The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-29
SUGAR SHORTAGE
IS AGAIN ACUTE
Situation Now Worse Than
at Any Time During
the War
SAME CONDITION
IN OTHER PLACES
Report of Plenty in Greenfield Denied
by Wholesale House There in Reply
to Telephone Inquiry from The Re-
former Today.

Sugar? Not a bit.
This is the question being asked in
practically every grocery store in town
today and the answer which the Gus
toners are receiving from the clerks and
proprietors.
With but only so pounds of granu-
lated sugar, and almost insignificant
quantities of brown and confectioner s
sugar in the local market the sweeten-
ing situation is far more acute than at
any time during the war crisis.
The prospect, too, for early relief from
the trying situation, especially during
the canning season, is growing darker
rather than brighter, according to the
statement obtained from wholesale
dealer.
A representative of The Reformer
called on the wholesalers and at nearly
every retail grocery in town this fore
noon and received corroborative infor-
nation from each. Some retailers have
had no granulated sugar for several
days, but at one store it was said they
had so pounds on hand but no prospect
of receiving an additional supply when
that was exhausted. In one store it was
found that there was small amount of
brown sugar on hand, while in two 9th
ers small quantities of confectioner S
sugar were being sold.
A shipment of % barrels was received
July 81 by j. f. Bushnell, but by Thurs
| day he found it necessary to limit the
sales to small quantities and when clos
Ting time came Saturday night the sup
| ply was entirely exhausted. However,
Mr.. Bushnell said today that he expect
ed another shipment of 25 barrels to be
made from Boston so as to reach his
store about Aug. ID.
AT the Dewitt Grocery Co. it was
stated that they had had only a small
amount in the past three weeks and the
outlook for a shipment before Sept. l
was dismal. A carload of brown sugar
| shipped from New York week ago is
expected to arrive and be placed so that
| it will be available to their customers
| tomorrow.
No sugar has been received by E.
Crosby & Co., for three weeks and it
was said at their office today that they
IL
would be received
In the restaurants where any sugar
can be obtained it is being doled in
small helpings and the proprietor of one
eating house has been outside of town
in an effort to obtain small quantities
to enable him to furnish sweetened pas
tries and small allowance for his
! boarders.
!, Reports have come to some of the
{ local merchants that there was plenty
of the sweetening commodity in Green
field and other surrounding towns, and
, some persons have made the statement
: that they saw no reason why Brattle
boro should have none when it could b,
: had in unlimited quantities in nearby
: places, but The Reformer was in tele
4 phone communication with a Greenfield
r wholesale house today and was advised
E that such condition did not prevail
t that the shortage was being felt in tha
town as keenly as here; that a small
j shipment was being sent from there to
day to a Brattleboro retailer; and tha
V while several ears had been received
!. there that place was orly shipping cen
o ter and the ears were split for small
> shipments to other places.
f That the situation is more critica
t than during the war is not doubted b,
v householders when they are confronte
s with the same answer at every stor
l. where their request for sugar is mad,
it for during the period of the food admin
d istration specified amount of suga
n was shipped to each town and the car
system made it possible to receive th
10 monthly allotment, which was neve
1t less than two pounds for person an
or the cards only prevented duplieatio
le of the purchase to regulate the distr
n button. Under the present uncontrolle
st situation there is no authority for til
"a regulation of sales when the merchant
IN are fortunate enough to have any o
d, hand
n