Evening journal., 1918-06-27

The growing gravity Of the sugar
situation prompted the food sdminis-
tration yesterday TO issue new regula-
tions that will affect every one. Ed
nund Mitchell, food administrator for
Delaware. sends warning that violators
will be severely punished. Most i'm
portant features Of the new sugar regu-
lstions follow:
Householders are urged, as patriotic
duty, 10 limit table consumption to
three pounds per person per month or
as much less as possible.
Retailers must not sell more than
two pounds TO any one person at one
time in the city and five in the country
districts, except for canning and pre-
serving purposes.
Sugar for canning and preserving
may be bought and sold in lots not ex-
ceeding twenty-five pounds only on a
new form Of certificate soon to be
issued.
All commercial users and handlers or
sugar are divided into 1--WE classes, for
each Of which stringent and binding
regulations are laid down. These classes
are:
A.-Aianufacturers OF canday, soft
drinks. chewing gum, cholocate, cocoa,
tobacco, flavoring extracts, invert sugar,
syrups, sweet pickles, wines, ETC., and
operators OF soda fountains.
B.-Commercial Gamers OF fruits, veg
etables or milk, makers Of glycerine or
explosives and manufacturers using
sugar for medicinal purposes.
C-Hotels, restaurants, clubs, dining
cars, steamships, hospitals, public In
stitutions and all other public eating
places, In which term are included all
boarding houses which take care OF
twenty-five or more persons.
D.-Bakers and cracker manufactur-
ers Of all kinds.
E-Retail stores and others selling Tor
direct consumption.
All persons in each OF these classes
must on or before July IS, make a
statement, upon form provided by the
State food administrator, showing all
sugar they hold or have In transit on
July 4. Failure to make statements on
or before July IS will deprive such
user or handler Of the right to buy ad-
ditional sugar during the balance OF the
year 1913 and possibly, under some
circumstances, for the remaining period
OF the war. The fact that a user OF
handler has sugar on hand to meet MS
present requirements not only does
not relieve him from this obIgatlon'
but failure to make the statement lays
him liable to the penalties for boarding
under the law.
All sugar in excess Of three months
supply at the rate OF consumption al
lowed 10 each concern, will be taken
over by the food administrator and
-
excess Of thirty days needs must be
held subject to the food administra-
tors order for distribution II necessary.
Any attempt to accumulate sugar De-
tween now and July 1 will be inter
preted as boarding, which is piunshaDle
by fine and Imprisonment.
Supply on 50 Per Cent. Basis.
Sugar reports by persons in Group
A must show also how much sugar
they used In July, August and Septem-
ber, 1911 They will get certihcates
based on 80 per cent. OF such average
use. Ice cream manufacturers VIII get
IS per cent, except soda fountain op-
eratoS who make their own ice cream
they will receive only 90 per cent. |
certificate will be Issued separately Tor
each months purchases.
L0HfneINldl tduutIt AGioup D. WIN
receive certificates for necessary re |
duirements, but must not resell (under
penalty Of forefeiting license for the
duration OF the war; except by per-
mission OF the food administrator.
In Group G (all public eating places
sugar will be allowed on the, basis OF
three pounds for each ninety meals
served.
Bakers will get sugar certificates for
20 per cent. of the average amount they
used in July, August and September
1917. or 20 per cent. OF that used In
June, 1918.
Retail stores Will receive for their
July purchases certificates based on the
average OF sugar sold in the months OF
April, May and June, 1918. Retailers
must not sell TO any one except house
holders, except upon certificates, and
must not sci more than two pounds at
once to any one in the city or five
pounds to any one in the country dis
tricts.
Persons buying sugar for canning
and preserving must agree TO return all
sugar bought for that purpose and not
so used.
Hotels and restaurants which do not
observe other food regulations may
lose their sugar supply.
Il will be noted that bakers, who