Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-09
NEW RESTRICTIONS
ON SALE OF SUGAR
Manufacturers Needing Product
Must Furnish Certificates
to Dealers

Is, 1918, wholesale and retail dealers in
sugar shall not ship or deliver sugar to
any person or concern engaged in any
business Of manufacturing, boiling. pack
ing or preparing products in which sugar
IL used. until he has secured from the pur-
chaser a certificate or certificates duly en-
dorsed by the buyer and issued to the
buyer by the federal food administrator
for the State, certifying that the total
amount of sugar to be sold or delivered
will no. give the buyer more than his fair
share Of the sugar then available for dis
tribution in the United States. Announce
ment to this effect was made tonight at
tho office Of Acting State Federal Food
Administrator John T. Gushing.
This rule shall not apply to shipments
or deliveries on bona fida contracts en-
forceable at law made prior to May Is,
1918. nor does the rule apply to sales or
deliveries TO hotels. restaurants. boarding
houses or other public eating houses
whose products are sold for consumption
on the premises. nor to wholesale or re-
tail dealers In sugar holding a license
from the United States food administra-
ton. nor to bakers and cracker manu-
facturers holding bakers license.
In addition 20 these exemptions certi-
Individual consumers. or in sales to I'M
licensed retailers of sugar not engaged in
tho manufacturing business. Neither will
certificates he required in selling to IL
censed wholesalers. retailers or bakers.
even though they use sugar in the manu-
facture Of ether products. because the
use Of sugar by such dealers will be con-
trolled directly by the license regulations.
Among the manufacturers In selling to
whom certificates must be required are
the following: but the list is not abso-
iutely complete: apple butter. beverage
syrups. candy. catshup. cereals. chewing
gum. chill sauce, chocolate cocoa, condi-
ments, confectionery, explosives. flavor.
ing extracts, fruit preserves, fruit syrup.
glycerine, honey. invert sugar, ice cream.
jam, jelly. meat products, medicines. pre-
serves. pickles. soda water, soft drinks.
syrups. tobacco. wine.
Other classes who must furnish certifi-
Gates to the wholesaler or retailer before
sugar can be purchased are: Gamers.
preservers and packers of every kind of
vegetables. fruit, milk and meat; soda
water fountains and dispensers of soft
drinks; bottlers Of soft drinks.
The use of sugar is prohibited to
leather tanners and manufacturers of
non.e0lDie products ana no CertlnCates
will be issued to them.
The effect Of this rule is that no manu-
facturer using sugar will be permitted
after May Is to purchase without the
surrender Of authorized sugar distribu.
ton certificates issued by the State food
administrator. Manufacturers may obtain
certificates at the office Of Acting State
Food Administrator John T. Cushing ir
st. Adams. upon delivery Of the required
sworn statement which shows the amount
Of sugar to which manufacturer Is en-.
titled.
Before certificates can be issued, man.
ufacturers must make out a definite re.
port on the form prepared by the food
administration. which can be secured or
application Of the Vermont administra
ton off1ces in st. Adams. The sugar
rationing plan as at present contem-
plated will endure for the month Of Ma,
and June. but it may become necessary
to continue 1t in effect for July and
August.
Certificates will be issued by tn.
State food administrator covering the
period from May Is. to July I, in &C
cordance with their sworn statements
Certificates Will be issued in demon
nations OF from 50 pounds to 5000
P0ShuS' oHu thO TeCelV
Ing them shall sign his name on the
back In the space set apart for tina
purpose. No wholesaler or retailer Il
to sell sugar to any manufacturer ex
cept on the certificate and then onl,
In the quantities set forth on the Ger
| tificate. The certificate is to be can
cancelled by the wholesalers after 1t ha
come into his hands and returned L
the State administrator.
The statements to be submitted by tn,
manufacturers as the basis on which
| the sugar certificates are to be ISSUED
| should include all sugar purchase
| made by the manufacturer up to Ma,
IL. and consequently will not be &C
copied by the State food administra
ton before that date although appli
cation for them should be made befor
then.
Mr.. Gushing said tonight that manu-
lecturers should give this matter thei
best attention and should be accurat
IN making out their statements Of suga
requirements. for lack of definitenes
J or any evasion will result only in de
lay ana the inability of the manufac
tursr to obtain sugar as the whole
salers and retailers as well as the re
timers are under strict orders not t
mako any salo of sugar on and afte
Kay IS except in cases where the dull
authorised sugar certificate is surrend
cred to the buyer.
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