Show besim B CANNING federal food administrator issues notice of Di diminution fitin ution of allotments i v N t the allotment Allt ment per capita per month for utahna has been reduced for the month of august to two pounds pound forbach person the federal food administrator has put further restrictions on sugar allot alloi ments for conning canning during the month of august the step hns has only onix been taken after considerable corr correspondence spoil with washington in which the local food administration has protested u unto to the last moment before giving in I 1 ve the last of a series of 0 tere telegrams arams between dmn washington and Salt lake puts th entire matter concretely as a follows we have aready allotted your state more than any other on basis of population and industries and therefore cannot see our way clear to Increase your il allotment and be fair to the ret re t oi of the country further correspondence from the n dional capital alto also develops the fart that sugar Is now a ahr com anler under the direct of the goern government ment and of which therefore only the smallest possible portion must now be used by the elvill civil in population the retailer has hai now I 1 ix come merely the dispenser of that war commodity and must distribute it wal as a profit making article but on the most equitable and saving terms the august allotment and distribution for utah was delayed by reason of the fact that the state food W tor did not relve receive the announcement of the allotment from washington july 20 the present allotment b V on two pounds per calta was wa then put into effect in every unit a unit used la in this sense by the local food administration to mean a city town hallei of point of distribution an arronge arrangement was made as during july tor for home canning to teke take cars care of a given proportion of the heads of ta in each community the sugar was then allotted to the retailers on a basis of normal trade in each community as disclosed by the retailers statement tiled filed with the food A statement was also asked akil of the merchants as ag to the amount of sugar on hand on july 80 or in tran transit sli anil and this amount was deducted from ili hi august allotment the equitable distribution of the allotment was wai and if 16 still in the hand of the retailers retailer and in case cae it Is not dot f fairly done the f federal adminis administrator tor reserves the right to step in and rr re distribute between the dealers i top of this arrangement came brumb lings from washington that Ilta utahna hils were setting getting more than their fait calr thare share of jut Mi fiarand arand although the matter has been thrashed out over and over again by the local and national food officials the tha government ri remains firm in its stand that must do with less of the precious food 1 stuff cut not really serious the present cut in the canning distribution trib tribu ution tiou Is not considered howe 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 su it is if estimated can easily take care of quarts of peaches for ins instance banci an amount of one fruit which few fen housewives care to conserve jellies calling for sugar on the fifty fifty basis will vill simply have to be stricken from the august canning list A spirit of neighborliness and fair play will have to be cevelo developed pd among utahna in the matter families of ta two or three do not need the same amount of sugar for canning at as those of a larger size and perhaps with smaller pocketbooks these smaller famille families are asked therefore to bo use only just what they need even it the amount far under reaches eg that allowed by tin the food administration and to leave their unneeded share hare to the larger group croup next dooz door the administrator also reminds guests that it may now not be out of place when dining dialog at the home bt bf friends to take their sugar with them as has long lone been the custom in some of the allied nations nation since every spoonful served at the table means 10 much less for the family sugar bowl tho the new regulations will of course it Is estimated put a ban on many food luxuries but uch such a consideration cannot of course even be counted when thousands in the allied riat nations ions tire are starving for sugar in english hotels for the most part oo no desserts dessert are served but fruits no sugar can be used for manufacturing in england except in the case of jams and co condensed milks no confectionery requiring sugar can be made in france or italy nor ice cream in france or england utahn according to the attitude taken by washington have no moral right to consider the sugar within the state as their own it now belongs in part to the hungry masses in france england an and belgium the text of the now naw regulations sent out to retailers Is as a follows special instructions under the new dew rules and regulations governing sugar gugar the allotment per capita per month has been reduced for the month of august to two pounds ns as against three during the month of july your attention Is called to this pertinent tact fact namely you must consider yourself bourm lf part of the national scheme of augar distribution and you are therefore virtually acting in the ca of a distributor of sugar for ilip ilio united states stales government in other ard r iirth you must recognize that the figur belongs to the united states ond that you are allowed I 1 vent per pound profit for distributing liis sugar to the ultimate consumer vu w wu il lip ari hoep be very careful iii 11 it 11 rl rry pry pound of sugar eliat you for bour august allot jant ant and you yon nr anre advised that lint n very accurate ge b e aci fp liv aid ua the food administrator is N endeavoring to allot the sugar in us its equitable a manner as a possible in each corn com and itis possible that errors may creep in and one merchant receive less sugar than he feels that lie Is 1 entitled to but you must re