The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-05-18
American Price RigIdIy Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS here PAY 50.
oa9aS Cooe 80 Certa O pcund puPlna
Civil War-ReNnerg pro@tA
koss cvetailaA

poSnd % tns consumes, even though
tAAes IN Q world shortage which has
saAnosd this nat1on's sugas allotment
% 10 pr cent Of normal
nRUuxh the c6orts OF he United
Shsss food administration the suTas
mrkse has been regulated 90 far as
TIE produces, refiner and Wholesale,
- osaceeasd Ths food administration
has ~ power 10 regulate retail prices
Wrep< By public opinion. Even though
noee than $1,000 tons Of sugar have
ben shipped to France III the last
foax mouths the retail groeer's sugar
petce 10 around 3 to 8K cents. He
should ssll this sugar At 81 to o
ceatA the feod administration believes
and asks the American housewife to
pay no morU than this amount
Last August when the food admin
istfation was organised the price OF
sugar ross suddenly to II cents a
pound. During the Civil War sugar
cost the consumer 81 cents a pound.
By regulation OF the sugar market and
reducing the price to 81 and 9 cents
and keeping IL from advancing to 20
cents the food administration has saw.
cd the American public At least $780,
10000 In four months. according to
Q statement made BY Herbert Hoover
the other day.
eft IL our stern duty % feed the d.
lies. to maintain theiR health aAd,
strength &C any cost to ousssiseAs
M. R66v0 declared. "Thsrs has nei
bsen, nor VIII be az we see II. eneysa
RIM ~ yesn t6eIi present measD
and depressing ration unless they send
ships to Remote markets for e. II we
In our greed and giuttony force them
either to further reduce their ration
or to send these ships we will have
done damage to our abilities TO via
this war.
80 40 ss~a the shlps 10 Java
sev $50. 900 tons o. sugar next ysa'
We will nave Rsssssitated the en-.
pieymeas Of steven EXTRA ssIps sep
enc year. These shtpA-K uesd 10
Transporting tresps->ssuid take
10000 60 200, 600 msa 20 FRnsAs
Reason for World ehertas&
Az Mr.. Hoover pointed out, the
United States, Canada and England
we're sugar importing countries before
the war. while France and ITALY were
very nearly self supporting. The main
sources OF the worlds sugar supply
was Germany ana peighborirg pcwerA
the West Indies and the East Indies.
German sugar 10 no longer available.
az It 10 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 pr0duo
ton has dropped from 10000 to 30.
600 tons. The ltslian production has
fallen from 10000 tons to $1,000 tons
Thus three countries we're thrown
upon East and West Indian scurces
for 1925 900 tons annually 70 nssistain
their normal consumption.
Because Of the worlds shipping
shortage tho allied nations started
drawing on the West Indies for sugar;
East Indian sugar took three times
the number Of ships, since the dts
lance was three times as great SUD
denly the west was called on to fur
nish and DID furnish 100000 tons Of
sugar to Europe when 100000 tons a
year was the pre-waR demand. Tho
allies had drawn from Java 10000
tons before the shipping situation be-
cana acute.
"In spite of these shiomentA" Mr..
Hoover stated the other day. "ths
English government In August reduced
the household sugar ration to a basis
Of "a pounds per anpum per captts.
And in September the French govern
ment reduced their household ration
to ID 2-10 pounds a year. or bit over
! pound Of sugar q month. Even this
meagre ration could not be filled by
the French government IL was found
early in the fall. America was then
asked for 100000 tons Of sugar and
succeeded IN sending $1,000 tens y
December I. The French request Wa
granted because the Americas Aot1ss
hold consumption was then at lsex y
pounds per person. and it was eousid'
cred the duty OF maintaining the
French morale made our course clear"
Today the sugar situation ~sy
b summarized by stating that N
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