Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-20

Ia 1925 per hundred pounds. IL went
into effect tho first OF the month. Tins
IL the price the manufacturers are ~
receive ..
Here in Tulsa the freight charge
which must be added, will be 80 cents
Wholesalers will tack on 25 cents
more as their share This will place
sugar in the retail stores in Tulsa at
7.S9 cents a pound. The retailers. OF
course. will come In for profit. which
will be nominal, 1s II has ever been, az
retailers generally makea Header" OF
sugar TO draw trade. Many OF them
often sell II ut cost Yesterday rum
Ter OF retailers were selling what they
had at twelve pounds to the dollar, or
Ia cents pound.
Not over Nine Cents.
This will likely be the retail price
OF sugar in Tulsa during the remainder
OF the war or as lcng az the govern
ment administrator has control Of the
supply In any event, it will not T..
over cents.
For the first time In history tho
sugar-consuming public knows exactly
how the cost OF the sugar they pur-
chase ls distributed. They know just
what the manufacture gets. what the
freight ~. how much profit the whole
suler takes and how much the retailer
asks.
The sugar that arrived yesterday
was distributed by the wholesalers
who received II in five and ten-pound
lots to the various retailers OF their
trade These In turn sold II 10 their
customers the same way and most OF
the retail stores .efused to sell any
an than "a
This was done I'm order that everyuooy
can have enough sugar to "sweeten
their coffee" and rot have to do en-
tlrely without It.
The condition is only temporary and
as soon as the government can adjust
the distribution there will be plenty Of
sugar for everybody--and at n nom
nal price. Thus has federal control OF
the nations food supply shown its wis
dom and saved the consuming millions
from a sugar famine.
Not Need for Fright.
T.. II. Jones, general manager Of the
Hale ITalsell Wholesale Grocery COM
pany, stated yesterday that no one
need become frightened over the pres
ent condition. that within a few days
all sections of the country will have
all the sugar they need. In the mean
time, Tulsn's wholesalers will follow
the policy initiated yesterday and par
eel what supplies they get out among
the trade. so as to accommodate the
citys needs.
O. f.. upp. general manager OF the
Upp Wholesale Grocery company, said
the same thing. Mr. Upp was one OF
the fortunate firms to receive an al
lotment" yesterday, which he promptly
distributed among his patrons.
An illuminating fact in connection
with the governments control Is
shown In the manner In which II Is
conserving the shipping capacity of the
nations railroads while conserving the
sugar supply All freight cars are
now loaded to their capacity The
car that came yesterday to the up
company contained 800 sacks. but the
Upp firm got only 300 OF them. The
remaining 500 sacks were divided
among two other wholesalers.
No sugar is now permitted to leave
the factories or refineries without the
consent and orders of Mr.. Hoover's
board OF control Manufacturers must
ship 1t only when directed. where di-
rected. and to whom directed. Fur
thcrmore, If they start n car to one
city and the board decides another
needs ii more and orders the car di-
verted. II must be diverted.
Producers cannot contract for sales
OF sugar to supply any one concern
for longer period than thirty days