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Show RESTRICTIONS Oil SUGAR FOR GANHING Federal Food Administrator ! Issues Notice of Diminution of Allotments. I The Allotment Per Capita Per Month for Utahns Has Been Reduced for j the Month of August to Two i Pounds for Eaoh Person. The federal food administrator hap put further restriction on sugar allotments allot-ments for oannlng during the month of August. The step has only been taken after considerable correspon-I correspon-I dence with Washington, In which the local food administration has protested up to the last moment before giving in. The last of a series of telegrams between be-tween Washington and Salt Lake puts the entire matter concretely as follows fol-lows : "We have aready allotted your state more than any other on basis of population popu-lation and Industries and therefore cannot can-not see our way clear to increase your allotment and be fair to the rest of the country." Further correspondence from the national na-tional capital also develops the fact that sugar Is now a war commodity under the direct Jurldiotion of the government and of which, therefore, only the smallest possible portion must now be used by the civilian population. The retailer has now become be-come merely the dispenser of that war commodity and must distribute it not as a profit-making article, but on the most equitable and saving terms. The August allotment and distribution distribu-tion for Utah was delayed by reason of the fact that the state food administrator administra-tor did not receive the announcement of the allotment from Washington until July 20. The present allotment, based on two pounds per capta, was then put into effect In every unit, a unit used in this sense by the local food administration admin-istration to mean a city, town, hamlet of point of distribution. An arrangement arrange-ment was made as during July for home canning to take care of a given proportion of the heads of families in each community. The sugar was then allotted to the retailers on a basis of normal trade in each community communi-ty as disclosed by the retailer's statement state-ment filed with the food administator. A statement was also asked of the merchants as to the amount of sugar on hand on July 80 or In transit, and this amount was deducted from the August allotment. ' The equitable distribution of the allotment al-lotment was and Is still In the hands of the retailers am' in case It is not fairly done, the federal administrator reserves the right to step In and redistribute re-distribute between the dealers. On top of this arrangement came grumblings grumb-lings from Washington that Utahns were getting more than their fail-share fail-share of sugar and, although the matter has been thrashed out over and over again by the local and national nation-al food officials, the government remains re-mains firm In Its stand that Utahns must do with less of the precious foodstuff. food-stuff. Cut Not Really Serious. The present cut In the canning distribution dis-tribution is not considered, however, nearly as serious as it might have been In the earlier months, for in August but few fruits are on the market for canning. Twenty-five pounds of sugar, It is estimated, can easily take care of 100 quarts of peaches' for Instance, an amount of one fruit which few housewives care to conserve. Jellies calling for sugar on the fifty-fifty basis will simply have to be stricken from the August canning list. A spirit of nelghborllness and fair-play fair-play will have to be developed among Utahns in the matter. . Families of two or three do not need the same amount of sugar for canning as those of a larger size and perhaps with smaller pocketbooks. These maller families are asked, therefore, o use only Just what they need, even If the amount far underreaches that allowed by the food administration, and to leave their unneeded share to the larger group next door. The administrator also reminds re-minds guests that It may now not be out ef place when dining at the home of friends to take their sugar with them, as has long been the custom in some of the allied n a 61 one, since every spoonful served at the table means so much less for the family sugar bowl. The new regulations will, of course, It Is estimated, put a baa on many food luxuries, but suoh a consideration cannot, of course, even be counted when thousands In the allied nations are starving for sugar. In English hotels for the most part no desserts are served hut fruits, no sugar can be used for manufacturing In England except ex-cept In the case of Jams and condensed milks. No confectionery requiring sugar can be made in France or Italy, nor Ice cream in France or England. Utahns, according to the attitude taken by Washington, have no moral right to consider the sugar within the state as their owa. It now belongs in part to the hungry masses In France, England Eng-land and Belgium. The text of the new regulations sent out to retailers is as follows: Special Instructions. Under the new rules and regulations governing sugar, the allotment per capita per month has been reduced for the month of August to two pounds ;is against three pounds during the inmi ; h of July. Your attention Is called to this pertinent per-tinent fact, namely, you must consider, yourself part of the national scheme of sugar distribution, and you are therefore virtually acting In the capacity ca-pacity of a distributor of sugar for the United States government : In other words, you must recognize thnt the sugar belongs to the United States government and that you are allowed 1 cent per pound profit for distributing this tm-'ar to the ultimate consumer. Ton will, therefore, be very careful IB accounting for every pound of sugar that you receive for your August &Uo- I t n. -it. and ynn are advised that a very accurate check must be kept by you. The food administrator Is endeavoring endeavor-ing to allot the susar In as