The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-08

American Frjce siaii,iy Regulated
by tE:.ad Sta.es 'ooa
hd!ni,list; a;.ca.
CONSUMERS fIz-iE..33 FAY g..
Cigar Cost SIS Cents a pouna n1r.nz
Civil TFzc--R e:nis11' peunts
&@W Cursai.s1

Nsw Cvrssiis1
Sugar Is selling to-day Throughout
America ss from s1s 10 s cents a
pound to the consumer, even though
there 10 g world shortage whtcA kae
fsGoee& ti4s Gations sugar sIla Lla1t
TO 10 per cent OF normal,
through tie effnrts Of the UnoeT
States TODD administration the srga
market has been regulated as inr ~
tie prOdrear, rs1nar and w4IoleS o'"g
Is coaefssaad. The food admir- :s-ra .son
faRs ns power to regulate retail prt1ca
er>eDS By D-biIc opinion. E, eI- -..,-e' >.
more than $4,000 toas Of err9r hcys
been sftrsed to France In tie last
for months ths retail grocer'S suSnr
psses is around 5 to 80 centa he
nipouif SSH this sugar at SIX. . 8
cents, the food administration ht,;eras
and asks the Ams.iean housewife to
psy no more thar this arlagInt
Last August when tho food admin
.stTetien wss organised a&e prize Of
snTar rose suddenly - II cents
pound. During the CiF4 War sugar
coss tina eosaufuar 25 ccE$s a pouaA
Ely RECITATION Of the sugar mar.et ard
reducing the price to S15 and 9 ctnTs
and keeping It frrn Gtr3l~'HE 10 -
cents the food sd11,nistTaticn has saw
ed the American nGhlic II least $50
coo 900 In four months. according 20
a statement made BY Herbert EorTtz
the other day.
1T Is eur stsrp duty to feed tae 81
lies, to maintain their heath aud
strength at any ecSt tH Cu-R".YcG,"
Mr. Hoover declared. "There has not
been, nor will be as we see It, enough
sugar fo- even their prescnt frecGT',
and depressing ration unless they eep6
ships TO remote marsc<s for II, Il we
in oar greed and glnttony Force than
either to further reduce their ration
or to send these ships we VII have
done damage to our abilities TO viz
&lis war.
~ we send eha shlro to tsVs
for $50, eco eoas :? e;iSay 1e;t year
we viii have neeessitatcd the en-
ployn,srt OF eleven extra ships for
cao year. Theee shipo-!f cseG IA
transpc ring S@acpe---'syc'iit tabs
$4,000 to 200 eco n73n - r7,'s:7:c.@
Reason for World 3horfaSe
As Mr. Hoover pointed or ti11
United States, CANADA aad EGg'aaG
were sugar importing countries belogs
the war, while France aud italy ware
very nearly self supporting, The raaln
sources Of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and uetrhboring noE'eTa,
the West indies ana the Last indies,
German sugar is no longer available,
as IL is used entirely in Germany,
which also absor:1s sugar OF surround
ing countries.
Bland can no longer buy 1,4o0, 900
long tons Of sugar each year iEcM
Germany. The French sugar proGca-
ton has dropped from 10000 to 2l0.
600 tons. The italian production has
fallen from 2tO.c00 ters to T6,G03 to-.G.
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian suuFcab
for 1925, 900 tons annually to maintain
their normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations scgrt91
drawing ON the West indies FOR sugar;
East Indian sugar vook tiEee ti1.eA
the number OF ships, since the d!s-
lance was three times as great. Sud
denly the west was called on to frr
nish and did furnish 100000 tors G?
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
I'm spite Of these shipments" Mt
Hoover stated the other dag, "t1a
English government II August redacsj
the household sugar ration TO "a basis
Of "a pounds per anndrn pee capita.
And In September the French govern
ment reduced thc!T household ration
to 10 2-10 pounds year, Or Bit ever
/ pound of sugar month. Even this
meagre ration could not be filled bY
the yrecch 60 eTDcnent 1t was found
esrly in the fail. America was than
asked for 100000 tens Of sugnr and
succeeded IN sending 5000 tons by
December l. The French re1Qest ives
granted because the American housa-
hold consumption Was then st IeoGt ~
pounds per person, ar y WIS oong.d-
cred the duty Of n.'Irtair'7g tie
French morale made our c0rrso clear
Toaay the sugar sttuat'c9 r"ey
be summarized BY stasinr a%2s II
America will re5uce he sugar ec;r
sumption % t. IS per ee7+. th'a
nat'cn Will be aaje t. ses1S 2c3, CO.
more soldiers to France.