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Show FURTHER RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON v SUGAR USED FOR AUGUST CANNING Federal Food Administrator Issues Notice of Diminution of Allotments; Reduction Is Ordered From Washington. THE federal food administrator has put further restrictions on sugar allotments for canning during the month of August. The step lias only been taken after considerable orrespondence with Washington, in which the local food administration lias protested up to the last moment before i giving in. I The last of a series of telegrams lie- ! ween Washington and -Salt lake puts the entire matter concretely as follows: "We have already allotted your state more than any other on basis of population popula-tion arid industries and therefore cannot see our way clear to increase your allotment allot-ment and be fair to the rest of the country." Further correspondence from the national na-tional capital also develops the fact that sufjar is now a war commodity under the Jrect jurisdiction of the government and fol which, therefore, only the smallest f possible portion must now be used by the f civilian population. The retailer has now become 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. f The August allotment and distribution for Utah was i delayed by reason of the fact that the state food administrator did not receive the announcement of the allotment al-lotment from Washington until July 20. The present allotment, based on two pounds per capita, was then put into effect ef-fect in every unit, a unit used in this sense by the local food administration to mean a city, town, hamlet or point of distribution. dis-tribution. An arrangement was made as during July for home canning1 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 hasis of normal trade in each community as disclosed by the retailer's statement filed with the food administrator. A statement state-ment was also asked of the merchants as to the amount of sugar on hand on July 30 or in transit, and this amount was deducted de-ducted from the August allotment. The equitable distribution of the allotment allot-ment was and is still in the hands of the retailers and in case it is not fairly done, the federal administrator reserves the right to step in and redistribute between the dealers. On top of this arrangement came grumblings from Washington that Utahns were getting more than their fair share of sugar and, although the matter has been thrashed out over and over again by the local and national food officials, of-ficials, the government remains firm in its stand that Utahns must do with less of the precious foodstuff. Cut Not Really Serious. The present cut in the canning distribution distri-bution 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-live pounds of sugar, it is estimated, esti-mated, cun easily take care of 100 quarts of peaches for instance, an amount of one fruit which few housewives cure to conserve. con-serve. Jellies calling for sugar on the fifty-fifty basis will simply have to be stricken from the August canning list. A spirit of neigh borliness and fairplay will have to be developed among Utahns in the matter. Families of two or three; J not need the same amount of sugar rfuv canning as those of a larger size and f perhaps with smillcr pocketbooks. These smaller families are asked, therefore, to use only just what they need, even if the umoMiil. far undcrreaches that allowed by the food administration, and to leave their tv unneoiicil share to the larger group next xioor. The administra tion also reminds gnosis that it may now not be out of place when dining at the home of friends to community. You have been allowed sufficient sugar to take care of your customers on the basis of two pounds per capita per month, with a sufficient suffi-cient 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 our records rec-ords 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 as of date July 30, 191S. Blanks and Pledge Cards. Forms are being mailed to you on which you will record all sales for 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 cards for canning purposes. No exceptions 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 substitute the word August and use these cards for the current month. Do not report sugar sold in lots for home canning purposes on the grocer's weekly report. You will report re-port these sales separately as you return the pledge cards for replacement. replace-ment. We expect your co-operation. 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 as a national issue can they be brought to realize, the situation. We quote for your information and use in answering- complaints, the following: follow-ing: "In France the weekly allowance of sugar is about four ounces per head. This amounts to about thirteen pounds pei' year as against the normal nor-mal American consumption of more than eighty pounds. The reduction suggested by the United States food administration is two pounds per person per-son per month for household use, i. e., twenty-four pounds per year." This should impress your customers with the fact that even with the reduced re-duced allowance of sugar they are getting twice as much as our 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 account for every pound of sugar allotted allot-ted you, you must be satisfied that your distribution is strictly in line with your orders. W. W. ARMSTRONG, Federal Food Administrator for Utah. take their sugar with them, as has long l)em the custom in some of the allied nations, na-tions, since every spoonful served at the table means so much less for the t'amilv sugar bowl. The new regulations will, ci course, it is estimated, put a ban on manv food luxuries but su;h a consideration cannot, of course, even be counted when thousands in the allied nations are starving starv-ing for sugar. In English hotels for the most part no desserts are served but fruits, no sugar can be used for manufacturing manufac-turing in England except in the case of jams and condensed milks. No confectionery confec-tionery requiring sugar can be made in Fran'-e or Italy, nor ice cream in Fran.e or England. Utahns, according to the attitude at-titude 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 of France, England and Belgium. The text of the new regulations sent out to retailers is as follows: Special Instructions. Under the new rules and regulations regula-tions governing sugar, the allotment per capita per month has been reduced re-duced for the month of August to two pounds as against three pounds during the month 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 that the sugar belongs to the United Stales government and that you are allowed 1 cent per pound profit for distributing this sugar to the ultimate consumer. You will, therefore, be very careful in accounting far every pound of sugar that you receive for your August Au-gust allotment, and you are advised that a very accurate check must be kept by you. The food administrator is endeavoring endeavor-ing to allot the sugar in as equitable equita-ble a manner as possible in each community, and it is possible that errors may creep In and one merchant receive 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 feel that you have been allowed less sugar than your trade warrants, you can call upon your county food administrator admin-istrator and he will endeavor to adjust ad-just the matter. Sugar for Household Purposes. Sugar 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 he sold at one time. This cancels the former rule permitting sales of sugar in 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 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 al-lotted him on the basis of two pounds for every ninety meals served to such hired help. No sugar for household purposes should be sold unless the head of the family signs for the amount sold on the blank furnished you by this office. of-fice. This blank is a certification as to the facts and Is for your protection protec-tion In selling sugar in the amounts requested according to the number of members 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 distributed dis-tributed on pledge cards on the following fol-lowing basis: All families who received 100 pounds of sugar in June are not entitled to any more sugar for this season for this purpose. If a family did or did not purchase twenty-five pounds of sugar in July for home canning, they are only entitled enti-tled to the following nmount of sugar during the month of August for this 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. A family consisting of over six and Including nine, fifteen pounds of sugar. A family consisting 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 number of members of the family, and the purchaser at time of signing must insert the amount sold by you on such card. No replacement certificates will be issued to von unless this information is on the pledge, card over your signature. sig-nature. 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 he honored bv this of dee, until such requests have been submitted to and have received re-ceived the approval of the county food administrator. Your August allotment is based on the population of your community, and the number of this population that vou serve reckoned as fairly as possible, from your statement and those of the other merchants in your |
