The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-16
SUGAR RATION N
State IS REDUCED
TWO POUNDS PER PERSON PEA
MONTH NOW APPLIES To
ALL HoUsEhoLna.
LOWEST WAR ALLOWANCE

Dbat rss1sssee b. Facing = Seessua
Sugar ehertags 10 shown ~ thu
Rsr Capita AiIatment for Month o.
Auanat-sims n Enallsh Ai,e~sae>
Nashville Thanksgiving Angus
4 the sugar. ration In Tennessee wa
reduced from thras pounds PR capits
per month to two pounds. This ap
plies. to ell households and. t. all pub
JIG eating places. No more than thu
amounA will BE- issueG 70 the Fetal
des,ars 30 that n is UP to them to see
That their customers do. no. exceed thu
allotment. otherwise other customers
win have Ia do without aud that VIII
disturb ne plan OF distribution.
That the state is facing a serious
susse. shortage Is shown by the measrs
allotmsat made 10 Tennessee for An
gust by the food administration. THU
state has been allowed oniy 6.Soo.oo(
pounds. Two pounds per capita will
take 4.c00.0 900 pounds Of this. The ho-
tells and public eating places win take
at least 100000 pounds. leaving only
q million and thres.quartsrs Of pounds
for. she bakers tho essential and non
essential manufacturers e~ creau
dealers, etc. and also for heme can
ninG. n Is ssdmafsd that the ordinary
dsmasA for homo canning would 70
quirs not loss than . million. pounds,
limiting purchases tn twenty-five
pounds. 70 that there wiz practically
bs NO SUGAR for tho manufacturers and
the bakseA TAp allewsncs a twa
pounds per psrson 10 the lowest ever
known in America II IL The same now
10 the allowance n Great Britain. but
10 . half pound more thaa he ALLOW
ancs the Frsnoh have.
Mill Fssds Advanced
NJ the result Of the new price sche6.
uis announces By ne food administra.
ton, grain corporation tho prices or
wheat mill feeds have been advanced.
about 81 or IS per ton. The price of
flopr remains unchanged, except that
mills. instead Of having = profit a.
7b cents q barrel. where thsys sell to.
dealers. win be limited to = profis q
- csnts per barrel.
Memphis Conference.
Probably the beat conference that
tn food administrators Of Tennessee.
have ever bald was, that At Memphis
wnsn the county administrator Of The
Memphis zone met "a the Hotel CAiA
ca. for an all day session. The fol-.
loving named wsre pressnt: @. C.
Chvs. 0bion county; James II. Smith.
Lake county; d W. Moss. Dyer eoun
ty; =. Greer, Gibson county; v. p
Morlarity. Lsudcrdaie county: Il. X.
Mcbride. Upton county; = b. Sum-
merS Fayetts county: J. w. C. Num-.
Crocbsts county: Isaac Lew. haywood
csuaty and Chariss J. Haase " Shell.
By county The meeting was presided
over by J. l. Ffnney, assistant 10 fed.
sral food admAistrator of the state.
Reports from all Of the counties were
most encouraging. showing splendid
organizations and the people generally
loysa to the food administration.
The conferenpe adcptsd Q reso1ut1on
requesting tAst the recent rule ss1ow
ing . twelve-pousd wheat ffSur rstion
b psscinded snd that the limit for
each Individual b again placed q an
pouuds, allowing the fifty -afty rule to
remain In. Gull force and effect. The
members expressed tha opinion that
the rwslvepound rule made for waste
and In effect dsfeatea the fifty.fifty
substitution regulation.
Dr.. n. A. Morgan. the federal rood
administrator. was present and dis
cussed the sugar situation. pofusns
out how serious n would be with tie
states allowance cut by 80 per cent
There ensusd q long Discussion over
canning sugar and practically all OF
the members % the conference sx-
crossed the soinion thse the rsguia'
lions % this subject should be 90
CHANGED that families who had al
ready had - much ~ twenty-five
hounds q sugar should BE- denied the
n4N - meBe ~ tuxeH& DeSs
tor canning purposes.
Hss. p. n. Harding. OF Mississippi.
~ Hon. Ramp. Williams. Of Arkan-
Vas. were present. and both addressed
IN. meeting. On the followins day
the federal food .atmihistrstors of the
sixth rome held an interesting meeting
ana discussed the cotton seed oil and
Ginning problsm at length. many OF
the leading sinnsrs and oh men OF
that section being present,
Sugar HeardinS-
A uosorman of the Nashville RAT
way sad Lisht Company was fined Sic
Sy- csuasy Psed Administrator r,
iochsrt poak for having hoardO.
sugar. A Number Of other fines were
Imposed ~ the food naturalization
during the vsek. rsnsir,s from $40 TO
$50 TOR violations Of s,'ous rules and
There 10 general tght
snins Of The rules and violators are
punished.
Ice Cream Restrictions
Hersaftes undsr an orter % OF.
norran. the ts6sral food atninistrtor,
a. ~r~.m mswufnctur~rw rho do net |