really allAe tk tant at this Is not intentional and yo you are a e urged as far as possible to bury jealousies and to work together tor for the he common good in aln cao you ceef that you have been allow eil less sugar than your trade warrant R you can call upon your county food administrator and he will endeavor to adjust the matter sugar for household purposes sugar for household purposes munt be sold only on the basis of two pounds per capita per month and A a thirty days supply for each family can be sold at one time this cancels the lormer former rule permitting sales ales of sugar in ten and twenty five pound lots for household purposes it if a family hires laborers for haying or threshing or other farm work whom the head of the family is required to temporarily lioard board then the ithe head of such family must accurately compute the number of meals to be served for this alil purpose in addition to the meals for regular members of his family and sugar should be allotted him on the basis of two pounds for every ninety meals served to such h harcil red help no sugar fur houge household hold purposes should be sold unkei the head of the family signs for tile he amount sold on the man furnished you yoo by this office this blank Is a certificate as to the facts and Is for your protection in selling sugar in the amounts ed according to the number hers bers in the family sugar for home canning owing to the extreme shortage of su garthe ahe food administrator has been compelled to reduce the allowance of seigar sugar to each family for lomi horn ca canning n purposes and sugar will be distributed tri buted on pledge cards on the following basis all famil families lesho who received pounds of sugar in june are not entitled to any more sugar dorthis for this season tor for tills this pur purpose pobe it if a family did or did not purchase pvc pounds of sugar in july toi fw home conning canning they fire are only antl tied to the fol follow lenti in anbrunt of sugar luring the munch month of august for thi pur polie A family faintly consisting of four people or under six pounds of sugar A family consisting of over four and including six ten pounds of sugar A family consisting ot of over six an and d luc including luding nine fifteen pounds pound fit sugar A family cansis consisting ting of more than nine twenty five pounds of sugar you are hereby instructed to enter on each pledge card the date the sugar Is sold and the nu number aber of members of the family and the purchaser at time tidie of signing must insert the amount sold by you on such card no replace ment certia certificates will be issued to you unless this Into Info matlon Is on the pledge card over your signature this rule must be strictly adhered to please inform your the food regrets thia a nece necessity saty in the reduction of sugar allotments for home cannan canning but he Is compelled to put this into effect owing to alie national shortage of sugar and because lie he has received dialto instructions from washington so to do consequently no requests tor for extra allotments will be honored by this until such requests have keen been submitted to and have approval ot of the county food administrator Y YUT UT at august 1 gust allotment Is based on III fr p opu latton ot of your community aro and the number ambe umbe r ot of tills this population that th at you serve reckoned rec honed as fairly as possible from your statement and those ot of tho the other merchants in your community yap you have ave been allowed sufficient sugar care of 0 your customers on the basis of two pounds per capita per mouth month with a sual clent reserve to take care of your home canning cards which canning cards should be mailed into inlo this office regularly certificate for august allotment will be mailed yau within twenty four hours providing our records show you are entitle to any for this month and provided 1 OB A have certified to us u the a amount of sugar you have had on hand or ln n transit as of date july 30 1918 blanks and pledge cards card forms are being mailed to you on which you will vill record all sales for household purposes no sugar whatsoever can be sold unless you obtain the signature of the purchaser either un on this form or on the pledge cards for canning purposes no exceptions can be made to this rule new cards have been printed reading II 11 august issue it if you have on hand and any unused cards of the july issue subs substitute titue the word august a and n d use these cards tor for the current month i do not report sugar sold old in lots for home canning purposes on the grocers weekly report you will report these thes sales separately as you return th the pledge cards for replacement we expect your operation cooperation co in view of the above more ore strict rationing of sugar you will undoubtedly be deluged with complaints from your customers and only by sensing this as a a national issue carf caff they be brought to realize the situation we quote for your information and use in answering complaints the following in france the weekly allowance 0 of f sugar Is about four ounces per pei head thu this amounts to about thirteen pounds per year as against the normal amer can consumption tion of more than eighty pounds the reductio n sugi suggested ested by the united states food administration Is two pounds per capi taper month if lor or household use 1 e twenty four pou pounds I 1 ids lier year this should impress your custor customer will the fact that even with the re r dured ali fl allowance of sugar they are getting twice us ii much as oural allam lles Im impress pres upon your customers that this ills I 1 is s a war in measure easum that tile the ugar sugar I 1 Is not bours that you are only acting ur as distributor and aind that as you mut recount for every pound of sugar albot teil ted YO you u vou must be satisfied that r d hit hittcon tion Is strictly in line with your ordera kv W ARMSTRONG ederae fo r s administrator for utah |