The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-02-01
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more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard re-
fineries at $725 hundred pounds.
The wholesale grocer has agreed to
limit his profit to % cents a, hundred
plus freight, and the retail grocer is
supposed to take no more than so cents
a hundred pounds profit. This regu-
lation was made by the food admins
tration, which now asks the housewife
to reduce sugar consumption as much
as possible, using other sweeteners
and also reminds her that she should
pay no more than 8 cents pound for
sugar.
Control Of Cane Refiners' Profits.
Immediately upon the establish
ment of the food administration Mr..
Hoover said, IAN examination was
made of the costs and profits of refin-
ing and it was finally determined that
the spread between the cost of raw
and the sale of refined cane sugar
should be limited to $l.3O per hundred
pounds. The pre-war differential had
averaged about IS cents and increased
costs were found to have been impos-
ed by the war in increased cost of re-
fining, losses, cost Of bags, labor, insur-
ance, interest and other things, rather
more than cover the difference. After
prolonged negotiations the refiners
were placed under agreement estab-
fishing these limits on October 1, and
anything over this amount to be agreed
eXtortionate under the law.
"In the course of these investiga-
tons it was found by canvass of the
Cuban producers that their sugar had,
during the first nine months Of the
$4.24 per hundred (. o. b. Cuba, to
which duty and freight added to the
refiners' cost amount to about 1886
per hundred. The average sale price
of granulated by various refineries, ac-
cording to our investigation, was about
$3.50 per hundred, or differential OF
$1S4
"In reducing the differential to $1.30
there was a saving to the public OF "a
cents per hundred. Had such diff
ferential been in use from the LIST OF
January, 1917, the public would have
saved in the first nine months OF the
year about $24,s00000."
Next Year.
With a view to more efficient organ
ization of the trade in imported sugars
next year two committees have been
formed by the food administration:
l. A committee comprising repre-
sentatives Of all of the elements OF
American cane refining groups. The
principal duty of this committee is to
divide the sugar imports pro rata to
their various capacities and see that
absolute justice is done to every re-
| finer.
2. A committee comprising three rep
| resentatives of the English, French
and Italian governments two repre-
| sentatives of the American refiners,
with member of the food administra-
ton. Only two of the committee have
arrived from Europe, but they repre-
sent the allied governments. The du-
ties of this committee are to determine
the most economical sources from a
transport point Of view of all the al
lies to arrange transport at uniform
rates, to distribute the foreign sugar
between the United States and allies,
I subject to the approval of the Amerl-
can, English, French and Italian gov
ernmentS.
This committee, while holding strong
views as to the price to be paid for
Cuban sugar, has not had the final
voice. This voice has rested in the
governments concerned, together with
the Cuban government and l wish to
state emphatically that all of the gen
men have endeavOred with the utmost
patience and skill to secure a lower
price, and their persistence has re-
duced Cuban demands by 10 cents pei
hundred. The price agreed upon is
about $500 per hundred pounds, f. o. b
Cuba, or equal to about Sc duty PAID
New York.
"This price should eventuate,"
Mr.. Hoover said, ITO about $3.50
per hundred for refined sugar from
the refiners at seaboard points or
should place sugar in the hands OF
the consumer at from eE to 9
cents per pound, depending upon
locality and conditions Of trade, or
at from to 2 cents below the
prices Of August last and from one
half to cent per pound cheaper
than today.
There is now an elimination o
speculation, extortionate profits, ant
in the refining alone the American
people will save over $25,O0O.O0O o
the refining charges last year. A par
of these savings goes to the Cuban
Hawaiian, Porto Rican and Lousianial
producer and part to the consumer.
appeals to prejudice against tn
food administration have been mad
because the Cuban price Is "a cent
above that of 1917. 1t is said in effec
that the Cubans are at our mercy
that we could get sugar cent lower
; We made exhaustive study of the cos
Of producing sugar in Cuba last yea
through our own agents in Cuba, an