The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-06
WILL RATION SUGAR
TO MANUFACTURERS
All Except Those Making Essential
Foods to Have Their supply Cut Oh
MAY 1J--Candy Trade 10 Suffer.

Washington May 5.-Manufactur-
ers of foodstuffs using sugar, with |
the exception of those listed in al
small preferred class, are to be ra- !
tened by the United States Food |
Administration and their supply cut
down to 80 per cent. OF the amount |
used prior to Nov. l, 1917.
Firms which started in business
or expanded their plants after that
date will be cut to so per cent. OF
their requirements and firms which
began operations or increased their
production after April l, 1918, will
be cut off entirely.
These rules were announced today
as effective on May Is, and have
been adopted in order to assure sui
ficient supplies for home Gamers ana
the commercial manufacturers OF
Jams and other foodstuffs regarded
as essential.
Producers of non-edible products
will be forced to go entirely without
sugar, as a survey of the stock on
hand and that which will be avail
able during the year has made it evil
dent that careful conservation meas
ures must be adopted.
The candy and soft drink trades
will be affected by the new regula-
lions, but it is believed that in the
manufacture of candy substitutes,
such as nuts, can be used without
appreciably reducing quantity pro-
duction.
Included with the confectionery
and soft drinks in the rationing sys
tenn are condiments, soda water.
chocolate, candies, beverage syrups,
f1avoring extracts, chewing gum, CO.
Goa, sweet pickles, wines, cereals, and
invert sugar.
Manufacturers of essential food
stuffs will be permitted to buy suff-
cient sugar to meet their full re-
quirements.
In this class are some preserves
and packers of vegetables, and chilli
sauce, fruit and milk, manufacturers
of jam, jelly, and preserves, tobacco
and explosives, apple butter ami
glycerine, ice cream, (not including
sherberts and water ices,) druggists,
(for medicine,) and producers OF
honey.
Ice cream is put on the preferred
list, it was announced, to assure con-
sumption of surplus milk supplies,
and thus encourage dairy interests to
maintain production. Tobacco was
placed in this class largely because
the amount of sugar used by tobac-
conists is almost negligible, the chief
source of sweets being molasses.
These definite classifcations,
reads an announcement, protect the
| patriotic manufacturer who has been
| observing the request of the Food
Administration against competitors
who have taken advantage of the
sugar shortage to increase their
profits.
: Control of distribution will be in
| the hands of the Federal Food Adj
| ministrators of each State. They will
| issue certificates to all manufacture
ers requiring sugar upon delivery OF
sworn statements showing the
| amounts to which each is entitled.
| None of the distributing agencies
will be allowed to sell sugar to any
class of manufacturers except upon
| delivery of certificates. The certlf-
Gates cover the period from May l5
| to July /, when new conservation
measures may be deemed advisable.
''All sellers of sugar who are re-
finers, jobbers, retail or wholesale
grocers must cancel the certificates
and return them WlIn1n one mOHIH
after the sale to the Federal Food
administrator by whom they were
fissued From the returned certlfl-
cate he will be able to check the rec
| ord of those who are entitled to SUI
gar and to detect any trading in or
counterfeiting OF certificates.
| Manufacturers are being requir-
ed to report the amount of sugar
they held on Jan. 1, 1917, and re-
ceipts from that date until July 1.
Subtracting the amount on hand Ju-
ly l will give the total consumption
| for the first six months of 1917.
They must also report stock on hand
Jan. 1, 1918, and receipts since that
date From those figures the admin
istrators will be able to determine
| the additional amount of sugar to
| which the manufacturers are entitled