The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-06-28
SUGAR REGULATIONS
TO PROVIDE SWEETS
FOR ARMY AND HOWE
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tity they may buy. For the purpose
of issuing these certificates the var
ious users of sugar are divided into
the following groups:
A. Candy makers, soft drinks, soda
fountains, chewing gum, chocolate
and cocoat manufacturers, tobacco
manufacturers, flayoring extracts, in
vert sugar, syrups, sweet pickles,
wines, ct cetera.
B. Commercial Gamers, vegetables,
fruit, milk, medicinal purposes, ex-
plosives, glycerine, ct cetera.
c, Hotels, restaurants, clubs, din
ing cars and steamships, boarding
houses, hospitals, public institutions
and public eating places generally,
in which term are included all board
ing houses who take care of % persons
or more.
D. Bakers and cracker manufacture
ers of all kinds.
E. Retail stores and others selling
for direct consumption.
Every person in these categories
must, before July LIST, or as soon there
after as the local Food Administrator
datory,;,aa ,nola a cto ta,,,a,t ,,n0,, !,
form that will be provided showing
the sugar they hold or have in transit
on July LIST. All stocks in excess of
three months supply at the rate of
consumption that will be allowed in
each concern, will sbe requisitioned
by the Administrators and redistri-
buted at once. Any stock less than
ninety days but in excess of thirty
days must be held subject to the local
Administrator for distribution if
necessary, depending, much upon re-
moteness from source Of supply. 1t is
manifestly unfair for. any one to be
overstocked in SUCH a situation as this
as it must prejudice the common in
terest of regular flow Of supplies. Our
national sugar supply does not come
from stocks but arrives in monthly
amounts and any attampt to provide
ahead results in shortage. Any at
tempts to accumulated stocks in the
interim between now and July LIST,
will be useless and may lead to diff
culties, for the Foedy Administration
will construeg,any such attempts by
dealers and manufacturers as hoard
ing and upon CONVERSIONS as punishable
by fine or impTisoaifA emit Whilea1h
law the same rule might belappiied to
householders, the Food Administra-
ton proposes to rest ppon the honor
and cooperation of the householders
not to hold more than thirty day sup
ply Jpn the basis of three. pounds per
person in the housaholdi
In addition to giving the quantities
on hand the statements which will be
required from dealers and manufac.
turers in the above groups will give
the following further information upon
honor In the case Of Group A,-that
is, candy, soft drinks, ct centeya
must show the amount of sugar used
during the months Of July, August and
September, 1917, and certificates will,
if the statements are correct, be based
upon 500 of such average use. Ice
cream makers will be entitled to 75gd.
A certificate will be issued separately
for each months purchases.
: Group B--that is, commercial cam
ners, ct cetera, will be given certifi-
Gates for their necessary requirements
but any resale of sugar by them ex-
cept under the express direction of
the local Food Administrator will con-
stitute violation of the regulations
and subject them to closing of bust
ness for the war. Any sugar in hand
at the end of the season must be
placed at the disposal of the local
Administrators. The Administration
appeals to this group to economic on
consumption in every direction.
Group Chat is, public eating
places, will be issued certificates upon
the basis Of three pounds for each
ninety meals served This includes
all public eating places use of sugar.
Gorup D--That is, bakers,-will re-
ceive certificates for 100 of the av-
erage amount used during July. Au-
gust and September, 1917, or alter
nately 70qe of that used in the month
of June, 1918.
Group E.-that is, retail stores, will
receive for July purchases certificates
based upon the average of sugar sold
during the combined three months,
April, May and June; 1918. Retailers
must not sell sugar to any of the ether
groups, that is, to no one except
householders, without taking up the
certificates of such persons. They
must not sell more than two pounds
at any one time to any town. custo'
mer or more than pounds at any one
time to any country customer. The
latter m2v. however. be varied by the