The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-25
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price RioIdly Regulated
BY United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS MERE PAY 90.
oNoas Cest 50 Cent? q pe0NA oussaa
Civil War-RefsHers pee@ta
NeW cursaitsA

Sugar b sailing today thsoughou'
America ct from on 10 0 cents Q
pouRd to the consumer, even though
there u . world shortage which hal
rsduosd this nations sugar allotment
to 70 per cent Of normal
ThxOuxh the efforts Of the United
States food administration the sugal
snarkse has bsen regulated a Gar "a
tn producer. rsense and WHOLESALERS
IN caesrnsd Tia food sdininistrstiea
has ~ power to regulate retail pssees
axeepk By public opinion. Even though
moro tAan $1,000 tons Of sugar have
ben shipped to France Ia the iass
fuur mosths the retail groesvs snsas
price u around . to 81 esnex Be
should sell this sugar az 81 20 0
esntA the food administration believes.
and aai2 the American housewife to
pay no moro than this amount
EAsa August when the food admin
istrstion was organised the price Of
sugar rose suddenly to IL cents a
pound Daring the Civil War sugar
coea the consumer IS cents a pound.
BY regulation Of the sugar market ana
reducing ths price to 81 and 0 cents
and keeping Il from advancing to %
cents the food administration has saw
ed the American public at least $780,
100000 In four months, according to
q statement MADE By Herbert Hoover
the other day.
"Te II our stsrn duty 20 feed the al
lies, to maintain their health and
strength ct any cost to ourselves"
Mr.. Hoover declared. "There has not
been, nor win be as we see It. enough
sugar for even their present neaRre
and depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets for It. II We
in our greed AID giuttony force them
either to further reduce their ration
or to send these ships we will have
done damage to our abilities 70 win
this war.
~ We send sAs sAips 90 yava
Tor 2So, 900 tons Of oscar next ysaP
we will have AsesssltateA tAs esN.
pleymsnt o. steven EXTRA sAses fes
enc year. Thess sAtps-N used In
Transporting tseeps-weSId take
10000 y 10000 msa - France"
A.Asea 70. Weird ShertaaA
A MH Hoovsr pointed ouf. the
United EtstsA Canada and England
were sugar importing countries before
the war. while France and Italy we're
very nearly self supporting. The main
sources Of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and neishboring powerz
the West Indies and the East indies.
German sugar 10 no longer available.
a. Il IL 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 producs
ton has dropped from 100000 to 210.-
600 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 10000 tons to $4,000 tonA
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
for 1926. 900 tons annually to maintain
their normal consumption.
Because OF the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations started
on the West Indies for sugar:
East Indian sugar took three times
the number Of ships, since the die
tancs was three times % great Eud-
denly the west was called on 10 fsls.
nish and did furnish /, 900 tons %
sugar to Europe when 300, 900 tons q
year was the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 100000
tons before the shipping situation be.
came acute.
'In spits OF these shipments" Mr..
Hoover stated the other day. "ths
English government in August reduced
the household sugar ration 10 q basis
Of "a pounds per annum per capita.
And in September the French govern
ment reduced their household ration
to 10 2.lO pounds a year. or bit over
! pound Of sugar a month. Even this
msagre ration could not BE- filled BY
the French government II was found
early in the fall. America was then
asked for 100000 tons Of sugar and
succeeded In sending 5000 tons BY
December I. The French request was
granted because the American house
hold consumption was then at least 81
pounds per person. and II was ccnsid'
cred the duty Of maintaining the
French morale snade our course eissS.
Today the sugar sItSasen asy
30 summarized BY stating thas 10
America will reduce Its sugar esN-
sumption 10 20 70 per cent thls
nation Will bs able 70 send 20o,0o9
moro soldiers v France.