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Show OPA CHANGES ORDERS ON SUGAR RATIONS Local Ration Boards To Use Judgment On Amount Needed By Families For Fruit ' Stating that it considers the conservation con-servation of fruit fully as important impor-tant as the conservation of sugar, the office of price administration in Washington has authorized local rationing boards to permit the use of any reasonable amount of sugar for home canning with the understanding under-standing that with each pound of sugar four quarts of fruit will be canned. This restatement of the OPA policy is deemed necessary at this time in view of the need for saving all of the fruit crops which are ripening throughout the country, according to Gus P. Back-man, Back-man, state rationing director for Utah. Explained Mr. Backman, "There is no specific limitation on the amount of sugar which a family fam-ily may obtain for home canning. To make sure that local rationing boards fully understand this important im-portant fact about the sugar rationing ra-tioning program, our office has today to-day sent out a bulletin to all local boards instructing them to give each applicant individual consideration consider-ation and grant sugar allotments based on present needs of each family. The amount of fruit can-( can-( Continued on page eight) man further explained, "I think local boards are interpreting the home canning sugar rules quite liberally and are giving applicants what they are willing to certify they need for this purpose. With this liberal interpretation, the state board is in complete agreement. agree-ment. We want the fruit of the state conserved before it spoils. Not a pound of it should go to waste. When sugar is thus used it .is not immediately consumed but is stored with the canned fruit for future seasons. A generous allotment al-lotment of sugar under these conditions con-ditions represents both a legitimate and a patriotic use." SUGAR... (Continued from page one) ned in previous seasons, local canning can-ning practices, the availability of fresh fruit, and studies made by N the department of agriculture and the consumers division of the OPA are to be used for guidance of local rationing boards and in no sense impose an arbitrary limitation limita-tion on the amount of sugar a board may authorize a family to purchase for home canning. In most sections of Utah, Mr. Back- |