Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-01
STRICT FOOD RULES
ARE ISSUED BY THE
CO. ADMINISTRATOR
ORDER GOVERNING USE OF Su-
GAR AND FLOUR BECOMES Eff
FeCTivE ToDAY-2-lB. LIMIT
PLACED ON FORMER.

Strictest economy TO help in con-
servation Of foods especially sugar,
is to be enforced by County Admins
tratNr W. +. Stevens who in letter
To the public, issues rules governing
the sales of sugar aud -four in all
parts OF the county The order be
comes effective today
In his instructions care is taken to
defend the grocer. who Mr.. Stevens
says should not be censured II in the
operation Of the departmental man.
date. they are "pinched" by the regu.
la'ions. The dealer, he says, is forced
to observe the rules enacted upon
them under penalty of having their
own supplies entirely cut off.
The consumer should not ask any
dealer to violate any rules, neither
should they violate any rules them
selves, as The penalty applies equal
b ~ to both parties involved in viola.
ton and in this connection remember
that no violation can be completed
without Two parties to the transac.
ton. namely, the buyer and the sell
Ter
For some time The food admins.
tration has had the machinery 10 dis.
cover violations on the part of the
seller, and now since July list, q new
service has been installed by which
IT is possible TO discover violations
on the part Of the buyer as well. This
service is now in operation in this
district and any yiolators of the rules
must not be surprised if they are
called upon by the United States food
administration 70 explain the record
they have made for themselves, and
TOR which no noe else is IN any way
responsible. The new rules so far as
the general public is concerned are
substantially as follows.
]. Commencing August !. all
old rules regarding the atounts OF
sugar for canning and regular family
use are withdrawn
2 Anyone who has already had
III pounds or more Of sugar for can
ming purposes may not have any more
for the rest of the season.
Those who have not yet had any
sugar for canning purposes may have
only 10 pounds for the rest of the sea
son.
T. For regular family use the al
lOwance will be lbs OF sugar pc,
person per month instead of
pounds as has been the case in the
past
>. Flour rules so far as consumers
are concerned are practically un
changed
This publication constitutes ofcia
notice to every one concerned. hence
in the future pleas of ignorance OF
the rules cannot be accepted as ex
cuse for violations. II you do no.
know what is the right thing to dc
do not do anything until you find out
The above rules are explicit and q
careful study OF them will supply al
the needed information The United
States food administration regrets the
necessity Of putting them into, effect
bur nothing else remains TO be done
The developments of the past few
weeks have resulted in the distribu
ton Of large percentage Of the SUI
gar crop of France and the destruc
ton of its retineries The Cuban croI
is several million pounds short. Oul
army in Europe is rapidly increasing
and will have Us needs supplied IL We
have to go without ii entirely in this
country Our government Is under
contract to supply stated amounts tt
our allies. and the United States
doesn't break its contracts. Within
the past six weeks more than fifty
million pounds which have constitut
ed part Of our supply for August and
September, have been sunk off the
Atlantic coast.
The situation changes rapidly from
week to week We must be prepared
for new rulings from day to day and
must learn to cooperate willingly and
periodically as the large majority are
ready and willing to do when they
understand what is desired II there
shall be some among us who make
bad record and as result find they
are in trouble, they must remember
they chose to make the records them
selves and must assume the RESPONSE
bility.
w, f. STEVENS.
Food Administrator for La Sale Co