Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-02-21
American Price Rigldly Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY &c.
ssas o. p Gents Pound During
CIV Nar-RehnsrS Profits
Nov curtalled.

round to the consumer, even though
there IL world shortage which has
reduced this nations sugar allotment
to 20 l'ar 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
10 Concerned The food administration
has no power 10 regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
Vscrs than $4,000 tons Of sugar have
been shipped to France in the last
Nsw months the retail grocer's sugar
pgtss 10 around s TO az cents. He
sAcmsd sell this sugar at 8ia TO 8
csatA the food administration believes.
and asks the American housewife to
ray no more than this amount.
LAAA August when the food admin
istratss was organized the price OF
sugar rose suddenly TO IL cents a
pound During the Civil War sugar
cost the consumer 30 cents a pound.
By regulation OF the sugar market and
reducing the price to 81 and 8 cents
and keeping It from advancing to 20
cents the food administration has saw
oil the American public at least $780,
001O00 In four months, according to
Q statement made by Herbert Hoover
the other day.
TT Is our stern duty TO feed the al
lies, to maintain their health and
strength at any cost to ourselves"
Mr. Hoover declared. "There has not
been, nor will he as we see IT, enough
sugar for even their present meaere
and depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets for II, II we
In our greed and gluttony force them
either so further reduce their ration
or 10 send these ships we will have
done damage to our abilities to win
this war.
az we send the ships to Java
ter 2so, eco tens Of sugar next year
We will have HsesSsitated the en-
iloymsnt Of eleven extra ships Tor
enc year These ships--lf used In
transporting troops take
1000 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 neighborlng powers,
the West Indies and the East Indies.
German sugar Is no longer available, |
a. IL Is used entirely In Germany, |
which also nl.Eorbs sugar Of surround |
iBg countries.
England can 70 longer buy l.400, 900 |
long tons of ST.. ar each year from
Germany. The French sugar produc-
lion has dropped from 10000 to 210..
900 tons. The Italian production has
fallen from 10000 tons to $4,000 tons.
Thus three countries were thrown |
upon East and West Indian sources
fer 1.o25. 900 tons annually to maintain
thsir 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
IRISH and did furnish 100000 tons OF
sugar to Europe when 100000 tons
year was the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 100000
tons before the shipping situation be-
came acute.
"ln spite Of these shipments" Mr..
Hoover stated the other day, "the
English government In August reduced
the household sugar ration TO a basis
OF "a pounds per annum per capita.
And IN September the French govern
ment reduced their household alton
10 Is 2-l0 pounds year, or a bit over
] pound Of sugar month. Even this
4
the French government II was found
early IN the fall America was then
asked for 100000 tons of sugar aud
succeeded IN sending 5000 tons by
December |. The French request was
granted because .fhe American house
hold consumption Was then at least IS
pounds per person. and Il was consid
cred the duty Of maintaining the
French morale made our course clear"
Today the sugar situation may
70 summarized by stating that u
America Will reduce lie sugar con.
sumption 10 to IS per cent this
nation Will be able to send 100000
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard "
nneries at S72a hundred pounds
The wholesale grocer has agreed To
limit his profit 10 70 cents hundred
plus freight. aud the retail grocer Is
Supposed to take no more than 80 cents
q hundred pounds proft. This regu-
latlon was made by the food admins
tratlon, which now asks the housewife
10 reduce sugar consumption as much
10 possible. using other sweeteners,
and also reminds her that she should
par no more than cents pound for
sugar.
Centred OF Cane RefnerS Proita
Immediately upon the establish