The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-26
TWO BLOWS STRUCK
FOR SUGAR SUPPLY
At NORMAL PRICE
Confectionery Must Reduce Their Al
lotmenfs BY so Per Cent Un-
It'll End of Year.
BASIC FIGURE FIXED
FOR LOUISIANA PRODUCT
Committee OF Producers Accepts Food
Administrators Figure With Prom
Use TO Take 200, o9e. 0oe Pounds.

Washington. Oct. 25.-The food ad-
ministration this evening struck two
more blows in irs fight to give the
American people plenty of sugar at
normal prices.
1t ruled that all confectioners and
manufacturers using sugar shall re-
duce their allotments by so per cent.
and set 6.35 cents per pound as basic
price for raw Louisiana sugar, thus to
keep down the eventual retail price.
Mr.. Hoover instructed all refiners
and sugar distributors to modify their
previously outlined method of cutting
In half the supplies for confectioners.
His telegram follows:
Owing to great distress to en-
ployes, confectioners and n1anufactur-
ers of gum. cordials, syrups and Ice
cream. the food administration here
with modiaes former instructions as
follows:
First, every confecttoner and manu-
facturer who wishes to buy sugar
should disclose to you his stocks of
sugar on hand. and agree to reduce
voluntarily his use OF sugar by so per
cent until January /, his combined
purchases and stocks not to exceed
this requirement. Second. in order to
obtain SO per cent of hts requirements
now and hereafter he must not buy or
attempt to buy Louisiana clarified.
plantation whites or open kettle sugars
la: more than TBS less per cent,
Louisiana points. Third. before sell
ing obtain his assurance on these
points. and request your Jobbing trade
likewise"
The food administration. hopes. by
thus cutting down on factory use
sugar. to bolster up the supply for do
mesttc consumption.
The new rule will be held in effect
until January l. when the situation
may be so much improved that candy
makers may take their normal sup
plies again.
The announcement OF price OF 6. 3Sc.
per pound for raw sugar came In the
form of a letter from committee
OF cane growers and raw sugar pro-
ducers OF Louisiana. here for a con-
ference with Mr.. Hoover-John M.
Parker, Louisiana fod administrator,
and Earl D. Babet. secretary OF the
American Sugar Refining company
written to every cane sugar planter In
louisiana
The Letter in part follows:
The United States fod oadmisis-
traitor has named s.s6c as a price for
90 degrees test daw sugar at New
Orleans, and sea board refining points
for the purpose of adjusting the pre-
xailing price for raw sugar with that
which will be In force by the arrival
of the new Cuban crop. While ac-
ceptance OF the price named involves
some concession on our part. We deem
that In view of other prices which
have been established. we patriotic
ally meet the views OF the food ad-
ministratton.
AS you know all United States re-
finers arc under voluntary contract
with thefood administrator to soil their
refined product at not to exceed a
maximum margin agreed upon. and
rules and regulations have been pro-
mulgated by the food administration
rlastng tina entire sugar INDUSTRY UNI
der the control of the government.
After outlining the agreement OF the
American Sugar Refining company
70 buy two hundred million pounda