New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-08-03
FOOD OFFICES FINE FEAT IN
DIVIDING SUGAR.

The Louisiana Food Admins
tration has made anhoter record.
This time the feat was in connec-
ton with the sugar distribution
system. The sugar handlers have
been divided into five classes,
and the and the total appllca-
tions exceeded nine thousand.
The July certificates were accomp-
anied by the promise that the
August allotments would be Is
sued about July 20. The new
certificates were ready but the
Government ordered them held
IT'D for further orders. The SUI
gar shortage had become more
acute and there was need for re-
vising the division and recastlng
the distribution. When the new
instructions were telegraphed the
consumption limit was reduced to.
two pounds per person per month,
and Louisiana allotment was
scaled from a little over ten mil
lion pounds to a little over SIX
million, and the August cloth had
to be cut to fit. A rush job was
performed. The certificates to
dealers, bakers and eating places
have gone out and the supply left
has been apportioned to the indus
tries in accordance with their es-
sentiality status. Handlers of
sugar in a number of states say
that Louisiana made one Of the
best showings in the entire coun-
try. The staff not only worked
extra hours. but expert adding
machine operators from the bank
were enlisted and filled in the
nights and Sundays. Jno. M.
Parker, Food Administrator for
Louisiana, is very proud of the
service his Office was able to per-
form. "a IL.
The subtraction of another
pound from the already COM
pressed sugar rations was fol-
lowed by very little complaint,
and compliance is already general
without the need Of ANYTHING that
sounded like a command. Fac
tories, resorts, and other large SUI
gar users have already learned TO
use substitutes, such as honey and
syrups made from other products
than sugar cane or beets. The
householders are not vet quite as
adept. but they are learning fast.
The Encouragement among the
home bakers has passed and they
are now making bread, muffin and
cakes without sugar and prepar-
ing fine pastry with the substi-
tutes. Preserving and canning
have been practiced more extern
sively than in many years, owing
to the bountiful fruit crop, but the
pack was completed with much
less sugar. Cooking the fruit al
little longer makes it possible 10
dispense with considerable sugar,
and the Government and other
agencies disseminated education
IN processes which almost did
away with the need for sweeten-
inr.
The changes in the flour pro-
gram have not yet been cabled ny
Herbert Hoover. who made u
personal survey Of the situation in
Europe so as to lay his plans most
efficiently. In the meantime the
food administrators Of the zone,
including Texas, Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Mississippi and Tennessee,
with Arkansas and Alabama as
voluntary allies, has agreed upon
absolutely uniform -four regula-
tions for the entire section. Ger
tificates covering various phases
Of wheat conservation are being
drawn up and these will be made
immediately effective and will be
enforced alike in all the states
named. This viii do away with
the border troubles which have
not only been very annoying but
which gave opportunity to the
comparatively few unpatriotic
merchants to profit upon the 10y