The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-22
SUGAR CARD
SYSTEM AGAIN
Barre Going Back on War
Time Method of Dis
tribution
CARDS GIVEN OUT
MOND< AND LATER
Sale 3 sugar Under Card
@stem Will Not Be
gin at Once

The card system of distributing sugar
is to be installed in Barre again, fol.
lowing the action of the national gov.
ernment in reviving the functions of
the federal food administrator and in
placing the authority of the food ad-
ministration in the hands of Attorney
General Palmer yesterday. This deci
sion was reached because of the marked
scarcity of sugar and because of the de-
sire to distribute sugar as evenly as
possible whenever supply is available.
1t will be recalled that the Barre
dealers in sugar inaugurated system
OF selling sugar according to the amount
OF the purchase of other goods and that
system continued for few weeks until
an agent of the department of justice
came to Barre and notified the mer
chants that the method was Illegal.
Since the breakdown of that sys.
tenn, there has been sale to any and
all whenever small amount of sugar
was received. The result was that the
sugar, as rule, went into the homes
of comparatively few people, and the
supply, sold in two pound packages
was promptly disposed of.
Just what amount win be sold per
person each week has not been deter
mined upon, but it is probable that the
amount sold under the war time condi.
tons viii be decided upon again. That
was one-half a pound per person each
week.
II. William Scott will have charge OF
the distribution of the sugar cards, ac.
cording to a schedule of hours which
viii be found in notice published to-
day. A fee of five cents will be charged
with each card given out. The dealers
| in sugar have communicated with Dis
trict Attorney v A. Bullard at Bur.
lington and have been informed that
the proceedings will be legal
No date has been set for the begin
ming of the card system distribution
because Of the uncertainty regarding
the date of arrival of sugar 1t is said
that few, if any merchants in Barre,
have any sugar at all at the present
time, and that there is little prospect
Of getting any before late next week.
When a supply is received, a notice
will undoubtedly be given out, so that
the holders of cards may begin pur.
chasing. The first chance to get the
cards will be Monday morning, Nov
"a, at 9 o'clock, at the city court room.
The price of sugar is going up, the
government having tentatively decided
on a wholesale charge of Il cents and
margin of l.54 cents, making the price
to the consumer IA cents. This price
has not gone into effect as yet. how.
ever.
Sugar Notice!
In order fairly to distribute the
available sugar, the merchants of the
city of Barre have arranged to deliver
on the card system only.
H. William Scott has been engaged
to issue the cards. He win be at the
city court room in city hall the week
Of Nov. "a TO 20, except the 9th, 9 a.
IN. to II, l:30 p. m. TO ) p. m. Mon
day, Wednesday and Saturday even
ings, Z to 0 p. M Dec, | to 6 at his
office rooms, | and , Bolster block, 0
to Y a. m. and to p. m.
The cost of issuing the card is five
cents, which will be collected when the
card is issued.
Persons residing outside the city, but
trading herein, must have certificate
of that fact from their merchant be-
fore card can be issued.