Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
ADD ONE POUND TO
SUGAR Allotment
Saving in Past Month Results
in Public Being Benefited.

Edmund Mitchell, Food Administra-
tor for Delaware, has sent the follow
ing notice to all food dealers in the
State, announcing an increase in the
amount of sugar each person is al
lowed monthly.
Beginning with November, each per-
son is allowed three pounds per
month. an increase of one pound over
prior regulations. The sugar may all
be obtained at one time.
More rigid regulations in the use
of flour are announced, dealers not
being permitted to sell wheat flour,
unless they at the same time sell sub
stitute flour. Violaters are warned,
that they will be punished and all
citizens are requested to report any
known violations to the Food Admin
iStratOr.
"Your sugar certificate for Novem-
Der is based as nearly as possible on
the new allotment Of three pounds
per person per month for both cook
ing and table use.
''Beginning November LIST you are
permitted to soil consumer at one
time. sufficient to meet his require
ments for one month, but you must be
sure his requirements do not exceed
three pounds per person per month.
1T is the intention of the Food Adj
ministration to furnish sugar to every
dealer that will enable him to take
care of his customers according to
this allowance, and it may he we
have made your allowance less than
II should be or more than it should be.
''If the latter is the case we will
expect YOU to cOnfine your sales to the
three pounds allowance and advise
this office Of any surplus sugar you
may have.
"If we have not given you sufficient
to supply your customers and you
will advise us when your supply or
sugar is exhausted and give us the
number Of customers you have to
serve, we will try to arrange to fur
nish YOU additional sugar.
"While the Food Administration is
compelled to regulate the use OF all
food articles that are shipped abroad,
we will try at all times to have sufH-
Gent to meet the needs of all who re-
main at home.
"You will please keep up your coun-
ter registers which we have furnish
ed YOU and see that they are sent
promptly TO this Office on the 23th
only of every month, as this is the
only means we have Of checking up
our customers with the customers OF
others If any disloyal persons pur-
chase sugar in two different stores
at the same time we will then be able
to see that they are promptly detect
ed
1--WE will also use the counter regis
ter in making future monthly sugar
allOtments.
Flour and Substitutes.
"The rule in the sales Of flour has
not been changed. With every pound
Of wheat flour that is sold You must
at the same time sell One-quarter
pound of substitutes, even if the Gus
TONER has the substitutes at home.
IF dealer should be out of sub
stitutes he must suspend the sale OF
flour until substitutes are secured.
Not having substitutes on hand will be
no excuse for selling -four without
substitutes.
Anyone violating the rules govern
ing the sale Of sugar and the sale
of wheat -four with substitutes, will
be promptly reported to Washington,
who will see that they are properly
prnaliZed
1T is not the intention Of the Ad-
mnistration to prevent home cana
ming. but the sugar for home canning
can now only be secured upon certif1-
cate approved by this office. These
certificates will be issued promptly
upon the application Of anyone who
desires sugar for this purpose, pro-
vided they have the fruit or vegetables
on hand at the time application for
sugar is made.
1T is the duty of everyone, store
keeper or consumer, to promptly re-
port to this Office the names of any
storekeeper or consumer who violates
any Of these rules.
"EDMUND MITCHELL,
"Federal Food Administrator for
Delaware"