Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-31
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price RigidIy Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY Sc.
Sugar Cost IS Cents a Pound During
Civil war-Refirers' Profts
Now curtaiIed.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.

Sugar is selling today throughou
America at from 81 to 8 cents
pound to the consumer, even thong
there Is a world shortage which ha
reduced this nations sugar all0tInen
to 10 per cent. Of normal.
Through the efforts Of the Unite
States food administration the suga
market has been regulated as far a
the producer, refiner and wholesale
is concerned. The food administrator
has no power to regulate retail price
except by public opinion. Even though
more than $1,000 tons of sugar hav'
been shipped to France in the las
four months the retail grocer's sugaI
price is around 8 to 81 cents. Fl,
should sell this sugar at 8h to
cents. the food administration believes
and asks the American housewife II
pay no more than this amount.
Last August when the food admin
istrntion was organized the price Of
sugar rose suddenly to II cents q
pound. During the Civil War sugar
cost the nsum IS cents a pound
BY regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price to 81 and 8 cents
and keeping 1t from advancing to &c
cents the food administration has say
ed the American public at least $780,.
900 900 in four months. according to
a statement made by Herbert Hoover
the other day.
ut Is our stern duty to feed the al
lies, to maintain their health and
strength at any cost to ourselves"
Mr.. Hoover declared. "There Inns not
been, nor will be rs we see 1t, enough
sugar for even their present meagre
and depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets for 1t. If we
in our greed and gluttony force them
either to further reduce their ration
or to send these ships we will have
done damage TO II abilities to win
this war.
"H we send the ships to Java
for 250,oc0 tons Of sugar next year
W. will have ~neeessItated the en-.
ptoyment Of eleven extra ships for
one year. These ships-h used ir
transporting troops-wouId taks
$50 900 to zoe, oCO men to France"
Reason for World Shortage.
AS Mr.. Hoover pointed out, the
United States. Canada and England
wnpo cuuur f,nporttnU co,ptrios horrro
the war, while France and Italy We're
very nearly self supporting. The main
sources Of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and ncighboring powers.
the West Indies and the East Indies.
German sugar is no longer available.
which also nhsorbs sugar Of surround.
Ing countries.
England can m longer buy l,4O0.OW
long tons of sugar each year from
Germany. The French sugar produc-
ton has dropped from $50 600 to 2lO,-
900 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 2lO.0N tons TO 75.WW tons
Thus three countries were thrown
upon Fast and West Indian sources
FOR 1.9.5 600 tons annually to maintain
heir norp,al consumption.
Because OF the worlds shipping
shortage the allied natiOns started
drawing on the West lndies for sugar:
East Indian sugar took three times
the number Of ships. since the dis.
lance was three times as great. Sud
denly the west was called on to fur
nish and did furnish 1,42O.OO ions of
sugar to Europe when 3CO.OOO ton Il
year was the pre-wnr demand. III"
nllies had drawn from Java 4OO,UN
tons before the shipping situation be.
came acute.
"In spite of these shipments" Mr..
Hoover stated the other day, 'thc
government In August reduced
he household sugar ration 10 Il basis
Of ~ pounds per nnum per capita.
And in September the French govern
ncnt reduced their household ration
% 10 2-10 pounds n year. or n hit Yer
pound Of sugar a month. Even this
mengre ration could not he filed by
Tx + ISIItH kUNSf iIiiClIt u was iOtINi |
Early IN the fall. America was then
,skeh for 100000 tons Of sugar and
succeeded in sending s5.0N tons by
December I. The French request was
granted because the American house.
,old consumption was then at least ~
per person, and 1t was consid.
,red the duty Of maintaining the
morale made u course clear"
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that
America will reduce ito sugar con.
sumption 10 to IS per cent. this
nation will be able to send ZOO 700
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells ut seaboard re.
ut 1925 a hundred pounds.
The wholesale grocer has agreed to
INIT his profit to 25 cents a hundred
illus freight, and the retail grocer is
imposed to take no than 80 cents
hundred pounds profit, This regu-
was made by the food admins.
which now asks the housewife
o reduce sugar consumption as much
10 possible, using other s%weeteners, I
md also reminds her that she should
'ay no more than 8 cents q pound for
ugar.
Control Of Cane Ref7ners' Profits.
Immediately upon the establish:
of the food administration" Mr..
Hoover said, IAN examination was
Of the costs and profits Of rein.
ny md It was finally determined that
he spread between the cost Of raw
nd the sale of refined cane sugar
hould be limited to $1.30 per hundref
ounds. The pre-wnr d%ifferential had
veraged about s. cents and increased
osts were found to have been impos.
d by the war in increased cost Of re-