Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-01 | Page 7 | [Illegible]

training. to talr speclr le TO TABLE CM' le " Served With Sugar, Food Administrator Rules. The grapefruit, which has beeu a luxury lux-ury not to be looked upon since August 1 because of the shortage of sugar, has aga'in come Into its own, and those who can enjoy it with not more than three level spoonfuls of sugar may have it for their morning meal. This has come about through a ruling made yesterday by Herbert Her-bert Hoover, national food administrator in a telegram to the local office of the state food administration, increasing the per capita allowance of sugar to thiee pounds per month. ... The sugar regulations, as revised, will permit of the purchase of aUawance for the month at one time if the housewife house-wife so desire. ... Yesterday morning local grocers were advised by V. W. Armstrong that they will now be permitted to sell three pounds per capita for the next th!rt-da period. Overlapping purchases made hj customers are to be adjusted by refers so that each family will have its full three-pound allowance for each member for the month of November. . tinder the new ruling, no added allotment allot-ment will be given to the manufacturer or commercial canner. The order made yesterday Is due, according ac-cording to advices from Washington, to the rapid manufacture of the new crop of beets in the west and the new crop "of sugar cane in the south, together with improved conditions in railway transpor- taThe new allowance will mean that about 500, 000 pounds more of sugar than was used in Utah in October will be consume.? in this state during November It is expected that, as well as providing for the increased home consumption the United States will be able to continue to maintain its shipments to the allies and the American soldiers in France.