Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1917-02-01
AMERICAN SUGAR
Sent TO FRANCE
American Price Rigidly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Sugar Cost 35 Cents a Pound During
Civil War-Refners Profits
Now curtailed.

Sugar is selling TODAY throughout
America al from 81 Il 8 cents IA
pound 10 the consumer. even though
there is Il world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
to 10 per cent. of normal.
Through the efforts Of the United
States food administration the sugar
market has been regulated as far as
the producer, retiner and wholesaler
is concerned. The food administration
has no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
mare than $1,000 tons of sugar have
been shipped to France in the last
four months the retail grocer's sugar
price is around S to S12 cents. He
should sell this sugar at S1A TO 9
cents, the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife to
pay no more than This amount.
Last August when the food admin
istration was organized the price of
SUGAR rose suddenly 70 II cents q
rgrna DURING the Civil War sugar
cost lie consumer 81 .rats 81 pound.
Ey regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price to 81 and cents
and keeping IL from ad anc:ng to 70
cents the food administration has say
"a tae American plbiic al least $3.50
"HIo00 in four months according TO
. statement made nv ilcrhrrt Hoover
tina ather day
II is our stern duty to feed the al
lies. 70 maintain their health and
stren-th at any cost 90 ourselves.
Mr.. Hoover declared. There has not
been. nor will be as we see 1t, enough
sugar for even their present meagre
ann depressing ration unless hey send
Sims 20 remote markets for If y we
in our greed and gluttony f"r,+ them
either to further reduce their cation
or 70 send these shiu~ rF will have
done damage to our abilities 70 win
this war
~ we serc thc ehtns &c Java
for 25OOo0 tons IF sugar next year
we will haVe nece3sitlted the en-
pIoyment of eleven extra ships for
one year These shirs-if used in
tran 1ortir- tcoops--would take
10000 to "C0 1E0 men to France"
Reason for World Shortage,
AS Mr.. Hoover pointed out, the
United States, Canada and England
were sugar importing countries before
the war. while France and Italy were
very nearly self Supporting. The main
sources Of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and neighboring powers,
the West Indies and the East Indies
German sugar is no longer available,
as IL is used entirely in Germany,
which also absorbs sugar of surround:
ing countries. -5-
England can no longer buy 100000
long tons of sugar each year from
Germany. The French sugar produc-
ton has dropped from 100000 to 2lo,-
600 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 100000 tons to 10000 tons.
Thus three countries We're thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
for / 1925. 200 tons annually to maintain
their normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations started
drawing on the West Indies for sugar ;
r.u,;; Indian sugar took three times
the number Of ships, since The dis
lance was three times as great Sud
denly the west was called on TO fur
nish and did furnish 100000 tons of
sugar TO Europe when 100000 tons
year was the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 100000
tons before the shipping situation be-
came acute.
IN spite Of these shipments" Mr.
Hoover stated the other day. the
English government in August reduced
the household sugar ration to basis
of "a pounds per annum per capita
And in September the French govern
nIent reduced their household ration
to 13 2-10 pounds year, or bit over
l pound OF sugar a month. Even this
meagre ration could not be filled ny
the French government 1t was found
early In the fall. America was then
asked for 100000 tons Of sugar and
succeeded In sending $1,000 tons by
December l. The French request was
granted because the American house
hold consumption was then at least 90
pounds per person. and II was consid-
cred the duty Of maintaining the
French morale made our course clear"
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that II
America win reduce IT'S sugar co''-
sumption 10 to is per cent. this
nation will be able to send 200 600
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard re
finerles at $7.25 hundred pounds.
The wholesale grocer has agreed to
limit his profit to 25 cents a hundred