The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-09
American Price Rigidly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Sugar Cost IS Cents . Pound During
Civil War-Refners' Prssits
Now curtailed.

there Is world shortage WHICH nag
reduced this nations sugar allotment
to 20 per cent. Of normal.
Through the efforts OF the United
States food administration the sugar
market has been regulated as far as
the producer. re6ner and wholesaler
IL concerned. Tire food administration
has no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than $1,000 tons Of sugar have
been shipped to France in the last
four bionths the retail grocers sugar
prices Is around s to 81 cents. He
should sell this sugar ut 8h 10 Y
cents, the food administration believes
and asks the American housewife tc
puy no more tlnn this amount.
Fast August when the food admin
istration was organized the price OF
sugar rose suddenly to il cents n
pound During the Civil War sugar
cost the consumer 85 cents pound.
BY regulation of the sugar market ana
reducing the price to 81 and q cents
md keeping It from advancing to 20
cents the food administration has saw
ed the American public 1T least $780,
Ooo,OO0 in four months. according TO
A. statement made BY Herbert Hoover
the other dny.
"It In our stern duty TO feed the ai-
lien 10 maintaiM their health and
strength mt any cost to ourselves,
No. Hoover declared. "rhere has not
been, nor will be as we see It. enough
sugar for even their present nneagfe
md depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets for It. II we
In cor greed and giuttony force them
either 10 further reduce their ration
or to send these ships we will have
done damage TO our abilities to win
this war.
az we send the ships TO java
for Csc, 900 tons OF sugar next year
we will have necossitated tbs en-
pioyment Of eleven extra shlps TOR
one year. Thsse.shsps used In
| Transporting troops-wevd take
1901 900 TO 100000 men to France"
Reason Tor World Shortage.
As Mr.. Hoover pointed ovt, TN
United States, Canada and EngiNnt
were sugar importing countries bcfor'
the war, while France and Italy were
very nearly self supporting. The mair
sources of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and nclghboring powers
the West Indies and the East Indies.
German sugar In no longer available
M n Is used entirely In Germany
which also absorbs sugar Of surround
ing countries.
England cnn no longer buy 10000
long tons OF sugar each year fror
Germany. The French sugar produ'
ton has dropped from 10000 TO 2lo
600 tons. The Italian production ha
fallen from 10000 tons to 1900 ton
Thus three countries were throw
upon East and West Indian source
for 1,o25, 900 tons annually TO maintai
l their normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shippir
shortage the allied nations starte
drawing on the West Indies for sugal
East Indian sugar took three TIM
the number of ships. since the al
lance wns three times as great su
u denly the west was called on TO III
- nish and did furnish 100000 tons
= sugar to Europe when 100000 tons
r year was the pre-wnr demand. III
, allies had drawn from Java 1000
l. tons before the shipping situation b
Re came acute.
% .In sp,ts OF these shipments" n
~ Hoover stated the other day. II
y English government, In August reduc'
the household sugar ration TO has
of "a pounds per annum per capi'
y And In September the French COVER
T. ment reduced their household rau'
70 Il 2.Io pounds a year, or a bit ov
mound Of sugar a month. Even u
mesrre ration could act be filled
the French government Il was fou
early IN the fall. Amerioa was IN
~ asked for 100000 tons OF sugar a
Y .ueceeded IN sending 5000 tons
u pe~emher 4. The French request "
: granted because the American nou'
q hold consumption was then at least
y hounds per person. and u was cons
v cred the duty % maintaining
French morale made our course ciea
=. To-day the sugar situation ma,
- he summarized by stating that v
~ America will reduce lts sugar cen
sumption 10 20 70 per cent. tn.
nasien will be able 10 send 2oo.ooS
mere soldiers 10 France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard
aperies NJ sT25 q hundred poun
The Wholesale grocer has agreed
" limit his pront To IS cents q hund'
TO Mus freight. and the retail grocer
ne supposed 70 take no more than 20 cei
ne a hundred pounds profit This re
Id lstion was made by the food admin
W traitor, which now asks the housew
'oy 10 reduce sugar consumption a. mt
ne a. possible. using other Ereetens
OF aud also reminds her that she sho'
on pay no more than o cents . pound
sugar.
Of contreI 81 care Resrerr Priests
Cd Immediately upon the sstaell
neat Of the food atninis,rafion.-