Show SHARE OUR SUGAR r K W 1 l' l WITH THE ALlIES r 4 f. f British Get Two Pounds a Month V r French Pound and Half P- P f i Italians One Pound fe tt GERMAN SUPPLY Y PLENTIFUL i All Nations Permit Use of Sweetening for Home Preserving Purposes 1 f. f Americas America's new nev V e sugar ration of two pounds a month per person person person-Is is equitable ta ble when compared with the sugar ration ra ra- j V tion enforced by rigid rigid governmental governmental l 1 order In England Englund France and Italy na nations na Q with which we are sharing su sugar ar r Each Allied nation nation nation-in In the matter of ot 1 sugar consumption ls c is sharing on nearest nearest nearest near near- near near- est pos possible ible equal terms the hardships Imposed d by b greatly altered conditions t In the world sugar situation Y Formerly classed as a luxury sugar is now nowa a war time essential The fair tab l and just Division of or this essential essential Is L b bin In the the hands of the various Allied Allied rf r h food controllers t 5 3 The United States Food Administration tI tion m has asked t this l s nation to observe J a voluntary y sugar ri ration lon of ot two 01 pounds per per person a month dr ln In the ot other ler countries at war with Germany sugar sugar Is one of th the scarce l t on every menu menu whether In 1 the fhe he households of both rich and poor l i- i or of in In inthe the hotels J En England l nd today has hns' hns a sugar ra ration lon of two tide pounds per month per person r rn In n France the ration Is a pound and anda a r half and in Italy it Is one pound pound pound-a a Y month And AM the prices In allied d countries coup coun 4 t Y tries are from rom two tivo to three times as al f I V Vif 11 high as in America j v l If you ou go to a hotel I In England err r France FIance these days and or order er tea or or i coffee they serve absolutely no no sugar ji r. r with It If you want Sugar you must l bring It with you Jou In In England It Is allowable to use oi seventh Cs Ye of an ounce of sugar In ln J the tiie preparation of each lu luncheon chcon In Io France ninny persons carry little s sac sac- c- c f H ch tablets about with them for for I use In hotels and in England rich and poor must take tak their sugar with them If they wish to have s sweetened tea while visiting friends v t i i Before the war started France had bad r i Ji r acres devoted to sugar product lion tion By Dy 1 1017 1917 17 the French S 1 sugar ar acreage acre acre- L age ge had decreased to acres V aV 7 Today roda the French man or woman with a a o sugar card Jias no assurance whatever 7 that he or she will be able to actually actually- V VV i ihu hu buy sugar buy It one must first fled it V Italy Has Has State Sug Sugar r. r e f 1 Especially drastic regulations govern y M the use of Ill SUi sugar In Italy It Its manufacture manu V 54 facture distribution tl n and sale are closely closel closely close close- ly l controlled con t ell and In part actually taken over by the state ts Saccharine Is is' is permitted to be sold and used usell as a a. substitute a-substitute sul for sugar and the government go manufactures a mixture mix ture turn of saccharine and sugar called State Sugar which Is largely used J German Sugar Ration Adequate Germany before the war produced ed edIt a It great surplus of sugar and exported large q ln Today the Germans Germana have hn virtually gone out oo of ot the export business but have plenty of cheap sugar for home use Wholesale prices prevalent In the Allied nations according to to Information information tion received by the Unite United States Food Administration are as follows England 10 cents a pound France 12 13 cents Italy 20 26 cents M While these high prices are being r paid abroad the American wholesale price rice Is bein being held at 7 1 cents Again e We Ve S Say Sy IT p t PAPER THIS 8 |