St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-02-01
AMERICAN SUGAR
Sent TO France
American Price RigidIy Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Sugar Cost 35 Cents a Pound During
Civil War--Refiners' Profits
Now curtaled.

Sugar In selling today throughout
America ut from Sc TO 8 cents u
pound TO the consumer, even though
there Is world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
to 40 per cent Of normal.
Through the efforts Of the United
States food administration the sugar
market has been regulated Ms far as
the producer, rciincr aud wholesaler
is concerned. The food administration
has no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than $4,000 tons of sugar have
been shipped to France IN the last
four months the retail groccr's sugar
price is around 3 10 So cents lie
should sell this sugar at 81 to .
cents the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife 10
pay no more than this amount
Last August when the food admin.
lstratlon was organized the price of
sugar rose suddenly 10 II cents u
pound. During the Clvll War sugar
cost the consumer 30 cents u pound
by regulation " the sugar mnrkct and
reducing the price In 81 md o cents
and keeping II from advancing ~ 20
cents the food administration has snv.
ed the American public ni lcnst $50.
100000 IN four months according To-
q statement nude boy Herbert Hoover
the other day.
1T II our stern duty ~ feed the nj.
lies. 60 maintain their health nnd
strength nj any cost to ourselves"
Mr. Hoover declared "rhrrr Inns not
been, nor will be- ng We ypr a., enough
sugar for even their present mungrc
and depressing ration unless they send
ships 60 remote markets Tor a. n we
In our greed and gluliuny force ihcm
either a. further reduce their ration
or a. send these ships We VIII hpve
done dnmngc to our abilities a. win
this war.
"lf We send tho ships 20 Java
for 25O.o0o tons of sugar nest year
We viii have neecsaitatrd the en-.
ployment of eleven ostfa ships for
one year. These thips-if used In
10000 20 100000 men 10 France"
Reason for World Shortage.
A. MIR Hoover pointed uul, the
United States. Canada nnd England
were sugar Importing countries hrf"r"
the war; WIN" France uud liuiN W"r" !
very nearly self supporting The muin |
sources ~ the worlds SUGAR supply |
was Germany nnd urirhhuring pnNurs, |
tho West indies und lhr lnsI ludirs
German sugar h nn longer available, |
aa II A. used entirely iu Germany !
which alsn nhsorhs sugar ~ surround |
ing countries
England can no longer buy l.iunwn |
long tons of surur each year from /
Germany The French sugar prnduc
tion has dropped frum 5lnUn to 2l0.
600 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 2iOOn1 inus tn 9hul1 toms
Thus three countries we're thrown 1
upon East und West Indian sources
for i,n2a,Oo0 tons annually ln maintain
their normal consumption
Because ~ the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations started
drawing ON the West Indies Ter sugar
East Indian sugar took three times
the number of ships since the dis
tAnce was three times us great SUD
denly the west Wus rullri uu to fur
niSh aud did furnish l'uWn tons ~
sugar o. Europe when Huluun tons d
year was the prr.war demand The
allies had drawn from Java lunun
tons before the shipping situation be-
came acute
"lh spite of these shipments" Mr.
Hoover stated the other dHN. "thr
English government iu August rrdgcrd
the household sugar ration tu husis
Of - pounds per uuuum per capita
And In September the French govern.
ment reduced their household ration
TO i3 2.lO pounds d yvHr vr hjt over
! pound of sugar a month iNru this
meagre ration could NOT hr nllrd rs
The French government 10 Was found
early Ia the fan America WIS chem
asked for 100000 toms of ~uaur uUh
succeeded in scniius N1Wn TONS hy
December I The frrurh request WAS /
granted because the American hnusr
hoiu consumption WIS INfN 700 .fNHI fh'
pounds per person uu1 no WIS ,Du~'l
Pred the duty ~ miu'uluU- the
French morale made our course 1c1r"
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that II
America viii reduce its sugar CON
sumption 10 20 70 per cent this
nation viii be able 20 send coo 600
more soldiers 20 France,
Sugar today SELLS ut syuhuurd "a.
inerirs az Sl25 "A hundred pounds | ,
The wholesale grocer has agreed tu | I
iIRlt his profit tu 20 cents hundred I
Plus freight, and Jur retail grocer is ,
to take NO more chan 5O cents ,
! hundred pounds pruu, This rrgu. B
stlon was made hy Jhy food admins Z
ration, which now ask, the housrW lfr {
o reduce sugar consumption as much d
~ possible, USING other sWyvtvuvrs. Q
md also reminds her that She should ,
'ay no more Than . cents a pound for 4
ugAT t
Control OF Cane ReGners' Profits. /
Immediately upon the establish
nent OF the food administration" Mr.. {
500 Reward, 500 4