Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-09-19
SUGAR RATION IN
STATE IS REDUCED
TWO POUNDS PER PERSON PER
MONTH NOW APPLIES TO
ALL HOUSEHOLDS.
LOWEST WAR ALLOWANCE
That Tennessee Is Facing a Serious
Sugar Shortage ls Shown BY the
Per Capita Allotment for Month Of
Auoust-sams ae English Allowance.


Per Capita Allotment for Month Of
Auoust-sams as English Allowance.
Nashville, Tenn.-Beginning August
the sugar ration in Tennessee wes
reduced from three pounds per capita
per month to two pounds. This ap'
plies to all households and to all pub
lie eating places. No more than this
amount will be issued to the retail
dealers SO that it is up TO them to see
that their customers do no exceed the
allotment, otherwise other customers
will have to do without and that will
disturb the plan OF distribution.
That the state Ii facing a serious
sugar shortage is shown by the msagre
allotment made to Tennessee for Au-
gust by the food Administration. This
state has been allowed only 6,800,000
pounds. Two pounds per capita will
take 1 600 900 pounds OF this The ho-
tells and public eating places will take
at least 400 900 pounds, leaving only
q million and three-quarters of pounds
for the bakers the ssssntial and nom
essential manufacturers, Ice cream
dealers, etc, and also for home can
ming II is estimated that the ordinary
demand for homo canning woald re-
qulre not less than . million pounds,
limiting purchases to twenty five
pounds, so that there will practically
be no sugar for the manufacturers and
the bakers. The allowance of two
pounds per person 10 the lowest ever
known In America. 1t 10 the same cow
as the allowance In Great Britain, but
lie q half pound more than the allow
ancs the French have.
Mill Feeds Advanced.
As the result of the new price zched.
uls announced by the food admiRistra
tion grain corporation the prices OF
wheat mill feeds have been advanced
absut 81 or Is per toR. The price Of
flour remains unchanged, except that
mills, instead Of havihg . profit of
70 cents \ barrel, where they sell to
dealers, will be limited 70 profit OF
20 cents per barrel
Memphis Conference.
Probably the best conference that
the food administrators of Tennessee
have ever held was that as Memphis
when the county Administrators Of the
Memphis zone met at Ne Hotel CHS
ca, for an all day session. The fol
lowing named were present: @. c.
Cleys, ODien county; James II. Smith,
LIKE county; d. w. Moss. Dyer coun
ty; e. Greer, Gibson county; V. P,
Noriarity, Laudsrdals county; X. X.
Mcbride, Tipten county; J. B. Sum.
mers, Fayette county; ]. w. G. Num-,
Crockett county; Isaac Levy, Haywood
county and Charles ]. Haass. of Shell
by county. The meeting was presided
ever by J. l. F1nnsy, assistant to I'D.
sral food administrator Of the state.
Reports from all Of the counties were
most eRcourag ging, showing splendid
organizations and the people generally
loyal to the food administration.
The conference adopted q resolution
requesting that the receRt rule allow
ing a twelve pound wheat flour ration
be rescinded and that the limit for
each individual be again placed at six
pounds, allowing the fifty.fifty rule to
remain In full force and effect. The
members expressed che opinion that
the twelve-pouAd rule made for waste
| and in effect defeated the fifty-fifty
substitution regulation.
DR.. H. A. Morgan, the federal food
administrator, was present and dis
| cussed the sugar situation, pointing
! out how serious 1t would be with the
states allowance cut by 80 per cent.
There snsusd a long discussion over
canning sugar and practically all OF
the members Of the conference ex-
pressed the opinion that the regula.
tions on this subject should be SO
changed that families who had al
ready had as much as twenty five
| pounds of sugar should be denied the
right to make any further purchases
for canning purposes.
Hon. P. M. Harding. Of Mississippi
and Hon. Hamp. Williams. OF Arkan-
sas, were present, and both addressed
| the meeting On the following day
the federal food administrators of the
sixth xoAs held "a ia!er ssting meeting
and discussed the cotton seed oil and
ginning problem at length, many OF
the leading ginners and oil men OF
that section being present