The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
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SUGAR PLAN

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users of sugar are divided into the
following groups:
A. Candy makers, soft drings, soda
fountains, chewing gum, chocolate and
cocoa manufacturers, tobacco manu-
facturers, flavoring extracts, invert
sugar, syrups, sweet pickles, wines,
ct cetra.
B. Commercial Gamers, vegetables
fruits, milk, medical purposes, explos-
ives, glycerine, ct cetera.
c. Hotels, restaurants, clubs, din
ing cars and steamships, boarding
houses, hospitals, public. institutions
and public eating places generally,
in which term are included ali board
ing houses who take care of rs per-
sons or more.
D. Bakers and cracker manufact-
urers of all kinds.
E. Retail stores and others selling
for direct consumption.
Every person in these categories
must, before July list, or as soon
thereafter as the loca Food Admins
traitor determines, make a statement
upon a form that will be provided
showing the sugar they hold or have
in transit on July LIST. All stocks in
excess of three months supply at the
rate of consumption that will be al
lowed in each concern, will be re-
Questioned by the Administrators and
redistributed at once. Any stock less
than ninety days but in excess of
thirty days must be held subject to
the local Administrator for distribu-
ton if necessary, depending much
upon remotness from source OF supply
1t is manifestly unfair for any one to
be overstocked in such situation as
this as it must prejudice the common
interest of regular flow of supplies.
Our national sugar supply does not
come from stocks but arrives in
monthly amounts and any attempt to
provide ahead results in shortage.
Any attempts to accumulate stocks
in the interim between now and July
1st, will be useless and may lead to
difficulties, for the Food Administra-
ton will construe any such attempts
by dealers and manufacturers as
boarding and upon conviction as pun
ishable by fine or Imprisonment.
While in the law the same rule might
be applied to householders, the Food
Administration proposes to rest upon
the honor and cooperation of the
householders not to hold more than a
thirty day supply upon the basis of
three pounds per person in the house
hold
In addition to giving the quantities
on hand the statements which will
be required from dealers and manu-
facturers in the above groups will
give the following further informa-
ton, upon honor. In the case OF
Group A.-that is, candy, soft drinks,
ct cetera, must show the amount of
sugar used during the months of July
August and September 1917, and GER
tificates will, if the statements are cor
rect be based upon 50 per cent of
such average use. Ice cream makers
will be entitled to rs per cent. A GER
tificate will be issued separately for
each months purchase.
Groupe B-that is, commercial can
ners, ct cetera, will be given certifi-
Gates for their necessary require
Ihents but any are-sale of sugar by
them except under the express direc-
ton of the local Food Administrator
will constitute violation of the regu
| lations and subject them to closing of
business for the war. Any sugar in
hand at the end of the season must
| be placed at the disposal of the local
Administrator. The Administration
appeals to this group to economic on
consumption in every direction.
Group Chat is, public eating plac
es, will be issued certificates upon
the basis of three pounds for each
ninety meals served. This includes
all public eating places. use of sugar.
Groupe D-that is, bakers, will re-
ceive certificates for 20 per Gent of
the average amount used during July,
August and September, 1917, or al
ternately 20 per cent of that used in
the month of June. 1918.
Groupe E-that is, retail stores,
will receive for July purchase certi-
ficates based upon the average of
sugar sold during the combined three
months, April May and June, 1918.
Retailers must not sell sugar to any
of the other groups, that is, to no
one except householders, without TAX
ing up the certificates of such per-
sons. They must not sell more than
two pounds at any one time to any
town customer or more than pounds
at any one time to any country Gus
toner. The latter may, however, be
varied by the local Administrator to
persons remote from town. The re-