The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-02-01
American Price Ripldly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY 90.
Sugar Cost IS Cents . Pound During
Civil War-Rehners' Profits
Now curtailed.

pound to the consumer, even though
there IL n world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
TO 20 per cent. Of normal.
Through the Efforts n the United
States food administration the sugar
market has been regulated as far as
the producer, refncr and wholesaler
is concerned. The food administration
has no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than 5000 tons ~ sugar have
been shipped 10 France In the last
four mouths the retail g%roccr's sugar
price Is around s 10 81 cents. lie
should sell this sugar At 81 to p
cents, The food administration believes,
and nsks the American housewife TO
pay no more than this amount.
Last August whcn the food admin
istrntlon was organized the price OF
sugar rose suddenly To II cents u
pound. During the civil War sugnr
cost the consumer ~ cents n pound.
BY regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price 60 sm and o cents
and keeping VI from advancing Ia 20
cents the fool administration has snv'
ed the American puhllc NJ least Slsn'
100000 In four months, according to
a statement made by Herbert Hoover
the other day.
"r, I. .,r s,.rr ,1,,y IN food I'M. nj.
H.. - u,,tn,at, ui.tr bcoi,b and
a' .,s, ,o o,rsctycs"
49, - ,."i,.aJ .rt,r. h,. ma,
In ha a. 900 ~. 4, enough
go. a. oyen ,heir prcs.nt meovre
...stna ro,t,n unless ,h.y s.nd
.h,n. ~ .o,,ot, w,rt.,s for n n we
- a,J ,t,,,,,y fire. ,h.m
ai,.ar ~ o,r,h.r reduce tb.Ir ration
:. =, - ,h.sa sbt,s ,yc win have
a.. aan,a.a 90 ovr abilities IN win
49,.
Nv we send the shlps 70 Jaws
Tor 100000 tons of sugar neS' year
we VIII nave neee'a''a'ea 'ne em'
p'oSmsnt oi eleven est'a .h'ps 'or
one year. Ihese sh'ps-' u'eu W
u~snsporuna uoops-"oulu NNs
'ooVOo 70 SOoo0O "eh-io ''S"e
Rea.on for World Shortaue.
A. AIR Uooyer poInted out, the
limited states. Cnnndn aud England
were sugar importing countries before
the war while Frunce and Italy were
very nearly self supporting The main
sources Of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and ~nclghhorlng powers,
the West Indies and the Fast indies.
German sugar Is no longer available,
ns u II used entirely IN Germany,
which also ahsorbs sugar Of surround
Ing countries.
England can no longer buy 100000
long tons Of sugar earh year from
Germany. The French sugar produc'
lion Inns dropped from 10000 To 90.
900 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 2iO.OOO tons to $4,000 ms
Thus three countries were thrown
upon Enst and West Indian sources
for i,a2aOOO tons annually To maintain
their normal consumption.
R.cnuse M IA, worlds thinning
shortape the nlllcd nntions started
drawing on the West indies for sugar:
Ens, IndInn sugar took three times
the number OF shlps. since the dis.
tnnce was three times M great. sud.
denly the west was called on to fur
nlsh and lid furnish l,l2O.OOO ions 81
sugar 70 Europe when 100000 tons u
year was the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 4OO,OOO
tons before the shipping situation De
came acute.
"In spite u these shipments Mr..
Hoover stated the other day, "the
English government In August reduced
the household sugar ration to u hnsls
Of - pounds per nnnum per capita
And In September the French govern
mcnt reduced their household ration
to N 2.ln pounds a year or q hlt over
pound ~ sugar a month. Even THIS
meagrc ration could not he filled 10y
the French government Il was FOUND
early IN the thl America was u