The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-07-05
NEW RULING ON SALE SUGAR


The Food Administration OF this
county has Just received information
AZ to the new ruling on the distribu-
ton OF sugar. In order to secure JUS
tice in the distribution and to make
the restrictive plans as effective as
possible. the new regulation provides
that no manufacturer or wholesaler
OF sugar will be allowed. after July
LIST. to sell any sugar except to buyers
who secure a sugar certificate from the
Sugar Distributing Committee OF the
Food Administration. Louisville, Ken
lucky. indicating the quantity they
may buy
For the purpose of issuing the certi-
ficates. the users OF sugar are divided
into five groups, A. b. c. ID. and +.
Group A includes candy makers. soft
drinks, soda fountains. etc. Group b
includes medicinal purposes. explosives
etc. Group c includes hotels. restau-
rants, boarding houses. hospitals and
other public eating places. This In
cludes all boarding houses and public
eating places who take care OF five
persons or more. Group ID includes
bakers and cracker manufacturers,
Group Z includes retail stores and 9TH
ers selling for direct consumption.
Every person in these groups must,
before July first. file a statement with
the sugar Distribution Committee Civ
ing the facts upon which allowance OF
sugar will be made. Those in group
A will be allowed so per cent OF the
average consumption of July. August
and September, 1917. Ice cream max
4 \. all
b will be allowed their necessary re-
ouirements. Group c will be allowed
sugar upon basis Of three pounds for
every 90 meals served. Group ID viii
be allowed 10 per cent OF the average
amount of sugar used during July,
August and September 1917. Group z
will receive for July certificates based
upon the average of sugar sold dur
ing the month OF April, May and June
OF this year, and retailers are forbid
den To sell sugar to any of the other
groups. or in other words to no one
except householders without taking up
the certificates OF persons purchasing.
They must not sell more than two
pounds at any one time to any custo-
mer or more than five pounds at any
one time TO any country customer.
Retailers may, as at present, sell 20
pounds of sugar to any one household
for home canning upon the household
er's certifying that he has not bought
elsewhere and agreeing to return any
balance unused for canning purposes.
II win be seen by this plan that no
certificate is required from the city
bouseholder two pounds, or from the
country householder who purchases
five pounds for home use. The Gov
eminent appeals to the householders
and all users OF sugar to assist and CO.
operate in the carrying out of the ra-
tioning plan for IT would cost the Gov
eminent s5,000,000 and the service OF
100 900 people to put the government
on a ration card and the Government
cannot afford the labor and money.
No wholesaler can sell any sugar
whatsoever unless he receives the GER
tificate above mentioned, and any per-
son in any of tn five groups who does
not file this statement will receive no
sugar during the war and action VIII at
once be taken against any sugar he
NAV have on hand in excess OF 80 days
supply and he will be charged with
boarding.
This new regulation is brought
about because OF the Increased ship
ming needed by our growing army in
France necessarily curtailing the
RECONSIDERATION OF sugar and thus re-
duce supplies both to the Allies ana
ourselves from remote markets some
OF the sugar producing areas have pro
duced less yield than was anticipated
The domestic beet and Louisiana crop
have fallen bciow anticipation rhere
has been some destruction OF peer
sugar factories in the battle area Of
France and Italy and considerable loss
by submarines.