Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-31
anything over this amount to be agreIl
eXtOrtiOnate under the law.

All TIC COURSE oI IneSe lUVeStIEd
lions It was found by canvass Of the
Cuban producers that their sugar had
during the first nine months Of the
past year. sold for m average Of about
$4.24 per hundred I. o. b. Cuba, IN
which duty and freight added to tho
reflners' cost amount to about $500
per hundred. The average sale price
of granulated by various reflneries. ac-
cording to Our investigation. was about
$3.50 per hundred. or a diferential Of
$1.sl
I'm reducing the difrerential to 1920
there WAS a saving to the public Of "a
cents nor hundred. Had such a DIFF
ferential been In use from the 1st of
January. 1917. the public would have
saved In the first nine months Of the
year about s24 800 Oo0."
Next Year.
With a view to more efficient organ
lzation of the trade In imported sugars
next year two committees have been
formed by the food administration:
1. A committee comprising repre-
sentatives OF all OF, the elements o.
American cane refining groups. III.
principal duty Of this committee Is to
divide the sugar imports pro rata to
their various capacities and see that
absolute Justice ls done to every re-
finer. "a
2. A committee comprising three rep
resentaliyes Of the English, French
and Italian governments; two repre-
sentativts of the American %refiners,
with Il member Of the food udlninistra-
ton. Only WI Of the committee have
arrived from Europe. but they repre-
sent the allied governments. The du-
ties Of this committee are to determine
the most economical sources from a
transport point Of view Of all the al.
lies to urrange transport at uniform
rates. to distribute the foreign sugar
between the United States and allies,
subject to the approval Of the A.nleri-
can, English" French and Italian gov
ernmentS.
This committee, while holding strong
views us TO the price to be paid for
Cuban sugar. has not had the final
voice. This voice has rested in the
governments concerned. together with
the Cuban government. and | wish to
state emphatically that all Of the gen.
tlellen concerned rs good commercial
neil have eiIdenvOred with the utmost
patience and skill to secure q lower
price. and their persistence has re-
duced Cuban demands by Is cents per
hundred. The price agreed upon is
about $4.GU per hundred pounds. +. o. b.
cuba, or equal to about So duty paid
New York.
"This price should ev~entuate,"
Mr.. Hoover said, ITO about $3.50
per hundred for refined sugar from
the refiners at seaboard points or
should place sugar In the hands Of
the consumer at from 8H to Q
cents per pound, depending upon
locality and conditions Of trade. or
at from to 2 cents below the
prices Of August last and from one.
half to a cent per pound cheaper
Than today.
AliSlS 10 uo" uu CIlHlitIutlOu Vi |
speculation. eXtOrtIOnnte profits, and
in the refining alone the American
people will save nver $25I9OO.OO of
the refining charges Inst year. A part
of these savings goes to the Cuban,
Hawaiian. Porto Rican and LOusinnian
producer and part to the consumer.
appeals to prejudice against the
food administration have been made
because the Cuban price Is "a cents
above that of 1917. It Is said In effect
TINT the Cubans are al our mercy
that we could get sugar a cent lower.
We made exhaustive study Of the cos
Of producing sugar In Cuba last. year
through our " agents in Cuba, and
we find it averages $3.50, while many
producers are at a higher level. We
found that an average profit of ut
least a cen per pound u necessary
in order to maintain and stimulate
or that a minimum price of
$4.37 was necessary, and eve this
would stifle s0lne producers.
"The price ultimately agreed was %
cents above these figures, OF about one.
tifth Of u cent per pound to the Ameri.
consumer, and more than this
amount has been saved by our reduc.
ton in refiners' profits. II we wish to
stiie production In Cuba we could
take that course just at the. time of all
times in our history when we want
for ourselves and the al.
lies. Further than that, the state de.
partment will assure you that such Il
course would produce disturbances in
Cuba and destroy eve our present
supplies. but beyond all these material
Is one Of human Justice. This
great country has no right by the
might Of its position to strange Cuba. |
therefore there is no imposition
lpon the American public. Charges
have been made before this commit
zee that Mr.. Rolph endeavored to ben
,ft the California refinery Of which he
xas manager by this "a cent increase 6
Cuban price. Mr.. Rolph did not fix |
he price. 1t does raise the price to, !
he Hawaiian farmer about that
mount. 1t does not raise the profit of I
he California refinery, because their {
for refining Is, like all other re. u
liners, limited to S1.S0 per hundred Z
plus the freight ditrerentlal on 4
he established custom of the trade. G
"AIr. Rolph has not q penny Of in. q
crest In that refinery"
c6ons and Turkeya :
They are hunting coons In Massa- n
husetts and eating them. They are