Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-07
SUGAR DEALERS
SEE NO RELIEF
UNTIL OCTOBER
Wholesaler Leaves for Wash
ington and New York in
Endeavor to Have
81 Shipments Diverted.

That no material relief from the
sugar shortage in Omaha and vi
cihity can be expected before the
first of October is the general
opinion of Omaha's largest sugar
dealers, both wholesale and retail.
1t is also the belief of two Of the
largest wholesale dealers that the
situation will become even more
acute before relief is secured.
So serious has the situation be-
come that Charles H. Pickens. presi-
, dent of the Paxton & Gallagher
company. will leave for New York
and Washington Monday in an eff
fort to persuade the sugar equaliza-
ton board to divert sugar shipments
o,this territory.
Blame Railroad Strike.
1t is impossible for jobbers to
place orders with refineries, accord
ing to Mr.. Pickens, who gives a
number Of reasons for the prevail
ing shortage. Among these are the
railroad strike in California, which
temporarily tied up shipments OF
California beet sugar, which should
now be on the market here.
Mr.. Pickens denies that the Pax
tons & Gallagher company has any
sugar in storage at the present time.
we have had no sugar stored
since last October" he declared.
NJ w. Cavanaugh, sugar buyer for
9sthe Courtney retail store, said he
expected no relief i'll the sugar fam
inc before the first OF October. The
Courtney store has no sugar in stock
at the present time.
Still Sell Sugar
Manager King OF the Hayden
Brothers store, takes more opti-
mistic view of the situation. This
week will be the most critical as far
. as the shortage is concerned, he said.
Mixed cars OF graduated and brown
sugar will begin to arrive i'll Omaha
at the beginning OF next week. &C
cording to Mr.. King, and the situa-
ton will be relieved The Hayden
Brothers store is still selling Is cents
worth of sugar to each customer.
Hanson & Co., having a represen-
tative suburban grocery store at
Twenty-fourth and Woolworth ave
nue., which has been out OF sugar tor
the, past 10 days, secured three
sacks from the McCord Brady COM
pany yesterday. 1t was all bought
by regular customers before the day
was over, however.
II. G. Hoel, manager of the Nc
Cord-Brady company, explained that
one small car of sugar was received
Friday from California and immc-
diately distributed to customers,
whose orders had been placed the
longest. We will receive a car
from time to time, said Mr.. Hoel
and make it go as far as possible.
Hurts Fruit Sales.
Hobbs h Kenny, operating one
OF the few grocery stores in the
Kountze Place residence district,
which has managed to supply its
customers with small quantities OF
sugar during the shortage, has one
sack left to begin the week with
and no prospect of getting more,
according to the manager.
As a result of the shortage fruit
dealers state that the demand for
canning fruit now coming on the
market in large quantities is lack
ing, and that they are in the way of
suffering severe financial losses.
The fruit marketing committee of
stfie Chamber of Commerce is ex-
pected to take further action on the
matter this week. =
In the meantime. the housewife
is advised that fruit can be canned
temporarily" with very small
quantity of sugar. and then reboiled
when more sugar arrives on the |