The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-01-31
SUGAR CONTROL
saved MILLIONS
American Consumer Profited by
$4,000, 000-French Stu
alton Helped.
HONE PRICE HELD AT CENTS.
This Nations Sugar supply Reduced
to Seventy Per Cent. of Normal.
Java Stocks Unavailable.

/ Sugar control has saved the Amer
lean public S1S0,00O,0O0, Herbert Hoov-
/ er, United States food administrator,
declared the other day.
He pointed out that sugar was sell
ing for IL cents a pound last August
and that it would have advanced to 20
cents a pound, with the world short
age as stimulus, had not the food
administration secured the co-opera-
| ton of the refners and wholesalers
and fixed a sugar price that today en-
abes housewives to buy sugar at from
| S1a to cents a pound.
Every l cent raise in sugar from
September l to January l means $751;
| 100000 to tile American consumer"
Mr. Hoover said Numbers Of gen.
tlemen will tell you that 20 cent sugar
would have prevailed and the public
robbed of $1Su.00O,000 this year If we
had not taken these actions" Later
Mr.. Hoover called attention to the fact
that uncontrolled sugar advanced to
35 cents a pound during the Civil War.
France Got Our Sugar.
Today the American public has been
allotted 20 per cent. of it's normal sup
ply. Before the war the average an
nual household consumption here was
30 pounds a person In England the
annual consumption during the war Is
"A pounds and in France each person
is allotted Il little over one pound a
month
in August the French government
found itself unable to maintain even
his ration" Mr.. Hoover declared.
An appeal was made to America.
France needed 100000 tons We
agreed to fill this demand and up to
December had shipped S5,426 tons. In
the meantime an appeal was made to
he American public to reduce it's sug-
j. ar consumption, and requests were
j made to distributors to supply the
e confectionery and sweet drinks trade
0 with 30 per cent. ut normal supply
1 This has been generally followed, al
2 though such regulations were volun-
] tarv, as the food administration had
2 no authority to impose them"
= Domestic Price is 9La to 9 Cents.
Retail groceIs throughout the coun-
try are supposed to take a profit of no
more than 80 cents II hundred--half
cent "A pound-on sugar. BY reason Of
food administration regulations, bind
ing rehners and wholesalers, the re-
taller is able today to buy sugar at
from to S1a cents a pound. This
enables him to sell to the housewife at
81a to cents pound
There have been some violations of
the sugar rulings. Mr.. Hoover said
recently: "Sales of sugar from 10 to
20 cents per pound have been reported
and followed up vigorously and stop
ped and is evidence itself of the prices
at which consumers would have been
mulct had we not INTERVIEWED. We have
forfeited wholesalers licenses in ag-
gravated cases and we have issued
warnings to first offenders in a great
many Instances through our local adj
mnistratOrs."
Effect on Military Situation.
American sugar stocks could be fill
ed to normal very soon if ships could
be sent to Java. where 250,0O0 tons of
| sugar Is waiting lbl SllllluSlll Out
he shipping situation Is so acute that
he nation cannot spare the eleven
ships needed to transport this sugar.
1t would take the boats one year to
| haul 100000 tons. In the same time
hey could be used for transporting
| 100000 soldiers to France.
The food administration believes
hat the American public will diminish
It's sugar consumption by 10 or Is per
cent. when it is made clear that such
sugar saving is a patriotic act and
when it is understood thai there are
plenty of sweeteners available to take
he place. of sugar, such as honey or
orn syrup.
Why Shortage Exists.
The three great sugar producing CEN
ers of the world are Germany the
West and East Indies German sugar
is. of course. used AT home. The East
Indian sugar is unavailable because of
the ship shortage,
While L boats made big inroads on
he worlds shipping, France and Italy
ensed to be self sustaining in sugar
manufacture ENGLAND in the mean
lime was cut off from German sugar
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