The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-06-28
ALL BUYERS SUGAR
NOW RESTRICTED
All BUT PRIVATE CONSUMER
MUST HAVE CERTIFICATE TO
BUY SUGAR NEXT MONTH.

Little Rock, June 2S.-NeVer IN the
history of the United States has the
government taken greater precautions
70 control the sale of sugar than is
soon in the new rationing plan for
This product, effective July 1, which
hos been received from the United
states Food Administration, Washing
ton by Hamp Williams, federal food
administrator for Arkansas, and by
him made public today.
Under the new regulations everyone
mying sugar must have a cetificate,
which can only be obtained from the
ctate food administrator. Refners
are not permitted to sell to jobbers
or wholesalers unless the latter have
made proper application and been
granted certificate.
Hotels. restaurants and public eat
ing places must also have sugar GER
tifeates. Bakers are also put into
the certificate class before they can
buy sugar. Retailers must get a GER
tifeate before they can buy sugar
from iobbers or wholesalers.
Sugar certificates, it is announced
will be issued only for the July al
Iotment. This is due to the shortage
of sugar and to prevent overcrowding
of sugar refineries.
Marked Reduction Announced.
Manufacturers of less essentials,
who we're previously allowed 80 per
cent of their consumption for three
months last year. have been reduced
10 50 per cent. This class includes all
manufacturers of beverage syrups,
candies. cereals, chewing gun, cocoa
and chocolate, condiments, eonfec-
lions. flavoring extracts, invert sugar.
syrups. soda water, soft drinks, sweet
pickles and wines.
Manufacturers of ice cream are also
taken from the essential list and plac
ed in the less essential class Their
allotment of sugar, however, is SEIZED
uled at rs per cent, except where
made at candy or soda water stands,
which are allowed but so per cent
sugar
Supply TOT TlOhSiSs
Hotels, restaurants and all other
public eating places are limited TO
three pounds per ninety meals served.
To illustrate: If any public eating
place serves $50 guests day for thir-
ty days, estimating their months bust
ness, that place would serve 4,5O0
persons. Dividing that number by
ninety, representing the number of
meals in the month, it is seen that
establishment would be entitled to 90
pounds of sugar.
In estimating the smaller places OF
business in the hotel and restaurant
line, and as further illustration, tax
ing thirty persons served as the daily
average in one month such an estab-
lishment would serve 900 persons.
That number, divided by the ninety
meals, would show such place en-
titled to ten pounds of sugar.
State Food Administrator Hamp
Williams has given The following Oil
cial Interpretation and ruling on sugar
to be allowed to hotels, restaurants
and all other public eating places:
The three pounds per ninety meals
served means that the amount or SUI
gar secured under that ruling from
Washington represents the allotments
for all purposes. 1t includes the sup
ply for cooking and for whatever SUI
gar is used in pies, pastry or desserts,
as well as for individual service TO
guests"
Sugar For Bakers.
All sugar allotments for bakers VIII
be based on a three months period,
comprising July, August and Septem-
Der 1t must be understood, however,
The food administration declares, that
only one-third of that supply may be
oIaWn in July. Bakers in computing
the amount of sugar they are entitled
10 may do one of two things.
First, They may take 70 per cent
Oh the amount of sugar they used in
July, August and September, 1917, as
their allotment for the same CORE
spending months this year.
Second, They make take 70 per cent
vi the amount of sugar they used IN
June, 1915 multiply that by three, for
ener allotment during July, August
and September.
Retailers Also Restricted.
retailers in purchasing sugar must
take into careful consideration the
amount of sugar they would sell under
sne three pounds per person per