The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-02-08
American Price Ripidly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY 90.
Sugar Cost IS Cents a Pound During
Civil War-Rehners' Profits
Now curtailed.

pound 10 thc ~coilhuulefi tNeh Nhouh"
there Ia n world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
TO 10 per cent. OF normal.
Through the efforts ~ the United
States food administration the sugar
market has been regulated MS far as
the producer. renncr and wholesaler
Is concerned. The food administration
has no power Z o regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more thai 5000 tons ~ sugar have
been shipped TO France In the last
-four months the retail e%rocer's sugar
price Is around s to sh cents. lie
should sell this sugar nj SA 10 .
cents. the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife to
PAS no more than this amount.
Last August when the food admin.
iatrntion was organized the price Of
sugar rose suddenly 20 II cents n
pound. During the Civil Wal sugar
cost the consumer 30 cents n pound.
By regulation Of the market and
reducing the price 10 ST and . cents
and keeping II from advancing 10 20
cents the food administrator has saw
cd the American public NJ least $780,
OOO.OO0 In four months, according to
n statement made by Herbert Hoover
Inc other dev
az, -, ,,,, O., ,o.t tho .i.
. s,.tn,at, ,h,tr bc,I,h ana
80 = g., 90 onrs.t,os
A.. -. d.oia..J .sT,.rc has mot,
ii, ~ 80 4, .,onyb
-. - ,hatr ,r,s.n, mcogrc
"a d.nrosstng ro,I,, vni,ss tbey send
~ ~ ro,,a,o rnrpc,s tor A, n ,ye
A. a. ,ro.d a,J ,tu,,,,y f,r,e them
[ r,r,har r.d,co ,b,Ir rotIon
=. o. 80 hoso sbtns yye vuu hnye
49, dama,o 40 our abilities 20 win
49,. 90.
wv we send the SHIPS 70 Java
Tor 10000 tons of sugar nes' year
we VIII have neeess''a'ea VIC en-
ployment ot e'eNen es''' SINUS .
one year. lhese sh'ps-H useu W
Transporting uoops-"oulo TAKE
leV'VoO 70 ZOoVOo men 70 ''"hSa
Reason for World Shortage.
A Mr.. Hoover pointed ont. the
Trnited Stntes. Cnnndn aud England
wer. sugnr importing countries before
The wnr. while France and Italy were
very nenrly self supportlnr. The main
b sources of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and n~elrhhorlnr powers,
the West Indies and the Fast Indies
German sugar II no longer available,
hs II n used entirely IN Germany
which also nhsorbs sugar Of surround
ing countries.
England can no longer buy i.4OUnlO
long M Of sugar each year from
Germany. The French sugar produc'
ton has dropped from 100000 To no.
600 tons. The ltnllnn production hns
fallen from 2iO,00O tons 10 Ia,o0o tons,
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
for 100000 tons annually to maintain
their normal consumption.
Becnuse 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 rs great. Sud.
denly the west was called on 10 FUR.
nish and did furnish li2oOOo tons OF
sugar 10 Europe when HuNo"o l"ns Q
yenr was the pre'wnr demand, ~,
allies had drawn from Java loo'Oo'
tons before the shipping sl'uh'''h ne
came acute
In spite of these shipments Mr
Hoover stated the olh'r dhy' 'lh'
English government In August reln'r'
the household sugar ration To a hlsl'
~ ~ pounds per unnum per cnlllh
Aud In September the fr'n'h govern
mcnt reduced their household rn'l''
to ~ 2.ln pounds a year or u hl' over
pound Of sugar q m"nlh, ENrh 'n'
mengr rnilon could not DE hl'"u-h'
the French government II WIS t"ui'
early In the fan. America was 'h''
nsked for lODUN ions OF sushV "n'
succeeded In sending S1Wop tons %
800 MN