Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-01-24
AMERICAN SUGAR
| SENT TO I! Rance
American Price Risi-..|y Regulated
by United States Food j
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
Sugar Cost IS Cents "a Pound During
Civil War-Refners' Profits
Now curtailed.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.


pound 10 the consumer, even though
there is a world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
~ to 40 per cent. of normal
Through the efforts of the United
IA States food administration the sugar
E market has been regulated as far as
the producer, refiner and wholesaler
is concerned. The food administration
has no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than $4,000 tons of sugar have
been shipped to France in the last
four months the retail grocer's sugar
price is around s to So cents. HIS
should sell this sugar at S1s to 9
z cents, the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife to
,lpay no more than this amount.
Last August when the food admin
istration was organized the price of
sugar rose suddenly to II cents a
pound During the Civil War sugar
fcost the consumer 81 cents pound.
By regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price to S1a and 8 cents
and keeping it 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
Is the other day.
ut is our stern duty to feed the al
lies, to maintain their health and
lstrength at any cost to ourselves"
Mr.. Hoover declared There has not
= hnnn will ho q w 1T npnnph
sugar for even their present meagre
and depressing ration unless they send
Iships to remote markets for it, II we
in our greed and gluttony force them
Eeither to further reduce their ration
Tor TO send these ships we will have,
done damage to our abilities to win
this war
"if we send the ships to Java
for 100000 tons OF sugar next year
we will have necessitated the en-
ployment of eleven extra ships for
& one year. These ships-if used in.
= transporting troops-woud 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 were
very nearly self supporting The main
sources of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and neighboring powers,
the West Indies and the East Indies.
German sugar is no longer available,
as 1t is used entirely in Germany,
which also absorbs sugar of surround.
ling countries.
England can no longer buy 4 400, 600
long tons of sugar each year from
Germany. The French sugar produce
ton has dropped from 100000 to 21O-
900 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 100000 tons to 10000 tons.
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
for ] ,925OO0 tons annually to maintain
their normal consumption.
Because Of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations started
drawing ON the West Indies for sugar; :
East Indian sugar took three times
the number of ships. since the dis
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. The
allies had drawn from Java 100000
tons before the shipping situation be-
came acute.
.In spite Of these shipments" Mr.
Hoover stated the other day, "the
English government In August reduced
the household sugar ration to basis
of "a pounds per annum per capita.
And in September the French govern
ment reduced their household ration
to 13 2-lO pounds a year, or bit over
u pound of sugar month, Even this
imeagre ration could not he filled by
the French government IT was found
early in the fall. America was then
asked for 100000 tons Of sugar and
succeeded In sending $4,000 tons by
December l.. The French request was
granted because the American house.
hold consumption was then at least 20
bounds per nerson, and II was consld-.
cred The duty of maintaining the
French morale made our course clear"
Today the sugar situation may
he summarized by stating that 1t
America will reduce its sugar con-
SUMPTION 10 to IS per cent. this
nation will be able to send 100000
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seahoard re-
fsneries at $7.25 a hundred pounds.
THE wholesale grocer has agreed to
,llimit his profit to rs cents a hundred
ipius freight, and the retail grocer is
supposed to take no more than 80 cents
ia hundred pounds profit This regu-
ilatjon was made by the food admins
\ |tration, which now asks the housewife
Ito reduce sugar consumption as much
as possible, using other sweeteners,
and also reminds her that she should
pay no more than gents, pound for
sugar
Control Of Cane Refiners' Profits.
= ..Immedlately upon the establish