Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-08-21
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IL FOOD ADMINISTRATORS j.
!. NOTES. .I


The following circular letter has
been issued by the State Food Adj
ministrator:
TO All Wholesale and Retail
GroccrS:
The sugar situation is very acute.
The food administration must rely
upon your patriotic cooperation to
tide over the situation.
The food administration estimated
that the supply for July for the Uni
ted states would be 100000 tons.
The supply fell short Of these figures
by large margin, and the result is
that there is not enough sugar to
supply tho country on the basis Of
the first allotment made.
1t Is sternly necessary for the re-
tailers to supervise the sale OF sugar
and prevent those who are greedy
and unpatriotic from obtaining more
than their share. The best device
to accomplish this is to keep record
of all sugar sales, making a carbon
copy of the record, and send the copy
to tho County Food Administrator
He can, therefore, check on those
people who are buying more than
two pounds per person per month.
This record OF sugar sales will be re-
quired Of all retailers in South Caro-
lima. See that an equitable distri-
button of sugar is made to your Gus
toners.
Wholesalers should furnish sugar
to retailers in original packages
where possible. No new jobbers or
wholesalers starting to handle sugar
after July 1st will be given licenses
or certificates. Wholesalers should
not give sugar to retailers In excess
Of normal requirements, even If GER
titicates are presented, but such
wholesalers should Immediately no.
tify the State administrator.
With reference to canning, it
should be spread in every possible
way that fruit can be water-packed
without sugar. The sugar may be
added at time Of consumption. In
formation on this can be obtained
from the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, d. C.
The profit on sugar will be strictly
watched and the retail profit should
not exceed one cent a pound, except
where the fraction of a cent is in
volved.
Sales Of sugar should not exceed
two pounds at one sale to mustom-
er who lives in town, and should no:
exceed five pounds to a customer who
lives in the country. The allowance
Of sugar is TWO pounds per person
per month. That change was neces-
sary on account Of the shortage OF
sugar.
For canning purposes do not sell
more than 25 pounds to a house
holder on home Gamers sugar GER
tificates, and if more Is needed, re-
Quire the written permission of your
County Food Administrator.
For the vast majority of the re-
IoAASio Iho apofe W III Ue pdIliOllCdllS
followed. The unpatriotic few who
violate the sugar regulations will in
cur the sternest penalties the food
administration can inflict.
Retailers must not make more
than one cent profit per pound Oh
sugar, but in selling sugar they can
figure q fraction Of the cent to their
favor.
For example, when sugar costs a
retailer. delivered at his railway sta
ton. u cents a pound, he can sell
one pound Of it at 10 cents a pound,
figuring the fractions of three-fourths
of cent in his favor. When he sells
two pounds Of sugar he can charge
10 cents for 1t, fgurin:, the fraction
Of one-half in his favor. When he
sells five pounds Of this sugar, he
can charge AZ cents, figuring the
fraction of three-fourths Of a cent in
his favor.
The retail selling price for sugar Is
based on the cost Of the sugar deliv-
cred at the railway station Of the re-
taller. The gross maximum profit on
sugar sold at retail must not exceed
one cent a pound, except the frac-
tional part Of cent may be figured
in favor of the retailer as outlined
above.