Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
SUGAR RATIONS IN
EFFECT HERE TODAY
And Patriotic Househdlders
Should Scrupuiousiy Comply.

sugar required for canning pur
poses, starting today, and public
eating places, restaurants, hotels
and bakeries will not be able to buy
sugar at all except on certificates
issued by Earle Oglebay, federal
food administrator at Wheeling.
/ The new order provides that house
holders may purchase what they
l easonably require instead OF being
limited to rs pounds as at present
The regular householders' certificate
will be used as usual. Retailers who
disregard the rules will have their
sugar certificates cancelled.
After July l the places not permit
ted to buy sugar. except on certifl-
Gates issued by the federal food adj
ministration are specified by J.
Russell Trotter. director of food dis
tribution as follows:
/. Public eating places, including
hotels, restaurants, public and other
refreshment houses, dining cars,
boats, clubs, buffets, caterers, city.
county, state or federal institutions,
hospitals, private canteens, inter.
ment camps as Welt assSall @hous j.
holds which regularly feed twenty.
five persons or more whether mem
bers of the family or boarders.
2. Manufacturers of bakery prod
ucts including bread. rolls, sweet
yeast dough goods. crackers, bis
cults, cookies, ice cream cones. cake
pies, fried cakes, pastry, quick bread
Boston brown bread, batter cakes
waffies. etc.
8. Retailers selling for direct
consumption. 'ss
All of the foregoing must file with
the Federal Food Administrator,
Wheeling, before July Is statement
setting forth their needs for July
August and September or certificates
will be issued them for the re.
mainder of the year.
u Householder's Pledge
All customers who buy sugar after
July l or soon thereafter will be re-
quired to sign and deliver to the re-
taller the following pledge as the
sale and consumption of sugar abso.
lutely must be kept down to three
pounds Pc nerson per month.
y--Date--- y
Upon my .,snor ! certify that the
purchase Of sugar set out below is
made up n tho express understand.
ing that -lic.a ill not be used in my
household m5e than three pounds OF
sugar per person per month, exclus,
i've ns sugar for canning and pre-
serving.
Il ssgea not to hoard sugar, and
exceps for canning purposes, have
rot now AID will not at any time
troi more than a weeks supply Of
sugar, based on consumption Of
three pounds per person per month,
except on special permission of the
State Food Administrator. agree
Ito continue on this plan until the
Food Administration advises that
the sugar situation has been reliev
| ed
Issues A Warning
| Today the following warning was
ISSUED by the local food administra
/ tor:
! Martinsburg, w. Va, July !, 1871
] hereby warn all Wholesalers and
Retailers that it is a violation o.
/ the Food regulations for wholesal
| ers to sell to Retailers or for Re
ltailers to purchase sugars without
| first having reported the past three
months purchases and sales of sug'
ars and having secured from the Fed
eral Food Administrator for the
State license to deal in sugar
The retailers may sell what
stock on hand to consumers on reg
ulations in effect prior to this date
namely 2. pounds to city trade and
5 pounds to rural trade and not more
than rs pounds on certificate.
s GRAY SILVER.
Food Administrator for Berkeley