The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-10-04
AN ADDRESS TO THE PATRIOTIC
PEOPLE OF THE STATE TO
SAVE SUGAR.
GREAT SHORTAGE IN SUGAR
The Allowance In Tennessee Is TW9
Pounds Per Person Per Month.
Patriots Will Not Use More
Than This Amount.

Nashville.-In final effort to more
fairly equalize the distribution Of the
meager sugar allowance for Tennes-
see, DR.. H. A. Morgan, general food ad
ministrator, has issued an appeal to
the patriotic people Of the state. Tho
Food Administration is loath to aban
don its policy of reliance upon the pa
triotism and devotion of the American
people to obtain results, but more dras.
tic regulations may be necessary.
The appeal of DIR. Morgan has been
sent broadcast over the state. Every
retailer of sugar is expected to display
1t conspicuously. The county official
and mayors are asked to post it. This
appeal follows:
An Address ~ the Patriotic People
Of Tennessee--On Sugar.
Everyone knows what patriotism
means. 1t means stand by your coun-
try, and this is addressed only to those
who are willing to stand by their coun.
try
Those who are unwilling to stand by
their country are slackers, and it is
your patriotic duty to report them to
your County Food Administrator, SO
that they can be punished and pub
lished as slackers.
The greatest shortage since the war
Is in sugar. You may not know how
knows, and the PATRIOTS willing to take
the word of his government. Mr..
Hoover knows how little sugar is avail
able for the allied countries, and their
armies, and how keen the shortage is,
and he knows that to maintain IN our
allies the will to win the war Will re-
quire the last ounce that we can spare.
How much sugar are you willing to
spare to win the war?
And to stop the toll Of American
blood and treasure?
Our allowance is two pounds PEI
person per month. We can live on
this, and we must live on this. This
sugar regulations comes home to every
one, and constitutes today more than
anything else the measure Of our 10y
atty and patriotism.
Don't leave this to guess. Ascertain
the facts. You are either patriotic or
unpatriotic; you are eithsr keeping or
breaking your pledge to the Food Ad-
ministration. There is no halfway
ground.
There are communities in Tennessee
which have not gotten their 2 pounds
because they could not get it-because
other communities were getting more
than pounds. Help US to expose
these slackers, who are willing to be.
tray their country for the sake Of their
appetites.
Such offenses as these. In Q time
like this, are a reflection not only
upon our democracy, but upon our
common honesty.
The accomplishments OF the Food
Administration in Tennessee have
been most gratifying. but there are
some whoSgvs not obeyed the sugar
regulation. It Ia not too late for them
to reform and come over on the side OF
the allies. Il should be a mark Of dis
honor to use more sugar than the
monthly ration. Patriots will observe
he regulation implicitly; others should
forfeit the fellowship Of decent people.
Wheat Campaign.
The Federal Food Administration ~
cooperating In every way possible with
the agents OF the department Of agri-
culture IN the big drive 20 increase
The wheat acresge Of the state By 20
Ger cent. Letters have been sent -