Cleveland County herald., 1918-06-20
BEEF AND SUGAR
ARE NOW LIMITED
IMPORTANCE OF FOOD DURING
WAR POINTED OUT BY H. C.
HOOVER TO ARKANSAS.
Every State In the Union is Called
On To Make Its Sacrifice in
Order to Win the Great
Struggle.

Not only the submarines working
off the Atlantic coast brought the war.
home to the people of the United
States, but the most urgent reauests
for additional conservation of sugar.
and beef, which came direct from Her
bert c. Hoover, food administrator for
the United States, emphasized the i'm
portance of that fact and made plain
the truth of the slogan of the food
administration, Food Will Win the.
War;
In telegram to Hamp Williams.
federal food administrator for Arkan-
sas, Mr.. Hoover points out the neces-
slty for beginning Immediately TO
save every pound Of sugar md beef
possible. Therefore, as these orders
apply alike to every state in the
Union, the people of Arkansas, iudg-
ing by the enyiable record they have
made in the return of flour, will again
measure up 100 per cent" in the SUI
gar and beef conservation
New Sugar Ruling.
The new ruling for sugar. which
went into effect Thursday, June 20, is
as follows:
All sales of sugar in cities and
towns limited to two pounds, and sug-
gar sales in the country limited to five
pounds.
Under no consideration must sugar
be sold to any family more than three
pounds per person per family.
To illustrate: A family of four per-
sons is entitled to twelve pounds of
sugar month. That amount can on
iy be purchased two pounds at a time.
1t means six trips to the store to get
the sugar. 1t also means the family
will make each two pounds last as
long as possible.
1T may seem inconvenient to have
to go to the store six times" said Mr..
Williams, "but by the same token it
is extremely inconvenient for our boys
in the trenches. Let us gladly make
as many trips as necessary and with
a song Of loyalty and patriotism on
our lips"
Sugar for home canning is limited to.
sales of fifteen pounds In the event
more sugar is needed by a purchaser
for that purpose, the County Food Adj
ministrator may issue the necessary
permit to get additional sugar for
home canning and preserving.
Sugar for commercial Gamers will
be given as needed. All commercial
Gamers are urged to-make an esti-
mate of their requirements in this re-
Epect and send that estimate to their
County Food Administrators who will
transmit it to Mr.. Williams office
Hotels, restaurants and other pub
Tic eating places are appealed to IN
the beef conservation campaign in no
uncertain manner. Hereafter, ana IN
til September Is, they are TO serve
beefsteak and roast beef but one meal
during the week, and boiled beef is
limited to two meals week
In place of beef they are urged 10
use pork and its by products, such
as ham, bacon and sausage. The
United States Food Administration al
so make this fact plain:
We do not export substantial
quantities of by-products of beef.
such as hearts and livers, nor do We
ship veal, mutton, or lamb in large
quantities. Therefore. restrictions Oh
beef do not apply to the foregoing. -
That means hearts, livers, veal. mur-
ton and lamb may also be used in
connection with ham, BEGAN and sau-
sage as substitutes for beef. And TO
house holders Mr.. Hoover sends this
most urgent request:
We ask householders not under
any circumstances to buy more than
one and one-quarter pounds of clear
beef weekly or one and one-half
pounds, including the bone, per per-
son in the household"
The Real Reason.
The real reason for this conserya-
tlot of beef is seen in a telegram from
Mr.. Hoover:
Beef in storage has decreased from
346,000,000 pounds on January ! TO
27,000,OO0 pounds on June L.. OF this
latter amount, 10000, 900 pounds is
meat in process of preparation for
and shipment to allied countries and
for use of our army. The balance rep
resents less than three days supply
to the country. The demand for beef
for our army and the allied armies
and their civil population for this sum
mer are beyond our present surplus"
Every county food administrator has
been sent copies of these special m
structions, with request to distribute
same to all retailers of sugar and 10
all hotels, rests urants and other public
eating places.