The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-02-09
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price Rigidly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY Sc.
sugar Cost IS Cents . Pound 0vsiae
Civil WarvRshssrS Prehts
New curtaiIsd.

Sugar 10 selling today throughout
America NJ from 81 10 0 cents
pound to the consumer. even though
there IL q world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
10 10 per cent. Of normal
Through the efforts of the United
States food administration the sugar
market has been regulated As far A.
the producer, refiner and wholesaler
IL concerned. The food administration
has no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than 5000 tons Of sugar have
been shipped to France In the last
four months the retail grocer's sugar
price 10 around to 81 cents He
should sell this sugar At 81 to
cents. the food administration believes.
and asks the American housewife to
pay no more than this amount
Las, August when the food admin
Istrntion was organized the price OF
sugar rose suddenly to II cents .
pound. During the Civil War sugar
cost the consumer IS cents q pound.
By regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price to 81 and cents
and keeping II from advancing to %
cents the food administration has saw
ed the American public at least $780,
600 an In four months, according to
q statement made by Herbert Hoover
he other day
1T 10 our stern duty to feed the al
lies. to maintain their health and
strength At any cost to ourselves"
Mr.. Hoover declared. There has not
been. nor will he as we see It. enough
sugar for even their present meaEre
md depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets for II. II We
In our greed and gIuttony force them
either to further reduce their ration
or TO send these ships We will have
done damage to our abilities to win
this war
"If we ssnd the ships 70 Java
fer 2so.oco tons Of sugar next year
We will have nseessltatsd the en-
pioymsnt Of eleven extra ships for
one year. Thee shlps-H ussd In
Transporting troops-Wovid take
$50 600 70 10000 n,sn 70 France
Reason for World Shortage.
As Mr. Hoover pointed out. the
United States. Canada and En- land
were sngnr 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 IL no longer available,
IL L. Tn
which also absorbs sugar Of surround
Ing countries
England can no longer buy ,400.0
long tons of sugar each year from
Germany. The French sugar produc-
tion has dropped from 10000 to 2l0.-
600 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 10000 tons to 5000 tons
Thus three countries were thrown
upon Fast and West Indian sources
for 1.02lO0O tons annually to maintain
their normal consumption.
Because Of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations started
drawing on the West indies for sugar:
East IldIan sugar took three times
the number Of ships, since the dis
lance was three times an great. Sud-
nish and did furnish 100000 tons Of
sugar to Europe when 100000 tons .
year was the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 10000
tons before the shipping situation BE-
came acute.
I'm spite OF these shipments" Mr.
Hoover stated the other day, "the
English government in August reduced
the household sugar ration to basis
Of "a pounds per annum per capita.
And In September the French govern
mem reduced their household ration
to IL 2.IO pounds a year. or bit over
pound Of sugar q month. Even this
menrre ration could not be filled by
me French government 1t was found
early In the fall. America was then
asked for 100 600 tons Of sugar and
succ-r,'ed In sending $1,000 tons BY
December I. The French request WAS
GRANTED because the American house
hold consumption was then at least rs
mounds per person. and II was conAid-
cred the duty Of maintaining the
French morale made our course clear"
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that n
America will reduce It's sugar con.
sumption 10 to IS per cent. this
nation will be able to send 200, 900
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard ~
hneries al 1925 hundred pounds.
The wholesale grocer has agreed to
limit his profit to Is cents a hundred
plus freight, and the retail grocer Is
supposed to tnke no more than so cents
a hundred pounds profit. This regu-
Iation was made by the food admins
tratIop, which now asks the housewife
to reduce sugar consumption as much
"a possible. using other sweeteners
and also reminds her that she should
raw no more than 8 cents q pound for