The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-02
PRESENT ALLOWANCE OF THREE
POUNDS PER MONTH is CUT
TO TWO POUNDS
SHORTAGE ALL OVER WORLD
German and Austrian invasions Are
Contributing Causes to Shortage
100000 Pounds Sugar Lost
Through Sub sinkings
ustrisn Invasions Are

Washington. July 27.-The Aneri-
can public has been asked by the food
administration to go on sugar ration
of two pounds per capita monthly ne
ginning August I. To meet world
shortage and 10 care for the immediate
demands of the military forces. The
American public at present is on q
three pounds per capita monthly ra-
tion
Household ratinOing will be volnn-
tary, as at present. but public eating
places will he required 10 observe new
regulations effective August ], per
hitting The use of two pounds of sugar
for every 90 meals served.
Unless the consumption Of sugar is
reduced both by householderS and the
public generally, the food admniSira-
ton warns, supplies for Belgium, the
Red Cross. Y NJ. c. A., knights of
Columbus. Salvation Army and other
bodies working for the welfare Of
American military forces in Europe
cannot be maintained.
The sugar situation confronting the
| United States * described by the food
administration as follows:
Sugar supplies throughout the
country, In homes, stores, factories and
bakeries, are at low ebb; production
from the American beet and Louisiana
cane crops have been disappointing !:
the yield in Porto Rico has likewise
been smaller than anticipated; and
| the inability of the United States and
allies to secure sugar from Java and
other distant sources on account of
the imperative call for ships for the
movement of troops and their supplies
has materially reduced the supply
from such quarters.
added to this already difficult sit
Iation the quantity needed by the army
and navy greatly exceeds earlier esti-
mates. We must send large amount
to France and Italy to take the place
of the great volume lost through the
German and Austrian invasions, dur
ing which much beet land was overrun
and many factories destroyed; we
have to supply certain quantities to
neutral HduoilS uIiuPT agreements dnU
finally, over 50,000,000 pounds were
lost through submarine sinkngs off
our Atlantic coasts"
In asking the public voluntarily to
reduce their consumption to Level
more nearly equal to the compulsory
restrictions In effect in France, Eng
land and Italy, the statement says that
while sugar Is often used as n luxury
In America, it has become an essen
tial element for the success of the wal
among the nations of Europe"
Upon our action here" the state
ment continues, depends the posi-
hility of maintaining the ration to oul
own fighting men and those of the
allies, as well as avoiding still
further reduction of the allotments tt
the civil populations of the nations
fighting Germany. which are alread,
down to point far under their nor
NAL needs"
To assure equitable distribution o.
the sugar the American public is te
be allowed, the food administration
has worked ont scheme of ALLEGATION
To the states based on population ant
the needs of sugar-using industries in
the states. Each state food admins
TRAITOR will have charge of the distri
button In his state.