The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-08

er the needs of the public for August.
''Now Vermont cannot eat its sugar
and have it still on hand or to be
issued in certificates. No more GER
tifcates should be issued at all but
Washington is liberal with us and has
allotted a limited amount to use in
districts where there may be no sugar.
Furthermore in districts where there
is an over-supply of sugar an honest
attempt will be made to so re-dis-
tribute it that no community will
be long without sugar. This all re-
quires patience, good will and patriot
ism. These three attributes will put
the thing across for August.
''For September we expect to issue
new certificates that will be based on
rulings from Washington. For the
present we must get along without any
new issue of certificates and depend
upon redistribution under the form of
special permits. | ask the hearty sup-
/ port of the public in this program and
will undertake to be absolutely impair
| tial and fair in preventing any hard
ship or injustice.
q 1t may be asked why the large over
issue of July certificates was permit
| ted. The sudden announcement of
| the necessity for saving sugar and the
plan of operation made it imperative
| to isue certificates based on state
ments made by dealers and others
! Doubtless with good motive most of
! them over-estimated their require
ments for July. Careful analysis from
the records proves beyond doubt that
such estimates were made and that
| enough certificates were issued to
| provide for both July and August
| There was no time for investigating
and action had to be based on the re-
turns sent to this office.
'tPress reports indicate that Massa-
chusetts was over-issued nearly three
times the amount for that state and
! New Hampshire nearly two and one
half times. In Massachusetts all GER
tifcates were recalled August / and
new ones based on careful analysis is
| sued. Vermont, not having overissued
certificates to SO great an extent it
was thought best not ia recall certifi-
Gates, but to try and make the issue
meet requirements for both months.
This method will doubtless lead to less
confusion than any other which could
i be. adopted 1t is absolutely necessary
the use of sugar. Some families have
saved sugar for canning even on the
| two-pound basis They are to be most
worthily praised and their example
emulated Others can do so. A little
| later if it can be consistently done
some plan may be worked out tc
provide some sugar for canning if il
is at all possible to do so. In the
I
hard the formula that has been found
successful for preserving without the
use of sugar.
"Whv is all this necessarily
"This is a question being asked
probably as much if not more than any
other today.
First, because we are at war an(
/, for the next two or three months par
/. ticularly our government is rushing
as never before supplies to our army
and allied interests in -ineroasingl,
, large amounts.
'These supplies must 90. No ont
doubts that, but how can they go with
out affecting the supply of some Of GU
necessities on this side? When sucl
huge exports of what we have had il
abundance, but now have in HmiteC
r quantities are required. we find on
at last that we are really and truly a
war. War demands require an album
dance of supplies of sugar and careas
meat. The lack of ships, the sinkin,
of ships, and 100000 pounds of su9a
| by submarines. the devastation of bee
: sugar fields in France, the long distanc
, from the source of sugar supply make i
: impossible to get sugar elsewhere thai
right here at home, in your home ant
, mine. Hence we are all asked to Civ
up what is little enough in comparisol
with what the heroic people 'over
f seas, civilian as well as army, hav
, been giving up in blood, suffering an,
sacrifice of food comforts and hom
r itself.
''Supplies must be kept going an
} in increasingly large amounts for tn
} next few favored months to provid
+, against any unforeseen acts of the en-
envy and loss of supplies that nigh
: bring starvation to our very flesh am
blood as represented in our own army
"To all Yermonters | say get adjust
ed quickly and with a good spirit o
patriotism to the two pounds per per
son per month allotted. Treat this a
one of the fine bits you can contribut
gladly to the cause of freedom Will
the going is good it is absolutely i'm
perative to get huge supplies owe
, there The government cannot wal
, for the crop to arrive.
WIFI NTTCTER ATT