Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-26
ANNAPOLIS Nd FRIDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1917
SUGAR SCARCE
CROCERS ON LAST BBL.
Local Dealers Limit Amount Sold
Each Customer.
NO SUGAR IN SIGHT.
Women Must Be Cautious Sugar Situa-
! ton Acute in Annapolis.

Few housekeepers realize the sugar
situation in Annapolis at this time is
acute. There is scarcely a half dozen
barrels of sugar, if that much, in the
whole town. Some stores have none.
The scarcity of sugar here is caus-
ing considerable alarm to the retail
grocers, who see no relief in sight
There certainly will not be enough
sugar in Annapolis the first of next
week to meet normal demands of the
customers. The sugar situation has
become acute in New York, but Balti-
more is still said to have its normal
supply.
Grocers Limiting Sales.
In order to prevent possible hoard
! ing. the small grocers of the city have
been for some days and still are limit
ing their sales to two pounds to GUS
toner. The larger grocers are limit
ing to five pounds This foresight on
the part of the grocers has enabled
the sugar supply of the city to hold
out from week to week, until now,
when il has been almost exhausted.
There has been no organized get
together meeting of the local grocers
and jobbers to work out plans for the
handling of the situation. The deal
ers declare that they have not yet
seen the necessity for such concerted
action All of them are voluntarily
following out the system of limited
sales, and unless the shortage be-
20 fnfn in
vestigation of peoples actual needs
before sugar is sold there will not be
such an organized movement to sys-
tematiZe sales.
Women Disregard Caution.
Many women, regardless of the eau
ton handed out by everyone to try to
use less sugar than usual, and to cut
down on their regular weekly pur-
chases if possible, are allowing them
selves to be frightened by the present
situation and are attempting to buy
sugar in large quantities. BY doing
they they are actually bringing closer
the shortage they fear. If everybody
keeps their heads the sugar situation
will work itself out BY the first of
January the new sugar will be coming
from the refneries and the present
shortage will be a thing Of the past.
Whether there is an actual sugar fam
inc between that time and now is en-
tirely up to hespurchaser.
Buy as little sugar as possible and
avoid the possibility of panic.
The A. g. p. Tea Store.
In order to obtain the actual state
of affairs in the sugar line in Annapo-
lis, a Capital representative has in
terviewed number of retail local
grocers.
Mr.. Stokes, local agent for one of
the chain of stores of the Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company, when interview
ed this morning, said I'VE have no
sugar at all Haven't had any since
Wednesday. We have been selling it
for ten cents a pound, and limiting
the sale to 5 pounds for each GUS
toner. Our supply has been exhaust
ed for three days and We don't know
when we will get more"
w. +. ChiIds s. Son.
Conduit street grocers, W. F. Childs
and Son, said. I'VE have been selling
sugar at ten cents per pounds and
limiting each customer to five pounds,
and only selling sugar to our regular
customers. We are on our last bar
rel'
Jones and Franklin.
Mr.. Jones told The Capital the fol-
lowing: I'VE have not raised the
price of sugar. 1t has been selling at
this store at ten cents. but we have
been obliged to limit each customer
to two pounds We have only half
barrel at this time tnoon today, but
have more ordered, and expect to get
100 pounds in Monday unless the un-
foreseen happens.
Edward Jewell.
At the Pride Store" Edward
Jewell, proprietor, it was stated:
I'VE have very little sugar on hand,
not barrel at most We are selling
it for 105s cents per pound and only
to our regular customers. We do not
expect another supply before next
Wednesday. if then"
Frank StrOmeyer.
AT the West street grocery of Frank
| Stromeyer, clerk said he did not
know the quantity the store had on
hand. and if he did know he would
not be at liberty to tell. He said the
store is limiting the sale to two
pounds to a customer and each Gus
toner must buy one dollars worth of
other articles before being able to buy
two pounds of sugar
jos. w. TrautweiR.
Mr.. Joseph ". Trautwein. general
merchandise. City Dock. has on hand
| 500 pounds of sugar, and is limiting
each of his regular customers to five
pounds Mr.. Trautwein says he ex-
| poets a supply of sugar in next week
Raymond Mess.
Another West street grocer. Ray
| mond Moss, has but a small supply on
| hand. When asked by The Capital
How many barrels of sugar the store
had?p Mr. Somerville Sullivan, chief
clerk, said. I'VE have no barrels >
I'VE are on our last We are selling
only two pounds of sugar to q GUS
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