Douglas Island news., 1918-08-16
SUGAR RULES
 ARE VIOLATED
Unless Regulations Are Observed IL Will be Necessary That Alaska
 Go on Card Ration System

Go on Card Ration system
 The Food Administration was ad- Iviscd this morning that many per
 sons are buying sugar in five pound quantities and using a portion of it
 for canning and arc buying five pound lots from different stores with in day or two. This is not per-
 missablc and Is a violation of the sugar regulations, and buying sugar claiming lt Co be for canning pur-
 poses when same is simply being
 hoardcd. These 1ve-pound purchages (moro liberal than in any other scc-
 ton of Che country) are exclusively
 for household consumption in tea,
 coffee and for cooking, and at the
 rate of two pounds per person per
 month in thc family; and an sugar
 bought at one time must Doc SO com
 sumed before another purchase is made. Special permits are being is- sued for legitimate canning pur- poses. Dealers should satisfy them selves that thc sugar regulations are being observed; otherwise they should refuse to sell the sugar No patriotic American will abuse this rule: mpatriotic citizens will, and have done SO, according Co reports
 just simply going first to one grocer and buying five pounds, then to au- other and doing likewise, and SO on, and using such sugar with utter dis regard Co Che regulations. IT this practice continues, the Federal Food Administrator for Alaska will bel forced to establish Che individual card or ration system, requiring cv- cry person before purchasing sugar in any quantity to procure a permit and limiting individual sales by dealers to two pounds as is now Che procedure in the States. Enough l sugar MUST be saved for shipment to our soldiers and the Allies. This ls imperative.
 10 seems inconccivablo that Alas l kans. an of whom have made such . a good record in the saving of essen l tial foods during the war are now, at this late moment, disrcgardiug the s. O. s. call for sugar saving.
 Sugar is scarce. very scare. The situation is serious; sugar supplies throughout tho country are at low cbb; production from thc American beet and Louisiana cane crops have been disappointing; the yield in Porto Rico has likewise been smaller than anticipated; inability of the United States and the Allies to sc- cure sugar from Java and other dis taut sources on account Of the im- pcrative call for ships for the move mcnt, or troops and their supplies has materially reduced the supply from such quarters and the quantity needed by Che army and navy greatly exceeds earlier estimates; also. we must send a large amount Co France and Italy Co take the place of Che great volume lost through Che Ger man and Austrian lnvasions during which much beet land was overrm and many factories destroyed and we must supply certain quantities to neutral nations under agreement; and finally. over fifty million pounds were lost recently through submar- inc slnklngs or our Atlantic coast
 It is anticipated that a fair sup ply will be available in october and l stnl more in January; until that time the strictest economy in Che use of sugar is necessary
 Tho voluntary sugar ration asked of the American people at this mo- ment ls ample to provide for their needs. It is a small sacrifice that has been asked, and there is no doubt that it will be complied with, altho there will be some grumblcrs. Let those who arc ovading the sugar regulations think Of tho boys who arc giving an for their country whoI arc enduring cheerfully the sum of all hardships and danger, and thon look at themselves in tho mirror, when they complain of being de- prived of the second spoonful ofI sugar for their coffee. Ono look should be enough!
 Almost 70 per cent of an thc sugar consumed tn this country is used in the households. So it is up Co the vyomon to make tbe sugar go round