Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-16

ut'HIHlt cHetk IHuSt ne KEPT ny You.
The food administrators Is endeavor-
Ing TO allot the sugar In rs equitable
n manner as possible In each com
munity, and 1t Is possible that errors
may creep in and one merchant re.
celve less sugar than he feels that he
Is entitled TO, but you must realize
that this Is not Intentional, and you
are urged, az far MS possible, to bury
trade jealoIlsies and to work together
for the common good. In case you
feel that you have been allowed less
sugar than your trade warrants, you
can call upon your county food admin.
istrator and he will endeavor to al.
| just the matter.
Sugar for Household Purposes.
Sugar for household purposes must
| be sold only on the basis Of two pounds
per capita per month, and thirty
days supply for each family can be
sold at one time. This cancels the for
ner rule permitting sales of sugar In
ten and twenty-flve-pound lots for
household purposes.
II family hires laborers for haying
or threshlng. or other farm work,
whom the head Of the family is re-
quired to temporarily board, then the
head of such family must accurately
compute the number IT meals to be
served for this purpose. In addition to
the meals for regular members of his
family, and sugar should be allotted
him on the basis Of two pounds for
every ninety meals served to such
hired help.
No sugar for household purposes
should be sold unless the head of the
family signs for the amount sold on
the blank furnished you by this Of
flee. This blank is certificate as
TO the facts and is for your protection
In selling sugar In the amounts request
ed according to the number of mem
| hers In the family
| Sugar for Home Canning.
Owing to the extreme shortage Of
| sugar. the food administrator has been
compelled to reduce the allowance OF
sugar to each family for home can
ming purposes. and sugar will be dis.
tributed on pledge cards on the fol-
lowing basis:
All families who received 100 pounds
of sugar In June are not entitled TO
any more sugar for this season for
this purpose.
If n family did or did not purchase
twenty-five pounds OF sugar In July
for home canning, they are only enti-
| tied to the following amount Of sugar
during the month of August for this
purpose
A family consisting of four people
or under, six pounds Of sugar.
A family consisting of over four and
including six, ten pounds of sugar.
A family consisting OF over six and
including nine, fifteen pounds of sugar.
A family consisting Of more than
nine, twenty-five pounds of sugar.
You are hereby instructed to enter
on each pledge card the date the sugar
Is sold and the number OF members
of the family, and the purchaser at
time of signing must insert the amount
sold by you on such card No replac-
ment certificates will be issued to you
unless this information Is on the pledge
card over your signature. This rule
must be strictly adhered to.
Please inform your customers that
the food administrator regrets this
necessity in the reduction of sugar
allotments for home canning, but he
Is compelled to put this into effect
owing to the national shortage Of sugar,
and because he has received definite
instructions from Washington so to do.
Consequently. no requests for extra
nllotments will he honored by this Of
flee, until such requests have been
submitted To and have received the
approval of the county food admins
traitor.
Your August allotment Is based OH
Lei.
the number of this population that you
serve reckoned as fairly as possible
| from your statement and those Of the
other merchants In your community.
You have been allowed sufficient sugar
10 take care of your customers on the
basis of two pounds per capita per
month, with sufficient reserve IN
take care of your home canning cards
which canning cards should he mailed
into this office regularly. Certificate
for August allotment will be mailed
YOU within twenty-four hours, provid-
Ing our records show You are entitled
| To any for this month, and provided
YOU have certified 10 us the amount OF
sugar you have had on hand or in tran
sir as Of date July 30. 1913.
Blanks and Pledge Cards.
Forms are being mailed Ia You on
which you will record all sales for
household purposes. No sugar, what
sOever. can he sold unless YOU obtain
the signature of the purchaser. either
on this form or on the pledge cards
for canning purposes. No exceptions
can he made to this rule.
New cards have been printed read
Ing august issue" II you have on
hand any unused cards of tile July
issue substitute the word August and
use these cards Tor the current month.
DO not report sugar sold In lots for
home canning purposes on the groccr's
weekly report. You will report these
sales separately as you return the
pledge cards for replacement
We expect your cooperation. In
view of the above more strict ration
Ing OF sugar YOU will undoubtedly he
dehlged with complaints from your
customers. and only by sensing this as
"A national issue can they he brought
To realize the situation. We quote for
your Information and use in answering
complaints, the following
I'm France the weekly allowance OF
sugar Is about four ounces per head.