The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-26

Washington, Dee. 25.-Food Admin istrator Hoover's statement on the sugar situation, which he tried unsuc- cessfully to get before the senate committee investigating the sugar shortage was made public tonight by the white house. It attributes the shortage here to the heavy movement of sugar from the western hemis- phere to Europe, and asserts that without the fixing of prices by agree ment sugar would have been selling for 25 or 20 cents a pound and more than two hundred million dollars probably would have been profiteered from the American people by this time.
 The statement contains the food ad- ninisrator's reply to charges made before the committee by Claus Spreckels, president of the Federal Refining Company that the sugar s't- nation was mismanaaed and sets forth in detail the administration efforts to keep gar prices down while SUD- plying are quantities 10 the allies
 The committee. o. which Senator iee is chairman, not only had refused to make a statement par of the congressional record, but has de.liued thus lar to permit Hoover to take the stand to answer Srreckels charges. When ae hearing is res med Friday, aoNeyer it is understood Mir. Hoover will be permitted 10 tell his story.
 At the outset the sta emen presents the world sugar situation ls H exist ed prior 10 the European war The allies then produced much Of their own supplies and purchased the re mainder from Germany Before the war they took only 300000 tons an nually from the western hemisphere. This year they have taken 100000 tons.
 That" says the food a3.ranistra-
 or, lis the cause Of the sugar short .aGe. and nothing else
 The statement says the food ad ministration has handled the situation with a view to sustaining the morale of France and England. where the srsar has been extremely low for months. and at the same time pre- venting a jump in price to 20 or 25 cents here Since the food admins
 ration was created in August the United States has exported to the al lies 1l0.356 tons of refined sugar and in the same period Cuha has shipped to Europe 246,133 tons of raw product. This it is declared, is just he amount of the shortage in the United States
 Even with these shipments, it is DO uted out, the supply in Ensland and France has been inadequate. Con- sumption in England has been redaced 10 2l pounds a year for each person and in France 70 l4 pounds, against a consumption in America Of 55 , pounds
 The shortage, the food adminis,ra- tor declares. will continue during next year. as it is the duty of the United states to continue to feed the allies,
 "Nex year" he says "our supplies will be short 25o.0o0 to 3o0000 tons unless the allies 80 to Java for sup plies. This amounts to an economy Of about 10 per cent on our part If ] the allies are forced to go tO Java, il will require an extra amount of sh'p-
 ping. which. if used to transport
 troops. will move 1J0.0o) or 100000 American soldiers to Fr9n,e Q,
 "If statements hat there will be an abundance of sugar next year are be- lieved by the American people it will ld3 this country's war efforts incalcu- liable harm. The number of troops we
 can send across is lifted. If we, in orr greed and gluttony, force he al lilies either to reduce their ration ol
 to 20 to remote markets after suga
 we will have done tremendous damage to our abilities to win the War Charges that the food administra ton has permitted sugar stocks t' remain in parts or the country un . moved are denied as a result of state
 ment that sugar was left in Cubi