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 rRocLAMAr1oNs, 1918. 1743 NOW, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the °%*;g§§gd“°•;{_§:¢$; United States of America, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me series as essquuai to by said Act of Congress, ereby find and determine and y this ‘°}’.°,_§?‘Qf°{§’§0tf°°' proclamation do announce that it is essential, in order to carry into effect the impose of said Act, to license the imrgirtation, manufacture, and distribution of necessaries, TO THE EXT NT HEREINAFTER SPECIFIED. All persons, firms, corporations, and associations, who manu- §*;}gj*l§1;g‘;j_¤°*¤· facture for sale bread in any form, cake, crackers, biecwits, pastry or ’ ` other bakery products (excepting, however, those already licensed and those whose consumption o any flour and meal in the manufacture of such roduct is, in the aggregate, less than three barrels a month), are liriereb required to procure a license on or before Febru 4, 1918. includes hotels, restaurants, other public eatingaplraces, and clubs, which serve bread or other bakery products of their own baking. _ M All persons, firms, coixgrations, and associations engaged in_the °'°°° °°‘ business of importing or “ tributing green coffee are hereby reqmred to Xrocure a license on or before Fe ruary 4, 1918. H V t pplication for license must be made to the United States Food 1·$$lie£’1i¤xii°r'§i1¤¤.° Administration, Washington, D. C., License Division, on forms prepared by it for that purpose, which may be obtained on request. P ml M Any person, Erm, co eration, or association, other than those pu,§.,.,t’ °°°°°m` hereinbefore excepted, w?o shall engage in or carry on any business ’ hereinbefore specified after February 4, 1918, wit out first procuriqgcsuch license, will be liable to the penalty prescribed by said Act *"‘“· *’·m· o o ess. * INIIWITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. ` Done in the District of Columbia, this 30th day of Jandggy, in the year of Om· Lord One Thousand Nme Hun and [SEAL.] Eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the One Hundred and Foréy-second. oonnow Wn.soN By the President: Rosmzr Ltmsmo, Secretary of State. Br run Pnmsmimr or run Umrnn Swans or Ainnuoa ’•¤¤•*>"'·'°*8· A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Under and b virtue of an Act of Congress entitled M"' "An Act_to prilovidrqxgurther gn- the nationiil securiity ang defense by encouragmgt e p uction, the su, an controll1ng' the distribution of food products and Iuel," aggrgved by the President on the 10th day o August, 1917, it is provided among other thmgs as follows: "That by reason of the existence of a state of war, it is essential  ` to the national security and defense, for the successful prosecution of the war, and for the support and maintenance of the Army and Navy, to assure an adequate supiply and equitable distribution and to facilitate the movement of foo s, feeds, fuel, including fuel oil and natural gas, and fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients, tools, utensils, implements, machinery and equipment, required for the actual production of foods, feeds and fuel, hereafter in this Act called necesseries; to prevent, locally, or generall, scarcity, monopolization, hoarding, injurious speculation, manipulrations, and private controls, l20BO8°-vor. 40, rr 2--28