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Show MORE FOOD RULES. j Every day the government exercises ja little more control over the business of the country in order to help tho jwar along. The cracker manufacturers ! aro the latest to come under tho rod ; and they have been notified that they j will be able to accomplish an annual Kiving of fKih't0 0ff) pounoN nf nigar and J 1!, 000,000 pounds of fdim tuning under un-der the new mien ma do for t hem by : tho food ad mi ii if ration. The crack er ' rnfiniifri'-tur''rs have been requested to ! l;ee jt .below the max inn mi jjnires and ' warned 1 hat a f urt h r rerbjet inn in the I amount of sugar nnd Miortening jib j lowed to be ued may be m;;dn Inter. There no app-al and the nianulae-t nianulae-t u i cr v; i i 1 have to corn ply or bo put out of :' ifl'-- 4. To v l" fee t n Jiuii,'.' of roj.l, the eti-mated eti-mated shortage j u the euuutiy 's nupply being 50,000.000 tons, the fuel adminis- tration and the department of agricul-j agricul-j turc have inaugurated an intensive campaign cam-paign for tho substitution of wood. It is said there is a vast amount of dead wood in some sections of the country, in many ca-ses sufficient to supply the wants of tho people living in those parts. There is no reason why the wood should not be used and rather than see it go to waste the fuel administration should divert all coal shipments to other points. This would remedy the situation at once and render a campaign unnecessary. |