The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price Rigidly Reg
ulated by u. S. Food
Administration
CONSUMERS
HERE PAY &c
Sugar Cost 35c Pound Dur
ing Civil War-Refiners'
Profits Now Curtailed


there is world shortage which ha
reduced this nations sugar allotmen
to 10 per cent. of normal.
n Through the efforts of the Unite
5 States food administration the suga
market has been regulated as far a
c the producer. refiner and wholesale
is concerned. The food administrator
has no power to regulate retail price
except by public opinion. Even though
more than $1,000 tons of sugar have
been shipped TO France in the las
four months the retail grocer's suga'
price is around s to Slk cents. He
should sell this sugar at So to
, 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 S5 cents pound.
BY regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price to 81 and cents
and keeping 1t from advancing to 20
cents the food administration has saw
| ed the American public at least $780,
| 100000 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 1t. 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.
az we send the ships TO Java
for 25o,oo0 tons Of sugar next year
we will have necessitsted the en-
pIoyment of eleven extra ships for
one year. These ships-if used in
Transporting troops--would take
10000 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 we're
very nearly self supporting. The main
sources OF the worlds sugar supply !
was Germany and neighboring powers, |
the West Indies and the East Indies. 4,
German sugar is no longer available, |
as 1t is 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 produc-
ton has dropped from 100000 to 210,-
300 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 10000 tons to $4,000 tons.
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
Tor 1925, 900 tons annually to maintain
heir normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shipping
the allied nations started
irawing on the West Indies for sugar;
Cast Indian sugar took three times
he number of ships, since the dis
ance was three times as great. Sud
Ienly the west was called on TO fur
fish and did furnish 100000 tons of
ugar to Europe when 100000 tons a
ear was the pre-war demand. The
lies had drawn from Java 100000
ons before the shipping situation be-
anne acute.
an spite OF these shipments" Mr..
Ioover stated the other day. "the :
,ngish government In August reduced
10 household sugar ration to basis
T % mounds per annum per capita.
nd IN September he French govern
,ent reduced their household ration
, Is o.Io pounds q year. or bit over
mound of sugar a month. Even this
,eacre ration could not he filled by
10 French government II was found -
,riy in the fall America was then
sked for 100 600 tons If sugar and
,cceeded in sending $1,000 tons by
ecemher 1. The French request was
-anted because the American house
I'D consumption was then at least -
Sunds ner nerson. and II was conSid- /;
ed rhe duty Of maintaining the /
rcnch morale made our course clear
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that
America will reduce its sugar con-
sumption 10 10 IS per cent. this
nation will be able TO send 200 600 III
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard re- n
leries at S7.25 a hundred pounds.
he wholesale grocer has agreed TO =
nit his profit to ~ cents a hundred =
rs freight. and the retail grocer Is =
pposed TO take no more than 80 cents =
hundred pounds profit. This regu- ~
ion was made by the food admins =
zion. which now asks the housewife
reduce sugar consumption as much -
possible. using other sweeieners.
d also reminds her that she should
v no more Than cents = pound for
gar
Control OF Cane Refners' Profits. go
upon the establish
~, ~ Tho food administration. Mr. 'H
over said. an examination was Ne
de Of the costs and profits 81 REIN
and IL was nnaliy determined that is ;
spread between the cost Of raw In
! the sale OF refined cane sugar int
,uid be limited 20 $50 per hundred arr
lnds. IRE rre-wsr differentisl had 49,