The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-02-01

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prolonged negotiations the renners
were placed under agreement estab-
fishing these limits on October I, and
anything over this amount Ia be agreed
extoTtionate under the law.
"fn the course Of these lnvestiga.
lions II was found by canvass Of the
Cuban producers that their sugar had,
during the first nine months Of the
pnst year, sold for an average Of about
S4.2l per hundred T. o. b. Cuba, 10
which duty and freight added TO the
Tenners' cost amount 10 about S5GG
per hundred. The average sale price
Of graduated by various renncrics. nc.
cording to our investigation, was about
$3.50 per hundred. or n d%lnerentlal o.
si.st.
In reducing the dinerential 10 $50
there was n saving 10 the public of ~
cents per hundred. Had such y ar.
fcrcntlni been In use from tho ist 81
January, 1917. the public would have
saved In the first nine months o. the
year about s2tsOOOO0"
Next Year.
with a view Co more efficient orgnn'
Iantlnn OF the trade IN imported sugars
next year two committees have been
formed by the food administration
1. A committee comprising repre-.
sentntlves Of all OF the elements ot
American cane refining groups. The
principal duty Of this committee II to
divide the sugar imports pro rata to
their various capacities and see that
absolute Justice Ia done 10 every re-
finer.
2 A committee comprising three rep
resentRtives of the English. French
ana Italian governments two repre-
s%cntatiyes u the American %renners.
with q member u the food adminlstrn.
ton. Only two Of the committee have
arrived from Europe, but they repre-
sent the allied governments, The du.
ties ~ this committee are to determine
the most economical sources from n
transport point of view Of all the al
lies To- arrange transport at uniform
rates to distribute the foreign sugar
between the United States and allies,
subject To the approval Of the Ameri-
ran. English. French and Italian gov.
crnmcnts.
This committee. while holding strong
views as to the price to be paid for
Cuban sugar, has not had the nnnl
voice. This voice has rested In the
governments concerned, together with
the Cuban government, and | wish to
state emphnticaiiy that all OF the gen.
tiemcn concerned ns good commercial
ulrn have rndcayored with the utmost
patience aud skin 10 secure a lower
price. aud their persistence Inns re-
! durcd Cuban demands boy ~ cents per
hundred The price agreed upon II
ubout SiGO per hundred pounds, T. q. b.
cuba. or equal to about 50 duty paid
New York.
This price should eVentuate,"
Mr.. Hoover said, ito about $3.50
per hundred for refined sugar from
the rehners al %ssaboard points or
should place sugar In the hands Of
the nsu al from egs TO .
cents per pound, depending upon
locality and conditions Of trade, or
at from I to 2 cents below the
prices Of August last and frem one
half to a cent per pound cheaper
than today.
There N now an elimination OF
speculation, eXtortlunnte profits, add
In the refining alone the American
people Wa save over s25,OO0,OO0 Of
the refining charges last year. A part
~ these savings goes TO the Cuban.
Hawaiian, Porto Ricgn aud Louslanlan
producer and part To tho consumer.
Appeals To prejudice against tho
food administration have been made
because the Cuban prloe Is "a cent,
above that of 1917. Il Is said In effect
that the Cubans are Gt our mercy
that We could get sugar a cent lower
We mnde exhaustive study Of the cost
Of producing sugar In Cuba last yeaI
through our own agents In Cuba, and
we hnd II averages $3.50, while many
PRODUCERS ure at q higher level. We
found that an average profit of nj
lrnsl u rent per pound VA necessary
IN order to maintain aud stimulate
production or that "a minimum price nj
StI1 was necessary, and even thi'
would stine some producers.
The price ultimately agreed was p
cents above these figures, or about one
nuh uf a cent per pound % the Ameri
rnu consumer, and more than TIL
amount has been saved by our rcduc
ton In rcNpers' profits. II We wish 4
stilc production In Cuhu we coul'
take that cnurse just NJ the time ~ NJ
, times In our history when we wan
production Tor ourselves and the al
/, lies. Firther than that, the state de
uartmcnt viii assure yea that such
course would produce disturbances II
Cuba and destroy even uur presen
supplies, hui beyond all these mnterla
reasons n one of human Justice. TIL
great country has no right by III
might Of ils position to strangle Cuba.
Therefore there In no lmposltioI
upon the American public. Charge