The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16

/" ashlngton, Dec 15.-Charges made by Claus Spreckels. president of the Federal Sugar Refining company. before a senate Investigating commit tee, that the food administration k responsible for a sugar shortage drew from Food Administrator Hoover to- night a vigorous attack on Mir. Spreckels.
 An open intimation is made by Mir. Hoover that Mir Spreckels testimony was inspired by the fact that the food administration cut profits in sugar transactions
 Tt requires no proof from me" said MT. Hoover, ito establish that Mir Spreckels, a leading sugar refirer. is sore at the food administration and would like to see it destroyed l real ize that Mir. Spreckels' balance sheet will not look so good next year as last for refiners' profits have been regulated. Furthermore. his balance sheet would have looked better this year If the price of last August had not been reduced and held fast. in the lace of a partial shortage that prom 1sed a fair opportunity for thirty cent sugar and much increased profits
 ''Mr. Spreckels therefore has req son to feel badly. There are other citizens who will feel the same way and no doubt can entertain the public by assaulting the food administration. While many feel badly, still the vast majority of men and women of our business community and of our farm CTS are sacrificing their profits daily to the nations necessities without complaint, for many are sacrificing more than their money-their sons.
 "We have two months of partial sugar shortage-October and Novem- ber-and will also have December be- fore relief from the new crop. The American people have had 100000 tons of sugar in these two months that is 70 per cent of their normal supplies in each month, and if cars are available, they vii have 70 per cent in December. Owoig to car shortages, the shortage has been most acute in the northeast and about 200 cars are today blocked from that re- zion.
 This 70 per cent is twice the French ration. In the meantime we have given France a good part of 90 per cent and are proud of it. This supply to France was given delib- erately and the American people were told of it at the time.
 "We have also agreed to draw 10000 tons for our friends in Canada. | I have yet to meet an American citi- zen who has said it should be other wise.
 "As to the food administration stop ping the sources of supply:
 ''The fact that all available sup plies have been brought here that ships and cars could bring; that that it has already been eaten, is suffi- cient answer.
 "Mr. Spreckels knows the bitterness of the ten year fights between pro- ducers and refiners-between differ ent refiners-and if he looks pack over the last three months he will observe a desire of many of these to use the food administra- tion as club to settle their lons standing bitterness,
 of MT. Spreckels will tell us where there is any sugar today that ships can be obtained to carry or cars can be obtained to deliver, it will be de- livered at once with the same resolu- tion that we have requisitioned or distributed over 60,000000 pounds of embargoed sugar since October 1. In the meantime the 100000 tons of sugar in Java is as remote as cheese out of the moon-unless we wish to take bread ships from our own sol diers and the allies to provide our selves with candy"