The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-26
HOOVER REPORT
OUT THROUGH
THEPRESIDENT
Food Administrator Goes
Over the Senate
Committee.
SAVING OF 100000. 900
Mr.. Wilson Orders Publica-
tion of Matter Which Was
Pocketed by Senator Reed.
Special DespdscA to TIE srS.


WASHINGTON, Dec. disqualification OF
Food Administrator .Hoovers statement
on the sugar situation which the Senate
investigating committee refused to record
last week was authorized by President
wilson to-day. The action Of the com.
mittee In refusing to hear Mr.. Hoover's
side OF the case until next Friday reused
the ire OF the latter. who held that his
answer should be placed before the coun.
try while the charges made against his
administration OF the sugar supply were
fresh in mind.
Although Mr.. Hoover could have is
sued the statement at once through his
own department, he placed his answer
In the hands Of President Wilson, thus
forcing the man who named him TO office
to approve or d!sapprovc his report.
The Presidents action In issuing the
statement Ia considered in the ligh. of a
vindication OF Mr.. Hoover and somewhat
Of a rebukc 10 the investigating commit.
tee
After reviewing the sugar market con-
dtions Of the world from the time the
Food Administration was organized Mr..
Hoover's statement recites the difficulty
met in obtaining cooperation among the
various sugar interests. In conclusion
he points out that every cent raise in
sugar from september l to January l
means $1s.o0o.oo0 in added expense TO
the American consumer.
Averted Price of 20 TO 10 Cents.
The price In many parts Of the country
went from 81, cents to l0i. and ! l cents.
But the Food Administrator adds that
without Government supervision the price
nigh. easily have gone to 25 or 80 cents,
with a cost to the public Of 32oO.Ooo.ooo
in four months.
In discussing the regulating actions
taken by the sugar division OF the Food
Administration he says:
II do not contend that they could not
have been more efficient. They are as
efficient as they could be with the feeble
wea pom Of voluntary agreen,Aat that We
have been atlA to WELD. Had the right
not been stricken out o. the food bill for
US 10 purchase sugar directly for the
Government both the price and the dis
,rbution could have been handled more
efficiently"
The statement contains the Food Ad-
minstra'ors reply to charges made he
fore the committee by Claus Sprcckek.
president OF the Federal Refining Com
pany that the sugar situation was mis-
managed. and sets forth in detail the adj
ministrations effoivs TO keep sugar
prices down while supplying large guam
titles to the Allies.
The committee OF which Senator Reed
ia chairman. not only had refused to
make the statement part OF the Con-
greeional record but has declined thus
fn Jnnrer n fal~c the stand
TO answer Spreckelss charges. When
the hearing is resumed Friday. however,
Il is understood Mr.. Hoover will he per-
mitted TO tell his story.
Allies Take 100000 Tons.
At the outset the statement presents
the world sugar situation as it existed
prior to the European war She Allies
then produced much of their own sup
plies and purchased the remainder from
Germany. Before the war they took
only 400. 900 tons annually from the west
ern hemisphere. This year they have
taken 100000 tons.
That" says the Food Administrator,
is the cause OF the sugar shortage, and
nothing else"
The statement says the Food Admin
istration has handled the situation with
a view to sustaining the morale OF
France and England, where the sugar
ration has been extremely low for
months, and at the same time prevent
ing q jump in price to twenty or twenty
five cents here.
Since the Food Administration was
created in August the United States has
exported to the Allies ll0,356 tons OF
refined sugar. and in the same period
cuba has shipped to Europe 246.l33 tons
Of raw product. This, 1t is declared, is just
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