The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
SUGAR SHORTAGE UNTIL JAN.
That Is the Present Outlook Says the
 State Food Administration.

From The Arkansas Gazette
 That the present sugar shortage, judging by the supply in sight, will last until the first of the year, and that the increased amount given the Southern states during July to take care of the canning and preserving season will have to come out of the November or December supply, was the information contained in letter to State Food Administrator Hamp Williams from George A. Zabriskie, a prominent official of the United States Food Administration, Wash ington. He writes as follows:
 "The normal requirements of the United States during the five sum mer and early fall months, from June to October inclusive, is 100000 tons per month, and for the other seven months, 30O,000 tons per month We have in sight and avail able for the next six months just 225,000 tons per month, and while we have allowed 300,000 that we have have allowed 100000 that we have added to our supply for July, it will have to be deducted in, say, Novem- Der and December so that in one of these months we will have only 50,000 tons to distribute. That is the situa- tion in nutshell and to insure fair and equitable distribution we are al- lowing to each state each month, just the number of pounds they are entitled to of the monthly supply available"
 Supply Far Below Usual Need.
 According to the foregoing, the State Food Administrator says, the normal consumption of sugar for five months would be 2,O00,000 tons, and yet, so far as officials in Washing ton are able to determine, there will only be available during the next six month 1,350,00 tons.
 Some idea of why it is necessary for the people of Arkansas to save sugar, especially in view of the ad- ditional allotment given the state to care for the canning and preserving season is seen in the result of sub marine activity off the Atlantic coast some weeks ago." said Mir Williams. "One of the German U- boats sent two ships, bringing sugar from Cuba to this country, to the bottom. The total amount of sugar on those two vessels aggregated 24,- 100000 pounds, which is about the amount of sugar the people of Ar kansas would consume in the next five months The allotment for July was a little more than five million pounds, and that amount has been cut 30 per cent. It is as much a war measure to save every teaspoonful of sugar as it is to put our soldiers on the battlefelds of France"
 Manufacturers Hard Hit.
 Manufacturers of less essential products using sugar are beginning to realize there is a sugar shortage, for they have been unable to get the Seconds and thirds sugar" their cir tifcates called for. Altho their certi- tiiicates plainly state the kind of sugar many of the ice cream, soft drink and other less essential indus tries are returning the certificates and demanding they be exchanged for those that will permit the pur- chase of high grade granulated su- gar.
 The Seconds and thirds" sugar referred to is supply nov being shipped out of Louisiana. Little Rock jobbers, altho they have not handled the product, say they have ordered several carloads to assist the bot ting men to continue in business, as that is the only kind they may buy.