The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-07
MOST RIGID
SUGAR ECONOMY
This Required in August, as
No New Sugar Certifi-
Gates Will Be Issued
ECONOMY NECESSARY
FOR WAR REASONS
Food Admr. Brooks Hopeful
Some Way Will Be Found
to Supply Canning Sugar

Montpelier, Aug. Taking the pub
lie completely into his confidence, Fed
eral Food Administrator Frank H.
Brooks last night issued statement on
the sugar situation in Vermont follow
ing a conference with officials in Wash
ington from which he has Just returned
and which resulted in his obtaining i'm
portant concessions in the way of sub
stantially increased sugar allotment to
the state. Mr., Brooks says that there
will be no certificates issued from his
office for August inasmuch as certificates
issued for July give the state its proper
amount for go days. He Is now working
out plan of redistribution of the sugar
already in the state, so that he will be
able to take care of places where short
age, on the two pounds a month per cap
ita exists, by Withdrawing supplies from
communities where more sugar than Is
actually needed is on hand
Although making no promises, Mr.
Brooks, in his statement, shows that he
is still hopeful that some way will be
found to provide sugar for canning, and
while this plan is being perfected he asks
Vermonters to make their best effort ia
can without sugar, which is entirely
practical. With the coming of Septem-
Der new certificates will be issued, un.
less the situation takes an entirely un.
expected turn. By November or Decem-
Der, and certainly by January the sugar
situation should be materially relieved
for the beet sugar crop in the west and
the cane crop from Cuba will give relief
Mr.. Brooks statement, in which he
urges permonters to demonstrate again
their real and applied patriotism in meet
ing the sugar crisis, is as follows;
Your food administrator, in matters
that touch every last household in Yer
mont, such as the present sugar situa-
ton, does not believe in holding aloof
with facts that underlie such conditions.
Sugar certificates for the manufactur.
ers, dealers, hotels and restaurants, etc,
have not been issued in general for Au-
gust for the following reasons.
First, there were issued in July to
these people enough certificates to cover
their needs for July and August. In this
way the needs of the public were also
provided for.
Second, Washington allotted Vermont
for July sugar on the basis of three
pounds and for August two pounds per
capita.
THE total certificates issued for July
were for an amount slightly in excess
of the requirements on the above basis
1t does not take long to understand that
certificates, therefore, were already out
before August to cover the needs of the
public for August.
Nov Vermont cannot eat its sugar
and. have it still on hand, or TO be issued
in certificates. No more certificates
should be issued at all, but Washington
is liberal with us and has allotted lin
tied amount to use in districts where
there may be no sugar. Furthermore, in
districts where there is an over supply
of sugar, an honest attempt will be made
to so redistribute it that no community
win be long without sugar This all re-
quires patience, good will and patriot.
ism. These three attributes win put the
thing across for August. For September
we expect to issue new certificates that
viii be based on rulings from Washing.
ton. For the present we must get along
without any new issue of certificates
and depend upon redistribution under the
form of special permits. ] ask the hearty
support of the public in this program
and will undertake to be absolutely i'm.
partial and fair in preventing any hard
ship or injustice.
ut may be asked why the large over,
issue of July certificates was permitted
The sudden announcement of the neces
sity for saving sugar and the plan Of
operation made 1t imperative TO issue
certificates based on statements made
by dealers and others. Doubtless with
good motive, most over estimated theil
requirements for July. Careful analysis
from the records proves beyond doubt
that such estimates were made and that
enough certificates were issued to pro.
vide for both July and August There
was no time for investigating, and &C,
ton had to be based on the returns sent
to this Office.
press reports indicate that Massachu.
setts ver-issued by nearly three times
the amount for that state, and New
Hampshire nearly two and one-hali
times. In Massachusetts all certificates
were recalled Aug. and new ones, based
on careful analysis, issued. Vermont
not having oyer-issued certificates to sc
great an extent, it was thought best
not to recall certificates but to try anC
make the issue meet requirements fol
both months, This method viii doubt
less lead to less eoAfusion than any
other which could be adopted.
ut is absolutely necessary that Their,
be the most rigid economy in the use o.
sugar Some families have saved sugar
for canning even on the two-pound basis
They are to be most worthily praised
and their example emulated. Others car
do so. A little later If it can be consist
entity done, some plan may be worked
out to provide some sugar for canning
| if it is at all possible to do SO. In tn,
meantime, try, and try again, and try