The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-28

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/ OBJ Commercial Gamers. vegetable
fruit. milk medicinal purposes. expiose-
Ives. gIycerfne. ct cetera.
1 fc) Hotels. restaurants. clubs. dining
cars and steamships. boarding houses.
hospitals, public institutions and public
eating places generally. In which term
are included all boarding houses who
take care Of 25 persons or more.
| fd) Bakers and cracker manufactur-
| ers OF all kinds.
| (e) Retail stores and others selling
| for direct consumption.
| Must File Statements
| Every person In these catagories
must before July or as soon thereafter
as the local Food Administrators determ-
| ines. make a statement upon form
| that will be provided showing the sugar
| they hold or have in transit on July fsts
| All stocks In excess OF three months
supply at the rate OF consumption tnat
will be allowed in each concern. will De
requisitioned by the Administration and
| redistributed at once. Any stocks Jess
than nine days but In excess OF thirty
days, must be held subject to the local
| Administrator for distribution II nee
essary, depending upon remoteness from
suorce OF supply. It Is manifestly un-.
| fair for any one to be overstocked in
such a situation as this as 1t must pref
dice the common interest OF regular
flow of supplies. Our nationional sugar
supply does not come from stocks but
arrives in monthly amounts and any
attempt to provide ahead results In
shortage Any attempts to accumulate
stocks in the interim between now and
| July 1 may be useless and may lead to
difficulties for the food administers
ton will construe eny such attempts
] by dealers and manufacturers as hoard
! ing and upon conviction is punishable
| by fin or Imprisonment. While In the
| law the same rule might be applied TO
hnuscholders. the rnod Administrator
proposes to rest upon the honor and
cooperation of the heuseholders not
to hold more than a thirty day supply
upon the basis of three pounds per per-
son in the household.
In addition to giving the quantities on
hand the statements which will be re-
| quired from dealers and manufacturers
| IN the above groups will have the fol-
| lowing further information upon hon
or. In case Of Group A,-that is candy.
soft drinks, ct cetera, must show the
amount OF sugar used during the
month"; OF July, August and September,
1917, and certificates will. if statements
are correct ,be based upon so per cent
| OF such average use. Ice cream makers
Will be entitled to Is per cent. A certifi-
cate will be issued separately for each
months purchases.
Group B-that is, commercial Gamers
etc. ETC., will be given certificates for
their necessary requirements but any
resale of sugar by them except I'M
der the express direction Of the local
Food Administrators will constitute a
violation Of the regulations and subject
them to closing of business for the year
Any sugar on hand at the end OF the
season must be placed at the disposal
OF the local Food Administrator. The
Administration appeals to this group
to economic in every direction.
| Group C-that is, public eating places
will be issued certificates upon the bas-
lis OF three pounds for each ninety
meals served. This includes all public
eating places uses OF sugar.
Group D-that is bakers, will receive
certificates for 20 per cent Of the av-
erage amount used during July, August
and September. 1917. or alternately 10
| per cent of that used in the month of
4 June, 1918.
i Retail Stores
i Group E-that is. retail stores. will
| receive for the July purchases certin-
Gates based upon the av age Of sugar
/ sold during the combined three months,
i April, May and June, 1915. Retailers
| must not sell sugar to any OF the other
4 groups, that is, to no one except house
i holders. withos,. taking up the certif1-
/ caes Of such persons. They must not
/ sell more than two pounds at any one
/ time to any city customer or more
! than 5 pounds at any one time to any
country customer. The latter may.
however, be varied by the local Admin
] istrator to persons remote from town.
| The retailer will do his best not to sell
more than lbs. per person per month
Ito householders whose cooperation
with the retailer is earnestly sought.
\ Retailers may, as at present, sell %
pounds OF sugar to any one household
for home canning upon the house,
holders certificate that he got nought