The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-26
WILL SUGAR BE CHEAPER?

Will sugar be cheaper is question that, under the
conditions ought to be answered in the affirmative and
conditions ought to verify the answer. BUT will it /?
THAT is the question In reading the Congressional
Record is justified in the conclusion that the Hon.
Herbert c. Hoover, proposed food dictator, minated
gave it out, declared that if he given the power
would very materially reduce the cost of sugar the
consumer. He would do it by compelling Cuba to make
low price sugar, and this to be done by with
holding foodstuffs from Cuba Senator Lodge said as
much the floor of the Senate and spoke from the e
IRENE point of view declaring that ct would be fatal
mistake to force down the price of sugar and thereby
diminish the supply 1t is better to have sugar in
able plenty at profitable price than to have sugar
at all at any price"
We say Senator Lodge said much from the fact that
his statement brought forth two very Illuminating letters
from Mr. Hoover to Senator Lodge and from the
chairman of the U. S. Sugar Manufacturing association
Mr. Hoover referred to Senator Lodges statement and
incOsed letter from the chairman of the beet sugar
producers committee, which he said Should entirely
clear up your mind' Mr. Hoover further said the state
ment made by you is causing anxiety" The letter
to Hoover expressed surprise at the Lodge statement and
credited it to Hoovers attitude toward the beet sugar
producers and the Cuban producers 1t then said that
the entire discussion between Hoover and the sugar in
teresS has been n the direction of stimulating produc
cn, protecting the producer and stabizng the price
cooperation with the industry to eliminate the
specuaOr and to prevent practices which lead to exto
ton of the consumer 1t then says he beet sugar pro-
ducers unhesatngy pledged their support to your adj
mnistraton and proposed plans and closes by saying
that Senator Lodge must have been misnformed as
MIR. HOOvers attitude in the matter 500 .' ITO i,
Senator Hardwick of Georgia declares the above the
most remarkable correspondence disclosed to the
public with the sugar interests of the country getting
profits that fabulous that they stagger the imag
aton said he, chow beautiful and disinteresed was
10 them that in order to stimulate sugar prodc
ton the is going to take of their prices
And then the distinguished senator put in this very peril
nent remark ut to that they had better be
consulting with somebody about way get the price
of sugar down." ,..,',y " 7l'. -
From the above it appears that Mr. Hoover talked too
much and after the sugar interests heard his plans he
and retraced Senator Lodge surely would not
have made the statements he did, had not Mr. Hoover
made statements ustifyng them Hoovers surrender to
the sugar interests is plain enough the correspondence
tesfies All of which is illuminating and goes to show
that sugar should be cheaper But will it be cheaper?
That the question Senator Kendrick of Wyoming who
is new in the game made this statement 81 told yes
terday by high in the councils Of the Western Sugar
company that there abundance of sugar in Sight
and that if there further agitation of the price
it would have to go down from $3.50 to $500 hundred
1t is clear that it is up to the administration to fulfill
its pledge and reduce the of living least in the mat
ter of sugar Sugar production is normal There is no
scarcity 1t has made enough milionares and instead
Of taking of the price for the producers and max
ing few mionaires, it is high time the admins
'tration devotng just little tine to taking care of
the price" for the consumers. .......' D.
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