The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-17
SUGAR RAT|ON|NG
WILL ALLOW OF 8
POUNDS MONTHLY
THAT AMOUNT PER CAPITA is
100 PER CENT MORE THAN
ALLIES FOLKS GET.

Regulations for carrying out new
regulations upon sugar consumption
by commercial users, effective July 1,
were made public by the food admin
istration June 81. The new restric-
tions in sight for the six months be-
ginning July / will be on the basis of
three pounds per capita monthly IN
order to supply the needs of the allies
and of the American troops. The
apportionment is about double the
compulsory sugar raticn of England,
France and Italy. Commercial users
of sugar will receive their supply un-
der a certificate system. No manu-
facturer, wholesaler or retailer will
be permitted to sell sugar to anyone
except to householders unless GER
ficate issued by the local admins
traitor is presented. Local retailers
may sell no more than two pounds at
one time to town customer nor more
than five pounds at one time TO a
country customer.
Food administration officials are
working en- details of a ration card
by which they will enforce the three
pounds-a-month rule.
The new rationing regulations are
er will be required to certify his needs
to the food administration before he
can obtain sugar.
Only the following products will get
their full amount of sugar under the
new rule:
Canned fruits, canned vegetables,
explosives, meats, catsup,, chill sauce,
drugs for medical purposes, apple
butter, packers of preserved fruits,
mince meats, glycerine, insecticides,
capsules and ant poison.
Reduction of less essential manufac-
tured products, including sweet
drinks, to so per cent of their nor
NAL sugar requirements.
Cutt ng of ice cream manufacturers
to 75 per cent of their normal amount
of sugar.
Under the less essential class which
will get only half its sugar require
ments, instead of so per cent as now,
Hoover has included:
Barrooms, brewers, cough drops,
dental preparations, dessert powders,
druggists who buy sugar for reducing
concentrated syrups, honey manufac-
turers, hotel bars. ginger ale, glue,
| grape Juice, ice cream cones, ioe
cream powder, jelly powder, marsh
mallows, matted milk, maple syrup,
compounds, molasses and syrups, pat
ent medicines. pickles, rollers for
printing presses, table syrup, vinegar
and whisky.
Soda fountains are hard hit by the
new regulations. They are reduced
to so per cent.
Ice cream has formerly been allow
ed unlimited use of sugar. but after
July l only 75 per cent will be allow
ed and where ice cream is manufac-
tured on the premises of any dispen-
ser it will come under the 80 per
cent imitation.
This part of the ruling will hit both
of the local ice cream parlors, as they
manufacture their own ice cream.
The strain on America to provide
sugar for the allies is increasing. Only
strict conservation will enable food
administrators to provide require
ments without being forced to more
drastic steps-and further increases
in prices.
Sugar bought for canning purposes
mustnot be used fer serving fresh
fruits, apple sauce or for any other of
the numerous household purposes.
The three pounds per month capita
ruling must be used for these purpos-
es.
Any person violating any of these
regulations is subject to heavy pen
atty or Imprisonment in federal pen
itentiary.