The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-08-08
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STATE IS REDUCED
TWO POUNDS PER PERSON PEN
MONTH NOW APPLIES TO
ALL HOUSEHOLDS.
LOWEST WAS ALLOWANCE.

Sugar Shortage ls Shown ~ the
Per Capita Allotment for Month 81
August- -same 40 English Allowances.
Nashville, Tenn Beginning August
] the sugar ration In Tennessee was
reduced from three pounds per capita
per month to two pounds. This ap.
plies to all households and to Ell pub.
tic eating places. NO more than thiB
amount will be issued to the retail
dealers so that 1t Is up to them to see
that their customers do no exceed the
allotment, otherwise other customers
win have to 40 without and that Will
disturb the plan Of distribution.
That the state IS facing q serious
sugar shortage is shown by the meagre
allotment made 10 Tennessee for Au-
gust BY the food administration. This
state has been allowed only $500, 00e
pounds. Two pounds per capita win
take 1900, 900 pounds Of this, The DO
tells and public eating places win take
at least 100000 pounds, leaving only
d million and three-quarters Of pounds
for the bakers, the essential and non-
essential manufacturers, Ice cream
dealers, ETC., and also for home can,
ming. It is estimated that the ordinary
demand for home canning would re
qHire not less than a million pounds,
limiting PURCHASES To twenty-five
pounds, so that there viii practically,
be no sugar for the manufacturers and
the bakers. The allowance Of two.
pounds per person Ii the lowest ever
known ii America. II Is the same now
as the allowance ID Great Britain, but
Is q half pound more than the allow
ance the French have
Mill Feeds Advanced.
As the result Of the new price sched.,
ule announced BY tho food administra,
tlcn grain corporation the prices Of
wheat mill feeds have been advanced
about 81 or IS per ton. The price Of
flour remains unchanged, except that
mills, instead Of having q profit of
rs cents barrel whore they sell to
dealers, will DO limited to profit o.
50 cents per barrel.
Memphis Conference.
Probably the best conference that
the food administrators Of Tennessee
have ever held was that al Memphis
when the county administrators Of the
Memphis zone met IL tho Hotel CHS.
O., for an ell day session. The fok
loving named were present: G. q.
Clogs, Obion county; James H. Smith,
Lake county; ID. w. Moss. Dyer coum
II; p. Greer, Gibson county v. r.
Moriarity, Lauderdale county; r. IL
Mcbride, Upton county; J. b, SUM
mers, Fayette county; J. w. G. Mum.
Crockett county; Isaac Levy, Haywood
county and Charles ]. Haase, Of Shell
BY county. Tho meeting was presided
over By J. /. Finney, assistant to ted.
eral food administrator Of the stare.
Reports from all 81 the counties were
most encouraging. showing splendid
organisations and tho people generally
loyal to the food administration.
The conference adopted resolution
requesting that the recent rule allow
Ing a twelve pound wheat flour fation
Be resclnded and that the limit FOX
each individual be- again placed at six
pounds, allowing the fifty-fifty rule ID
remain Ia full force and offsct The
members expressed the opinion that
the tweive-pound rule made for waste
and III effect defeated tho fifty-fikty
substitution regulation.
Dr. II. IA. Morgan, the federal food
administrator, was present and dia
cussed the sugar situation, pointing
out how serious It would be with the
states allowance cut By 80 per cent
There ensued long discussion OEsF
canning sugar and practically all %
the members Of the conference eK.
pressed The opinion that the reguia
tons on this subject should be 70
changed that families who had ~
ready had ais much as twenty.kivs
pounds of sugar should Be denied tho
right to make any further purchases
for canning purposes.
Hon. p M Harding. Of Mississippi,
ana Hon. Hamp. Williams, 81 ArkaR
sas, we're present and both addressed
the meeting. On the following day
TIE federal food administrators of the
sixth zone held an interesting meeting
ana discussed the cotton seed oil and
ginning problem at length, many Of
the leading ginners and Oh men a.
thar section being present,
Sugar Hoardlng.
4 motorman 81 the Nashville RaH.
way and Light Company was fined so
b County Food Administrations a.
rocksrs Doak fsr having hoarded
sugar A numheg 81 ctheF zines weFo
Imposed BY the food admiaistraacR
during the week, Eanslne from az -
$50 tor violations Of various raiea end
regulations. There g 8 general tiehl.
snlng Of TIE rules ana vioiakorS aFa
punished.
loo Cream Restrictions,
Hereafter under en- order 81 d.
Morgan. the feaeral aoea administrators.
los crsam manufactures whe do noi