Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-12
Dedrth of Sugar
Real, Says Grocer

not inc DeSt, ana that Is namperlng
shipments considerably. II housewives
would only buy what sugar they actu-,
ally need, the situation would be great
ly relieved.
REFlNERS SUPPLY SCANT
A representative Of the George NJ Dunlap
Company said
The rehuers virtually are not supply
ing anything at the present time They
are not able to supply any. for they
have no help with which to turn out
the goods
\ lot of stores have no sugar at all
today We have raised the price only
in instances where housewives have
shown tendency to buy more than
they actually needed
In discussing the sugar situation today an
official Of the Grocers Supply Company
said:
The rehneries here cannot supply our
demands. 1t is true we are getting
some from the rcfners here. but very
little. What little we have been able to
get hold Of is coming from New York.
The shortage is very serious.
The W. j. McCahan Refining Company is
closed down tight by the strike, accord ing
TO representative of the company today
We are not making any sugar. he
said, and there is no indication that We
VIII Dt dptt 10 Ilhkt any hulll lIlS
strike is settled. | understand that the
Pennsylvania Sugar Company had
some men working yesterday, and that
the Franklin Company has obtained
few shipments from New York TO meet
the demands of their trade here. There
is an actual shortage in Philadelphia.
which is4ikey to last for some time
\ representative of the sales office Of the
Pennsylvania Sugar Company, at 135 South
Second street, said today that while tho
company had a few men at work yesterday
the plant Is not turning out enough sugar
to meet the demands. He continued
The outlook today is not very good
A couple more men returned to work
yesterday at the refinery, but the story
published in morning papers to the ef-
feet that we are turning out enough
sugar to meet the demand is wrong.
We were greatly embarrassed by this
report Hotels and restaurants all over
the city have been calling US up today
and clamoring for sugar. But we are
making so very little sugar that 1t has
no effect on the situation. We are un-
able to handle the situation at all.
Mr.. Robinson. of Robinson & Crawford,
said that his company had sufficient
sugar TO meet the demands Of customers.
Mr.. Robinson admitted, however, that his
company had a considerable stock on hand
when the strike was called. He stated that
the Franklin Refinery.
George II. Frazier. president Of the
Franklin Sugar Refining Company, issued a
statement in which he say that deliveries
from the Franklin Company has sub
stantlally" resumed normal proportions.
Wholesalers and jobbers state however,
that they have been able to get very little
sugar from the local rehneries during the
last week, and have obtained the most of
their supply from New York. Mr.. Frazier
said:
on the afternoon of Wednesday, jan
uary 81. a part of the employees of this
company voluntarily left their work
and portion of them are now on
strike. This fact necessarily impaired
temporarily the deliveries of refined
sugars to the local trade, but deliv-
cries have now substantially assumed
normal proportions, and there is an
ample supply of refined sugars to take
care of the business,
NO STRIKE SETTLEMENT
II was rumored today that the w. j. Nc
| Cahan Refining Company showed dis
position to make concessions 10 the strikers.
| but report has Il that the Franklin Refining
| Company and the Pennsylvania Sugar Com
| pany refused to join in such settlement
The big drive of housewives on the fast
| depicting sugar stock of the city began
| Saturday and continued today. Scores OF
| grocers are entirely out of the staple and
| those that have a supply on hand are par
| ceiling it out carefully to customers.
| A representative of the Mitchell, Fletcher
| Company sid:
| our ST * is getting lower rapidly
and there seems to be no immediate
prospect of replenishing our supply
| We are limiting our customers to four
| pounds each. We have turned down
hundreds of orders for half-barrel and
| 1O0-pound lots. II the famine continues
much longer hauseholders will be
obliged to use substitutes in their
coffee-syrups or rock candy, The sup
ply coming in from New York is not
sufficient to meet the demand.
DEMANDS TOO HEAVY
| An official of wholesale firm said
We are very short we are getting n
little bit In from New York but there
is not enough to go around. We may
be able TO get some from Boston this
week. Many of the retailers haven't
a bag of sugar in their stores today
Upstate conditions are bad There
is virtually no sugar IN Harrisburg,
and there is a famine in Bethlehem and
Easton. Wilmington experienced a lit
tie relief last Saturday when three car
loads reached that city. Condensed
milk manufacturers are feeling the
scarcity.