Douglas Island news., 1918-08-09
TWO POUNDS
 PER MONTH
Food Administrator Asks That Sugar Consumption be Cut From
 Three to Two Pounds


 The sugar shortage has now be- come serious. and it has become nec- cssary to call upon both retailer and consumer to help in its conservation. Tho United States Food Administra- ton asks Che American public to re- strict the consumption of sugar in the home to two pounds per month from August 1 Co January lst. 1919, and tho Alaska Food Administration now announces thls now regulation, effective at once This replaces the present regulation Of three pounds per person per month. and includes an sugar used on the table and in cooking.
 A similar order ls now issued to govern public eating places. limit ing their use Of sugar to two pounds for every ninety meals served. Two pounds per person per month is the American honor-ration.
 Every person. including manufoc- turers Of ice cream. soft drinks, con fections. dealers, bakers, must hlo a statement Of their sugar purchases during 1917 and 1918, amount de- livcrcd and in transit. with the food administration and must apply for a permit to purchase sugar from one of the food administrations In the Territory. No sugar win be sold Co such persons without a permit. The only exception Co this regulation Is that Of the householdors. Each home may buy sugar not Co exceed five pounds at a time, without a permit. and then every household must limit its consumption Co two pounds per person per month.
 Upon our action here depends the possibility Of maintaining the ration Co our lighting men and those ot the Allies as we'll as of avoiding Q gtill further reduction Of tho allotments Co thc civil populations Of the na- tions lighting Germany, which are already down to a point far under their normal needs.
 England. which before the war used moro sugar than tho United States. has already reduced its house. hold consumption Co two pounds. France allows its people maximum of one pound and a halt and Che Italian ration has been reduced to barely pound. Recently even those amounts have not been pos sible.
 The sugar supplies throughout tho country. in homes. stores, factories and bakeries are ot low ebb; the production from Che 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 tho Allies Co sc- cure from Java and other distant sources on account of tho imperative call for ships for the movement of troops and their supplies has ma tcrially reduced the supply from such quarters. Added to this already difficult situation, the quantity needed by the army and navy greatly exceeds earlier estimates, we must send a large amount to' France and Italy Co take tho place thc great volume lost through the German and Austrian invasions, during which much beet land was oyorrun and many factories destroy cd; we have Co supply certain Quan- titles to neutral nations under agree ments; and finally over fifty million pounds were lost recently through submarine slnklngs on our Atlantic coast.
 The industries using sugar have been reduced iu their consumption ot sugar. most Of them having their supplies cut in half. and some re- celvIng none at all Tho situation is SO serious that every possible means of conservation should be ob- served. Household canning without sugar should be done wherever pos sible. With prospects of increased supplies after November 1, and still moro after January l. sugar may be then added with more freedom.
 RECLAssIFIED