The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-03-07
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price Rigidly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Sugar Cost IS Cents a Pound During
Civil Wsr-Refiners' Profits
Now curtaiied.

sugar II eelllnE To-Day tnrOuRnOut
America at from So to o cents
pound to the consumer, even though
there 10 a world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
to 10 per cent OF normal.
Through the efforts Of the United
States food administration the sugar
the producer. refner and wholesaler
is 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 8 to 81 cents. He
should sell this sugar at 81 TO 0
cents, the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife to
pay no more than this amount
Last August when the food admin
istration was organized the price OF
sugar rose suddenly to IL cents
pound. During the Civil War sugar
cost the consumer IS cents q pound.
BY regulation OF the sugar market and
reducing the price TO 81 and Q cents
and keeping II from advancing to 20
cents the food administration has saw
ed the American public at least $780,
OOO. 600 In four months, according to
a statement made by Herbert Hoover
the other day
ut Is our stern duty to feed the al
lies, to maintain their health and
strength at any cost to ourselves"
Mr.. Hoover declared. "There has not
been, nor will be as we see II, enough
sugar for even their present meagre
and depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets for II. II we
In our greed and gluttony force them
either to further reduce their ration
or to send these ships we will have
done damage to our abilities to win
this war.
sif we send the ships to Java
for ESQ, 900 tons Of sugar next year
we will have necessltated the en-
pioyment Of eleven extra ships for
one year. These ships-h used In
Transporting troops-would take
$50 1000 to 100000 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 1,4OO.OOO
long tons of sugar each year from
Germany. The French sugar produc-
ton has dropped from 10000 to 21O,'
600 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 10000 tons to $1,000 tons
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
for 1925, 900 tons annually TO maintain
their normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations started
drawing on the West Indies for sugar
East Indian sugar took three times
the number of ships, since the dis
lance was three times as great. Sud
denly the west was called on TO fur
nIsh and did furnish 100000 tons OF
sugar to Europe when 100000 tons
wear was the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 4OO,OV'
: tons before the shipping situation be
came acute.
"In spite OF these shipments" Mr.
| Hoover stated the other day, "th'
English government I'm August reduced
the household sugar ration TO a basil
7 Of "a pounds per annum per capita
And In September the French govern
I ment reduced their household ratior
! TO Is 2-1O pounds year, or bit owe
> l Mound Of sugar a month. Even TIL
, meagre ration could not be filled b.
} the French government II was foun'
early I'm the fall. America was thei
asked for 100000 tons OF sugar an'
succeeded in sending $4,000 tons b.
December I. The French request wa
granted because the American house
, hold consumption was then at least D
! pounds per person, and II was consid
cred the duty OF maintaining tn
French morale made our course clear.
I Today the sugar situation may
3 be summarized by stating that "
) America will reduce lite sugar con-
r sumption 10 70 rs per cent this
I nation will be able to send 100000
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard n
fnerles at S7.25 a hundred pounds
The wholesale grocer has agreed
, limit his profit to 25 cents a hundre
a plus freight, and the retail grocer
supposed 10 take no more than 90 cent
4 hundred pounds profit. This req
Q lation was made by the food admin
: tration, which now asks the housewife
2 TO reduce sugar consumption as muc
as possible. using other sweetener
a ana also reminds her that she shoul
\ pay no more than cents a pound fc
; sugar.
Control Of Cane Renners Fronts.
Immediately upon the establish