equitable a manner as possible in each community, com-munity, and It is possible that errors may creep in and one merchant receive re-ceive less sugar than he feels that he is entitled to, but you must realize that this Is not Intentional, and you are urged, as far as possible, to bury trade jealousies and to work together for the common good. In case you fal that you have been allowed less sugar than your trade warrants, you cun call upon your county food admin lsirator and he will endeavor to ad' Just tho matter. j Sugar for Household Purposes. i Su?ar for household purposes must be sold only on the basis of two pounds per capita per month, and a thirty days' supply for each family can be sold at one time. This cancels the former for-mer rule permitting sales of sugar la ten- and twenty-five-pound lots for household purposes. If a family hires laborers for haying or threshing, or other farm work, whom the head of the family Is required re-quired to temporarily board, then the i head of such family must accurately compute the number of meals to be served for this purpose, in addition to the meals for regular members of his family, and sugar should be allotted him on fhe basis of two pounds for : every ninety meals served to such hired help. No sugar for household purpose should be sold unless the head of the family signs for the amount sold oa ; the blank furnished you by this office. of-fice. This blank Is a certificate aa to the facts' and is for your protection in selling sugar in the amounts requested request-ed according to the number of mem-bees mem-bees In the family. Sugar for Home Canning. Owing to the extreme shortage of sugar, the food administrator has been compelled to reduce the allowance of sugar to each family for home canning can-ning purposes, and sugar will be dis- i tributed on pledge cards on the fol- lowing basis: ! All families who received 100 pounds of sugar In June are not entitled t' I any more sugar for this season for this purpose. i If a family did or did not purchase j twenty-five pounds of sugar In July ! for home canning, they are only entl-I entl-I tied to the following amount of sugar during the month of August for this i purpose : , A family consisting of four people or under, six pounds of sugar. A family consisting of over four and including six, ten pounds of sugar, i family consisting of over six and Including nine, fifteen pounds of sugar. A family consisting of more than nine, twenty-five pounds of sugar. Xou are hereby Instructed to enter on each pledge card the date the sugar i is sold and the number of members i pf the family, and the purchaser at time of signing must Insert the amount sold by you on such card. No replao-ment replao-ment certificates will be issued to you unless this infomatlon is on the pledge card over your signature. This rule must be strictly adhered to. Please Inform your customers' that the food administrator regrets this necessity in the reduction of sugar allotments for home canning, but he is compelled to put this Into effect owing to the national shortage of sugar, and because he has received definite Instructions from Washington so to do. Consequently, no requests for extra allotments will be honored by this office, of-fice, until such requests have been submitted to and have received the approval of the county food administrator. adminis-trator. Tour August allotment Is based on the population of your community, and the number of this population that you serve reckoned as fairly as possible, from your statement and those of the other merchants in your community. Xou have been allowed sufficient sugar to take care of your customers on the basis of two pounds per capita per month, with a sufficient reserve to take care of your home canning cards, which canning cards should be mailed into this office regularly. Certificate for August allotment will be mailed you within twenty-four hours, providing provid-ing our records show you are entitled to any for this month, and provided you have certified to us the amount of sugar you have had on hand or in transit tran-sit as of date July 30, 1918. Blanks and Pledge Cards. Forms are being mailed to you on which you will record all sales tot household purposes. No sugar, whatsoever, what-soever, can be sold unless you obtain the signature of the purchaser, either on this form or on the pledge card j for canning purposes. No exception i can be made to this rule. New cards have been printed reading read-ing "August issue." If you have on hand any unused cards of the July Issue substltue the word August and use these cards for the current month. Do not report sugar sold In lots for homo canning purposes on the grooer'e weekly report. You will report these sales separately as you return the pledge cards for replacement. We expect your oo-operatlon. In view of the above more strict rationing ration-ing of sugar you will undoubtedly be deluged with complaints from your customers, and only by sensing this a j a national issue can they be brought to realize the situation, We quote for your Information and use In answering complaints, the following: "In France the weekly allowance of suga I about four ounces per head. This amounts to about thirteen pounds per year as against the normal Amer- i can consumption of more than eighty ! pounds. The reduction suggested by the United States food administration Is tQo pounds per capita par month for household use, L e., twenty-four pounds per year." This should Impress your customers with the fact that even with the re duaed allowance of sugar they are getting twice as much as' eur allies. Impress upon your customers that this Is a war measure; that the Sugar is not yours ; that you are only acting as distributor, and that as you must accosnt for every pound of sugnr allotted allot-ted you, you must be satisfied that your distribution is strictly In line with your orders. j ' W. W. ARMSTRONG, Federal Food Administrator tor Utsdb |