Show I. I Worlds World's Sweet Tooth I HERB can be no doubt that the United States Is facing a aA T THERB A shortage In sugar with the result that some housewives are fearing a radical curtailment of the swe sweet t commodity during the remainder of the domestic canning season if not the ordering of a sugarless day by the sugar equalization board which still has the power to allocate sugar supplies Nothing like tike that is procurable however and the most drastic action expected to be taken by the board will wilt be to cancel some of the existing contracts of refiners with customers and making the av available output of refined sugar allocated where the need is most pressing It is stated that some parts of the country are bare of sugar while white other sections are fairly well supplied and the contemplated action will witt do away with duplications of sales by y refiners to sections and consumers that already have enough and thus make a more equal distribution of the product Following the rationing of sugar during Americas America's participation tion lion in the war the people of this country seem to have permitted th their ir sweet tooth to materially increase in size This is indicated fey the fact that during the first eight months of the present year yearth th the ht domestic consumption was was vas tons against during the corresponding period pf f 1918 or an increase of tons Individually this this means that the average j was pounds during the first eight months of 1919 compared with 53 31 pounds per capita during the similar period oL 1918 It witt will be remembered that one of th of the pleas made during the theS thear I S oar ar fo for a curtailment of sugar consumption in this country was wasi i for r the benefit benefit of Americas America's allies atties which had suffered a loss of their s 's sugar tar gar supply through the destruction of many of df f. f the largest fact fac fac- t tres ries jes in France Prance and by the cessation of trade relations with Ger Ger- many I Europe is still stitt crying for American sugar but the demand is isso I Iso so so 0 great at home that it is expected our friends a abroad road willbe dis disappointed disappointed dis- dis appointed in their expectation of continued consignments from this country In view of the fact that Utah has attained importance as a Sugar-producing Sugar state and also contains candy factories having a. a International reputations the situation should be of much local |