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Show FOOD RULES WILL REM1I FORCE Regulation of Prices to Form Part of Future Work of Bureau. The local food office intends enforcing enforc-ing such food regulations as are still in existence with all vigor, according to a statement made by Federal Food Administrator Admin-istrator W. W. Armstrong. While many of the activities of the offlco have been abandoned because of a relaxation of many of the food rules, the machinery of the office is to be available for as stringent food work as In the past. Mr. Armstrong states that principal among the remaining regulations is that of price control, and a system has been inaugurated in this stato under which all retailers of food products are required to keep posted in a conspicuous place a list of the principal staple food commodities. commodi-ties. These give the daily quotations of selling prices under a certificate that the articles listed are quoted within the margins allowed by the federal food administrator. ad-ministrator. These quotations are displayed dis-played for the benefit of the purchasing public, and householders are invited to bring to the attention of the food administration ad-ministration any apparent attempt on the part of the retailers lo profiteer in the sale of food staples. Inspectors are available avail-able and at the service of the purchasing purchas-ing public lo Investigate all complaints, and it wilt be the pleasure of the food administration to sift thoroughly all complaints which may be received. "The food administration," says Mr. Armstrong, "has been exacting of the public many sacrifices in the matter of food purchases, and it stands ready to uso Its machinery to assist the public ' as far as lies within Its power in se-I se-I curing foods at the lowest possible prices." |