though the specific maximum margin.
for wheat mill feeds have been removed
Rule 25-b7 still limits wholesalers to ar
annual profit OF per cent. on gros,
sales and Rule e5-jl limits retailers &c
6 per cent on gross sales: also thai
feed dealers are still subject to genera
license rules and the two provisions o.
the food control act
This statement from the Food Ad
ministratlon," the announcement contin
ued, confirms the position taken b,
Director Porter Immediately upon the re
ce!pt of information as to the increast
in prices. that feed dealers should not bt
permitted TO take advantage OF the In
crease In basic prices Of bran and mixed
feeds 10 increase their current prices or
stock already OH hand. This II per.
mitted. would have allowed jobbers ant
others to take margin of from SIS e
$40 per ton on their stocks on hand"
Tip From War Department.
| When feed jobbers and others learned
that the War Department wasn't paying
any attention during tho last days Of
December to the Food Administrator
regulations TO prevent "profiteering' ant
| vas Offering bran at a price which or