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Show REGULATION OF COLD STORAGE TO BEGIN THURSDAY "WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. Special rt dilations di-lations for cold storage houses will he put into force by the food administrator November No-vember 1, when distribution of the must important foodstuffs goes under license. Poultv, ejrffs, butter and fresh or frn.en fish stored thirlv days or more i-annot he sold as fresh and will not be permitted to go on xalo unless marked with a placard "Cold storage goods." All fresh meat, fresh meat products, fresh fish, came, poultrv. egs and but ter must be marked with' the date on which ihey are placed in storage and the daro of release. No warehouse will be permitted to store any meals tainted. To check speculation the food administration adminis-tration will limit loans and advances by storage warehouses to men to their patrons. "Warehouses will be ch'-ssified as public or private and those storing good 6 on t h ei r ov n a cc ou n t . as wefl as for the public, will be required to take out also dealers' licenses. All warehouses will be required to file schedules of rates with the administration. administra-tion. '"The purpose of the rearula lions," it was said at the food administration today, to-day, "is to strengthen the legitimate warehouse men by bringing the operations of ad storage concerns out into the open and preventing those who patronize the warehouses from taking advantage of the opportunities for speculation. It is not believed that the practices aimed at are general, but rather that they have hepn indulged in only by the few who have abused the system." |