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Show - Y" -Y..Y CANDY ; REGULATIONS ' Y'Y-Y.''Y The country is beginning to feel the press of the-'sugar, regulations. reg-ulations. Two pounds of sugar a month for each individual doe; not permit much spreading promiscuously. It is a necessary regulation, made so in a measure' by. the fact that zhipi usually employed-in conveying sugar to us are now used to carry troops overseas. It is necessary also that the men in trance may have sugar. All these reasons are entirely justified and we gladiy submit to any regulations that are established. '-.'', . How about the sale of candy? Has that been regulated ? Isn't it still possible to buy all of the candy that you - want? Shouldn't there be a regulation 'to check' the sale of candy and give us more sugar for the necessary purposes? , Hoover has done a very good job in all thi3 food conservation business. . The public has gained -absolute confidence in his program. pro-gram. W'hCn conditions have been relieved he has lifted the ban, notably that in the matter of wheat. But it seems unfair to take all the sugar from the coffee and nil the frosting from the cake and all the sweets from the growing kids who demand it more than anyone else, and still permit some' wealthy -youth to take a fiVe pound box of candy to his best girl; twice a week without even getting a sugar card from Colonel Cornv.eli. Exchange. k. |