The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-23
RETAILERS DOLE SUGAR
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iod that will intervene till the new
sugar is on the market.
Patrons of the Fargo cafes and
restaurants probably will be asked
| soon to use only one lump Of sugar
| in their coffee and tea, instead OF
two as formerly, and housewives
must resort to strict economy, in
the use of sugar in pastries, cakes
and delicacies.
Things to Be Avoided. -.
Again, those who enjoy lit
tie booth spreads after movie or
some other kind of show. should not
while away their time Juggling
Jumps of sugar or spotting them so
as to make them look like dice, and
then roll them" to see who shall pay
for the nights spread. Those days
are passing in Fargo. The United
States Is at war.
said this morning that their stocks
of cane sugar are exhausted. In ad-
dition to this, it was stated at one
of the largest wholesale houses in
the northwest that only one carload
of sugar can be expected at any one
time and that from now on there
will be no more than Is days sup
ply on hand.
U. S. Wants to Know.
The food administration has sent
notices to the Fargo wholesalers
asking information relative to the
amount of cane sugar bought and
sold, and the prices paid for 1t and
the prices at which 1t sold for a per-
iod of 80 days. In the offices OF the
wholesalers this morning clerks
we're going over books compiling this
Information.
The arm of Park, Grant & Morris
reported at noon that 1t did not have
a bag of cane sugar in the house.
For some time it has been making
an equal distribution Of the sugar it
had in stock as far as possible. IL a
merchant asked for five bags, he
was given one, and IL a merchant
ordered ten bags. he was given two.
The stock of cane sugar at the house
of Park, Grant & Morris, 1t was said,
has been exhausted for the last sew
Some Relief Seen.
Some relief from the sugar short
age is seen in the beet crop. Beet
sugar Is now in the process of manu-
facture in the western states and
shipments started to roll about the
twentieth Of this month. The usual
date for beet sugar to come upon the
market is about Nov. ;. ]. but the
shortage in cane sugar has forced
manufacturers in the western states
to place their product on the market
about a week or ten days earlier
this year. Several carloads Of beet
sugar were reported this morning to
be In transit to Fargo wholesalers.
The price OF. cane sugar would be
1926 to the retailer IL there were any
win Not Work Overtime.
Frank CLANCY of the Clancy
Everhart Candy company, announc-
ed this morning that, in cooperating
with the request Of the government
to limit the production on sweets,
his employees will not be asked
to work overtime this fall and win
ter, which has been the custom for
number OF years. He admitted that
his company has been hit hard by
the shortage in cane sugar and that
there would be no eastern cane on
the market for candy making until
in February. He said his firm II
waiting shipments Of beet sugar and
that reports indicated this crop to
be fair.
III we don't get sugar soon 1t win
mean the laying off Of some Of the
employees Of this factory. said Mr..
Clancy. 1T will be the only step we
can take under such conditions.
Mr. Clancy blames TO q large ex-
tent the shortage Of sugar In this
country 70 the large exports sent 70
France. which he says were ab-
essential.