East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price RigidIy Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Sugar Cost 35 Cents ! Pound During
CWtI Wsr---Rstnsrs' Profits
Now CurtaiieI.

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pound 10. The consumer, even though
there Is world shortage which has
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, reGncr and wholesaler
is concerned. The food administration
has 40 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 months the retail tTocer's sugar
price is around s 10 81 cents. He
should sell this sugar 'at S1s to 9
cents, the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife to
pay no more than This amount.
Last August when The food admin
/ iStration was organized tho price of
sugar rose suddenly TO II cents n
pound During the Civi War sugar
/ cost the consumer - cents pound.
/ BY regulation Of the sugar market and
reducing the price to S1a and . cents
H
celts the food administration has saw
ed the American public AT least $780,
100000 in fonr months, according to
a statement made by Herbert Hoover
the other day.
ut is our stern duty 10 feed the al
lies. 20 maintain their health and
strength at any cost 10 ourselves"
Mr.. Hoover declared. There has not
been, nor will be rs We see il, enough
sugar for even their present meagre
and depressing ration unless they send
ships 10 remote markets for it. II we
in our greed and gluttony force them
either 10 further reduce their ration
or 10 send these ships we will have
done damage 10 our abilities to win
This war
az we send the ships to Java
for 25O, 0oo tons OF sugar next year
we will have 'necessitated the en-
pioyment Of eleven extra ships for
one year These ships-f used In
Transporting troops-wouId take
1000 to geo 600 men to France"
Reason for World Shortage.
As Mr. Hoover pointed out the
United States, Canada and England
were sugar importing countries before
The war while France and Italy were
very nearly self supporting. The main
sources of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and neighboring powers,
the West Indies and the East Indies,
German sugar is no longer available,
as It is used entirely in Germany,
which also absoTbs sugar OF surround
ing countries. e.
England can no longer buy l,400 900
long tons Of sugar -eath year from
Germany. The French sugar prOduc-
Ion has dropped from 30 900 10 2f0,-
200 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 10000 tons TO 10000 tons. (
Thus three countries We're thrown /.
upon East and West Indian sources |
for go, 0G0 tons annually 10 maintain /
heir normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations started .
drawing on the west Indies for sugar; /
East Indian sugar tool, three times .
the number of ships, since the dis |
lance was three times as great. Sud |
denly the west was called on to fur I
uish and did furnish t,420000 tons Of /
sugar to Europe when 30noOO tons /
year was the prr-war demand. The !
allies had drawn from Java 100000 |
tons before the shipping situation be- .
came acute. H.-
"In spite OF these shipments Mr. /
Hoover stated the other day, "the I
English govcrnmentin August reduced !
ia, h,rr.L,l,l s,,rar ,sa tio,, tn n boSiS
of ~ pounds per annm per capita. .
And in September the French govern. |
ment reduced their household ration /
10 II 2-10 pounds year, or a hit over /
/ pound of sugar month Even this (
mcaGic 9'Riiou could not be filled ny .
the French government 1t was found !
early IN the fall. America was then I
asked for 100000 tons of sugar. and .
succeeded IN sending S5,00a FpnS byt
December J. The French request was I
granted because the American house
hold consumption was then AZ least 55 .
pounds per person, and it was conSid-
cred the duty Of maintaining the
French morale made our course clear
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that IL
sumption 10 to IS per cent. this
nation will be able to send 200, 900
more soldiers 10 France.
Sugar today sells at sseaboard re-
fneries at ST2j. hundred pouuds.
The wholesale grocer has agreed to
limit his profit TO - cents hundred
plus freight, and the retail grocer Is
supposed 20 take no more than 80 cents
Il hundred pounds profit This regu-
lRtIon was made by the food admins
uation, which now asks the housewife
to reduce sugar consumption as much
as possible using other sweeteners,
and also reminds her that she should
pay no more than 9 cents a pound for
sugar
Control Of Cane Retiners' Profits.
immediately upon the estat iSh-
ment Of the food administration" Mr.
ANN NTENvC