Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-09-03
RETAIL STORES TO
SELL ARMY GOODS
IyWil Be Opened By Government
Sept. rs In Effort To Reduce
High Living Costs.

The Daily Register has received
from the Office cf Quartermaster at
the Army depot at Jeffersonville, Ind,
a statement relative to the establish
ment of retail stores for the sale of
army supplies. These stores will be
opened about Sept. 25th, for the sale
of goods, in the campaign to reduce
the high cost Of living.
Reports to the Department of
Justice show that since the President
launched his campaign against the
hoarder, and profiteer the cost Of liv-
ing in many communities has fallen
perceptibly.
Among the articles to be offered for
Male in the retail stores will be socks,
underwear, shirts, raincoats, blankets,
gloves, tobacco, soap and other COM
modities. A statement by the de-
partment reads:
The primary object of these stores
is to place before the public, at the
least rate possible, the surplus sup
plies of the Army. In order to reach
the greatest number of people, the
United States has been divided into
several districts, according to the
population. For the sake of con-
venience these districts will be termed
Retail Districts. At least one store
will be established in each Retail Dis
trict, under the immediate supervision
of the Zone Surplus Property Officer,
in whose military zone the store is
located
These stores will be prepared to
conduct a retail, cash, counter busi-
ness and organize a mail order de-
partment. The postal Department
will be requested to establish in each
store a branch Parcel Post Office, for
convenience in making shipments.
An initial allotment Of stock will
be made to each store from Washing
ton. This allotment is made for the
benefit of the entire Retail District,
land not solely for the individual city
lin which the store is located.
In many instances the initial stock
will include the entire available
quantity of the surplus of certain
article, which when exhausted will be
no longer available. Under no cir
cumstances will orders be received for
quantities in excess of allotment, or
actual stock on hand, with the pros
pect Of future replenishment. Orders
received by mail for supplies not on
hand, or for which stock is exhausted,
will be Immediately returned to send
er, with the advice that same is ex-
\ hausted.
2 AS the idea and object of this sale
is to reach the individual, no orders
for. large quantities of any article will
be received, except for Boy Scouts
and in special cases, municipal activi-
tes. No sales will be made to hotels,
and similar institutions. At present
no grocers will be included in these
articles.
The exact location Of the various
stores that will be established in this
district, and detail plans as to the
method and manner of distribution,
have not been worked out, nor has a
list of the articles to be sold, been re-
ceived. These facts will be published
N all papers as soon as determined
These stores will not be open be-
fore September 25th.
For the information of the public,
the sales now being conducted by the
municipalities and Postal Departments
are in no way connected with these
stores to be opened in the very near
! future.
The public is invited to watch the
papers for such information as will
be published from time to time.
The Jefferson District included all of
Kentucky and that part Of Indiana
south of line drawn through In
dianapolis is in the Jeffersonvllle Dis
trict.