The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-10

THE raisin company is using its mo-
those outrageously high prices, a mass
of goods that is going to burden us
heavily. When we placed open orders
we did not expect such high prices.
These prices will curtail consumption
and we don't wish to be overloaded"
Wholesalers have been trying to
cancel q part of their contracts but
the monopoly insists that they take
all or none" The few Independent
raisin packers are already sold out,
at much lower prices than is now
quoted by the trust. Raisins opened
at from 80 to 80 percent over 1918
prices. and this should attract govern
mental attention.
Facts About Sugar.
The available supply Of sugar for
home consumption this year, is much
heavier than in 1918. there being an
excess OF 100000 tons up to August l.
Since that time there has been a con-
stantly increasing surplus OF raw sug'
ars due American refiners, but ship
ping to bring raws from Cuba was In
a measure curtailed. for time.
The sugar equalization board, We
Judge. is entirely to blame for the re-
cent sugar shortage-they had control
of the shipping to and from Cuba long
enough before there were strike trou-
bles and failed to get or keep a good
supply Of raw sugars ahead.
Just another line or two about sugar
and we will then discuss the price OF
fresh beef. taking Chicago packers
prices as basis.
Wholesale grocers are permitted to
make 35 cents per 100-lb. sack, or not
to exceed 4 per cent. The sugar
equalization board, which does not in
vest a copper. against the $4,000 pei
car paid by the jobber-gets a profit
Of SO cents per bag of sugar, which
Of course, accrues to Uncle Sam.
The jobber carries his accounts
takes his losses when the grocer fails
and makes much less than the cost OF
doing business, on all sugars. And yet
all the hue and cry, practically. has
been with relation to sugar profiteer
ing, which has been righteously
curbed, where discovered.
Nor can the retailer get rich or
sugar; he makes a shade less than II
per cent gross, on present market
basis. There are over two billion
pOQdoo VI sugar liz" Willie SllpuCu
to this country, in Cuba, and the
United States early obtained contro
Of the Cuban crop of nearly nine bill
lion pounds. There is plenty of sugar
for all the world this year and sugar
is relatively the cheapest Of all the
foods, at present prices, it's claimed.
Wholesale Beef Prices.
AS showing a constant decline in &C
cordance with the break in the price
of cattle, Swift & Company publish
| their average wholesale selling price:
! on fresh beef in, the Chicago papers
every week. For the week ending Ma,
! 8, the average price was $20.91 per 10'
pounds. By May 81, the price hat
dropped to 1888; on June %, it wa
S17.05. advancing to s17.65 by July &c
The decline has been continuous from
that date, reaching s16.25 on Angus
90, and $16.11 on September 6. Al
! prices quoted are the weekly average
| for all cuts of fresh beef.
If the people of Chicago are no
buying meats cheaper now than during
the winter and spring, somebody i
! profiteering right. These reduction
| in price indicate the cut to meat mar
kets everywhere, the freight allow
ances being the same as usual, &C
COrding to distance carried