Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-03
ADVISES The
i. S. CONTROL
Of SUGAR IN
SCOUNTRY
Food Administrator Asks Leg
islation Enabling Govern
ment to Buy And Sell Sugar
to American Consumers.

WASHINGTON, Jan 2.-GOvera-
ment purchase and sale to consumers
OF all sugar USED in the United States
and control of the amounts and kinds
of food TO be served in public eating
places were advocated TO meet the ao-
normal war conditions by Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover today in testimony
before jhe senate committee investi-
eating sugar. he sand additional leg
islation conieTTing upon the Iood ad-
ministration sach powers should be
enacted by congress.
In urging government purchase OF
sugar Mr.. Hoover explained TO the
committee that through that method
alone could reflners be paid equitable
price. He said some beet factories
are making huge profits At rs cents
q pound agreed upon for beet sugar.
but on the other hand, factory in
Michigan and "one or two" in Colora-
90 actually are losing money at that
price His plan, he said is for the
government 10 purchase from beet
factories at different prices, based on
the cost OF production, buy cane
sugars AZ prices on the same basis,
pool the entire lot and sell to the
consumer at one pirce.
Food Conservation
Food conservation came up only
casually during an all-day examination
OF Mr.. Hoover, but the administrator
revealed that results from conserva-
tiOn plans formulated for hotels and
restaurants had been disappointing
because OF the deliberate failure OF
some TO cooperate with the admins
tratiOn. Those seeking TO help had
been forced 10 abandon their efforts,
Mr.. Hoover said, in ORDER TO meet
competition. The witness believed
ing TO the conservation recommenda-
, tiOns.
Chairman Reed OF the committee.
who has been the chief critic OF the
food administration in the senate did
not question Mr. Hoover Senator
Lodge conducting the examination
most OF the day.
Reed and Hoover Clash
Late in the session. however, Sena-
tor Reed and Mr.. Hoover engaged in
rather a heated discussion when the
witness asked TO have admitted to the
committee records the statement on
sugar situation which Mr.. Hoover
sought to submit before the holidays
and which later was made public at
the White House.
Chairman Reed said he wanted to
examine the statement over night and
that the question of admitting it to
the records would be determined
later. He added that he wanted to
question the witness further on it. Mr..
Hoover family declared with an ap-
parent show of heat that he did not
care whether it was introduced or
not"
1918 Supply Short
Mr.. Hoover said the sugar supply
for next year promised to be three
hundred thousand tons short of the
estimated demand. but il was hoped to
solve the shortage by conservation
and Limitation of supply to manufac-
turers of non-essential foodstuffs.
While he thought it might be neces-
sary to limit the per capita consump-
ton to three pounds a month, the wit
ness said he did not consider the
principle of limitation of personal con-
sumption sound because II tended TO
cause discomfort among the people.
The administrator explained his de-
sire to have the fod Administrations
view of the sugar situation presented
early in the investigation by saying
that testimony before the committee