Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
SUGAR MANDATE
DRAWN TIGHTER
Customers Hereafter Must Present
Certificate When Buying Allot-
ted Three Pounds.
REGULATIONS IN EFFECT
Give Name, Date of Purchase, Num-
Der I'm Family and Use To Which
Article VIII Be Put.

Customers hereafter who pur-
chase the allotted three pounds Of
sugar per month, for each person
in the family will be required TO
give the name, date of purchase,
address, number in family and use
TO which the sugar is to be put. to
the grocer from whom they make
the purchases. The % pounds which
are allotted for canning purposes
cannot be used otherwise. People
who so to another store after hav-
ing purchased the allotted amount
for the month will be subject to
prosecution for violation of food
regulations. The records must he
kept by each grocer and turned
over to the local food administrator
at the end of the month.
Such is the mandate that is Is
sued through DR.. W. f. Taylor,
United States food administrator,
and NJ. o. Griswold, county food
administrator from Washington, eff
fective July l.
HOuseholders will not be allowed
to buy over three pounds each
month per person. Only two
pounds can be sold at one time in
cities and five pounds to consumers
residing in rural communities.
Regulations Summary.
The summary of sugar regula-
tons by the local food administra-
ton follows:
Everyone except consumer, buy
ing sugar after July l will be re-
CURED to furnish certificates for
the amount of their purchases. In
cluded in groups from whom certif-
lcates will be required are: All
wholesale dealers in sugar, all re-
tail dealers in sugar, bakers, oil
public eating places, hotels, res
taurants. boarding houses, public
and other refreshment houses, din
ing cars. boats, clubs, buffets,
caterers, city, county, state or fed
eral institutions, hospitals, private
canteens, internment camps and all
similar eating places.
Boarding houses feeding regu-
iarly 25 persons or more including
help, will be required to obtain
sugar certificates and should apply
at once to the local food admins
TRAITOR. advising number of persons
they feed and have him secure GER
tificate for them at once.
Homes shall not buy over three
pounds for each person per month
and many will not need this much
as it is about three times as much
as the people of France used last
year, and is as much as can be used
to advantage.
Retailers must only sell two
pounds in cities and three pounds
at a time to customers residing in
rural communities. Sugar for home
canning may be sold up to %
pounds to a family, but no one will
be allowed to purchase a second lot
at this time. Sugar purchased for
canning must not be used for other
purposes.
All sales except to householders
as above, must be made by retailers
only upon surrender to them of au-
thoriZed sugar distribution certifi-
Gates issued to the buyer by the
food administration.
These regulations are uniform
throughout the nation, and are
made by the food administrator that
there may be more equitable dis
tribution of sugar. All sales will
be checked UP carefully and any
cases where purchasers have
bought more than three pounds per
capita from any sources will be in
vestigated and may lead to prosecu-
ton.