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Show RESnNSON " 80818 flCffli Federal Food Administrator Issues JNolicc of. Diminution of Allotments. The Allotment Per Capita Per Month for Utahns Mas Deen Reduced for ' the Month of August to Two Pounds for Each Person. Tho federal food administrator liat pilt further restrictions on sugar allotments allot-ments for canning during the month of August. The stop tins only been taken after considerable eorrcpou-deuce eorrcpou-deuce with Washington, In which the lotfitl food administration ha protested up to tho last moment before giving In. The lust of n series of telegrams between be-tween Washington and Salt Lake put the entire matter concretely ns follows fol-lows : "We have nready allotted your, state more than any other on basis of population popu-lation and Industries and therefore can-" not see our way clear to Increase your allotment and ho fair to tho rest of the country." Further correspondence from the national na-tional capital nIo develops the fact that sugar Is .now n war commodity under tho direct Jurldlctlon of the government nnd of which, therefore, only the .smallest possible portion mut now bo used by the civilian population. The retailer has now become be-come merely the dispenser of that war commodity and must distribute It not as a profit-making article, but on the liot equitable and saving terms. The August allotment and distribution distribu-tion for Utah was delayed by reason of lio fact that the state food administrator administra-tor did not receive the announcement of tho allotment from Washington until July 'JO. The present allotment, based on two pounds per enpta, was then put Into effect In every unit, n unit used In this sense by the local food administration admin-istration to mean u city, town, hamlet of point of distribution. An arrangement arrange-ment was made ns during July for home ciiunhig to tako care of n given proportion of the heads of families In each. community. The sugar was then allotted to the Mailers on a basis of normal trade In each community communi-ty as disclosed by the retailer's statement state-ment filed with the food admlulstator. A statement was 'also linked of the mcrelmntsuis to the amount' of sugar on band on July i!0 or In transit, and this .amount was deducted from 'the August nllotlnent. ., The equitable distribution of the allotment al-lotment was and Is still In the bands of the retailers and In ense It Is not fairly doiu the federal administrator reserves the right to step In and redistribute re-distribute between the dealers. On top of this nrrangcinent came gram'1 lings from Washington that V.&', u were getting more than i.i .t f.i . share of sugar and, although tl.; natter has been thrnsicd out over and over again by the local nnd national nation-al food officials, the government remains re-mains firm In Its stand that Utahus must do with k'M of the precious foodstuff. food-stuff. Cut Not Really Serious. Vl:u proem cut In the canning ills- ' i ' .i la i. . i,i. Ideivd, however, i ! ;n f"'.r". ", It ml?ht have been in tho earlier munihs, fur In August but few fruits aro on the market for canning. Twenty-five pounds of sugar, It Is estimated, can easily take vn roof ro-of 100 quarts of pcnclic for Instance, an amount of one fruit which few housewives enro to conserve. Jellies calling for sugar on the fifty-fifty basis will simply have to be stricken from the August canning list. A spirit of neighborllncss nnd fair play will have to be developed among Utnhns In the matter. Families of two orthreetlonot need tho stino amount of sugar for canning as thoso of a larger size nnd perhaps with smaller pocketbooks. These smaller families are usked, therefore, to use only Just what they need, even if the amount far underreacbes that allowed by the food administration, and to leave their unneeded share to the larger group next door, Tho administrator also reminds re-minds guests that It may now not be out of place when dining nt the -home of friends to take their sugar with them, us has long beeit the custom in some of the nlllod natl&ns; since every spoonful served ut the table means so much lesfor the family sugar bowl. The new regulations will, of course, It is estimated, put a ban on many food luxuries", but such a consideration cannot, of course, even be counted when 'thousands in the allied nations are starving, for sugar. In English hotels for tho most part no desserts are served but fruits, no sugar can be used for manufacturing in England except ex-cept in the caso of Jams and condensed milks. No confectionery requiring sugar can be made in France or Italy, nor ice cream in France or England. Utnhns, according to the attitude taken by Wushlngton, hare no moral right to consider the sugar within the state ns ihelr own. It now'belongs In part to the hungry masses lu France, Eng-.hnid Eng-.hnid and Belgium. 1 The text of the new regulations sent 1 out to retailers Ik as follows: 8peclsl Instructions. Under the new rules and regulations governing sugar, the allotment per capita per month has been reduced for the mouth of August to two pounds as against three pounds during the month of July. Your attention Is called to this pertinent per-tinent fact, namely, you i lust consider, yourself part of the national scheme, of sugar distribution, nnd you are therefore virtually acting In tho capacity ca-pacity of n distributor or sugar for the United States government: In-other words, you must recognize that tho sugar belongs to the United Shite government and that you are allowed 1 cent per pound profit for'plstributlug this sugar to the ultimate consumer. You will, therefore, be very careful In accounting for every pound of sugar thut you receive for your August allot- jient, nnd you nro. ndvlsed that n very v urate check must bo kept by you, The food administrator Is endeavor-ng endeavor-ng to allot, the sugwr lit as equitable i manner ns posihlo In each community, com-munity, and It