The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-07-18
SUGAR HOARDERS
AIDES OF KAISER,
SAYS Mr.. HEINZ
Hot Shot For SIaCkerS Who
Seek to Protect Themselves
When Famine MGnaCGS,
SUGAR CRISIS is REACHED
We Must Cut to Oae-half Of Normal
Use if Actual Exhaustion at Stock
is to Be Avoided.

is to Be Avoided.
"The SUGAR hoarder in The private
/ family is not only Il slanke" but is
actually helping the kaiser to win the
war" is the emphatic declaration of
Howard Heinz, Federal Food Admins
/ istrator for Pennsylyania-
Everyone knows theTe is short
age of sugar." he said, yet the selfish
| and thoushtlcSS are shopping around,
| trying to avoid the Food Alninistra-
tons regulations and advice. No red
| bloodcd American, knowing the faC's.
can be guilty of going contrary TO Mr.
Hoovcr's voluntary ratioDiHg system
public opinion must stop laNness
on the part of anyone. sugar is an
important food; 1t is essential to
health, but if each individual in this
country thinks that their little bit
of saving amounts TO nothing, and
continues to use ii at normal rate,
this country will have sugar famine
inside of sixty days.
"The idea of rationing the chewing
gum trade, the confectioner, tie soft
| drink manufacturer, and all others
who have been given only a smfll per
centage of their present rate IF CON
sumption, will not make up thH great
deficit that we are facing. 1t will
take the savings of every individual
family to the amount of 30 per cent
of their normal resumption,
"Hotels and restaurants arc limit
ed to three pounds per person for
every ninety meals served, which is
little more than One-half ounce per
meal per person. If lhey exceed this
ration they will soon be without sugar.
Country Has Had Warning.
Every effort has been made by
Mr.. Hoover In Washington, and the
Pennsylvania Administration, for
weeks past, by means of newspaper
warnings and circulars to the trRde,
to call the attention of the public
to the seriousness of the situation.
The recent ruling regarding sugar
certificates was one of the first dras
tic results of the shortage 1t now
seems apparent that certificates alone
will not produce the full results.
"The situation is squarely up to the
consumer. Unless every housewife
cOnserves her sugar supply and adj
heres rigldly to the rule of not more
than 3 pounds per person per month,
there will not be enough sugar to meet
the demands for canning and preserv-
ing when the height of the season is
reached. In other words unless the
people bring themselves to wartime
ration during July there win be no
sugar for them in August.
"More than this not only must we,
for the sake of our national health
and safety, take care of the fruits
and vegetables this summer for the
coming years supply, but we must
save sugar for our boys in the trench
es, and as far as possible exc out the
scanty supply of our allies.
There are substitutes for bread,
for beef, and for other necessities,
but there are no substitutes for
sugar
Ship Shortage Serious.
Every available ship belonging to
the United States and the Allied Gov
ernments has been utilized for months
in rushing our troops to France, and
keeping them supplied with food and
ammunition. Ships that ordinarily
would be engaged in the sugar trade
have been Communicated for war
| service. As il result, we are short
| nvnr ona- If our normal Suoor S,ipplv
THE whole purpose of the Admins
tration now is to protect the house
wife and thus enable her to take care
of the fresh fruit and vegetables and
by canning and preserving secure a
supply for the ensuing year
Manufacturers using sugar have
had their supplies cut away down;
total, the other so per cent are the
household consumers.
in view of these facts the man or
woman who will hoard sugar now, or
refuse to conserve it, is not only a
Stacker, but an open and devoted aid
to the Hun, The people of Pennsyl-
vana who have been asking for an
country now have their opportunity
The question is squarely before them
"Will you get down to a wartime
ration, or will you refuse to conserve
your supply and thus rob not only the
boys in the trenches, the suffering one
among our Allies. but permit vast
quantities of fruit and vegetables to
go to waste which should he saved?
"A person who uses more than the
voluntary sugar ration set by Mr.
Hoover is an enemy of society. The
people of Pennsylvania who are anxi-
Gus to serve their country in this
crisis and who conscientiously con
serve their sugar must be protected
against the Stacker who refuses to do
l. so, The latter individual comes di.
rectly under the provisions Of the law
which impose fine and Imprisonment in
all cases where boarding practices are
discovered by the Administration"