Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-31
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE
American Price Rigidly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY Sc.
Sugar Cost IS Gents Pound During
Civil War--Faefiners' Profits
Now curtailed.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY 90.

Gar is selling today throughout
a. at from 81 to Q cents .
pcun, y consumer, even though
here rs d shortage which has
eedncsd thiA atoms sugar allotment
90 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, refiner and wholesaler
a concerned. The food administration
Gas no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than 5000 tons Of sugar have
oeeB shipped to France IN the last
tour months the retail grocer's sagaF
price Is around 8 to 8h cents He
should sell this sugar az SA 20 Q
,cnss. the food administration believes,
aud asks the American housewife Ito
pay no inure than this amount
Last August when the food admin
istration was organized the price Of
sugar rose suddenly to II cents
pound. During the Civil War sugar
cost the consumer 80 cents pound.
ny regulation OF the sugar market and
reducing the prics'tO sih and . cents
and keeping Il from advancing TO 20
,enis the food administration has saw
"a the American public 81 least $780,
10000 IN four months, according to
/, statement made BY Herbert Hoover
Ire other day
IN IN our stern duty TO feed the al
lea 60 maintain their health and
strength 1t any cost 10 ourselves"
SIR. Hoover declared. There has not
Teen. cor viii be az we see Il, enough
sugar for even their present meaEre
and depressing ration unless they send
ships 20 remote markets for H. II we
~ our greed and gluttony force them
s,ther to further reduce their ration
sr 10 send these ships We will have
done damage to our abilities 10 win
this war
~ Ne sead ths ships 10 Java
Ter ESQ. LOCO tors 81 sugar rsxs year
we viii have assssstssisd the en-
pleyment of eleven extra snlps fer
ere year. Thsse ships---lf used N
tsasse1sslAf 1ssspa 4sseala take
10000 20 zoo. 600 men TO France"
Reason Tor World Shortage.
A. Mf. Hoover pointed out the
Cnltea states. Canada and England
we're sugar Importing countries before
the war. white France aud Italy were
very nearly self supporting. The main
souress Of the worlds sugar supply
was Germany and neighboring powers.
the West Indies and the East Indica
German sugar Il no longer available.
- II IL used entirely 10 Germany.
which also abSorbs sugar 81 surround
ing countries
England can no longer buy 900. 900
long tons Of sugar each year FROM
Germany. The French sugar produc-
ton has dropped from 10000 70 210,.
poo tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 2i0.O00 tons 10 1900 tons
Thus three countries we're thrown
upon East and West Indian sources
for ,g2a 600 tons annually 20 maintain
their normal consumption.
Because Of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations started
drawing on the West indies for sugar |;
Eaat Indian sugar took three times
the number Of ships. since the dis
lance was three times - great. sud
denly the west was called on 70 fur
aish and did furnish 1.420. 600 tons Of
sugar 70 Europe when 10000 tons a
year was the prs-wAr demand The
nilies had drawn from Java 100000
tona before the shipping situation be-
came acute
"In spite Of thess shipments" Nr.
Hoover stated the other day. "the
English government IN August reduced
the household sugar ration to q basis
OF "a pounds per annum per capita.
And IN September the French govern
meat reduced their household ration
to Is 2-10 pounds a year. or bit over
/ pound Of sugar a month, Even this
meagre ration could not be hlled by
the French government It was found
early In the fall. America was then
asked for 10000 tons Of sugar and
succeeded IN sending 5000 tons by
| December 1. The French request was
granted because the American house
hold consumption was then at laast So
pounds per person. and Il was consld-
cred the duty Of maintaining the
French morale made our course clear"
Today tho sugar sliuatIob may
be summarized by stating that "
America will reduce It's sugar con-
sumption 10 10 IS per cent thls
nation will be able 70 send 100000
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard re-
hneries at $721 a hundred pounds
| The wholesale grocer has agreed to
limit his profit to 20 cents hundred
plus freight. and the retail grocer Il
supposed 10 take no more than 20 cents
hundred pounds profit. This regu-
lation was made by the food admins
tration, which now asks the housewife
to reduce sugar consumption US much
as possible, using other sweeteners
aud also reminds her that she SHOULD
oay no more than 8 cents pound fol
sugar.
Control Of Cane RetIners' Profits.
Immediately upon the establish
ment OF the food administration" Mr.