The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-08
TRICTLY speakln z.
America has no reason
to fear Il sugar famine.
That is TO sny. domestic

mat Is 10 say, domestic
refineries and their sources of raw ma /
terials are ample to meet all require
ments. But local consumption and M
tive production are not going to de-
termine entirely the factor Of suffi-
cheney. We have pledged ourselves
to help our allies In the matter OF
food, and In the opinion Of per-
sons qualified to judge sugar Is ne
cessary part of n balanced diet. In
deed, the harder the body Is worked
the more 1t insists upon that pnrticu-
lar form of energizing nourlshment
which sugar contains to 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
SO cents n pound for mixture Of
sugar and saccharlne, 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-
hibits the boarding of sugar, and so
moderate an amount as twenty pounds
In household is deemed hoard.
This Is suggestive evidence Of the rel
ntive scarcity of sugar. Like the Eng
llsh, the French are paying a very high
price for every purchasable pound Of
sugar In the country.
Plainly, then, the shortage among
our allies must to a large extent be
mnde up from this side of the Atlantic,
and the burden of the undertaking will
rest upon us. The United States de-
partment of agriculture has recently
;tven 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 generous
percentage of the lacking normal sup
ply.
1T Is evident that we cannot do this
unless we practice economy and make
every spoonful of sugar count. Waste
fulness on the part of the individual
would In short time represent n ma
even thousands of barrels of sugar.
We are being urged on all sides to
conserve our perlshable foodstuffs 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 be 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
to persist; it is n consequence of eli
natic conditions as well as of the phys.
ical activities, which Are part Of our
national life. There are those that
have preached against sugar as food
for children, but some of the highest
authorities have vigorously declared
that this prejudice SIS little better than
superstition" And, an eminent Brit.
ish expert has said: There have been
few more important additions to oul
promote the health Of the rising gen
Grafton than our cheap and abundant
supply of pure sugar" He spoke, Of
course, of the sugar market before
the war.
In order to make 1t possible for III
to save In the household and yet t
have that measure of sweets to which
we are accustomed, the department o
agriculture has issued bulletin ex
planning just how hundreds of thou
sands Of us can grow sugar beets ant
make from them ourselves a palatabI
and a nutritious strip for the table
OF course If anyone wants to carry tn
boiling and eyaporating processe
further. the sir - ""n ha made to yell
dark sugar.