Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-08-08
AMERICAN! SUGAR
Sent TO FRANCE
American Price Rigldly Regulated
by Unitei States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY O.
Sugar Cost 3o Cents a Poand Dariao
Civil uNS-saetiners' Profits
NskN curtailed.

lounu 10 the consumer, even lnOuBb
here Is world shortage which hNs
reduced this nations sugar allotment
o 70 per cent Of normal
Through the efforts of the United
States food administration the sugar
market has been regulated as far as
he producer, refneI and wholesaler
. concerned. The food administration
mas no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than. $1,000 tons OF sugar have
beer shipped to France in the last
four months the retail grocer's sugar
price S around 8 TO 81e cents. He
\ ;hould sell this sugar at 8h to Q
N1ts, the food administration believes,
md asks the American housewife to
ny no more than this amount
Last August when the food admin
Stration was organized the price Of
sugar rose suddenly to II cents
,,0und During the Civil War sugar
cost the consumer "a cents a pound
by regulation Of the sugar market and
reducing the price to 81 and 9 cent
md keeping 1t from advancing to 20
'ents the food administration has saw.
I'd the American public at least $780,
10000 in four months, according to
u statement made by Herbert Hoover
he other day
ut is our stern duty to feed the al
les, to maintain their health and
strength al any cost to ourselves
dr. Hoover declared "There has MOI
aeen, nor will be as we see Il. enough
sugar for even their present meagre
and depreSsing ration unless they seDS
ships to remote markets for IL. II We
IN our greed and gluttony force them
alther to further reduce their ration
" to send these ships we will have
lone damage to our abilities to win
his war
"lf we send the ships to java
FOR $50, 900 tons Of sugar next year
we will have necessitated the err
ployment of eleven extra ships for
one year. These shIps-If used n
transporting troops--wouId take
10000 to 100000 men to France
Reason for World Shortage.
AS Mr.. Hoover pointed out, ths
United States, Canada and EnglaU
we're sugar importing countries befnr
he war; while France and Italy wer
very nearly self supporting The NAH
sources of the worlds sugar suppl!
was Germany and neighboring powers
he West Indies and the East Indies.
German sugar is no longer available
as It Is used entirely In Germany
which also absorbs sugar of surround
ing countries.
England can no longer buy 1,40U,00
K M tons of sugar each year from
t4ermany. The French sugar produc
dor has dropped from 10000 to 30,
900 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 100000 tons to $4,000 tons
Thrs three countries were thrown
mon East and West indian sources
Tor 1875. 900 tons annually to MAINTAIN
/ neir normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations startc-
drawing on the West Indies for sugar
East Indian sugar took three timer
me 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 1,420000 tons Of
sugar to Europe when 100000 tons .
year was the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 400,OW
sons before the shipping situation be
rame acute.
''In spite of these shipments" Mr.
Hoover stated the other day, THE
English government in August reduced
me household sugar ration to basis
IF "a pounds per annum per capita
And in September the French govern
%,ent reduced their household ration
10 13 2-10 pounds a year, or bit ove'
hound OF sugar month. Even this
meagre ration could not be filled by
the French government it was found
early in the fall America was then
asked for 100000 tons of sugar and
succeeded in sending $1,000 tons By
December 1. The French request was
gra nted because the American house
hold consumption was then at feast o.
pounds per person. and 1t was conss4
.red the duty Of maintaining the
french morale made our course clear
Today the sugar situation may
DE summarized by stating that u
america will reduce Its sugar con-
sumption 10 to IS per cent. thls
nation will be able to send 100000
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard -
meries at $7.25 hundred pounds
fa,e wholesale grocer has agreed t.
limit his profit 10 rs cent? hundred
,,us freight, and the retail grocer Ia
sunnosed to take no more than 90 cents
hundred pounds profit. This regu
.tion was made by the food admins
ration. which now asks the housewife
: reduce sugar consumption as mucs
% possible, using other sweetenera
md also reminds her that she Should
INV no more than cents pound fer
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