The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-08
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price Rigidly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
@M@ar Coat IS csHts a Pound During
Civil War-Rsfiners' Profits
Now curtaiied.

Sugar is selling today throughout
America at from 81s TO 8 cents
pound to the consumer, even though
there 10 q world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
30 10 per cent. Of normal
Through the efforts of the United
states food administration the sugar
market has been regulated as far as
the producer, refner and wholesaler
10 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
ba@0 shipped to France in the last
fppR months the retail grocer's sugar
price Ia around 8 TO s15 cents. He
should sell this sugar ut 8h To
Geata, the food administration believes,
AAd asks the American housewife 10
gay no more than this amount.
Last August when the food admin
istsation was organized the price Of
sugar rose suddenly to IL cents
pound. During the Civil War sugar
Coax tbs consumer 81 cents pound.
ny regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price to S1a and 8 cents
@ad keeping 1t from advancing 10 20
Giants the food administration has saw
cd the American public at least $780,
DOA000 In four months, according TO
o statement made by Herbert Hoover
the other day.
tit Is our stern duty to feed the al
lea, to maintain their health and
strength at any cost to ourselves"
Mr. Hoover declared. "There has not
been, nor will be as we see 1t, enough
sugar for even their present meagre
and depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets for it. II we
IN our greed and gluttOny force them
either to further reduce their ration
or TO send these ships we will have
done damage to our abilities TO win
tAia war,
a'iS we send the ships to Java
fer ESQ., 900 tons Of sugar next year
we will have necessitated the en-
pleyment OF eleven extra ships for
enc year. These shIps-if used In
Transporting troops--Would take
$50 900 to zoe, 900 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 neighbering powers
the West Indies and the East Indies.
German sugar Is no longer available
az It Is used entirely in Germany
which ALSO ahsorbs sugar Of surround
ing countries.
England can na longer buy 1,4n0,Oo(
long tons Of sugar each year from
Germany, The French sugar prodnc
ton has dropped from 100000 TO 30,
600 tons. The Italian production ha
fallen from 10000 tons to $4,000 tons
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian source
for 1925 600 tons annually to maintain
their normal consumption.
Because of the worlds shippin
shortage the allied nations starte,
drawing on the West Indies for sugar
East Indian sugar took three time
the number Of ships, since the dis
lance was three times as great. Sue
denly the west was called on to fur
nish and did furnish 100000 TONS g
sugaF TO Europe when 100000 tons
year was the ppe.war demand, IN
allies had drawn from Java 10000
tons before the shipping situation b'
came acute.
I'm spite of these shipments" III
Hoover stated the other day, IN
English government in August reduce
the household sugar ration to hasi
Of "a pounds per annum per capiti
And In September the French govern
Ipent reduced their household ratio
to IS 2.10 pounds year, or bit oEe
pound OF sugar a month. Even ~
xneagre ration could n0tl,he illled =
t0gs, Frerich government II was four
esYly id the fall. America was Fhe
asked tor 100000 ions 81 sugar ~
salssceeded III sending sa,Wm t9ps
pscemhsr | Tha FFfnsn re4neSE "
gEsRtsd pecnnss thile American WnR
hold coneumpIiaN was then ~ least
aonnds per person, ami " was Fcnns'
ered the duty ar
maintaining /
French morale made our course clea
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that II
America will reduce its sugar con,
sumption 10 to IS per cent. this
nation Will be able TO send zoe, 00C
more soldiers TO France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard
nneries at $725 hundred pon
The wholesale grocer has agreed
limit his profit to % cents hundr
plus freight, and the retail grocer
supposed to take no more than so Gel
a hundred pounds profit This re!
lation was made by the food admin
tration, which now asks the housew
to reduce sugar consumption as mu
as possible. using other sweetene
ana also reminds her that she Shol