Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-10
Cut Comes in Sugar COnsump'
ton May IS

Further curtailment of sugar
consumption was ordered last
Saturday by the United States
food administration, effective
May Is. when all manufacturers
using sugar except for essential
food products will be limited to
50 per cent of their normal sup
ply. This ruling will be retro
active to January |, 1918, so that
the actual curtailment between
now and the end of the year will
be much greater.
A cut to so per cent of normal
will be ordered in the cases of
firms which have been expended
between November, 1917, and
April, 1913, in the face of an
actual sugar shortage.
Those who entered the bust
ness since April, 1918, or since
the United States declared war,
will be cut off entirely.
These definite classifcations
protect the patriotic manufac-
turer who has been observing
the requests of the food admins
ration against competitors who
nave taken advantage of the
uGar shortage to increase their
profits.
The so-called nonessentials
hat will be limited include con-
'ectioneries and soft drinks of
very description; but the food
administration does not believe
he action will mean any cut in
production. The use of glucose
md saccharine is expected TO
make up the difference.
The essentials that will not be
United in their use of sugar are:
Some preservers and packers
If vegetables, catsup and chill
sauce, fruits and milk. manufac-
turer of jam. jelly and preserves,
tobacco and preserves. apple but
ter and glycerine, ice cream, not
including sherberts and water
ices, druggists, for medicine and
producers of honey.
Ice cream is put in the pre-
ferred class to assure consump-
ton of surplus milk supplies and
thus encourage dairy interests
to maintain production. Tobac-
co was placed in this class
largely because the amount OF
sugar used by tobacconists is
almost negligible, the chief
source of sweets being molasses.
Control of distribution will be
in the hands of the Fedora
food administrators of each state
They will issue certificates to al
manufacturers requiring sugar
upon delivery of sworn state
ments showing the amounts t
which each is entitled. None Of
the distributing agencies will bt
allowed to sell sugar to any elias.
of manufacturers except upor
delivery of certificates. The
certificates cover the period from
May Is to July /, when new
conservation measures may b,
, deemed advisable.
All sellers of sugar. whethe
i refiners, iobbers, retail or whole
sale grocers, must cancel tn
+ certificates and return then
; within one month after the sal
to the Federal food administrato
by whom they were issued
From the returned certificates h
, will be able to check the recor
of those who are entitled to suga
and to detect any trading in Q
counterfeiting of certificates.
: Manufacturers are required t
; ; report the amount of sugar the
. held on January |. 1917, and re
= ceipts from that date until Jul
. |, Subtracting the amount o
5 hand july l will give the tot;
5 consumption for the first 81
G months of 1917. They must ais
T report stocks on hand January !
7 1918, and receipts since tn;
5 date. From those figures tt
/ administrators will be able to d,
e termine the additional amount {
sugar to which the manufactu
: ers are entitled.