Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-02
SENSELESS ORDERS

N their anxiety to. do something to earn their
salaries paid them by our generous Uncle Sam
uel, many foolish, useless and negotiable orders
are issued by the various government boards and
administrative departments some of which are
in need of revision. Take for instance the regu-
laton by the food administration concerning the
use Of sugar for the preservation of fruit, which
permits maximum purchase of 25 lbs. a month by
each family in the fruit season. regardless of the
number in the family, whether it be one or a doz
en-. Could anything be more ridiculous or sense
less? Many very small families do not have need
for even this limited amount. On the other hand,
some of the larger families require four times the
specified amount, and if they cannot procure it,
the family will have to do without this healthful
and important part of their winter ration. At the
same time, there is restriction upon the amount
of candy one may purchase, and apparently no
scarcity of the commodity upon the market Can
dy is a non-essental with which we could very
well dispense during the duration of the war. Not
so with winter fruit.
Another matter to which we have already
called attention is that of the farmers flour sup
ply. The farmers scattered throughout county
or district of country served by Touring mill
may take their grsts to be ground, but under the
order of the Food Administration, they are per-
mitted to take home with them only sufficient flour
to last thirty days Yet the farms have been
of labor and energy is just as much necessity
as anything else. Why not modify the regulation
so as to permit the withdrawal of three months
supply of flour at time? The saving in time and
gasoline or horse power would be an important
item and we do not think that there would be any
more flour used than under the prevailing order.
The provision concerning the use of substitutes
is splendid idea, where substitutes are available
at price within the reach of common people But
10 thay, froY 1opfr
distance and at price practically twice that of
white flour, there is little to be gained especially
when people investing practically all their sur
plus in government war securities.
| Another useless government regulation of
another department, is that preventing newspapers
from exchanging" their periodicals one with an
other. Every person who stops to think knows
that it is important that publishers in a state, and
particularly those residing within reasonable ra-
dius, receive each others publications in order to
keep in touch with the news, developments and ad-
vanced thought The requiring of publishers to
conduct needless correspondence and take the
trouble of exchanging their checks as well, does
not remove any waste but increases the labor OF
not only the publishers but of the banks that hand
| lie this unnecessary work
The great trouble is that there are Just about
twice as many men on the swivel chair jobs as
there should be- Too many commissions, boards
and administrators for the good of the country.
If half of them were sent to the front or put at
work in productive occupations we would make a
lot more progress in the winning of the war
There are too many men employed in the pub
lefty departments sending out sem-advertising
matter which is seldom read or published. Relieve
the mails of lot of this useless material and the
people of the burden Of lot Of these useless sal
aries and a big point will have been gained.
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WE trust that our progressive citizens, who