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Show AMERICANS ASKED TO LIMIT USE OF SUGAR Must Use No More ThanTwo Pounds Per Person a Month if the Present Meagre Allied Sugar Ration Is Maintained. Stocks Will Be Short Until Beginning of New Year Ration May Be Enlarged Then. Two pounds of 'suRnr a month half ft pound o weekthat fs tho suunr ration ra-tion tho U, 8. Food Administration lins asked every Amcrlcim to observe until January 1, 1010, In order to mnko sure thero ahull bo enriugh for our Army and Navy, for tho Allied n miles and for tho cIvlllntiH of those nntlons. By Now Year's the world augur situation sit-uation will bo relieved itomewhnt by the new crop. Cuban suRar of this' year's crop will bo urrlvlng In this country. Kvery available sugar source will be drawn on by tho Food Administration during the next winter months to maintain main-tain sulllclent stocks hero to keep up our national suifur supply, During October Oc-tober tho first American beet sugar will arrive In tho marliets. Uy tho middle of November some of our I.ou-iKlana I.ou-iKlana cane crop will bo available. All. of this sugar und more may be needed to keep thin nation supplied on a rc du cod ration and to safeguard the Allied Al-lied sugar ration from Mill further reduction, In Europe the preseni ration ra-tion Is already reduced to a minimum. Our Situation. The situation which the United States faces In Its efforts to maintain -a fair distribution of sagar to tlitt Allied Al-lied world Is as follows : Sugar supplies throughout the country, coun-try, In homes, stores, factories and bakeries are at a lew tbb. We must make Increased sugar shipments to tha Allies. Production of American beet and Louisiana cane oropa have been disappointing. disap-pointing. Porto Rico crops have been curtailed. cur-tailed. Immense sugar atocks In Java cannot can-not be reached en account of the ship-ping ship-ping shortage; ships are neede'd for troop movements and munitions. Army and Navy sugar requirements have Increaoed at well as those from the Allies. ' Most Industries using sugar have had their allotment roduced by one-half; twine will receive no sugar. Households should make every effort ef-fort to preserve the fruit crop without sugar, or with small amounts of sugar. Later, when the sugar supply Is larger, larg-er, the canned fruit muy be sweetened ns It Is used. |
