New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-20
He Wires Officials in All
States to Whip Unlicensed
Retailers Into Line
Also Calls for
Sugar Conservation
Minimum Per Capita Saw.
ing of 7 Ounces a Week
vitality Necessary


must control the unlicensed retailers,
declared Herbert Hoover to-day In a
telegram sent 10 the Federal food ad-
ministrators Of all the states.
The government Food Controller re
iterated his conviction that retailers
are not rejecting in their prices TO the
consumers the lowered wholesale prices
Of commodities. and nc has appealed TO
the state food administrations 10 help
in the campaign OF publicity which he
hopes Will result in reduced cost OF
living to the general public. Following
Is Mr.. Hoover's telegram;
Representatives OF every branch o.
the retail grocery trade met with the
United States Food Administration
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
They unanimously passed resolutions
indorsing action OF the President and
the food administration. dealers in
certain food commodities TO be put
under license. and expressed them
selves IS willing TO comply with rules
and regulations Of food admins
tration whether licensed or unlicensed
when dealing in staple foods mentioned
in Presidents proclamation.
They also passed vigorous resolu-
lions relative TO economical methods
that should be insugurated in handling
refail grocery business.
Wide Publicity Urged
Mailing copies of resolutions. Give
them statewide publicitySremembering
that only retailers doing a business
100000 annually subject to license.
Publicity must control the unlicensed
retailers
Mr.. Hoover also to-day reiterated ms
warning TO the American public to con,
serve sugar, declaring it 20 be of vital
importance TO the country.
"In 1911" said food administration
statement, "the United States exported
more than eighteen times as much
sugar as it had averaged IN the three
wears before the war. In 1916 these
exports TO our western European allies
were nineteen times as great AS the
average for the three pre-war years.
In 1916, of all our sugar exports to
the western allies, 70 per cent went TO
England. BY contrast, in 1917. France
received 60 per cent of these exports.
"In 1912 our total sugar expectations
amounted to s3,747,751 pounds; IN 1913
10 47,es7,761 pounds; in 1914 10 ~
2e3.615 pounds. They increased 10
5si.T1O.510 pounds in 1915, and reached
high-water mark in 1916, when the total
was 1.665,S95.639. In 1917 the total
was 1.254,551, $50 pounds. The West
ern Allies. which in 1914 received but
51e5.S7s pounds. in 1915 received l.
32s.242.SS3 pounds, and in 1917 total
OF 76e,097, 1928 pounds.
Scandinavians Begin Buying
THE Northern neutrals, Sweden,
Norway, Denmark and Holland, which
prior TO the war were purchasing no
sugar from the United states, Ias'
wear bought 40 944,415 pounds.
"The decrease in our sugar exports
Of 1916. as compared with 1917, OF A.,
600. 900 pounds is more than accounted
for the decrease in our shipments 10
England of 734,00o,000 pounds.
"The great increase in our exports
IN the Western Allies is directly due
~ course. TO the cutting of OF the
English imports from the Central row
.ya and Belgium, together with the de,
crease in sugar crops in France ano
Italy.
ave practically exported no sugar
TO the Northern neutrals before the
war. In 1917 our exports TO THESE
countries constituted ll.2 per cent OF
our total exports. .o.o
ION. from Germany; Denmark, 9,4s5
tons; Holland, 2s.379 tons.
England Big Consumer
england, before the war, had the
largest per capita consumption OF sugar
of any nation. This amounted to 70 Id
pounds per person. This has now oeen
reduced TO % pounds per year, or ABOUT
one ounce per day per person. PRIOR
20 the war. England received 3S.55 per
cent OF her sugar supply from yer
many, 1873 per cent from Austrla-hun
gary, 9.43 per cent from The Neither
lands. III per cent from Cuba, and only
Ia per cent from the United States.
"fhe United States consumption OF
smear averages about 90 pounds per
wear per person. The Food Admins
fration has asked the saving of ounces
per week per person, and II this were
done il would still leave us per capita
consumption of sugar OF 81 pounds per
annum, as compared with the 26 pounds
in England, is pounds in France and il
pounds in Italy"
A delegation OF Congressman and
,tste officials from the Northwest left
Washington tonight FOR New York to
confer tomorrow with Julius J. Barnes.
president OF the United States Grain
Corporation, an agency Of the food ad-
ministrstion. on marketing problems.
They will particularly urge changes in
the methods of grading wheat.
In the delegation are Representative
Young and Baer. Secretary OF state Cal
derhead, Attorney General LANCER and
Railroad Commissioners Asndahl, Bleick
and johnson. of North Dakota; Rail
road Commissioners Jacobson and Elm
quist, OF Minnesota, and railroad 1om-
missioners Doherty, Murphy and Wells.
Of South Dakota, and Representative
Knutson, of Minnesota.