Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-11-16

W ARoA 1AkNA AAthAiNs W
That Is to say, domestic
reilnerles and their sources of raw mu-
terials are ample to meet all require
ments. But local consumption and nn-
tive production are not going to dc
termlne entirely the factor OF suil-
cheney. We have pledged ourselves
to help our allies In the matter OF
food, and In the opinion OF per-
sons qualified 70 judge sugar is n ne
cessnry part OF G. balanced diet. In
deed, the harder the body Is worked
the more It insists upon that pnrticu-
lar form OF energlzlng nourlshment
which sugar contains to n marked de-
gree.
The war In Europe has radically up
set the worlds sugar supply, and has
affected especially the normal sugar
sources OF France, England and Italy.
A recent report from abroad an
nounced that the Italians were paying
90 cents n pound for a mixture of
sugar and snccharlne, and even this
sweetening compound could be had
only In very small quantities.
In England the administration OF the
office of food control specifically pro-
hiblts the boarding Of sugar, and so
moderate IN amount MS twenty pounds
In Il household Is deemed n ho' rd.
This Is suggestive evidence OF the rel
alive scarcity of sugar. Like the Eng
lish, the French are paying n very high
price for every ~purchasable pound OF
sugar In the country.
Plainly, then, the shortage among
our allies must to n large extent be
made up from this side Of the Atlantic,
and the burden OF the undertaking will
rest upon us. The United States de-
pnrtment OF agriculture has recently
given out some extremely interesting
data upon sugar production In the Uni
ted States and foreign countries, and n
brief analysis OF the figure brings out
the present situation and the part we
have to play In providing a generous
percentage OF the lacking normal sup
ply.
II Is evident that we cnnnot do this
unless we practice economy and make
every spoonful OF sugar count. Waste
fulncss IN the part OF the individual
would In n short time represent n mn
tlonal extravaganza t~otallng hundreds,
even thousands of barrels of sugar.
We nre being urged on all sides to
conserve our perisllnble foodstuifs and
the experts are busy explaining how
this can be done In various ways.
Fruits need sugar for their preserving
and the sugar for this service, II we
are TO he truly economical, must be
drawn from that average supply which
ordinarily Is used up In meeting many
other dietary demands.
The American sweet tooth Is going
10 persist It IL n consequence OF eli.
matte conditions as well as of the phys.
icnl activities, which nro a part OF our
national life. There are those that
have preached against sugar as % food
for children, but some of tho highest
authorities have vigorously declared
that this prejudice rs little better thar
II superstition" And, an eminent Brit
ish expert has said 'There hive beer
few more Important additions to oul
dietary or yhich have lone more e
promote the health Of the rising gen
Grafton than our cheap and nbundan.
supply of pure sugar" lie spoke, o
course, OF the sugar market befor,
the war.
In order to rake II possible for NJ
20 save In the household and yet 4
have that measure of sweets 20 whicl
wa are accustomed, the department o
agriculture has issued n bulletin TX
planning Just how hundreds Of thou
sands OF US can grow sugar beets AM
make from them ourselves Il pnlntabl
ana a nutritious strip for the table
or curse II anyone wants 10 carry IN
boiling ana evaporntlng processe
further, the strip Gun be made to ylel'
a dark sugar.