The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-09-27
SUGAR ALLOTMENT
GETTING LOWER
Montana Is Allowed 1902, 900 Pounds.
We Can't Eat As Many Sweets
AS In September.

Many inquiries has reached the Of
flee of the County Food .Administra-
tor in regard to the present sugar
situation. The following facts COW
ering this matter will no doubt furnish
the people of Valley county the in
formation they seek:
"The causes of the sugar shortage
are: A reduced sugar beet acreage
in America, a short yield from the
Louisiana can sugar crop, destruction
of $4,000 tons of, Americas supply by
U.-boats, increased dependency Of
France and England upon America for
sugar, and destruction of French su-
gar mills by the Germans.
Before the war England imported
each year 100000 tons of sugar
from what is now called pan-Ger-
many. France produced 1000, 900 tons
of sugar before the war each year
from land which was taken by the
Germans in their offensive last spring.
In 1914 the sugar consumption Of
the world was about $4,000, 900 tons
annually, one half of which was pro-
duced in the country now controlled
by Germany.
Americas sources Of sugar are,
Western beet sugar fields, Louisiana
cane fields, Cuba and the Hawaiian
Islands.
In 1917 the people of the United
sugar. In the same year we produced
about 1000, 900 tons of this sugar in
America, the remainder coming large
ly from Cuba. In the 10 years prior
to 1917 our sugar consumption in
creased 80 per cent approximately. In
the same time our production increas-
ed only about IS to % per cent. In
the same period we increased sugar
production in Cuba about 1900, 900
tons.
Concerning the wholesale price of
sugar per hundred weight in the diff
ferent countries, on May l, 1918. the
following is given:
Canada 8.O7
Ehsianu 1Z.o9
france 1928
!Ia!y $3.50
United States 7.3O
In comparison to this price, which
has been held down by the Food
Administration to THE above figure,
1t will be remembered that sugar sold
for Soc per pound during the Civil
War in America.
|. The retail price of sugar in Amer
lea during the summer months of 1918
was from 8 1-2c to 1Oc per pound. In
the same time the following prices
at retail applied in other countries:
Sweden lac, Spain 19c, Brazil 25c,
Portugal, 21:4c. India lac.
With the crisis of the whole war
clearly a matter of shipping it must
be remembered that it takes a cargo
boat $50 days to make the round trip
between England and America. Eng
land depends largely upon Java for
her present sugar supply. If Ameri-
ca can furnish this supply the boats
saved from the Java trips will carry
to France and provide for about $780,
900 soldiers.
Should it interest you it may be
remembered that a pound OF sugar
makes SO level teaspoons full, 48
rounded ~teaspoonsful, or 80 heaped
teaspoonsful. Thus, under the two
pounds per person per month ration.
each person should use not more than
SIX level teaspoons of sugar per day
for all purposes.
Concerning relief for the present
situation, we are promised a new
of sugar from the Louisiana
fields by the latter part of October
and from Cuba by the middle of No
vember. These dates will be only the
beginning of a supply from these
sources, as it will take some time
more before sugar reached us from
there in sufficient quantities to ma
terially relieve our shortage.
You have already no doubt been
that our allotment in Mon.
lana for October is 100000 pounds.
This is about 5000 pounds lover
han our September allotment. Do
your best and save sugar every day.
It all helps to win the war in the least
possible time.