Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-27
Buying OF RAW SUGARS ON gotham
THASPRACTICALLY CEASED

Mr.. George M. Rolph, head of the
sugar department of the. food admin
istration, addressed. the meeting, and
later answered questions. Mr. Rolph
laid stress on patriotism, stating that
in his opinion it should be spelled
with large p, whereas profits should
be spelled with small p. Everyone
at the meeting caught the spirit of
Mr.. Rolph's STRAIGHTFORWARD talk and
a rising vote was taken, giving the
food administration the unanimous
support of the Brokers' Association.
Points emphasized by Mr. Rolph
were that the president had already
Issued his proclamation, placing
wholesale dealers and brokers in GER
tain commodities under the licensing
section of the food control law. The
proclamation was soon to be publicly
announced. Wholesalers, jobbers, and
brokers are required to take out Ii
censes. and should write to U. S. food
administration department, license di.
vision, Washington, d. c., for an APP
plication. Dealers having a record
for unfair or unreasonable charges.
profits or practises will certainly be
denied licenses: those that are grant
ed will be issued without charge. Lii
censes must be procured before No
vember 1, 1917.
Wholesalers and jobbers after oh.
tanning licenses must not sell sugar
to retailers at over 25 points above
the Flice paid by them to the rein -
for the sugar. The % points diff
toll A.
as the cost of doing business varies
in different localities, the differentiaI
allowed will be determined and adj
ministered by the e. S. food admin
istration representative assigned to
each state. Taking the New York
price at S.35c less 2 per cent. whole
sale grocer can sell such sugar to MS
retail trade at not over S.60c less one
yer cent. .. .-... -.
If a jobber wishes to resell carload
lots OF eugar to another jobber he nay
do so at not over points above re-
finers' price to original buyer: in t;tiS
connection. the regulations also to ne
promulgated with the issuing of tie
licenses will provide that no second
brokerage will be paid on such second
hand sales. Second hands" are to be
tabooed or eliminated If possible. Eek.
port sugar on which export licenses
are denied, to be sold to domestic buy
ers at not over 25 points above re-
finers' prices, subject to consent of
food administration. Reasonable prof
its are to be allowed, but not specula.
tive profits.
Mr.. Rolph asked for the assistance
of the brokers In holding the Eastern
cane market at not above S.35c less
2 per cent until such supply was en-
tirely exhausted. He said there was
no intention or desire to do away with
any legitimate part of the business and
characterized the service rendered by
the broker as requisite of the trade.
Mr. Rolph also announced that it
was one of the policies of his depart
ment to keep manufacturers supplied
rather than dealers, as if manufactuf-
ers ran short OF sugar, many workers
would be thrown out of work by the
shutting down the factories. 49,
Mr.. Rolph stated that the prices
named by the administration would,
he hoped, prove maximum prices and
that with new crop conditions lower
prices would come which might vary
and approach, but not exceed the in
Dictated maximums, viz, prices and re-
finers' differentials and jobbers' mar
gin of profits. 49,.