Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-08-01
RESTRICTIONS
frightened
Rules Governing Sugar Sales Issued
to All Federal Food Admins.
traitors in Kentucky.

gives the quantities which can
be issued to all classes A. B. c.
d and +, materially reducing the
allowance for August under July.
The allotment for the State
has been reduced materially for
August, and in addition there is
not the sugar in the hands of the
retailers on the first Of August
that there was on the first Of
JUL. Great economy will be
necessary.
The ration for households for
August will be two pounds per
month per person. The ration
for public eating places will be
two pounds for every 80 meals
served.
IL will be necessary for retail
ers to adopt the following pro.
gram:
A book or card system must
be kept in which is registered
the name of the head Of the
household buying sugar, ths number Of
persons in the family, the allotment
for the month at two pounds per head.
the dates during the month IN which
the purchases were made. and the to-
tai at the end Of the month, supplied
to the family must not exceed the al.
lotment. The book must be kept al.
pnaO-ticaliy arranged. and the pur-
chases " each fanny kept on the page
or the card reserved for the fanny.
81 that the inspector can zee II nj any
time without hunting through the book
u find the purchases. The better
plan Is a small card system which can
be kept in box. and each purchase
catered ON the purchasers card. and
the cards kept in alphabetical order.
We will send letter To each retailer
with his August certificates. a copy
i. enclosed In that letter we suggest
the retailer conhne his sugar sales to
his regular trade. II they do that
then every family will nave certain
store at whi.h lac buys his sugar and
he practice Of people getting excess
sugar by buying at sey, al stores will
b, stopped. We will 30 a letter 10
each retailer who, by reason OF the
amount be had on hand first Of July. Is
not entitled to any August certificates,
explaining the reasen why.
a number Of retailers have called
this office TO know why their certii
Gates have not been forwards. and In
many instances We have never received
their statement h. and is the reason
they have not beard from the Sugar
Division.
CANNING AND PRE- RESERVlNG
Administrators must hold certificates
issued for canning and preserving sug-
are to the lowest practical limit. No
family Is TO receive more than 25
pounds In the aggregate for canning
and preseIvRg. In many counties
certificates have only been issued for
ten pounds. Washington advises that
fruit be preserved, at present. by boil
ing, and tina, sugar be added later
when II is more plentiful. All acid
fruits can be bottled without sugar; SO
can fruit juices by sterilizing with
boiling water increasing the time OF
cooking about double. All canning
certificates issged by you to retailers
should be returned ny the retailers to
you. ~ yyou forwarded to this Of
flee. giving you an opportunity to in
vestigate whether there are duplicates.
You should instruct your deputies to
be careful IN regard to this.
You should limit the territory In
which your deputies can issue canning
certificates and permit them only to
issue to residents OF their districts.
We have found where deputies have
issued to one person and he has gone
TO another deputy and received anoth.
er allowance from the second deputy,
This must be stopped in the interest
OF conservation. No certificates for
canning must be issued to any person
not ree'dent Of your county.
These, NV restrictions are due to an
excessive shortage at the present
time. Fifty millions pounds were
sunk by the submarines operating on
tn, east eoast recently. Many manu-.
factories Of beet sugar in Franee have
been captured by the Germans In the
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