Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-11-29
President Revives Wartime Reg.
ulation to Avert a Sugar
Famine.
ACTION TO CUT LIVING COST
Soft Drink and Candy Makers REDUCED
60 Per Cent.-Wholesale Price OF
IL Cents Agreed On TO Induce
Purchases in Cuba.

placed the government again IN con.
troll of Ia" nations food supply by
transferring the authority az the food
administration to Attorney General
Palmer
Revival of the wartime functions al
Food Administrator llnoNcr resulted
directly from government efforts l.
avert = famine in sugar. but til" pow
crs delegated to the head "f th" de
parlmcuI Of Justice will h" used alSo
to help put dawn the ever mounting
cost Of living.
For the present the attorney gen
rral viii nor put into operation all Of
the machinery permitted under the eN.
,cuiiN" order signed 10y the President,
but should conditions arise L. make IL
necessary the full pressure Of all the
road power invested in him will l."
'Ncrtcd To- meet them.
MIR l'alm"r's stan will begin immc-
lately I" build w Il sugar di>lrihut.
'ug system which will alucutc all sug-
pr stocks IN III" country II viii pro-
ing supplies and viii defeat any con
.cntraliuu Of boarding. officials said.
Plans tentatively decided upon pro
vidc Tor increasing The price 81 all
sugar rNceptin. the Louisiana crap.
for Whirh II price of IL cents already
has been fiN"d. to II cents puun1
wholesale
Through this increase ucw sources
If supply ar" expected Ia be- opened,
with ASSURANCES thar a fair margin of
profit. said To Ice about Sl.5l Il hun
tlrcd pounds. would bc allowed. Sugar
rciincgS are ready IL enter the Cuban
markets and purchase all available
stocks. il was stated Thus, officials
hclictc. the Increased price viii avert
"a shnriu@r which threatens T." become
Il famine during III" next 80 days
Immediate action also is cnntcmpat
ed in curiailin= the consumption of
sugar Icy manufacturers whose prod
ucts are not regarded rs essential
food This will apply particularly Ia
soft drink dealers and candy manu-
farturcrS. The abnormal increase OF
sales Of these articles and the consc.
qucni heavy drain OH the sugar sup
plies is traccublr. officials declared. To
the enforcement of prohibition
While il has not been definitely de.
terlnlucd. HE cut in sugar supplies tc
these CLASSES of trade probably will he
about 80 per cent. Officials indicated
thar il the cXigcncics of the situation
demanded they would reduce the al
lnwanc" tu soft drink and candy plants
10 - per cent. of their normal re-
lulr"m"niS
Arrangements have been completed
subject to changing conditions nt tn.
sugar situation. whereby beet and cane
sugar rriiurrS will enter the cuban
markets Immediately. The depart
mrni. however will exact Il signed
agreement with hrEs entering that
trade t" c"u>ign al Of their purchases
to this country This will mean that
American dealers viii get - large pro.
portion Of the i.Ouu.WW tons of raw
SUGAR yct available in cuba. officials
said
Normal consumption of sugar in the
United States Is about i,mn0 tons
In other years nhuut 3,HnoOO toms
were imported from the Cuban fields
10 which was added the average pro-
huctinn of approximately lOOoWU
tons of native grown. hut officials were
alarmed lc>t European dealers should
continue their heavy purchases. al
ready IN excess of l.000U0 tons. IN
Cuban markets and deprive this coun.
try Of the full supply it usually gets
there The reiiners who have agreed
&C. 20 into the Cuban trade have been
urged. il was said. Ia use all haste
that the stocks nay not be- exhausted
before this nation Is supplied
The danger Of IA sugar famine will
he greatest IN December. II was said
rs stocks are rapidly being depleted
and in sections already exhausted.