Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-02-12
after they resume normal Dr0duc-

after they resume normal Droduc-
ton.
The only distribution from his stock
Of sugar TO outside Of Wilmington, Mr..
Phillips said, WAS 1900 pounds 70 the
Campbell Soup Company, to enable It to
keep its big plant with thousands OF
employees in operation, and shipment
TO the Darlington Creameries Company
with establishments in Pennsylvania, 70
enable It to turn out condensed milk,
and thus assure babies Of supply Of
that necessity. All the rest of the
sugar he had on hand and bought by
jumping into the market and making a
cleanup" Mr.. Phillips said, is being
issued to retail grocers, bakers and con-
fectioners of this city to be distributed
TO their customers.
J. r. Richardson. OF the Richardson
Coffee Company. today asserted that
he is not selling sugar at an exorbi-
tant price. he claiming he Is selling
It at a loss to meet the demands OF his
customers. Mr.. Phillips confirmed the
statement that Mr.. Richardson paid
$685. hundred pounds for sugar. Mr..
, Richardson today said:
/ Retailer Tells His Side.
an Saturdays EVENING JOURNAL.
! l noticed that the wholesale grocers
OF our town stated that the retail
price of sugar. was exorbitant. /, as
one of the retailers, wish to take, eXcep.
ton to their statement. l called, on
Friday morning the local wholesale
grocers and they stated they did not
have any sugar in their places to offer
Had the wholesale grocers OF the city
OF Wilmington purchased sugar in
carload quantities as they stated, and
made delivery on Saturday morning
at the rate of sos per hundred. there
would have been no need of a sugar
famine, as existed on Saturday.
IL was one OF the unfortunate ones
not to have a supply Of sugar. Very
early Saturday morning / purchased
a small quantity OF sugar at the rate
Of s7.75 per hundred, which I sold
until Saturday, , p. NJ, at cents per
pound. I leave this TO your good
Judgment. buying sugar at the rate Of
S7.75 per hundred buying paper bags
10-pound size, paying 50 cents per
hundred. and 2-pOund size at 20
cents per hundred. paying clerk hire
rent and string, and losing the drafts
in weighing same out and selling sugar
at eight cents per pound. any small
child, using his first arithmetic, car
figure that a merchant so doing j:
working for a considerable loss or
this commodity.
Il called several of our largl
wholesale grocers this morning AM
asked them for sugar, but the SAM
old cry as the last few days Of. las
week We have no sugar.
Later on Saturday, at about D. m
purchased another supply OF sugar
put up in tenSpound packages. an
was compelled to pay $685. per hun
bred for same. This sold at 9 cent
per pound. In breaking packages an
putting it up IN small quantities
charged ten cents per pound. ] leav
this to the Judgment OF my customer.
that they will readily see l did nc
rob them under existing condition.
Had there been. as quoted in your pa
per, as many carloads OF sugar a
stated by our local iobbers. being IS
coo homes in the city OF Wilmington
100000 pounds OF sugar 10 a carload
there would have been enough suga
10 have given each, home two pound
of sugar. This would have been suff
cient to have lasted the majority ,
homes over antl the fret OF tho weo'
when the New York refineries woul
have been able to get sugar to wi
mington."
s1np retailers got az high as 3 cen
pou-d fer sugar on saturday and I
dav desnite the fact that the hiehe
wholesale n-iea has been less than
| cents pound