Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-11-15

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Save the Sugar and Help Our Allies
(By E. R. Bennett. Field Horticul-
turist)
Our government is asking US to
help win the war by practicing a
little greater economy in our eating.
The greatest immediate demand for
saving is with sugar We are In re-
ecipt of a communication from the
Department of Agriculture which
needs no comment but which we, as
patriotic Americans, must individu-
ally act upon If we care to do our
bit and give our Allies a square deal.
Our present sugar supply is suffici-
ent for our own consumption only
until the first of January. The Unit
ed States Food Administration states
that Americans have been using at
the rate of ninety pounds per capita
per year or one and three-fourths
pounds a week The French have
been for some time on ration of
less than one ounce day-about
two level tablespoonfuls-or half
pound a week and unless the Ameri-
can nation can send them 10000
tons during the next two months their
ration will be reduced to nothing
Sugar in an amount greater than one
ounce per day the minimum amount
needed for the French and the other
allied nations can be supplied with
out hardship to anyone If the Ameri-
can people will reduce by one-third
their purchases and consumption of
sugar in any form until after the
first of January when the new West
Indian crop will be available to all.
After that the situation will probably
be less tense. 1t would seem as if
merely placing these facts before the
people of America would be sufficient
to call forth hearty response.
The following questions may we'll
be given consideration by everyone;
(a) How much sugar is served on
your table in a week?
(b) What is the average amount
which each person uses in tea and
coffee?
(c) Does your family use sugar
on cereals?
(d) Do you add sugar to the
baby's cereal and cup of milk?
(e) What kind of dessert do you
serve most frequently?
(f) Will each member of the fam
lily who uses more than six table
spoonsful of sugar a day-including
the amount used in cakes, puddings,
preserved fruits, etc, agree to reduce
the amount to four tablespoonsful?
(g) Will you for one month sub
stitute dishes which contain little SUI
gar in place of cakes. puddings, etc.
For instance, use molasses and sirups
in sweetening; use salads freely. and
use the canned fruits which you put
up last summer in place Of such dish
es as cakes and puddings.
CHI Will you agree to use fresh
fruits, raisins, dates, figs, nuts, por
corn and similar things for your holi-
day gatherings and cut down on can.
dies and dishes which call for sugar
N) II there are five persons ir
your family will you agree to limit
the sugar used in all cooking and
served on your table in any form In
cluding candy to one pound (two
cups) day for the remainder of the
year? This allowance will give ap
proximately three ounces a day pei
person. For each member of the fam
lily over five add six tablespoonsfu
additional, for less than five reduce
the amount six tablespoonsful foI
each person.
Cd VIII you keep record of thu
amount of sugar saved in this way
1t is hard for us, who have no
known what 1t is to be hungry TO
any particular food, to realize wha
1t means to the people of France ant