The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-04-10

AMERICAN SUGAR
sent TO FRANCE
American Price f7IgldIy Regulated
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY 90.
Sugar Cos, IS Cents Pound During
Civil war-Refiners Profile
Now curtaIied.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY 90.

Sugar Is selling today throughout
America at from Sis 20 cents n
Mound to :he consumer evsp ,houyh
! ,hera 10 , ,o.,d s,nr,ao ,,.,.,o,, 10.
-a,,,,o.1 ma - 80.
~ yer cent. vi horiha'.
"o"s" we e'io''s oi INC oni'eu
SUITS loou administration the sugar
market has been regulated rs far as
'he producer, reiincr and wholesaler
is concerned. The food administration
ias no power TO regulate retail prices
except 10y public opinion. Even though
more Than $1,000 tons OF sugar have
been shipped TO France In the last
-FOUR months The retail grocer's sugar
price Is around TO SH cents. lie
should sell this sugar nj Sh to o
cents, the FOOD administration believes.
nv NO ,roro .,'a,, 49,. "o
h"s' A"h"s' "hc'i 'ne 1000 auIh'h-
'"''o" ""s o's"t'-'i Tue price Oh
s"s" 'ore suiui' w. !, c'"'s
ro'.''u, ou''s we oN' ""' sus"'
r"s' '"e eonsu'ncr % cents Iouhn.
reducing the price to SiL and o cents
ana keeping Il from advancing 20 20
cents the food administration has saw.
cd the American public at least $780,
600. 900 In four months. according to
statement made by Herbert Hoover
he other day.
at IS our stern duty 10 feed the al.
Hos to maintain ,betr hcuIth ond
| strength n, nny cos, To ourselves"
Mr.. Hoover declared "There bas not
! been. nor will he MS we sre II enough
sugar for even their prcsent mcnrre
and depressing ration unless they send
ships to remote markets FOR Il. II we
in our greed md cluttony force them
either 10 further reduce their ration
! or TO send these shlps We Will have
done damage TO our abilities to win
this war.
an.
70 "e s"'p' W '"
1900 ~, 'o"' " susH' "e.'
-
,.,t,
,sn nno o. 900 non
ReaSon for World Shortage
AS Mr.. Hoover pointed out, the
United States, Canada and England
were sugar importing countries before
The war, while Fruncc and Italy were
very nearly self supporting, The main
sources OF the worlds sugnr supply
was Germany md nciIhboring powers,
the west lhuies nnd the Enst indies.
herman sugar is no longer afnl'abie'
MS IL Is use" ehureiy III Germany.
wh'ch also aosofos sugar OF surround
'hs countries
Englnnd can no longer buy 100000
long tons OF sugar each year from
Germany Tue -french sugar produe-
non mas dropped from foo,ooo TO 2lo.-
Wn tons The italian production has
inhcn IRON 2lo'ooo tons toffo,ooo tons.
mus three countries were thrown
upon East and West. Indian sources
Tor l,o-3,oOo tons annually TO maintain
'heir normal consumption.
Because OF the world's shipping
shortage the allied nations started
drawing on the West Indies for sugar /;
Fast Indian sugar took three times
he number OF ships. since the dis
hnce was Three times ms great. Sud
"eh'E 'ne west was cniieu on 10 tnr
hish anu aiu FURNISH l'1zo.oVo IONS OF
sugar 10 Europe wheh soo'Voo IONS
ear was 'ne pre-w"r ueinailu. ne
i"''es hAu "r"wn from 'a'a 4oo'oV'
W 49, "'' '"''p"6 '''u'''''' 'e
wv.
III sp'te OF 'nese shipments MT
Hoover stated 'he DINER day. me
hhsiish government IN august reuneed