Is possible that crrorrf nay creep In nnd one merchant to-wive to-wive less sugar (h.ui he feels that he is entitled to, .but you must realise Hint this Is not Intentional, and you are urged, a- far as possible, to bury trntta.'jcalou'leti and to v.orl: together for the common cood. In cao you feci tlmf you have boon allowed less stiuvr than your tmdo warrants. nu -an call upon jour county food administrator admin-istrator and he will enOeator to ad-lust ad-lust the matter. Sugar for Household Purposes. ! Sugar for household purposes tinist be sold only on the basis of two pounds per capita per month, and n thirty lays' supply "for rn'h family can Ins sold at one time-. Ilils cancels the former for-mer rulo permitting' sales of sugar In ten- nnd twenty-fit c-pound lots IW household pm-po es. If n family hires laborers for baying or threshing, or other farm tolk, whom the bead of the family Is re-lulred re-lulred to temporarily board, then the head of shell family must iic.-urntcly compute the number of mcnls to be served for this purpose, lu addition to the meals for u'g'tU.r members of bh family, and sugar should be allotted him on the bn-ls of two pounds for every ninety meals sorted to suc'i hired help. No sugar for household purposes should be sold unle.-.s the head of the family signs, for the amount sold on the blank furnished .ton by this office. of-fice. This blank Is n certificate as to tho f.ict- and Is for your protection In selling sugar In the itmnuuts requested request-ed according to tho number of members mem-bers In tho family. Sugar for Home Canning. Owing to tin? extreme shortage of sugar, the food administrator has been compelled to reduce tho allowance of sugar to each family for home canning can-ning purposes, and sugar will be distributed dis-tributed oa pledge cards on the following fol-lowing basis: All families who received 100 pounds of sugar lu June are not entitled to nny more sugar for this season for this' purpose. ' , If a family did or did not purchase twenty-live pounds of sugar In July for home canning, they are. only entitled enti-tled to the following amount of sugar .luring the mouth of August for this purpose : A family consisting of four people . or under, sK pounds of 'sugar. A family consisting of over1 four and Including six, ten pounds of sugar. A family consisting of over six and Including nine, fifteen pounds of sugar. A family consisting of more than nine, twenty-five pounds of sugar. You ure Hereby Instructed to enter on each pledge card 'the date (be sugar Is sold and the number of members of the family, and the purchaser at time of signing must Insert the amount sold by )ou on such card. No repine-meat repine-meat certificates will be Issued to you unless this Infomntlon Is on the pledge card over your signature. This rulo must nc.siricuy neutered to. l'leaso Inform your customers that tho food administrator regrets this necessity In the reduction of sugar allotments for home: canning, but he Is compelled to put this Into effect iw lug to tho national shortage of sugar, and because he has received definite Instructions from Washington so to do, Consequently, no requests for extia allotments will be honored by this of-llce, of-llce, until such request have been tulmiltteil -to and have received the approval of the" county food -administrator. ' Your Augmit allotment Is based on the population of your community, and the number of this population that you servo reckoned ns fall ly as po-.lble, from .tour statement and those of tho other men-hunts lu your community. You bate been allowed sufficient sugar to take care of jour customers on tho basis of two pounds per capita per month, with a sufficient reserve to take care of your home canning cards, which canning cards should be mailed Into this office regularly. Certificate for August allotment will be mailed you within twenty-four hours, providing provid-ing our records show you are entitled to any for this month, nnd provided you have certified to us the amount of sugar you have had on hand or In transit tran-sit as of date July .SO, 1018. Blanks and Pledge Cards. Forms arc being mailed to you on which you will record all sales for household purposes. No sugar, whatsoever, what-soever, can be sold unless you obtain the signature of the purchaser, cither on this form or on the pledge cards' for canning purposes. No exceptions can be made to this rule. New cards- have been printed rending rend-ing "August Issue." If you have on band any unused cards of the July Issue substttue tho word .August and use these cards for the current month. Do not report .sugar sold lu lots for home canning purposes on the grocer's weekly report. .You will report these sales, separately as you returu the pledge cards for replacement. We expect your co-operation. In view of the above more strict rationing ration-ing of sugar you will undoubtedly be deluged with complaints from ,-our customers, and only by seizing this i. a national Issue can they be brought to realize the situation. We quote fn-your fn-your Infopmitlon and use In nustn.Iug complaints, the following: "In Franco the weekly alio' . r.ee of sugar l i.bout fonr ounces per bead. This amounts to about tliliti i-:i pi-utnls per ear as against the nnrnial Amer-can Amer-can consumption of more than olghtji pounds. The leducl'nu stiggotul by the 1'nltfil States food administration 'is two pounds' per capita per month fur household use, I. e., tucnty-fou? pounds per year." This should Impress your customer with the fact thut even with the re duced allowance of sugur they are getting twice as much us' our' allies. Iiupress upon your customers th:U this Is a war mensuie; that the "Sugar Is not yours; that you are only actliis .us distributor, and that us you mint nccmiiit for every ;r-.'ind of sugar allot-fed allot-fed you. you jiiimt, bo satisfied that )our distribution is strictly In lino with your orders. ' w W. W. A11M8TJIONO, Federal Food Administrator for Utah. |
