The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-10-04
SUGARl0RDER MUST
Be 0BEYED By ALL
An ADDRESS TO THE PATRIOTS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE TO
SAVE SUGAR.
GREAT SHORTAGE IN SUGAR
The Allowance In Tennessee 10 Tws
Pounds Per Person Per Month.
Patriots VIII Not Use More
Than This Amount

Than This Amount
Nashville.-In final effort to more
fairly eQualize the distribution Of the
meager sugar allowance for Tonnes
see. DR.. H. A. Morgan. general food ad.
ministrator. has issued an appeal to
the patriotic people Of the state. Tho
Food Administration In loath to aban
don its policy OF reliance upon the pa
triotism and devotion Of the American
people to obtain results, but moro dras-
tic regulations may be necessary.
The appeal Of DR.. Morgan has been
sent broadcast over the state. Every
retailer Of sugar is expected to display
It conspicuously. The county official
and mayors are asked to post It. This
appeal follows:
An Address To the Patriotic peopIs
Of Tennessee-On Sugar.
Everyone knows what patriotism
means. II means stand by your coun-
try, and this Is addressed only to those
who are willing to stand by their cOun.
try.
Those Who are unwilling 70 stand by
their country are slackers, and 1t IL
your patriotic duty to report them to
your County Food Administrator. 90
that they can be punished and pub
lished as sl3ckers.
The greatest shortage since the war
Is in sugar. You may not know how
great this IL. but your government
knows, and the PATRIOTS willing to take
the word OF his government. Mr..
Hoover knows how little sugar Is avail,
able for the allied countries and their
armies, and how keen the shortage Is.
and he knows that to maintain In owr
allies the will to win the war will re-
quire the last ounce that We can spare.
How much sugar are you willing to
spare 10 win the war?
And to stop the toll Of American
blood and treasure?
Our allowance is two peunds 1ef
person per month. We can live on
this, and we must live on this. This
sugar regulations comes home to every.
one. and constitutes today more than
anything else the measure Of our 10y
atty and patriotism.
Don't leave this to guess. Ascertain
the facts. You are either patriotic or
unpstriotic; you are either keeping or
breaking your pledge to the Food Ad-
trinistration. There Is no halfway
ground.
There are communities in Tennessee
which have not gotten their pounds
because they could not get it-because
other communities were getting more
than 2 pounds. Help us to expose
these slackers, who are willing to be.
tray their country for the sake Of their
sppetites.
Such offenses az these. IN q time
like this, are q reflection not only
spon our democracy. but upon our
common honesty.
The accomplishments OF the Food
Administration In Tennessee have
been most gratifying. but there are
soms who have not obeyed the sugar
regulation. II In not too late for them
% reform and come over on the side OF
he allies. Il should be a mark Of dis
honor to use more sugar than the
monthly ration. Patriots win observe
he regulation Implicitly; others should
sorfait the fellowship Of decent people.
Wheat Campaign.
The Federal Food Administrations ~
cooperating in every way possible win
he agents Of the department OF agrt-
future in the big drive to increase
the wheat acreage q the state by 20
Der cent. LISTERS have been sent 70
livery county food administrator IN.
structins them 10 lend all possible As.
distance In securing pledges In thew
several counties Tor the quotas a.
signed them.
Food Conferences.
Most successful conferences Of the
county food administrators OF Middle
aud East Tennessee have been held
mis- week at Nashville and Knoxville.
Very few OF the administrators failed
20 attend. the reports o; conditions IL
the various counties were highly graf
fying DIR. Morgan thrilled the confer
ences by reports that he made OF the
recent conference at Washington with
Mr.. Hoover and the federal food ad
illustrators Of the several ss'e7s
Stx,es.
Fines Imposed.
The pood administration continues -
.ontribute to the treasury Of the RED
csoss through the imposition OF penal.
res. C. o. Lett. Of Bradford. confessed
ais violation OF the -four regulation,
and p.id a fine OF $50. W. c. Austin
N CIarksville. also confessed that he
s.d cold MIL feed above the msrrts
allowed and paid fire OF $50