Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-29
MANUFACTURERS
OBLIGED To SECURE
SUGAR CERTIFICATES
Food Administration Urges Increased
use Of MIX for Children - Ask
Farmers Release Wheat.

LEON D. Merriil no manufacturer US
ing sugar In his products can obtain
sugar without surrender OF An auth
orfzed distribution sugar certificate.
Certificates will be issued on receipt
OF sworn statement from the manu-
faoturer OF the amount of sugar he
used last year and application for the
sworn statement form and the certih-
cate must be made to Food Admins
traitor Merrill at Orono.
Under the regulations no retail gro
Ger shall sell sugar to manufacturers
using sugar in their products after
May 18th without the required GER
hhcate. This does not apply to bona
nde legal contracts made prior to May
18th.
The seller of sugar is required to
cancel and return to the Federal Food
Administrator issuing them. all sugar
certificates upon which he made sales
of sugar
Sugar For Home Canning.
Householders and consumer custo-
| mers are required to fill out a certir-
cate in order TO secure sugar for can
ming purposes and these certificates
will be provided by the retail dealers
In each community.
| Food Administrator Merrill wishes
1t distinctly understood that the su
gar certificates are not for general
distribution and must be retained by
the dealers to be filed out by the con
sumner customers at the time purchas-
es OF sugar are made.
MIX Important Food.
| Milk Is one of the most important
food sources the human race posses
ses. For the proper nourishment of
the child 1t is absolutely indispensable
and its use should be kept up in the
diet as long as possible. Not only does
1t contain all the essential food ele-
ments in the most available form for
ready digestion, but the recent sciea-
ti1c discoveries show II TO be espe-
ciaily rich in certain peculiar proper
ties that alone render growth posi-
Ole. This essential quality makes It
also OF special value in the sick room
In hospitals 1t has also been shown
that the wounded recover more rapid
ly when they have milk.
For the purpose OF stimulating
growth, and especially in children,
butter fat and other constituents OF
milk have no substitutes. Therefore,
says the Food Administration. every
parent owes to himself and to his
, family the duty Of providing requisite
amounts of milk, butter, cheese and
other dairy products. During the last
8 winter, when much agitation was had
In some large cities over the price OF
milk, which was advanced from two
4, to three cents per quart by reason OF
the rapid rise in the cost OF feed and
! labor. many families among the poor
were found giving their children tea
a and coffee instead of milk Such meth
r DDS OF feeding fail to nourish the
t child properly.
In spite Of the shortage of milk In
: Germany. that country has 1T aIl hax-
ards maintained the milk ration Of
b the children and In the hospitals
even though TO do so has meant thai
the adult population has had to fore.
60 largely its use. In Q safety first'
health campaign II must be rsmsm
bered that 1t should be "chiidrer
8 arst" II
Binder Irvine for Harvest.
turner's are earnestly requested b,
o the Food Administration to place thei
!, orders for binder twine - soon q.
possible, 20 that the local dealers o.,
provide an early shipment for an ade