The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-08-23
SHARE OUR SUGAR
WITH The ALLIES
British Get Two Pounds a Month.
French Pound and Hall,
Italians One Pound.
GERMAN SUPPLY PLENTIFUL.
All Nations Permit Use Of sweetenlna
for Home Preserving Purposes.

Americas now sugar ration o. two
pounds q month per person il equlta.
bic when compared with the sugar rn.
ton enforced by rigid governmental
order In England. France aud Italy, ma.
tlons with which We are sharing sugar.
Each Allied nation q the matter "
sugur consumption is sharing on near
est possible equal terms the hardships
imposed by greatly altered conditions
In the world sugar situation.
Formerly clHsscd a. u luxury,
II now u war time essential. The fair
and Just division of this essential Is
In the hands 81 the various Allied
food controllers.
The United States Food Administers.
ton has asked this nation 10 observe
q voluntary sugar ration ~ Two
pounds per person u month.
On the other countries nt war with
Germany sugar Is one ~ the scarce
articles ON every mcnu-whothcr iu
the households 81 both rich aud poor,
or In the hotels.
England today has n sugar ration
~ two pounds per month per person
IN France the ration Is u pound and q
half and In Italy Il n one pound a
month. And the prices In allied u
tries are from two 20 three times ns
high as In America.
n you go a. q hotel In England or
France these days and order tea or
coffee they serve absolutely mo- sugar
with II. n you want sugar you must
bring II with you,
In England n Is allowable 10 use
one. seventh ~ an ounce of sugar ln
the pre-, ration NJ each luncheon In
France many persons carry little sac.
charinc tablets about with them for
use In hotels and In England rich and
poor must take their sugar with them
II they wish 10 have sweetcned tea
while visiting friends.
Before the war started France had
02i.Uun acres devoted Ia sugar produc.
ton By 1917 the French SUGAR acre
age had decreased to $4,000 acres
To-day the French man or woman with a
sugar card has no assurance whatever
that he or she win be able 10 actually
buy sugar. To buy Il, oue must FIRST
ind H.
Italy Has state Sugar"
Especially drastic regulations govern
the use uf sugar In Italy. Its manu-.
I mcturr. distribution and sale are close
Is controlled, and In part actually
taken over by the state.
~Sncchnrlne l. permitted In he sold
and used ms a substitute Tor sugar aud
the government manufactures a mix.
q ture ~ s%accharine and sugar called
state Sugar which II largely used.
German Sugar Ration Adequate.
Germany, before the war, produced
u great surplus ~ sugar and exported
large quantities. Today the Germans
have virtually gone out Of the export
business. hut have plenty Of cheap
sugar FOR home use,
Wholesale prices prevalent IN the
Allied nations, according 10 lnforma-
ton received by the United States
Food Administration are rs follows
England. 10 cents n pound France,
~ cents Italy, 20 cents.
While these high prices are being
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month and the government lamil,
lluWanrc.
The excess alloiments over M.
compulsory SO allotment and IA.
pllutments Ia persons not entille,
by law Ia allowances will not b.
handled by the bureau of war ris.
insurance hut hv the war or nav.
department, the marine corps o