Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14
Famine Caused by Food Ad-
ministration, Refining King
Tells Investigators.
900, 900 TONS UNUSED;
PRICES CAUSE EXPORTS
Carloads of Sweet Passing Through
New York to Canada Because Of
Handicap, Magnate Asserts.

Declaring there is no shortage of su-
gar in the United States and that the
famine is local to the Atlantic seaboard
Claus Spreckels, president of the Fed.
eral Sugar Refining Company, terrifying
today at the Senate committees investi-
CATION, placed the responsibility on the
food administration. Sugar, he declared
was now passing through New York for
Canada because of higher prices.
The sugar going through New York.
Mr.. Spreckels said. was raw and the
Canadian refiners paid a higher price.
I'VE entered into an agreement with
the food administration to pay GER
tain price for raw sugars" said Spreck-
els. I'VE adhered to that agreement
and the product normally imported into
this country went abroad because bet
ter prices could be obtained. We were
forced to close our refineries for lack
of supplies
IF you could pay a higher price now
could you open your refinery" Sena-
tor Reed asked.
soo 1ons onusueo'
NOT atsonce. Much OF .ne supply
mas sons Noio~u ana ~ "ouiu .aAe s''Ae
10 see .the "a" ploouc. ne
nj. SprecAeis saio tns1e sun "sre
.'oo,ooo toHs ot last yeAts crop uHuseo'
ANA estimated the isI1-isis crop exciu-
sNe OF ina. pfoauceo cy seImshs' ner
aines $50 nuss'd' As i.sev'voo Tons IN
excess OF the amount proouceo IN tne
same territory last year.
~While fhe 500 600 TONS of old sr~ar
exists IL r. 4 Question Of touna - in
dfstribufine, st he aaid F7F g n
BY elfininatfae Java., there vould be
1so.eeo tong isse thsa t61s sv1ilebje "a!
sfxl1t laS& yeHt. fBUISEE34S <0S13 HI ~ = iisss
timated the Cuban crop this yser At
fore. 8 ..ss..s s..s,
last MAY 81 ii. aooycf III tSs sSnSss
agriculture committee regarding prose
poets ct the sugar supply. In which the
cr~hsri,1 .,,,,,S - r1a,csS .ra thst
steps were necessary to prevent = con-
sumers' shortage In this country.
,,,.vvsx ..t1at Y Wncs.r Ssas ~ Srxee sr
the Cuban CROP being larEer. This is not
for the purpose Of oontradicting Mr..
Hoover. but merely TO eiuctoate the sttu-
atfon-
n.,1v o,,xr,,t 1no no u..r.,.
-'eo e.o'
: esr1Snndence betveen Mr. uoov.r ana
~ e,srs.,-.,. a. r.-r.,.t;a.s .s.,--ss -.
Ssn s>'','' - ~
price asreement. were produced oy the
latter in response to Senator Reeds ques-
,;or,n~
M Hpreeheis eeseiheo the american
Sugar Refining Company directly owned
I'VE of the twenty-one refineries in the
stons q; ths o,her r nr,nc; aUp"i ~ per cent o.
said the daily output OF the cane sugar
asn ',s 20 sooat AVo'"o" oarreis OF
rhs Question ~ u,ha,h.r NJ uo
and Judge Lindiey would be allowed
TO cross-examine witnesses was de-
ferred by the st,hcommiffee
Hoover Held Conferences.
MIR. Spreckeis testified that during
last summer numerous conferences
,.-~~. h.id h..wn., r.an
an" "e
tween sar. hoover ana the renners to
reach an agreement on handling the
o ss,n,.,s.,, as ns s.Ia. 'ne 1000
tees. An international committee con.
posed OF three American. ana two Eng.
: iishmen was to ailot the supply of the
world TO dinerent countries regardless
oi,, *. .arso ~ coeiee was 10
can refner..
Spreckels said he objected to this as
ne reared tne so-caiied Independent re-
hnsrs would not get fair allotment
ana sis- hoofer eiimfnted the commit
no saio;