Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-30
Drastic Sugar Regulation Will
 Go Into Effect Monday, July 1
Domestic Consumption Limited to Three Pounds Per Month Per Capita, and Certificates Are Neces
 sary to Obtain Product for Canning

Little Rock. June 29.-Never in tn, history of the United States has tn, government taken greater precautions to control the sale of sugar than is seen in the new rationing plan fol this produce, which has been received from the United States food admins
 tration, Washington, by Hamp Will
 Hams, federal food administrator for
 Arkansas, and by him made public today.
 Under the new regulations every one buying sugar must have a cer- tificate, which can only be obtained from the state food administrator. Re-
 liners are not permitted to sell to
 jobbers or wholesalers unless the lat ter have made proper application and been granted a certificate.
 Hotels, restaurants and public eat | ing places nut also have the sugar certificate. Bakers are also put into ] the certificate class before they can 1 buy sugar. Retailers must get cer- tificate before they can buy sugar 1 from jObbers or wholesaler.
 Sugar certificates, it is announced, | will be issued only for the July al- AOIIACACs u1o lS OuC u JuC SlOlld6c of sugar and to prevent Overcrowding of sugar refineries.
 Marked Reduction Announced. Manufacturers of less essentials.
 who were previously allowed 80 per cent of their consumption for three
 months last year, have been reduced to 50 per cent. This class includes all
 manufacturers V)f beverage syrups,
 candies, cereals. chewing gum, cocoa. and chocolate, condiments. confec- tions, flavoring extracts, invert sugar, syrups, soda water, soft drinks, sweet pickles and wines.
 Tobacco, which was permitted un- der the previous ruling to be classed as essential, is placed in the less es- sential class and manufacturers of to- bacco are cut from 100 per cent to 50 per cent supply of sugar.
 Manufacturers of ice cream are also taken from the essential list and placed in the less essential class. Their allotment of sugar, however, is scheduled at 75 per cent, except where made at candy or soda water stands, which are allowed but 50 per cent sugar.
 Supply for Hotels.
 To illustrate: If any public eating house serves 150 guests day for 30 days, that place would serve 4,500 meals month. Dividing that num- Der by thirty, representing the month. it is seen that establishment would be entitled to 150 pounds of sugar.
 In estimating the smaller places of business in this line, and for further illustration taking thirty persons served as the daily average, such place would serve 900 meals a month, which would entitle it to 30 pounds of sugar. Such places should make true and faithful report in filing application for the sugar certificate.
 State Food Administrator Hamp Williams has given the following off, cial interpretation and ruling on sugar to be allowed to hotels, restaurants and all other public eating places: served means the amount of sugar secured under that ruling from Wash ington represents the allotments for all purposes. It includes the supply for cooking and whatever sugarfs used in pies, pastry or desserts. as we'll as for individual service for guests"
 Su&6T IOT 04K0TNs All sugar allotments for bakers will be based on three months period. comprising July. August. and Septem- ber. It must be understood, however. the food administration declares. that only one-third of that supply may be drawn in July. Bakers in comput- ing the amount of sugar they are en- titled to may do one of two things: First. they may take 70 per cent of,,the amount of sugar they used in July, August and September. 1917. as | their allotment for the same corre- spondine months this year. Second. they: may take 70 per cent 1 of the amount of sugar they used in June, 1918. multiply that by three. for their allotment during July. August. ana Septen1ber.
 Retailers Also Restricted. Retailers in pnrchasins sugar must 4ake into careful consideration the a ar,,nsnt nf suear they would sell under