Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-08-30
WEEKS FOOD FACTS
FIVE POUNDS PER CAPITA OF
SUGAR FOR CANNING IN SEP
TENDER

1AS Oul army 1uCfCaScS more anu more
men will be drawn from the farms;
perhaps. we have now passed the peak of
production. Harvests are bound to vary
with seasonal changes. Our only safe
course is to provide enormous reserve
stores of staple foods both here ard in
Europe to meet any emergency. In a
later period of the war, in some critical
phase, to have to stop in order to de-
!! vote our energies to farming might be
fatal to our final success. There must
be no let down in the program Of con-
servation with the new harvest.
Heartened by our success we must go
ahead realizing more than ever our re-
sponsibility to those who fight with US
and those who look to us as the only
source Of food supply to save them
from destruction.
We must see that the morale of our
men and those who fight with them is
kept at high tide. We can do so if they
feel our support all the time. By the
food saving program the American
people are to keep them all in health
| and comfort and courage until the final
victory.-Dr. Ray Lymac Wilbur.
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Five pounds Of sugar per capita will
be released for canning purposes in
Minnesota for September making TO-
nal for the season to October l of Is
pounds per capita.
September regulations on sugar for
canning will operate along the same
lines as those in effect dur
ing August. Those who secured sugar
in excess Of Is pounds per capita before
the per capita basis was made effec-
tive will be permitted no sugar; ;those
| who on August 81 have secured the limit
to that time Of 10 pounds per per-
son will be allowed S pounds for each
person in the household during Septem-
Der and those who have not yet secured
any sugar for canning purposes may
have during this month the full IS
pounds for each person.
"Sugar regulations have been made
in tho main for the purpose of provid-
ing adequate sugar for all legimate can
ming needs,' says A. D. Wilson, federal
food administrator for Minnesota, land
rigid adherence to the regulations has
made it possible to provide by the end
of September Is pounds Of sugar for
every person, to be used in canning and
preserving only. This should make
possible an amount Of canned
fruits sufficient to supply reason
able needs and prevent any waste Of
fruit through inability to preserve The
food administrator urged that every
family secure its full quote of sugar for
canning and put up the maximum
amount of fruit with it.
For regular household purposes the
two pounds per person per month rule
is still in effect; candy manufacturers
continue on basis Of so per cent Of the
normal supply of sugar and bakers 20
per cent just as before.
The elimination of candy from tho
diet by the consumers is suggested by
the food administration as a means Of
securing additional sugar for the sold
iers and for canning.
Osakis is the fourth town in MINI
esota to accept the food administration
suggestion that food deliveries by the
dealers be done away with as a means
Of helping to keep down the rising cost
Of foodstuffs. Alexandria food dealers
have adopted one delivery system.
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The work of the state food admins
istration will be exemplified in display
at the Minnesota State fair, September
2 to Z. The exhibit will be placed in
the agricultural building and the entire
exhibit will occupy 1000 square feet of
space. Conservation will be dealt with
from the standpoint Of the homes, the
bakery, and the public eating places;
distribution from the food dealer stand
point; production, the farm and home.
The better understanding of what the