Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-06-20
RIGID fE5IRlCTIONS
Eeos IN TIE FUTURE ARE NOT
TO BE PURCHASED WITHOUT
GAMBLING THEM.
4 Great Deal Of Flour Has Been Re-
turned Or Is In Process Of Being
Turned over To the Government BY
Patriotic Tennesseans.

Nashville, Tenn.-Rigld restrictions
have been imposed on the dealing Ia
poultry and eggs by the United States
FOOD administration. Especially is this
true OF eggs. So important are eggs
as an article Of food that they cannot
In the future be purchased without
cendling them. The object Of this rule
Is OF course to stop the buying and
shipment Of eggs that are unfit for hui
man consumption. This affects a big
savings in transportation and in the
end will mean more to the producers
OF the country and will reduce at the
same time the cost to the ultimate
consumer.
Flour Returned.
Probably $4,000 barrels Of flour haV3
been returned or are in process of be-
Ing turned over to the United States
food administration in Tennessee by
the patriotic people of the state for
shipment to the soldiers, sailors and
our allies The movement has sue
ceeded beyond expectations. Although
In a number of counties the people
were slow to realize and appreciate
the necessity for surrendering the
flour the movement has made some
headway in majority of the coun-
ties. There are now more than a
score of wheatless counties in Tennes-
see, that is counties ia which the sale
OF all wheat flour has been voluntarily
ended and a majority of the people
have ceased to use wheat products.
The handling Of this flour has en-.
tailed an immense volume OF work
on the federal food administration for
Tennessee. The details of shipments
and paying for the flour have been
handled by J. I. Finney, the educa.
tional director for Tennessee, and the
correspondence would fill an immense
volume. Individual checks have been
made out and sent to every person
who surrendered flour, regardless of
the size of package. Checks have
gone out varying in amounts from
$3.50 to 100000 Hundreds of thous.
hnds of dollars have been and will STU
he paid out for the flour.
Sugar Restrictions.
The appearance of submarines Off
the American coast and their destruc-
ton of large amount of coast line
shipping has added to the difficulties
Of the food administration In handling
the sugar problem. Two boats sunk
by submarines carried not less than
24,000.O00000 pounds of sugar. The
food administration Is determine |,
however, that the needs OF households
for preserving, canning, ETC., will >
supplied and non-essential industries
will be the first to suffer.
Sheep campaign.
The movement launched by the food
administration to increase the sheen
production of the state has met win
splendid success in large number Of
the sheep growing counties. Reports
are very encouraging, and it is esCi,
mated that sheep production will be
increased by several thousand head
next year. The slogan, "Clothe
soldier, kill dog" has proven to be
popular one with the patriotic farmers
Of the state. .-.
Labor Shortage.
Every effort Is being made by tn
food administration in cooperation
with the labor department of the
United States to afford some measure
Of relief for the acute labor shortage
On the farms of Tennessee. especially
In Middle Tennessee, wheEs, owing to
The enormous -goYerpmeptal updl..