Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-10-26
SUGAR FROM LOUISIANA.
Food Administration Has Arranged to
Obtain 2o0,000,O00 Pounds-shipping
Will Begin Next Week.

The food administration has arranged
to obtain 200,000,000 pounds of raw sug-
ar from Louisiana producers TO end the
shortage in New York and other large
eastern cities, and shipments will be
started early next week.
Every effort will be made by Herbert
c. Hoover food administrator, to have
the new sugar supply distributed at
low cost to the consumer, and it was
announced officially that retailers who
were charging eXorbtant prices would
plead for further supplies in vain. The
food administration has sent out in.
structions to cut them off arbitrarily
1t was further stated that the Louisi-
ana sugar, under the agreement
reached, would be supplied to the re-
tailers at not more than SO cents a
pound Consumers will be able, there
fore, to determine whether the retail
ers are overcharging them. Full pub
Lefty will be given to all of the trans
actions in which the food administra-
ton engages, and the public is asked
to cooperate in preventing an unfair
price from the retailers.
1t is felt that the Louisiana supply
will prove sufficient to end an acute
shortage at this time and make it pos
sible for the consumers to demand a
fair price from the retailers.
An official announcement from the
food administration Wednesday night
reads:
"As n result of a two.day confer
cnce at the United States food admin
istration between representatives of the
Louisiana sugar producers, headed by
John NJ. Parker, federal food admins
traitor of Louisiana; George NJ. Rolph
of the sugar division of the food adj
ministration, and Earl d. Pabst. presi
dent of the American Sugar Refining
company, a contract has been settled
between the Louisiana producers and
the American Sugar Refining company
for the sale of 200,0O0OO0 pounds OF
Louisiana sugar involving $l3,OO0,OO0
"Shipping has been engaged through
the efforts of the transportation divi
sion of the food administration, for tho
transport of onc-half of this sugar tC
the Philadelphia, Boston and New Yorl
refneries. The first cargocs should
leave Louisiana next week for New
| York.
"Thc Louisiana producers expressed
tHelr satisfaction at the terms ScttlcC
upon. The prices will enable the re
fincrs to sell sugar at a steadily reduc
ing price, starting from $50 cents pc
pound, eastern seaboard, and reducing
to 7.25 cents about the end of the year
"The retail price of sugar is givin.
the food administration much concern
The prices from the manufacturers ar,
fixed and the wholesalers will CONE
under license on Nov. /. Refiners anc
distributors of sugar are being give
instructions not to supply retailers VIII,
are charging eXorbitant prices.
Organization is being perfected h,
which the wholesale price of sugar il
each city will be furnished the fedora
food administrators in the variou
states, and they will be asked to com
municate to the public these suga
prices, and to report to Washingtoi
any exorbitant prices by retailers.
"With the refners price of sugar a
$50 cents, the wholesalers price o
standard bulk sugar will be abou
$50 cents in the northeast. decreasing
as stated above, toward the end of tn
YEAR.