Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-02-22
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price Rioidly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Sugar Cost 50 Cents q Pound During
Civil War-Refiners' Profits
Now CurtaiIed.

Sugar 10 selling today throughout
America at from 81 to 8 cents a
pound to the consumer, even though
there Is q world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
to 70 per cent Of normal.
Through the efforts of the United
States food administration the sugar
market has been regulated as far as
the producer, refiner and wholesaler
il concerned. The food administration
has no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than 5000 tons Of sugar have
been shipped to France in the last
four months the retail grocer's sugar
price is around to S1s cents. He
should sell this sugar at 81 to
ents, the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife to
nay no more than this amount.
Last August when the food admin
strati0n was organized the price of
sugar rose suddenly to IL cents
nound. During the Civil War sugar
lost the consumer IS cents pound
by regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price to Sh and cents
and keeping II from advancing to 20
-ents the food administration has saw
id the American public at least $780,
100000 In four months, according to
a statement made by Herbert Hoover
he other day
at is our stern duty to feed the al
lies, to maintain their health and
strength at any cost to ourselves"
MIR. Hoover declared. There has not
been. nor will be as we see 1t, enough
sugar for even their present meagre
and depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets for 1t. II we
in onr greed and gluttony force them
either ia further reduce their ration
or TO send these ships we will have
done damage 10 our abilities to win
this war,
az we send the ships to Java
for 25o,OGo tons Of sugar next year
we will have necessitated the EN-
ploynent Of eleven extra ships for
one year. These ships-if used in
UdUS BCFttNIH obSPS--WVCtu kdNS
$50 600 to ooOon men to France"
Reason for World Shortage.
As Mr.. Hoover pointed out, the
United States. Canada and England
were sugar importing countries before
the war, while France and Italy were
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 II 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
tion has dropped from 10000 to 21O,
600 tons The Italian production hal
| fallen from 1000 tons to $4,000 tons
| Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian source!
| for 1,925 900 tons annually 10 maintain
their normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shippin,
shortage the allied nations started
drawing on the West Indies for sugar
East Indian sugar took three time
the number of ships. since the dis
rance was three times as great Sud
denly the west was called on to fur
nish and did furnish 100000 tons o
sugar to Europe when 100000 tons
wear was the pre-war demand. TIL
allies had drawn from Java 10000
tons before the shipping situation be
came acute.
"ln spite Of these shipments" MI
Hoover stated the other day, 9TH
English government In August reduce
the household sugar ration TO basi
of "a pounds per annum per capt.,
And In September the French govern
ment reduced their household ratio
to 13 2-10 pounds year, or bit owe
| pound of sugar month. Even thl
meagre ration could not be filed b
the French government II was foun
early In the fall America was the
asked for 100000 tons of sugar an
succeeded In sending $1,000 tons b
December l. The French request we
granted because the American hous
hold consumption was then at least
pounds per person, and II was consi'
cred the duty OF maintaining II
French morale made our course clear
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that II
America will reduce its sugar con.
sumption 10 to is per cent. this
nation will be able to send 2oo,oO
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells AT seaboard r
neries al xT.25 hundred pound
The wholesale grocer has agreed
! init his profit TO - cents hundr,
plns freight, and the retail grocer
/ supposed 10 take no more than 90 cen
il hundred pounds profit. This reg
, alton was made by the food admin
: tration, which now asks the housewi
, q reduce sugar consumption as mu
4 Is possible, using other sweetenei
and also reminds her that she shou
nav no more than 8 cents a pound I
;, sugar
), Control OF Cane 1efiners' Profits.