The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-17
SUPPLYIS
NEARLY EXHAUSTED
PRICE TO co UP
Piqgly WiggIieS Have Little.
Bowers Has To-Day Supply.
Plenty Y. c. in Two Weeks
Around 20 Cents.

A sugar shortage that Is fast APP
preaching the acute stage Is being felt
throughout Memphis. The duration OF
TINS shortage is n mooted question but
the fact remains that already the de.
mand is far In excess OF tho limited
supply on hand, and In many instances
there is hut slight prospect Of relief
at an early date, 1t very probably will
be some time before Memphinns will
he able to obtain graduated sugar in
any appreeiable quantity and when they
do h price viii be almost double the
present price,
J. NJ, Fly, of Fly & Hobson company,
operators of the Bowers stores, stated
Friday morning that each OF the Bow
ers stores was allotted 30 pounds OF
sugar per day TO he sold in one-pound
quantltiee, The price wfl be main
tanned at II 200 per pound regardless
OIL the market price or demand, There
Is at present Il sufficient quantity OF
sugar in tho Bowers stores warehouses
days,
Previously each of tho Bowers stores
was allotted 60 pounds per day, but,
according to MIR. Fly, the allotment had
to be cut in two because OF the fact
that a great many people would &c
from store to store and buy all they
could get. The idea In limiting the
amount to each customer, Mr., Fly
stated, was, to serve the greatest mum
Der of people and every effort possible
viii be made to curb the activities Of
the reporters.
A number Of the PIGGY Wiggly stores
have already exhausted their supply o
sugar. They have none IA their ware.
houses and the frospfcr OF relief II
The near future iS rather vague. II wa,
stated Friday morning that whatever
sugar any Of the Piggy WisEiY stores
nave ON hand would be disposed Of twt
pounds to each customer until the aup.
ply Is exhausted with no raise In price
The Strattou Grocery company
wholesale grocers, are completely out
OF sugar, according to statements made
Friday, They have been unable tt
supply their trade for sometime and
there is no immediate prospect for re.
lief.
The oliver Finnio company is more
optimistic as to the supply, but the
prices will show a decided increase, ac.
cording to w, s.. Williams. of that firm
The present supply OF hand win prob
ably last three or -four DAYS.
riders We're placed Thursday for sew.
eral carloads Of sugar for delayed ship,
ment, The price paid was $3.50 fol
what Is known AS VIC grade, n yellow
sugar. MIR, Williams stated that the
'tiahi 80 VI ~ WI l'l ihtlNl ~
and n brokers' fee Of Is cents per hun,
dred would bring the price to nearly I,
cents per pound TO bring 1t to Mem.
Vhis. when this sugar Is rcsold to tn,
retailer and in turn sold by him to the
consumer the price win be 20 cents pei
pound at the very least, For white
graduated sugar the price viii b,
higher,
MIR. Winlama expressed the belle.
that within two weeks at least tn,
sugar shortage would be relieved by
reason Of the fact that an embargo ha'
been placed on shipments OF sugar nortl
of the Ohio river, When the Louisiana
crop comes in the supply viii be ample
for immediate needs, but the fine whit
graduated sugar will be entirely lack.
Ing, he stated,
The greatest shortage Of sugar vii
he felt beginning about April, accord
Ing to, MIR, williams belief, an tn,
Louisiana crop viii have been absorbed
by that time and the Cuban crop viii
be insufficient properly to care for thu
demand in the United states,