Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1918 — JOHN EGER, FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATOR [ARTICLE]

JOHN EGER, FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATOR

Owing to acute conditions of the wheat situation, notify immediately all retailers to restrict until further noice the sale of flour to basis of one pound per week per capita, and not more than five pounds in city and twelve and onehalf pounds' in the country. Still, adhere to fifty-fifty rule substi tutes. Take immediate census of all stocks, flour in distributers hands, pool stock and redistribute on equal basis. Do not allow flour to leave your county except to individual consumers, without notifying me. Am organizing flour distributing bureau to handle siuation' when ever county organization cannot provide adequate supply. . . Situation very critical, you must handle local problem. BARNARD, Federal Food Administrator For Indiana.