The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-23
NEW SUGAR RULINGS MADE
Manufacturers of Articles Requiring
Sugar Must Make Sworn Statement
and Secure Certificate from State
Food Adm r Before Purchasing.

Charged with violating the rulings of
the United States Food Administra-
tion, two merchants Of Kenosha county,
whose names have not yet been made
public, have been detected by the county
food administrator, H. L. Bullamore,
and reported to the state food admins
traitor, Magnus Swenson. The offense
with which the merchants were charged
was selling sugar in 100 pound lots.
The state food administrator required
these men to contribute to the Red
Gross fund the sum of ten dollars each.
If they refuse to comply with the rul-
ing of the state food administrator or
if this sentence is not satisfactory to
the county administrator a further
penalty may be placed upon them
suspending them from the transaction
of business.
Since the canning season has arrived,
in order to properly conserve the sugar
supply, the food administrator has di-
vided the persons using sugar in any
considerable quantity into two classes,
essential and less essential manufact
urers, which ruling went into effect
May 18th, and which requires the less
essential manufacturer to file a ration
card and make a sworn statement on
blanks provided by the county food
administrator and secure certi-
fcate from him furnished by. the state
food administrator.
Home Gamers, such as housewives
who can for themselves, or who sell the
product of their canning; hotels, res
taurants, boarding houses, and other
public eating places, whose products
are sold on the premises; wholesale and
retail dealers in sugar holding a license
from the United States Food Admins
tration, and bakers and cracker manu-
facturers holding licenses, are excepted
from the ration card described herein.
All other manufacturers using sugar
must make application in sworn state
ment on blanks provided by the county
food administrator and secure a GER
tifcate from him. These manufactur
ers include: condiment manufacturers,
tionery, chocolate, soft drinks, and bev
erage syrl1ps; bottlers of soft drinks;
manufacturers of fruit syrup and flaw
oring extracts, sweet pickles, chewing
gum, cocoa, invert sugar, vines and
cereals; soda water fountains, and
sellers of soft drinks.
The ruling allows the foregoing
eighty per cent of what their normal
demands would be.
The essential manufacturers and
those which are entitled to one humid
red per cent of their normal demand
are: preservers and packers Of vegeta-
bles, catsup, chill sauce, fruit and milk
manufacturers of jam, jelly, and pre-
serves; meat packers; ice cream manu-
facturers, excluding sherbets and water
ices; druggists, for medical purposes
only; tobacco and explosive manu-
facturers; manufacturers Of apple but
ter; honey producers, and glyeerine
manufacturers.
The certificate mentioned herein shaR
be issued only upon the sworn state
ment of the manufacturer, which shall
be returned by the county food admin
istrator to the state food administrator,
with the exception of Milwaukee which
shall return all statements to the county
food admins rator.
No refner, broker, wholesaler, or re-
taller, shall sell sugar, after May 18th,
to manufacturer who comes within
the rule, without this certificate. IF a
manufacturer finds his certificate is in
too large denominations he may sur
render an unused certificate to the
county food administrator and have it
split up into smaller denominations.