Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1917 — New Limit Rule Has Been Placed On Flour And Sugar [ARTICLE]

New Limit Rule Has Been Placed On Flour And Sugar

John Eger, federal food director for Jasper county, has received from H. E. Barnard, state food director, new instructions with reference to the selling of sugar and flour. His communication says: “Following instructions were received this morning from Mr. Hoover. They supercede all previous orders. Give them wide publicity: “Sugar should be sold in towns and cities to consumers in two to five pound quantities: to farm and rural customers in five to ten pound quantities. It “Flour in towns and cities should be sold in eight to quarter barrel quantities: in rural and farm com munities in quarter to half barrel quantities. “Any advertisements tending to induce consumers to increase their purchases of flour or sugar during the present national crisis are decidedly against public policy. This information has already been given you with the suggestion that the press of your State censor their advertisement. We request that you please convey this information to the retail grocer. “Wholesale grocers should not sell sugar in quantities in excess of 1000 pounds at a time to a retailer. Sugar should not be shipped on back orders, nor without a positive order from the buyer. Wholesale grocers should use every precaution at their command to prevent duplication of sales which may give to a retailer the opportunity to have more sugar than is necessary for conservative distribution.’