The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-29
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English government I'm August reduced
the household sugar ration to basis
Of "A pounds per annum per capita.
And in September the French govern
ment reduced their household ration
to Is 2-l0 pounds year, or bit over
| mound of sugar a month. Even this
meagre ration colAd not be filed by
the French government 1t was found
early In the fall America was then
asked for 100000 tons of sugar and
succeeded in sending $4,000 tons by
December /. The French request was
granted because the American house
hold consumption was then at least 50
pounds per person, and II was consid'
cred the duty Of maintaining the
French morale mnde our course clear
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that II
America will reduce its sugar con-
/. sumption 10 to rs per cent. this
nation will be able to send 100000
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard re-
dneries at SIS hundred pounds
The wholesale grocer has agreed to
limit his profit 80 25 cents hundred
plus freight and the retail grocer is
supposed oltake 20 more than 50 cents
Il hundred pounds profit. This regu
lStinn was made by the food admins
ration, which now asks the housewife
10 reduce sugar consumption as much
~
ana also reminds her That she should
pay no more than 9 cents pound for
sugar.
Control of Cane Refiners' Profits.
'lnmediately upon the establish
nient of the food administration, Mr.
Hoover said, "an examination was
made of the costs and profits of rein-
ing and it was finally determined that
the spread between the cost of raw
and the sale Of refined cane sugar
should be limited to '$1.30 per hundred
pounds. The pre-war differential had
averaged about 50 cents and increased
costs were found to have been impos-
ed by the war IN increased cost of re-
fning, losses, cost of bags, labor, insur-
ance, interest and other things, rather
more than cover the difference. After
prosanged negotiations the refiners
We're placed under agreement estab-
fishing these limits on October |, and
anything over this amount to be agreed
extortlonate under the law.
"In the course of these investiga-
tlons it was found by canvass of the
Cuban producers that their sugar had,
during the first nine months OF the
past year, sold for an average Of about
S424 per hundred f. o. b. Cuba, to
which duty and freight added to the
refiners cost amount to about $3.50
per hundred The average sale price
of granuated by various reineres ac-
cording to our investigation was about
$3.50 per hundred, or differential OF
S1s4.
''In reducing the differential to $l.SO |
there was saving to the public OF "a
cents per hundred Had such dit
ferential been in use from the 1st OF
January, 1917. the public would have
saved In the first nine months OF the
year about 24,sOOOoO."
Next. Year.
With view to more efficient organ
lzaton Of the trade in imported sugars
next year two committees have been
formed by the food administration
/. A committee comprising repre-
sentatiyes of all of the elements of J
American cane refining groups. The
principal duly of this committee Is to
divide the sugar imports pro rata to
their various capacities and see that
absolute justice is done TO every re-
finer.
>. committee comprising three rep |
resentatlves OF the English, French
and 4talian governments; two repre-
selnatlyes OF Tie American retiners,
with r1ember Of the food admihlslra-
ton. Only two OF the committee have
arrived from Europe hut they repre-
SEM the allied governments. The DIT
lies oT this committee are to determine
,he. must ecouQmica sources Es2M y