Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-29
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price RIgIdIy Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY 90.
Sugar Cost 20 Cents a Pound During
Civil War--Refners Profits
Now curtailed.

Sugar 10 selling today throughout
America at from ss 10 cents u
pound To the consumer, even though
there In n 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
market has been regulated as far IN
the producer. rciiDer 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 20 France In the last
four months the retail grocer's sugar
price In around s to 81 cents. He
should sell this sugar at 81 10
cents, the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife 10
pay no more than this amount
Last August when the food admin
istrntlon was organized the price or
sugar rose suddenly 10 II cents a
pound. During the civil War sugar
cost the consumer 70 cents pound.
By regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price TO sh and 0 cents
and keeping II from advancing TO 20
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for 250,0oo tons Of sugar next year
we will have neeessitated the en-
pioynent Of eleven extra ships for
one year. These ships-f used In
Transporting troops--would take
10000 TO 100000 men to France"
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which also nbsorbs sugar OF surround.
lpp Countries
England cnn no longer buy I 400 OOC
long inns NJ supar each wear from
GERMANY. The French sugar produc-
lion has Jropped from 7bO OO0 70 DO
OO0 TONS The italian nro,uction has
fallen from 2lOOO0 tons to 75OO0 tons
Tins three countries were thrown
nnop East and west Indian sources
for 1 9ob OOO tons annually IN maintain
,he,r normol consumptIon
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shor,.g. ,ho ,,I,oa na,,o,s s,ar,od
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dan,, IN. w.s, was cal,od an ~ fnr.
n,sh and d,d furpish doo ooo toms os
sugar TO E,irope when 800 600 tons n
wear was the pre.war demand The
allies bnd drawn from lava 400 600
TONS hcfore the sbinplnr situation he.
came acute
.In s,,,o n, hose sh,nne,,s. Mr.
pooyer stated tho other day "the
english government In Auy,,st reduced
the bonseho,d snpnr ro,ion IN hosis
NJ % nounds ner onnum nor conita
And In sentemher The French rovern.
mont reduced their bousehold ration
\ IN n o.1O nounds yeor mr. n bit over
1 nonpd ~ sryor month Evon This
meoyre ro,ion con,d not he sued nv
Tho Frenrb yovernment II wns found
oor,v In ,he fon Amorico was then