Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-16
Hamp Williams Says People of South
 Being Discriminated Against in Order
 to Aid Louisiana Sugar Cane Growers

doubtedly reach 0,O00 tons or more, making total of a million tons. 1t has been estimated the Louisiana crop will not be more than 100000 tons. AS l understand it, the bai- ance of the Cuban crop will be sold on a basis of g cents for granulate1, less 2 per cent f. o. b. beet refineries
 In former years these refineries have been making this sugar delivered on basis New Orleans rate of freight. As they had no competition l under stand that has been withdrawn alto gether and the beet people are now
 claiming a beet shortage, and are trying to get the government to raise their limit since they have found out price for their output. We are in- formed that the Louisiana crop is not
 going to be much over 33 1-3 per cent, and on that basis they cannot make any money at Is cents for their plantation granulated.'
 l Of course, we would like to see the government help them out in
 their dilemma, but when we have a
 short or almost complete failure in
 cotton, which is our money crop, we
 have never yet received any assist
 ance from the government.
 "We understand the price of fS
 cents for Louisiana plantation gran-
 ulated is not cash, and our jobbers
 are wondering why it is they were
 not allowed a discount of per cent
 in fixing of these prices.
 1 "Now we come to the proposition
 as to what profit the jobbers in Ark
 ansas shall make on sugar. If the
 jobbers in the south are allowed to
 make only 50 cents per hundred ou
 sugar that costs them IS cents, up on the same hypothesis those in the
 east and west, who are paying only :
 and 10 cents, should be allowed tl
 make only 25 cents per hundred: consider that we are being discrlml'
 hated against. The jobbers in tht
 south are not allowed any more prof
 it than they are in the east, and the
 southern jobbers are having to pay more than double for their sugar. : Alleges Injustice.
 "When we consider the governmea is asking the jobbers to load thei , cars to their full capacity to 80,00'
 pounds, which, when loaded with + cent sugar, will cost our jobbers $14, 44O, with no discount, and he make !, gross profit of $40, while il the east the jobber gets this sam car of sugar for s7,2oo, and is, al
 lowed in addition, to make one-hal , cent profit, or S40.o0, plus 2 per cen , discount, $144.00, making a tota , profit of O188.OO per car, as com : pared to $4O.00 profit permitted tn southern jobber, who has more tha' twice the money invested, it is, i , my opinion, high time that the gov 5 ernment took cognizance of thos t outstanding facts. :. "The same discrimination applie 9 to our retailers. They are expecte
 to pay approximately 20 cents an
 sell the sugar at 21 or 21 1-2 cent: ( the margin of profit the retailers ar selling the Il cent sugar for. 6, Let us consider, too, the attitud r of the beet refiners towards our Jot t bers in Arkansas. We are inform r ed on good authority that our jot g bers, so far, have failed to receiv !, any quotations from the best refir a cries. Orders have been placed wit e the beet refiners through the Russo : Brokerage company, Kansas cit! l but up to the present they have r. ceived neither sugar nor reply. Ou e jobbers have requested Neinrat l. Brokerage company beet sugar bros
 CTS, also of Kansas City, to nam d them prices, and up to the prese1 h time they have refused to do 5 e 4 This is another discriminate 9 against our people and we cannt ). see any just cause for the same. W .- have entered our protest without T. l. suits" .,.--,.ooo~.,~~~~>