The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-20
HOOVER KEPT SUGAR
FROM GOING TO Doc,
II. EARLE ASSERTS
Spreckels Was Last to Agree
TO Price Fixing, He
Says.

PHILADELPHIA. I'cc. .i*.~-Ci"nrEe II.
Earle. Ir.. ON" nf the ;"Hding ind"rend-
ont r"inrr. nj SUGAR. yesterday isSu"u 4
stat"m"n! pointing out tn" principal len
tlIreS III the opposition |" the ll""Nrr
sugar administration by Clsud Sprrck"ia
and pralsinr Food Commissioner lI""v"r
and George VI. Rulph. head "f the SUI E'E
division. tor their ":f"ris. which he shNs
hav,. prevented sugar reaching 50 r"n1*
AMI even - u pound.
The statement is as follows
NJ one could desire 10 get Int" u bet
ter controversy lhnn thnt in which Mr..
Surrrkrls is engaged; hut ! think II
patriotic duty To answer The Norm
American inquiries no matter what t"l-
lnwS Df course | am only speaking -
what IN" press lnys before n" II thh'
: * Incorrect. what ! say does not Apply.
But IL what I do read is true, This 1t
tack l.; rs dcplurahlc as it Is unjust.
"Or COURSE. Mr.. Rolph' and MIR. Hoover
have cut IN" profits nr sugar refining
10 pieces. and equally al course under
ordinary circumstances no rGnucr could
like that; hut these are. not urdnHT!
circumstances W" are engaged III
death struggle. and | thank God thai
/ there are some If Is. even III IN" r"hn-
Ing 1T sugar. thai put cur country IN
the first place.
And ,nuuut see how anyone wh"
does that "au throw INSTRUCTIONS mi"
| the governmental machinery at Such -
! tinr. even if II dunS not entirely aKr""
| with what III" government decides upon.
II ~. nC course. right. probably duly.
iu call The attention Of thos" entrusted
with our welfare by the people Ia dill
fcrrnt viewpoints. but I" unncr"ssarLly
create scandal and controversy nj such
H. inc is objectionable. If backed up
| only with suspicion and surmisc
Praises Hoover and Rolph.
"Aftrr ihc closest contact with tho
sugar situation l must bear testimony
TO the fact that ! have never seen such
! loyal. uESritsh. putirnt. enthusiastic de-
! yntinn To- patriot duty rs that being dis
plnyrd by MrsSrs. Hoover and R"lTh.
, They ar not only Working L" The pnin,
IF ,AhnuSliuE without compensation. hu:
/ | know That MIR R"lph has r"luntHrilf
subjected his company !" "uurm"ris
| losses of what could hc gained. that III"
people got sugar cheaper and the .:rml':;
he property supplied If ever II dcl'Hrtr;"
! from tie laws Of trade has been IuSIl-
fled It. hus been 40 far III this uu"sti"
If slignr nnh ! So? ihis although am
! always nnxiuu@S lhnu: tn" interference
with natural laws hy Artificial "dirt.
when these gentlemen took charge IL
this nuitor | seq by lh. press. The poo"
were being robbed hy having I" hay
sugar 10y the uunr" and nj : cents. That
/ IL So cents Il pound Md ! hriirr"
: sugar could have b".r sold al dollar.
That ur course. would hr rii"rrfui Tor
those owning sugar. hut how about lin
poor nrlr armies. The country"
Now let ny regard facts. In thI'
situation MIR. Hoover and Mr. E"ipr
| have kent tn" r"tncrs price ~ SIS
cents. and they hay" done ii h.. vultn-
tary agrcru"ni--arid the lHSt man -
agr"" was Mr.. Spr.rli"ls liz Is r"i,"rr-
I'D H& rriiicisine Iim"v"r ami Enlrh fnr
fixing too high prices. u can't hr Ir"s-
siblr. Especially in view 81 he fact
that hr is rritirisinS them for ALLOWING:
too high prices for r:ibau4 Ia ihr n.>t
breath he abuses them for not l"iiIn.
him buS Cuhans ~ any prir" h." saw til
ACtiuus speak louder th;hI words. When
the rrir" was fixed ir wnS tn" last 10
agree: hr alone rriiirlS-S them far not
letting h!m ran rnWS up hat wh"u In
pric" for Cubaus is finally reduced y
them h" rriiiris"S Them with Itrf.'.':
safety. 1t is rrrtpustrrons.
Spreckeis Urged Minimum Price.
Again. AZ SHnri". h" Is rrpurt"d -
saying h" did not want t.. agree hrrl Is"
h. feared unfair treatment but 'u
not SEE him reported as telling That hr
himself WAS appointed is Mr. iiu"v"r
40 - chief nrinhrr "f ia" hiSirihufin
committee. aud that that "",HIEitt"" has
allowed him Ia i!gur, iu distribution
tina, II" claims f"r himself
''rh-u | 81" rhn' :, u"ir, was mad"
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