The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-03-01
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price RIDIdIy Regulated
BY United States Foea
Administration.
CONSUMERS NERE PAY %
sASar cOse 90 csNta 4 Pound DARING
clsll WAR; sAaSsS Proats
/ RaoSu CvrtalIaA

AAeAs%eANNsf
pound 10 the cOnssmsr. sven though
there 10 . world shortage whicA has
radaced this nations sugar allotment
to 20 per cent. Of normal
Through the efforts Of the United
States food &dministratiOn the sugar
market has been regulated 20 ar 40
tbs producer. relner and Wholesaler
10 concerned. The food administration
.ha& no power 70 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 gTOcer'a sugar
price is around s to BtS cents, He
shOuld sell this sugar R2 81 to 8
centn, the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife TO
pay DO more than this amount
Last August when the SOQG admin.
lstratiOn was organized the price Of
sugar pOae Suddealy 20 II cents q
pOunds During the CtvA War sugar
cost t1Eo consumer So cents Q Dound.
By regulation Of the sugar market and
redactag the price to 0sb and Q eeats
and keeping Il from advancing to 90
csnts DE food edmlniStFatiAR has cav
ed the American public at least $1sO,-
OO0,OO0' 10 four months. according TO-
a statement made By Hesbest Hoover
the other day.
"1s isEeuE stern duty 70 feed ne Oh
lies. to malntaiR their. health and
strength ae any cost T. ourselves"
Mr.. HOo3sr declared. "TheEO has net
been, nor win be 40 We zee 1t, enough
sugar fol. even their present meagrs
and depressing ratiOn unless they send
ships to remote markets for It. Il we
In cur graed and gluttOpy force tham
either to further reduce their Fatien
or to send these ships We WIN have
done damage to our abilities 10 win
This war. u
"I9 we send che shlpe @ Java
FER 2SU,DO0 teM0 Of su@aP moxs year
Vse VIII lave meeessltats& tho EN-
ploywvaRS Of eleven extra OhlPs SeP
enc yeas. These shlps-N w0ed IN
aFanspOPelnW Ersspe-N~sul9 take
Is0,0eo - zOeyeOO mea - FeaMee"
Reaana SoP Weird SASFeMgA
A Mr.. Hoover pointed eat the
UpiteA States, Canada and England
we're. sugar lmp0Fting cpuntEiGb before
the war, while France aAd Italy were
very nearly self supporting. The paain
sOurc0s e& the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and nsighbOSiAg powers,
he West indies and the East Indi6s.
GsrmAn sugar b no longer available.
a. It 10 Ssed entirely in Germany.
which alSs abSOrAS sHsaS q Rarronnd"
Tag countries.
Eaeand can ne longer bag 10000
long tons Of sugar each year from
Germany. The Preach sugar PP0duC-
tion has cropped from 76oyOe0 .ts 210.-
600 tons. The Italian ,pFOdBctlOp has
fallen from $4,000 tons 70 5000 tens.
Thus three countries were thr6wn
upon East and West IRdaan sparces
for 1026, 0Oo tens annually to malA4h
their n0rmal consumption.
Because Of the worlds chipping
shortage the allied natioas started
drawing on the West hides for GugaT
East Indian sugar tsOk three tsm@
the number Of ships. alRce the die
lance was three times 90 great SD
deAly the west was called On 70 far
nish and did furnish 100000 tons Of
sugar to Europe when 10000 tons
year was the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 400'OO
tons before the Skipping situation BE-
came acute.
'In spite Of these shipments," MT.
Hoover stated the other day, "the
English government IN August reduced
the Aouseheld sugar ration 70 q basis
Of "a pounds per aPnum per capita
And in September the FreacA govern
meat reduced their household ration
to Is 210 pounds year, or bit ever
1 Dsund Of sugar q month. Even THE
neaRPa ration could not b lilies ~
the Preach government Il was Hound
early In the fail. America was thea
aSkeA for 100000 tons Of sugar ans
vucceeded IN sending 5000 tons by
December 1. The French request WAS
GRATED because the American AoNee'
KoId consumption was thea at least %
pounds per perssn. and II was consed-
cred the duty Of maintaining ne
French morale made eur cOurse clear.
! Todav the sugar SiSUaslon may
he sumRlarlzsa BY stating that 70
America will reduce lts ssgaP esAs
sumptIOn 10 70 10 per esNG THE
naSlen Will BE- ahls - Oeal e8.0eo
mere SeldIsFO ss FraaeA
Sugar today sells at seaboard 70"
aneries at S7.2a g hundred .Boupds.
The wholesale SFOeoE has agreed to
HIATT his profit to Is ceMt1 q hundred
plus freight, and the retail grocer IL
supposed b take 10 more, than 80 ennto
4 hundred pounds profit TAis regu'
Iation was made By the feed adminiB'
tratiOn, which Aow asks the housewife
q reduce sugar consumption - mach
~ possible, using other sweeteneEss
and also reminds her that she should
pay no more than Q cents . pound Ter
sugar.
CsntPoI Of Cane RsAnsFS PrSaAs.
Immediately upon the sstabhaA'
a .n-es L.