Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-08
SUGAR PLEDGE
FORMS READY
Food Administration Supplies
GrocerS and Dealers for Their
Customers Must Curtail
BY Special Correspondent.

By Special Correspondent.
NEWARK. Aug. s-Grocers and
other retailers of in New Jersey
will begin to receive today from the
office OF William s. Tyler. Federal
Food Administrator for New Jersey.
sol Broad street, this city. the pledge
forms under which the purchase and
sale of sugar throughout this state
will be regulated in August and dur
ing the remaining period of sugar
shortage.
Two forms are going out, as under
a ruling of the New Jersey food adj
ministration. the retailer who is
mostly the grocer. may either sell in
two pound lots or in monthly require
ments. based on a two pound allow
ance per person in each family.
Sales unler the latter allow
ance are optional with the grocer. as
he Is not required to sell more than
two pounds at a time to any GUS
TONER.
The regulations which must be
carefully observed by the grocer are
simple. In the first place he is re-
qucsted to sell only to regular GUS
toners as he Is depended to help ac-
complish a fair distribution of sugar
among all his customers, and must
limit his sales In each case accord
ingly.
Further. the grocer Is required to
have each purchaser sign the pledge
form to the effect that the buyer has
not purchased, or has on hand, sugar
In excess of the two pounds ratio.
and he must also record each sale,
giving date. name of purchaser. adj
dress. number in household and the
amount of the purchase. These
pledge sheets must be returned by
the grocer at the end of ZACH week
to the county food administrator. and
the latter will check them up to pre-
vent repeating" on the part of the
householder.
The grocer is also requested to sell
mo sugar for canning or preserving
unless the buyer a a certificate in
dorsed by the local food administers
tor limiting the purchase to twenty
five pounds. This requirement Is for
the first purchase rs well as for any
subsequent purchases that la be
made. Then the grocer shall sell only
when the purchaser needs 1t for inn
mediate use, and in such amounts as
may be necessary to preserve the fruit
to be canned Immediately.
In case of grocers selling for
canning from their regular allotment
their stock will be replenished by the
presentation to the county foo ad-
ministrator of the certificates which
they have honored. In this "a it is
assured that the entire stock now held
by the grocers will eventually be used
for ordinary household consumption.
Hotels. restaurants and boarding
houses and other public eating places
have received sugar allotment for Au-
gust, but they must conform to the
two pound allowance for zach ninety
meals. This covers all kinds of sugar.
including sugar for table use as well
as for cooking. Should they desire
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their sugar for this purpose, the same
as a householder does
The pledge which the householder
will be required to sign for the gro
GER is as follows:
I pledge my household to n limit
in the use OF sugar to two poun1 Is per
person per month Except for pro-
serving and canning ~purposes.)
/ agree not to hoard sugar. and, cx-
cept for preserving and canning pur-
poses. for which my supply at pres
ent Is not more than 25 pounds. /
have not now and will not at any time
have In my house or under my ron
troll. ore than two weeks supply
of ugar.
I agree to cooperate with the
United States Food Administration.
It Is boarding to have more sugar
than allowed by the rules OF the food
administration. Penalty for boarding
may be 5000 fine, two ear imprts-
onment. or both.
Charles A. Carngan, chairman of
the Hotel Mems Committee of the
L 3od administration to iny issued IN
rtrucbcns to all hotels, restaurants
and ether public eating pIacos re-
gurdirg the conservation OF sugar. lie
suggests that they place on their
menus the following:
Patrons desiring TO use sugar will
order IL the same as any other dish"
Under the two pound OF sugar for
ninety meals regulations. one lump of
sugar Is to be supplied with each cup
OF coffee when sugar is desired.