The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-24
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price Rlgitly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Sugar Cost 50 Cents pound During
Civil War-Heiiners prohu
NOV Curtsiied.


America at frutn sia to y cents a
pouns 10 the consumer, even though
there Ia world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
10 10 PER cent Of normal
Through the efforts OF the United
States food administration The sugar
narlei has been regulated us far a.
the producer. reiiuer and Wholesaler
m concerned. The food administration
has no tower 10 regulate retail prices
except by public opinion Even though
more than 5000 tons Of sugar have
been shipped 30 France IN the last
four months the reinl cr0eers sugar
pr4cp is nround s to sn cents, He
should sell This sugar ut 81 TO "
senfs. he food administration believes,
and asks The American housewife TO
nay no more than this amount
Iasi August when the food admin
tsirntlon was organized the price OF
sugar rose suddenly 10 II cents
mound During the Ciyil War sugar
ecst the consumer 20 rents pound
By regulation of the sugar market ana
reducing The price TO sk md y cents
md leenlnc u from advancing Ia ~
cents the food administration has Snv'
Cd tho American public Bt least $3.50
Ooa Ool in four months. according 10
q statement made by Herbert Hoover
the os0er day
II II our stern duty to feed the nj
Uc4 30 maintain their health md
s,rcneth nj any cost 10 ourselves.
Mr. Hoover declared. There has not
been nor Will be as we see II, enough
suppr for even their present meagre
and depressing ration unless they senh
ships 10 remote markets for IT, " we
In our greed md rlutlony force them
either 10 further reduce their ration
Or 10 send these ships we WY have
done damage to our abilities TO win
this war.
~ we send the ships TO Java
for 25o.Oco tons OF sugar next year
we will have necessitated the en-
pIoyment Of eleven extra ships for
one year. These ships---if used IN
trarsportina trcops-would take
$50 600 70 200 0c0 men to France"
Reason for World Shortage.
As Mr.. Hoover pointed out, the
United States, Cnnndn and Englan
were sugar importing countries befor'
the wur. while France and Italy Were
very nearly self supporting The mail
sources OF The worlds sugar supply
was Germany md noighhorinc powers
the West Indies and the Easi Indies
German sugar Is M longer a'allhhle
NJ Il Is used entirely IN Gernnnv
which MISC ahsorls sugar Of surround
inr countries,
England can no longer buy l,f000H
long luus az sugar each year tlnh
Germany The French sugar prodne
ton has dropped from 10000 &c 10
OOO tons Tie l,altun production has
fallen from 2lO00O tons to 10000 tons
Thus three countries were thrown
upon Ens, and West Indian sources
for i,galOn0 tons annually 10 maintain
their norinal consumption.
Because Of the worlds shipping
shoringe the allied nations started
drawing on the West Indies for sugar
Fast Indian sugar took three times
the number of ships, since The dis
tpnce was three times MS great. SUD
Aenly the west was called on to FUR
n,sh md did furnish I.420.00 tons OF
sucar 10 Europe when 3nVD tons
wear was the pre-wnr demnnd. The
allies had drnwn from Java 40o,W0
tons before the shipping situation be-
came acute.
"In sniie ~ these shipments, MT
Hoover stated The other day. the
English government IN August reduced
the household sugar rnflon 10 basis
nj ~ mounds per nnnum per capita
And in cenfemhnr The French govern
men, reduced their household ration
IN n 2.,n pounds wear nr hit over
! Mound ~ sugar n month Even MS
rea~rp ration canid moi be nlled ~
the French government u was found
cnriv in The fnli Amnr'cn was Then
sstod Tor 100 n0n tons ~ sugar and
.rccaeaea IN snndlne 81 on tons hv
December The French request was
rron,cd heranse the American house,
hold corsvun'Ion was then NJ leaS' ~
mounds ner ncrson md y WIS rons'a.
cred tho ,'u,v ~ maintaining the
French morn'e made nur course clear.
Today the sugar situation may
he summarizes BY stating that "
America will reduce It's sugar con.
sumption 10 20 IS per cent this
nation will be able 10 send 200 ooo
more soldiers 10 France
Sugar today sells NJ seahoard re-
Anrri.s nj sI21 hundred pounds
The wholesale grover Inns agreed 10
limit his profit TO - cents hundred
plus freight. and the retail grocer Is
supposed To take no more than 10 cents
hundred pounds rroni This reru-
lailon was made 10y the food admins
tririon. whirb now asks the housewife
~ r,rfuce sugar consumption NJ much
~ possible. using other swee,eners.
and also reminds her that she should
psy NJ more Than . cents d round for
sagrr.
ca,..,, Of Gaze ReArers' prc~.s