The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-02
SUGAR Allowance IS
FURTHER RESTRICTED
AUGUST ALLOWANCE SMALLER
THAN HERToFoRE-ouR PA
TRIoTIc DUTY TO COMPLY

Issued to all Federal Food Admins
traitors in Kentucky:
A telegram from Washington gives
the quantities which can be issued to
all classes A, b, c, ID. and Z. materially
reducing the allowance for August un-
der July.
The allotment for the state has been
reduced materially for August. and In
addition there is not the sugar In the
hands OF the retailers on the first OF
August that there was on the first OF
July. Great economy will be neces-
sary.
The ration for householders for Au-
gust will be two pounds per month per
person. The ration for public eating
places will be two pounds for every
80 meals served.
II will be necessary for retailers to
adopt the following plan:
A book or card system must be kept
in which is registered the name OF the
head OF the household buying sugar.
the number OF persons in the family.
the allotment for the month at two
pounds per head, the dates during the
month on which the purchases were
made, and the total at the end of the
month. supplied to the family must not
exceed the allotment. The book must
be kept alphabetically arranged. and
the purchases OF each family kept on
the page or card reserved for the fam
lily. so that the inspector can see 1t
at any time without hunting through
the book to find the purchases. The
better plan is a small card system
which can be kept in a box. and each
purchase entered on the purchasers
card, and the cards kept in alphabet
cal order.
We will send letter to each retail
er with his August certificates. A
copy Is enclosed In that letter we
suggest the retailer confine his sugar
sales to his regular trade II they do
that then every family will have a cer-
tain store at which he buys his sugar
and the practice OF people getting ex-
cess sugar by buying at several stores
will be stopped. We will send a let
ter TO each retailer who by reason Of
the amount he had on hand first OF
July, is not entitled to any August GER
tificates, explaining the reason why.
A number OF retailers have called
this office TO know why their certi-
ficates have not been forwarded. and
in many instances we have never re-
ceived their statement E. and Is the
reason why they have not heard from
the Sugar Division.
Canning and Preserving Sugar.
Administrators must hold certin-
Gates issued for canning and preser-
wing sugar TO the lowest practical
limit. No family Is to receive more
than rs pounds in the aggregate for
canning and preserving. In many coun-
ties certificates have been issued for
only ten pounds. Washington advis-
es that fruit be preserved. at pres
ent, by boiling. and that sugar be adj
ded later when il is more plentiful
All acid fruits can b. bottled with
out sugar: so can fruit juices by ster-
liking with boiling water increasing
the time OF cooking about double All
canning certificates issued by you 10
retailers should be returned by the re-
tailers to you. and b you forwarded
to this office. giving you an opportu-
nifty to investigate whether there are
duplicates You should instruct your
deputies to be careful in regard TO
this
You should limit the territory in
which your deputies can issue canning
certificates and permit them only 10
issue to residents of their district We
have found where deputies have issued
to one person and he has gone TO an
other deputy and received another al
lowance from the second deputy This
must be stopped in the interest Of con-
servation- No certificates for canning
must be issued to any person not .
resident Of your county.
These new restrictions are due 10
an excessive shortage at the present
time Fifty millions Of pounds were
sunk BY the submarines operating on
the east coast recently. Many manu-
factories OF beet sugar in France have
been captured by the Germans in the
recent drives. and sugar must be sent
to sustain the armies. and the Ameri-
can people must save it Appeal to
their patriotism and ask assistance for
the common need
FRED NJ. SACKETT.
Federal Food Administrator for Ky.
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