The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-02-08

costs were found 20 have been impos-
cd by the var IN Increased cost Of re-
lninR, losses. cost % bags, labor, lnsur-
ance, interest and other things, rather
more than cover the difference. After
prolonged negotiations the renncrs
were placed under agreement estab-
fishing these limits on October I. and
anything over this amount TO be agreed
ext%ortlonate under the law.
"In the course OF these lnvestiga.
lions II was found by canvass o. the
Cuban producers that their sugar had,
during the hrst nine months Of the
past year, sold for an average Of about
S4.2i per hundred T. o. b. Cuba. 10
which duty aud freight added to the
genners' cost amount 10 about S5G6
per hundred. The average sale price
Of grnnulated by various rehnerles, nc.
corllng 10 our investigation. was about
$3.50 per hundred, OF n dinerentlal Of
St.sl.
In reducing the dinerentinl 10 81 10
there was n saving 10 the public 81 ~
cents per hundred. Had such n ~.
fcrcntlal been In use from tho LIST ~
January, 1917. the public would have
saved In the hrsi nine months Of the
yenr about S2is00 Oo0"
Next Yen.
with n view TO more efficient organ
lzatlnn u the trade In imported sugars
next year two committees have been
formed by the food administration
l. a committee comprising repre-
%sentatlyes " all ~ the elements ~
American cane refining groups. The
principal duty of this committee Ia to
divide the sugar imports pro rata To
their various capacities and see that
absolute justice Is done TO every re-
nncr.
? A committee comprising three rep
rcscntntiyes ~ the English. French
and Italian governments two repre-
scnintiycs 81 the American renners,
with y member 81 the food admlnistrn-
ton. Only two ~ the committee have
arrived from Europe. but they repre-
sent the allied governments. The du-
ties ~ this committee are TO determine
the most economical sources from a
transport point Of view Of NIL the al
lies 10 arrange transport nc uniform
rites. to distribute the foreign sugar
between the United States and allies,
subject tn the approval NJ the Ameri.
can. English. French and Italian gov
ernmcnls.
This committee. while holding strong
views M Ia the price TO be paid for
Cuban sugnr. has % had the final
voice. This voice has rested In the
governments concerned, together with
the Cuban government, aud wish 10
state emphnticnlly that all of the gen.
tlcmrn concerned rs good commercial
ntrn have ~sudeayorcd with the utmost
Patience aud skill 20 secure n lower
price. aud their persistence hns re-
duccd Cuban demands by ~ cents per
hlndrcd The price agreed upon II
about SlOU per hundred pounds, & o b.
cuba. or equal to about 50 duty paid
New York.
"This price should eventuate,"
Mr. Hoover said, ITO about 1880
per hundred for refined sugar from
the refners at seaboard points or
should place sugar In the hands Of
the at from Ga 10 .
cents per pound, depending upon
locality and conditions Of trade, or
at from I TO 2 cents below the
prices Of August last and frem one.
hail TO a cent per pound cheaper
than today.
There IN now an elimination Ol
speculation, eNtortiouate profits, ant
In the refining alone the American
people viii save over S21,OOO,OOp oI
the refining charges last year. A par
LOT these savings goes. to the Cuban
Hawaiian. Porto RicRn and Louslnninr
producer aud part To the consumer.
Appeals to prejudice against thu
food administration have been mad'
because the Cuban price II "a cent
nhoye that Of 1917. Il Is said In enec
that the Cubuns ARE nt our mercy
that we could get sugar n cent lower
We made exhaustive study of the cos
of producing sugar IN Cuba last yea
through our own agents In Cuba, an,
We NlNh " NNfANk'H NRHfHf "hAh hHHfI
producers are at = higher level. W.
found thai an average profit of d
least u rent per pound was necessar!
In order 10 maintain aud stimulate
production or that u minimum price u
SL37 wns necessary. and even I'M
would stlhe some producers.
THE price ultimately agreed wns ?
cents above these figures. or about on,
nnh NJ a cent per pound 20 the Amer
can consumer, and more than TIL
amount has been saved by u rcdu'
ton In rchncrs' profits. II We wish I
Stlfe production In Cuba we cnul
take that course Just nc the time Of al
times IN our history when we wan
production Tor ourselves aud the n
lies. Cdrther than that, the state de
phrtmcnt will assure YOU that such
course would produce disturbances
Cuba and destroy ever our preser
supplies, hut beyond nii these mnterlI
rensons il one of human Justice. IN