The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-09-16
PRICE OF COTTON
SEED STABILIZED
PRICE OF SUGAR FIXED AT &c
AND COTTON SEED PRICES
FIXED FOR FIRST TIME IN
HISTORY.

Atlanta, Ga. Sept. l4.-.is soon as
the State Food Administrators re-
turned home from their conference
at Washington, they received a mes
nag from Herbert Hoover, United
States Food Administrator. 1t evil
IDENTIFY expressed the strongest inn
preston which survived the session.
1T bore an urgent request to convey
to each county food adn1initrato- the
great appreciation Mr.. Hoover and all
his aides have for the fine service
they have given to the common task.
Mr.. Hoover stated that all through
the meeting he had been particularly
struck by the repeated acknowledge
ment of the splendid work done by
the county leaders, and that these
tributes recall to him the relations
of the army staff to the men on the
firing line. For that reason he wish
ed to take the opportunity to thank
them for their great service to their
country and her people at home.
The Washington meeting was very
fruitful in results, as evidenced by the
number of amended and new rules
which went into effect. The indus
tries in which the South is most in
terested were stabilized, and the out
look is that the producers of this
state will enjoy as much protection
and prosperity as the men in any other
section who are growing and manu-
featuring food required to feed the
fighting forces of this and associated
countries and the peoples for whose
liberty the fight is being made.
The price of sugar was fixed at 81
per pound for refined and plantation
granulated, with exact differentials
covering other grades. Adding on the
margins of profit allowed the whole
sale and retail handlers, the price of
sugar to the consumer will be around
10 IL, varying according to freight
rates.
Cotton Seed Prices Stabilized
Cotton seed prices and products,
were stabilized for the first time in
history. The Food Administration
has adopted as its own the plea to
the War Industries Board to raise the
price being arbitrarily paid for linters
rs being below the cost of production
and out OF proportion to the value of
other seed products The price of the
oil could not be increased above that
of last season. because of the COM
petition of other edible oils. The
comparatively low price on oil and lin
tiers forced an increase in the price of
cotton seed meal just at the time when
the drouth stricken cattle of Texas
and other states are in dire need of
the sustenance. The pledge was Civ
ell that if the War Board paid more
for the linters, there would be a cC"-
responding reduction in the price of
the meal. One of the important fea-
lures of the sterilization system is
that the minimum as well as the max
imum price is fixed, otherwise there
could be no sterilization. Several
concerns which disturbed conditions
in their vicinities by charging less for
some of their services are paying
more for some of the products, were,
promptly impressed with the duty of
uniformity and there was ready COM
p1iance. The experiment will be
watched with interest and may have
an immense bearing upon the feature
of all the food industries.
Mrs. Ambrose Beckham, of Macon,