Republican farmer., 1919-12-19
SELL SjJGnRAT 25 CENTS
 MAKE1() PER CENT
WHOLESALE GROCERS ASSERT THAT EURGOPE HAS OUTPUT OF WORLD
 SUGAR FOR I0z0-GREAT
 SCARCITY PREDICTED

Charles M. Bradstrpet. local manager of AIiuar, heed and Tu1loch, one of the largest wholesale grocera ill New Eng land predicts thai sugar will be 25 cents a pound within the next two weeks and says that it will not be profiteering and that it will be scarce at this price.
 MT, Bradstreet says that in May of rhis year a letter was sent to Presi- dent Wilson by New York grocers and brokers, some Of the largest in something was done Europe would have bought the entire sugar crop and q shortage would p-era I during the entire year of 1920 7o attention was paid to this letter and two others were sent without any effect
 Notices were sent to grocers thai sugar would be scarce and advising them to buy. Many did not believe tIle report, among them the Miner Reed & Tulloch Co. SD many were caught without sugar. Since May, Mir. Bra dstreet says that no legitimate wholesale grocer has been able to give his customers d barrel of sugar.
 According 10 his claim the normal sugar bus in eSs or his concern is about 400 barrels q week and all they are now able to supply to customers is 10 to 25 pounds at Q time
 Mir. Bradstreet says that he has bought sugar and when it arrives il will probably be sold 10 the retailers at 9 or % cents a pound, thus forcing them to get 25 cents for the sweets. And what is more he claims that this will not be profIteering as he has to pay IS 1-2 cents a pound for 1t in Louisiana and pay freightage to New York and Bridgeport, making the . price at least 20 cents a pound. The blame for this whole proce- dure is laid by him and his large con cern to the Equalization Board who has given permission for Louisiana dealers to charge 181R cents a pound wholesale. With these figures per nlitted by the government he fails to See just where any state food admin astrator can say that they should sell to retail stores at 0 cents a pound as 1t costs them 20 cents delivered.
 When Mir, Bradstreet was asked about the 20 cent prices in Bridgeport he denied that there was any prof. teerfng and said the Continental Sugar Co Of New Haven were the ones offering the sugar He asserts IL is Brazilian sugar.
 It Is reported to him this is being sold in wholesale quantities to who ever will buy and they must pay cash in advance and no receipts given as it Is against the food prices to sell over Il cents a pound Market re- ports showed Brazilian sugar was
 o wholesale houses and certain grades were as low as 15-25 cents a pound. This means that the wholesalers must pay freight to their places from Bra gil and figures show that 20 cents a pound for this sugar is not exoorbi- tant-
 Despite these figures as quoted from New York to the Miner, Reed TuI- lock company the Journal of Com nerce in Its market report lists su- sars at anywhere from 9.5 to 8,5 cents a pound.
 It is the claim of the wholesale gro ceI-s that it Is impossible to buy sugar at these prices as Europe has practi- calIy bought the entire output for 1920
 There Is some hope for low prices MT. Bradstreet maintains, as the Gu ban crop will soon be coming through. In fact he says that 1t has 3lreaOy SLaTt6 ana by january larger amounts should be coming. If this develops as the grocers expect the price will not advance more than q cent 9 pound and wholesalers who have bought at 6 higher price in Louisiana will be stuck about s5,0O0 on each hundred barrels, is the claim of this company.
 In their statement today Miner, Reed & TuBoch say that this large house has not had a shipment of more than 48 barrels of sugar since last May. This is equal to less than half q pound to the majority Of fam flies of Bridgeport Tr. BradstreeI freely admits that sugar has been . coming into Bridgeport but he says that the large wholesale houses arc not getting it and it is going to small dea ters who were not in the sugar business a year ago
 It is claimed that wholesale houses i have never made more than three per cent on sugar and the govern rlent Is now allowing them 10 per cent
 The only sugar which Miner. Reed & Tulloch have bought recently be- yond Louisiana purchases at a price of 1925 cents is what is called rainbow l sugar which sells at about 12 cents. This sugar was ordinary granulated sugar but it vas coIoTed with a harm less vegetable dye which dfssolves when placed in water and 3sg perfectly harmless. This sugar was dyed with the intention of beating the govern xnent price.