Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-02-08
.oorican Price Rigidly Regulated
BY United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Cost IS Cents a Pound During
Civil War-Refiners' Profits
Now Curtailed.

.,ors "a a world shortage which has
..anced this nations sugar allotment
% 70 per cent. of normal.
Through the efforts of the United
stotas food administration the sugar
market has been regulated as far as
the producer, refiner and wholesaler
to concerned. The food administration
bos no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than $4,000 tons of sugar have
hoan shipped to France in the last
four months the retail grOcer's sugar
nrice is around 8 to 81 cents, He
should sell this sugar at 8h to 8
cents, the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife to
nav no more than this amount.
81 Last August when the food admin
sration was organized the price Of
sugar rose suddenly to IL cents a
Mound During the Civil War sugar
eOst the consumer 80 cents pound.
By regulation Of the sugar market and
h reducing the price to S1a and cents
and keeping it from advancing to 20
cents the food administration has saw
ed the American public at least $780,
100000 In four months, according to
Il A statement made by Herbert Hoover
e the other day.
s 1T Is our stern duty to feed the al
lies to maintain their health and
IL nth of ny IN
{ 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 1t. 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 1000 tons Of sugar next year
we will have necessitated the en-
pIoyment Of eleven extra ships for
one year. These ships-if used in
transporting troops-would take
10000 to 100000 men to France"
Reason for World Shortage.
As Mr.. Hoover pointed out, the
United States, Canada and England
were sugar importing countries before
s the war, while France and Italy were
e 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 1t 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-
ton has dropped from 100000 to 210,-
OOO tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 100000 tons to 10000 tons.
mus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
ior l925O00 tons annually to maintain
Their normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations started
ufawlng on the West Indies for sugar
East Indian sugar took three times
ue number of ships, since the dis
@hce was three times as great. Sud
uehy the west was called on to fur
nSh and did furnish 100000 tons of
sugar to Europe when 100000 tons a
year was the pre-war demand. The
ahes had drawn from Java 100000
IONS before the shipping situation be-
came acute.
In spite of these Shipments" Mr..
hoover stated the other day, "the
ahsnSh government in August reduced
ne household sugar ration to a basis
"a pounds per annum per capita.
anu III September the French govern
Ient reduced their household ration
10 z-lO pounds year, or bit over
pound Of sugar a month. Even this
0sle ration could not be filed by
w french government it was found
-" III the fall. America was then
eu ior 100000 tons of sugar and
neeeued In sending $4,000 tons by
eeelhDer l. The French request was
s'Snted because the American house
80 consumption was then at least 55
pOunus per person, and 1t was consid-
he duty Of maintaining the
nen morale made our course clear"
'oosy the sugar situation may
summarized by stating that II
nnerlea will reduce its SUGAR con-
ss"'pton 10 to is per cent. this
ION VIII be able to send 100000
're soldiers to France.
sD sugar today sells at seaboard re-
Tha at 1925 a hundred pounds
lint, ~"hoiesale grocer has agreed TO
null multi MS profit to 25 cents a hundred
mnoo ICght, and the retail grocer is
f Spo to take no more than so cents
khtIon reu pounds profit. This regu-
trst,n was made by the food admins
IL @ s"a which now asks the housewife
as Uu sugar consumption as much
ana posslole' using other sweeteners
paS o aaSo reminds her that she should
Haugar. "n cents pound for
sT Tnsroi Of Cane Rehners, Profits.
NAM Immediately upon the estoh:Isb.
'he food administration" Mr..