Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-02-28
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-Retiners' Profits
Now Curtailed.

Sugar Is selling today throughout
America at from S1e TO cents
pound TO the consumer, even though
there is a 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, refiner and wholesaler
IL concerned. The 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 months the retail grocer's sugar
price is around s to Sih cents He
should sell this sugar nj 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 the price OF
sugar rose suddenly to II cents
pound. During the Civil War sugar
cost the consumer 80 cents pound.
BY regulation Of the sugar market and
reducing the price to Sl2 and 9 cents
and keeping 1t from advancing TO 20
cents the food administration has saw
ed the American public at least $780,
l., t,,pntha onpnr1inu N
q statement made by Herbert Hoover
the other day.
1T Is 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 be as we see It, enough
sugar for even their present meaGre
and depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets for II. II 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 our abilities to win
this war.
az we send the ships to Java
for $50 900 tons Of sugar next year
We will have neeessitated the en-.
PIoyment Of eleven extra ships for
one year. These shlps-N used In
Transporting troops-wouId take
10000 to 1000 men to France"
Reason for World Shortage.
Al 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
vources Of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and neighboring powers
the West Indies and the East Indies.
German sugar Is no longer available,
as II Is used entirely in Germany.
which also absorbs sugar OF surround
ing countries
England can no longer buy 100000
long tons of sugar each year from
Germany. The French sugar produc-
tion has dropped from 10000 TO 30.
600 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 100000 tons to $4,000 tons
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
for $4,000 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 Indian sugar took three times
the number OF ships, since the dis
lance was three times as great. Sud.
nish and did furnish 100000 tons Of
sugar TO Europe when 100000 tons a
year was the pre-war demand The
allies had drawn from Java 100000
tons before the shipping situation be-
came acute.
"ln spite Of these shtpments," Mr..
Hoover stated the other day, "the
English government In August reduced
the household sugar ration to q basis
81 "a pounds per annum per capita
And In September the French severn.
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