The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-13
F0QD ADMINISTRATION CLOSES
OFFICE SATURDAY; I MONTHS
0FEXCELLENT ENDEAVOR IN FIELD

lion received orders from W'tsIlllS 'o'i
Yesterday TO finish UP all WORK ana
close the office on saturday. Fcnruury
| Is. and yesterday the local aonl'h's'i"
| lion sent out tho following notice 10 tnc
! county administrators throughout 'hc
: state: 80 mo
! In all County Administrators:
| Tho work of the Federal and County
Food Administrators Viii end and the
, office III Wheeling and in the various
| counties will be closed on saturday,
February 18th. Each County Admins
| traitor Immediately on receipt uf TINS
letter will send to this or:icc'undcr soF-
eminent frank, in packages Weighing
| not over four pounds each. all IclleFs'
| carbon copies Of letters. licensees re-
ports and lists of retailers and others;
| in fact, everything but waste paper
! printed or mimcoEraphcd. and printed
; books that he has made or received ny
virtue Of his office OF county AdHln'S,
TRAITOR. We are directed 10 collect all
these and send to Washington. Please
attend to this immediately Send 10
| Wheeling office.
If any further correspondence with
this office is necessary. mail addressed
as ic the past will find its way to the
proper person
! In this connection it may he well to
J say that all special license rules and
| regulations have been repealed but deal
crs in food stuffs arc still under the
| food control act and are prohibited from
| charging unreasonable or cNhorbitant
profits On 70, d stuffs. The enforcement
| Of this provision will be handled by the
Washington office direct with the deal
/ crs.
In conclusion. permit me TO express on
| behalf Of all connected with the food ad-
ministr;,tion our sincere gratitude for
| the loyal enthusiastic assistance each
administrator gave TO the work. We
| trust that YOU feel. with: u.s. that the
| great results accomplished by the food
administration in helping to win the
war have amply repaid us for the
months Of strenuous work and the many
petty ,nnnoyanceS that were inevitable
| in a work Of such magnitude and Of
such technical detail.
Colonel Oglchay desires me to express
| to you his own personal appreciation OF
your loyal services and to say to you
that without your help his work would
have been in vain. He gladly gives to
| You large measure of the credit for
| the success Of our efforts.
Sincerely,
| FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION.
]. r. TROTTER.
Director Of Distribution and Enforce
| ment..
| Thus cndeth the food administration
| which has done so much good in pro-
| tectinS the public from profitecrs and
! has instillcd into the people the habit or
| food conservation when was one OF the
/ factors in winning the war.
| The heads ot the various departments
of the administration who will close up
! the affairs and arc still working are
| J. T. Trotter. who will leave for his
| home in Morgantown Sunday. where he
will resume his position as professor OF
. law Mt the state university after fifteen
months Of service in war work. Mr.
Trottcr was loaned to the U. S. govern
| mcnt by the University Of West Fir-
| GINA TO the state administration during
the period Of the war and thereafter
until all OF the work in. his department
| had been cleared up. 1t might he inter-
esting to know that every one Of tho
| faculty of the university were engaged
| in war work.
! J. Harold Brennan. head OF tho hotels.
restaurants and bokrr,cs division. will
resume his law practice. and Col. z. w.
| OSlchay will maintain three office
rooms Of the present quarters ut his own
| expense where he and Mr.. a. G. Kimplc
Of the accounting division will look
after the odds and ends which will filter
in after headquarters are closed on Sat-
! urday.
The office equipment was sold Mt pub
lie auction n few days ago and every
! piece Of furniture. equipment, files, etc.
was disposed OF.
number Of high compliments from head
quarters Mt Washington on the efficient
way in which they have conducted their
work in protecting the public and cdu-
! eating it in food conservation and the
fair and impartial manner Of distribution
Of all essentials which went for winning
the war.