Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-10
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline
PATRIOTIC REASONS FOR SAVING
SUGAR AND FLOUR ARE EXPLAINED
BY MOLINE FOOD ADMINISTRATOR

provided that not more than 25
pOunds~be sold to one person for
canning in order to prevent extrav-
agance. Another allotment can be
secured, however, after the first %
pounds has been used.
A committee has been appointed
in Rock Island county that will op-
crate under the direction of the
government. 1t will be the duty
of this committee to make the al
lotments of sugar to the dealers
On this committee are one whole
saler from Rock Island, one repre-
sentative merchant from Rock Is
land. one from Moline, and one from
East Moline. The committee is
composed of William Dart, W. H.
Thomas, W. H Christison and John
O'Neil. In Ihe event it is found that
merchant has not received an al
lotment of sugar sufficient to sup
| ply the reasonable requirements of
his customers, his allotment will be
| increased if the supply to the
wholesaler will warrant it.
AS food administrator I have made
it very plain tothe federal author
| our population has greatly increas-
ed, and also that due to mail order
houses not being allowed TO make
sugar sales a special inducement
or to make combination sales, that
| mail order shipments of sugar have
practically ceased. Hence the de-
mand upon our local merchants is
much greater than ever before.
The allotment to each merchant
| is based upon the business he did
! last year, but because of the de
mand for sugar to use in canning.
| the allotment to each merchant for
June is approximately one-third
more than it was for the month of
May.
1 have made this explanation In
order that the people will under
stand that the government is using
every effort to be fair.
There is also considerable COM
| plant because of the restrictions
of wheat flour sales. In expIana-
| ton I will say that this was a war
measure which was absolutely nee
| essary. The bread line in the large
cities of Russia caused the down.
! fall of that country. Finland crum-
| bled when the bread line formed.
| When the bread lines began to form
| il London. Lloyd George appealed
to the United States to hurry and
hurry fast the expectation of wheat
/ -four, for he fully realized that the
Gisintegration of war activities
would start with hunger as it die
in other countries. AS a result Of
Il nd
/ wheatIess meals; as a result of us
| ing substitutes, we have been able
| tC send 100, 100000 bushels of wheat
/ to Europe, which we could never
| have done had it not been for that
! conservation. l will further state
that at this time the war would
! have been lost had we not obeyed
/ the mandate of our government and
/ needed the call of Lloyd George AT
q most critical time.
Those who have saved wheat
1 -four have done a mighty share III
/ preventing defeat of the allies and
| our own army up to the present
! time. We have the promise of an
| enormous crop this year that will
/ relieve the strain, but until that
| time comes We must save even to
! the point of denial
/ I am promised some information
! from prominent Gamer of fruit
in a few days regarding canning
and preserving fruits with mini
mum of sugar which | will give to
| the public as soon as it arrives.
BUY War Savings stamps
SEEK TO PROHIBIT.
An ordinance to prohibit the
| throwing of glass in the streets is
not incorporated in the laws of the
| city of Moline. but Commissioner
StOuffer promises that an ordin-
! ance TO take care of the matter will
soon be presented to the city faith
ers. The agitation all arose when
a Moline patrolman attempted tC
arrest a man for putting broken
glass in the paths of automobiles
Chief DeJaeger looked up the mat
ter on the statutes and found thai
no rule forbade such an action.