New-York tribune., 1919-10-29
Hundreds of Thousands of
Pounds Restricted to En-
port May Now Be Sold for
Domestic Consumption
Hieher Price Is Permitted
factories Facing Shutdown
10 Get E, 100000 Pounds
Now Stored in Canada

Hundreds Of thousands Of pounds Of
,nsar. held in warehouses for export,
~ SeinS diverted into the domestic
r.,kst Arthur Williams, Federal Food
Administrator, announced yesterday
rNs release of this sugar WIS attrib-
.ssd 70 the Sugar Equalization Boards
n.v regulation permitting owners Of
x,sar held for export to release it at
erees high enough to cover their out
Nv srd to include a reasonable profit,
Some OF this sugar, in accordance
yitA the permission granted by the
hard VIII he sold at wholesale for
~ eenss a pound. Mr.. Williams cited
On. specific case of $40 900 pounds Of
sassr, enoagh ia supply the consumers
q, tie city for week which is being
sbsalned from Canada by large man
utxetming concern This sugar was
held for export, Mr.. Williams said, and
various freight and storage charges
hsre sent its cost to al least ~ cents
psurd more than three cents higher
IL, the wholesale price fixed by the
Federal government.
Under the new procedure as outlined
BY Nj. Williams afidavits and proofs
must be presented TO the Sugar Equal
iration Board showing conclusively that
the release of the sugar at the govern
rent's price would involve the owners
IA serious losses When these proofs
a,s accepted by the board. the suga-
nsy be released at tn. cost price- pl1s
a marc5n named By the government
Fhs srgsr secured By the manu-
fAt1rfng concern wiD rcs be sosa to
Aa pub c. Mr- Williams said Il Will
be dSs1ri bGted 20 manufacturers many
Il whom are seriously cons dering
cans1ng nF tAel- plants
Fxtcuses Would Shut Down
housewives must realize" the Food
Admin istraAa said. that il the manu-
saetnrers 60 not obtain sugar they
vii BE- forced 10 close their plants
This would mean that thousands would
Be thrown ou1 Of work aggrav1ting
he present unrest 81 using this
shipment OF sugar for manufacturing
purposes. other sugar row being sought
by factory men may be made srailable
for retailers 70 be sold for family
cnnsunpGSon-
Samuel l. Berger Deputy State Al
torney General, and counsel to the
Fair Price Committee, conferred with
Mr. Williams Yesterday on the plans
for recommending fe- prosecution by
the Federal authorities Of alleged
sugar profiteera
NJ Berger said last nigh. that h~
ronld prepare the cases and turn the
;aformati5a ever TO Assistant United
States Attorney Ben A. Matthews for
srosscutiA-- Mt. Berger IS preparing z
~ turn oTer to Nj. Mathews the data
ca the one thousand tons of sugar,
frxt offered for sale to Mr.. Williams
and later traced through seven
brokers According 70 the food ad-
ministratnr the case may prove to
). OF. Of the most interesting in the
anti n-of teerine campaign Mr.. VII
Hans has a clew 70 the whereabouts
af tie suc1r, it was said
Charges Of proftaering in sugar were
fcrvarded to Mr.. Matthews by NJ.
Williams yesterday against A Grono-
wiz. OF l9O Stanton Street Accord
ing to information obtained by Mr.
Williams. Gronowitx sold 500 pounds
af granulsted SUGAR for p cents q
pound and insisted that the purchaser
take 500 pounds of corn sugar at ii
cents ice fooC ADMINISTRATOR 8e'
"a work TO obtain a lis: of dealers
vho sold sugar 20 the Continental
candy Company, OF Jersey City, fol
ie and IL cents a pound. This com
parry, whose daily supply Of sugar has
been cut down from 125 barrels 70 IS
barrels because Of the shortage, was
forced to pay excessive prices, Mr.
Williams learned The request TO make
tie inquiry came from Attorney Gen
sr1l A Mitchell Palmer.
Held In Sugar Case
Jacob Lermer, thirty six, Of 3oS Wea'
l1lth Street, was he'd in $4,000 bal
for the grand jury yesterday by Mag
istrate Simms in the Washington
Heights court on a charge Of obtain
ng money under false pretenses- Ler
msf. according to Benjamin Podolsky