Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-08

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Nashville, Tenn.-BeginninE AugHs'
/ the sugar ration in Tennessee wa
reduced from three pounds per cap'ts
per month to two pounds. This ap
plies to all households and to all PUB
lilo eating places. No. more than this
amount will be issued to the retail
dealers so that 1t is up to them 70 see
that their customers do no exceed ths
allotment, otherwise other euStOnsra
will have to do without and that viii
disturb the plan of distribution.
That the state is facing serious
sugar shortage is shown by the meagrs
allotment made to Tennessee for "A
gust by the food administration. This
state has been allowed only 100000
pounds. Two pounds per capita win
take 100000 pounds Of this. The no.
tells and public eating places win take
at least 100000 pounds, leaving only
million and threequarters Of pounds
for the bakers the essential and NON
essential manufacturers, Ice cream
dealers, etc.. and also for homs, caar
ming. II Is sstimated that tho ordinary
demand for home canning would re-
quire mot less than q million pounds,
limiting purchases to twenty-five
pounds. SO that there will practically
be no sugar for the manufacturers and
the bakers. The allowance of TIVE
pounds per person IL the lowest ever
known in America. 1t IL the same now
40 the allowance in Great Britain. but
10 q half pound more thaa the allow.
ance the French have.
Mill Feeds Advanced.
AS the result of the new price sched.
uls announced by the food adndnistra.
ton grain corporation the prices OF
wheat mill feeds have been advanced
about 81 or IS per ton. The price of
flour remains unchanged, except that
mills, instead of having a profit of
rs cents a barrel, where they sell to
dealers, will be limited to profit OF
90 cents per barrel
Memphis Conference.
Probably the best conference that
have ever held was that at Memphis
when the county administrators Of the
Memphis zone met at the Hotel CHS
ca, for an all day session. The fol.
lowing named were present: G. c.
Clogs, obion county; James H. Smith.
Lake county; D. w. Moss, Dyer coun
ty; E. Greer, Gibson county; V. P.
Moriarity, Lauderdale county: X. K.
Mcbride, Upton county; j. B. Sum.
mers, Fayette county; J. w. c. Num-,
Crockett county; Isaac Levy, Haywood
county and Charles ]. Haase. of Shell
by county. The meeting was presided
over by J. /. Finney, assistant to fed
eral food administrator OF the state.
Reports from all OF the counties were
most encouraging, showing splendid
organizations and the people generally
loyal to the food administration.
The conference adopted resolution
requesting that the recent rule allow
ing a twelve pound wheat flour ration
be rescinded and that the limit for
each individual be again placed at six
pounds, allowing the fifty fifty rule to
remain In full force and effect. The
members expressed the opinion that
the twelve-pound rule made for waste
and in effect defeated the fifty-fifty
substitution regulation.
DR.. H. A. Morgan, the federal food
cussed the sugar. situation, pointing
out how serious it would be with the
states allowance cut by 80 per cent.
There ensued long discussion over
canning sugar and practically all OF
the members of the conference ex-
pressed the opinion that the regula.
lions on this subject should be so
changed that families who had al.
ready had as much as twenty-fi
pounds Of sugar should be denied the
right to make any further purchases
for canning purposes. !
Hon. p M. Harding, Of Mississippi.
and Hon. Hamp. williams, of Arkan.
sas, were present, and both addressed
the meeting. On the following day
the federal food administrators OF the
sixth zone held an interesting meeting
and discussed the cotton seed oil and
ginning problem at length. many OF
the leading ginners and oil men of
that section being present.
Sugar boarding.
A motorman of the Nashville Rail |
way and Light Company was fined $40
by County Food Administrator K. |
Lockert Dostk for having boarded |
sugar. A number OF other fines were |
imposed by the food administration |
during the week. ranging from $40 to
$50 for violations OF various rules and |
regulations. There is a general tight
ening of the rules and violators are
punished.
Ice Cream restrictions.
Hereafter under an order of DR..
Morgan, the fedora food administrator,
ice cream manufacturers who do not
make a cream containing al least IL !
per cent OF butter fat will be- denied
the right to have any sugar Regular
inspections will be made to detsrRine
whether or not the manufacturers are
complying with the regulation. !