The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
American Price Rigidly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Sugar Cost IS Cents a Pound During
Civil War--Refiners' Profts
Now curtaiied.

there is world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
to 20 per cent of normal.
Through the efforts of the United
States food administration the sugar
market has been regulated rs far as
the producer, refiner 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 groccr's sugar
price is around 10 81 cents. lie
should sell this sugar at Sis 10 8
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 a
pound. During the Civil War sugar
cost the consumer IS cents pound.
by regulation OF the sugar market and
reducing the price to sls and o cents
and keeping II from advancing to 20
cents the food administration has saw
ed the American public at least $780,
100000 in four months, according TO
. s,a,euen, made nv Herbert Hoover
the other aav
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"'f we SEND the SHIPS 10 Java
for $4,000 tons OF sugar next year
we will have neeessnated the EN-
p'oyment ot e'eHen es''a snPs 'o'
one year. 'hese sh'ps-" useo w
Transporting troops-wou'o TAKE
'oo'ooo 70 eoo'ooo men 10 france
Reason for World Shortage.
As Mr. Hoover pointed out. the
limited Stotes. Canada and England
we're surnr importIng countries before
tho 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 IL used entirely in Germany,
which also absorbs sugar OF surround
ing countries
England can no longer buy l,4O0 900
long tons OF sugar each year from
Germany. The French sugar produc-
ton has dropped from 10000 to 2l0.-
600 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 100000 tons to $4,000 tons
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
for OBJ 900 tons annually to maintain
their normal consumption.
pecouse NJ the worlds shining
shor,oya tho allied natIons started
drawing ON the West Indies for sugar;
Eas, Indian supor took three times
the number ~ sbips since the dis
,o,co ,vas thrae Zines ms greot sud.
denly the west was called on to fur.
nIsh and did furnish 1,420. 900 tons OF
sugar to Europe when 100000 tons
year was the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 100000
tons before the shipping situation be-
came acute.
"In spite OF these shipments" Mr.
Hoover stated the other day, "the
English government In August reduced
the household sugar ration to a bnsts
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
I pound OF sugar n month. Even this
meagre ration could not be tilled by
the French government II was found
early In the fall. America was then
asked for 100000 tons OF sugar ana
succeeded in sending 5000 tons by
December l. The French request was
granted because the American house