Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-05
NEW SUGAR REGULATIONS

To provide for the equitable distr;-
button of sugar throughout the coUn-
try the United States Food Admins
tration has announced new regula-
tions which are more drastic and far
reaching than any yet promulgated.
Retail grocers, all public eating
places, including boarding houses
who take care of 25 persons or
more, bakers, as well as candy
makers, soft drink manufactur-
ers and commercial Gamers can
not buy sugar after July 1st, ex-
cept on certificate, which they
must secure from the Federal
Administrator of the State.
Household consumers are not di-
rectly rationed, but they cannot buy
more than pounds at time if they
live in town or city, and pounds
if they live in the country, except for
canning purposes. They are asked
to restrict their consumption to 3
pounds per month per person. They
must not have on hand more than a
80 days supply.
Among the causes that have made
these new regulations necessary are:
Increased shipping needed by our
growing army in France which has
necessitated the curtalment of
sugar transportation.
Some of the accessible sugar
producing areas have proved less
yield than was anticipated, such as
certain West India islands.
TI,a Ia,,aacEio Iaat onI T n
crops have fallen below anticipa-
tion.
Destruction of beet sugar factor
les in the battle area of France and
Italy.
Loss of sugar due to the subma.
rine.
Retail stores will receive for July
purchases the average amount of su
gar sold during the combined three
months, April, May, and June, 1918
They will not be allowed to sell sugar
to any one except householders with
out taking up the certificates re
quired.
''The Administration regrets, in
tensely, any action that will caus,
hardship to any individual" says Mr.
Hoover, "but the situation is due t,
the Germans, not to this government,
he explains.
The Food Administration point
out that there are a number of suga
substitutes available to the confec
toner, upon which no restrictions ar
, placed.
Briefly stated, the new rules are a
. follows:
No manufacturer or wholesale
of sugar will be allowed after Jul
1st, to sell any sugar except to buy
ers who secure a certificate fror
the Federal Food Administrato
for Ohio, indicating the quantit
they may buy.
For the purpose of issuing thes
certificates the various users G
: sugar are divided into the follow
q ing groups:
\ (A) Candy makers, soft drink
: soda fountains, chewing gum, chot
olate and cocoa manufacturers, fls
i voring extracts. invert sugar, syl
! ups, sweet pickles, wines, ct ceter
O (B) Commercial Gamers, veg,
Q tables, fruit, milk, medicinal pu
: poses, explosives, glycerine, ct ce
era.
(C) Hotels, restaurants, club
dining cars and steamships, boar
ing houses, hospitals, public inst
n tutions and public eating plac
e generally. in which terms are il
), cluded all boarding houses wi
take care of 25 persons or MOI
J. (D) Bakers and cracker man
= facturers of all kinds.
i (E) Retail stores and others Sc
If ing for direct consumption.
If Every person in these categori
Ie must, before July 1st, or as so,
,e thereafter as the Federal Food A
v ministrator determines, make a stat
AZ ment upon a form that will be pr
,e vided showing the sugar they he
" or have in transit on July 1st.