The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-13
WILL
 SELL SUGAR AT
 25 CENTS POUND
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 According to his claim the normal sugar business of his concern is about 400 barrels a week and all they are now able to supply to customers is 10 to p pounds at a time.
 MT. Bradstreet says that he has bought sugar and when it arrives ii will probably be sold to the retailers at p or g cents a pound, thus forcing them to get 25 cents for the sweets. And what is more he claims that this will not be profiteering as he has to pay Is 1-2 cents a pound for it in Louisiana and pay freightage E2 New York and Bridgeport, making the price at least 20 cents a, pound.
 The blame for this whole prOce dure is laid by him and his large con- cern to the Equalization Board who has given permission for Louisiana dealers to charge 181a cents a pound wholesale. With these figures per mitted by the government he fails to see just where any state food admin istrator can say that they should sell to retail stores at l 0 cents a pound as it costs them 20 cents delivered. When Mir. Bradstreet was asked about the 20 cent prices in Bridgeport he denied that there was any prof. teering and said the Continental Sugar Go. of New Haven were the ones offering the sugar He asserts it is Brazilian sugar.
 It is reported to him this is being sold in, wholesale quantities to who ever will buy and they must pay cash in advance and no receipts given as it is against the food prices to sell over il cents a pound Market re- ports showed Brazilian sugar was selling at 1925 cents a pound to the wholesale houses and certain grades were as low as 1925 cents pound. This means that the wholesalers must pay freight to their places from Bra gil and figures show that 20 cents a pound for this sugar is not exoorbi- tant.
 Despite these figures as quoted from New York to the Miner, Reed TuI- lock company the Journal of Com merCe in it's market report lists Su- gars at anywhere from 95 to 8.5 cents a pound.
 It is the claim of the wholesale grO- cers that it is impossible to buy sugar at these prices as Europe has practi- cally bought the entire output for 1920
 There is some hope for low prices, MT. Bradstreet maintains, as the Gu ban crop will soon be coming through. In fact he says that it has cliI eiIIy SLctI Leu ana n JdiiudIy larger amounts should be coming. If this develops as the grocers expect the price will not advance more than a cent a pound and wholesalers who have bought at higher price in Louisiana will be stuck about $5,OO0 on each hundred barrels, is the claim of this company.
 In their statement today Miner, Reed X TulIoch say tha- this large house has not had a shipment of more than IS barrels of sugar sincs last May. This is equal to less than half a pound to the majority of fam flies of Bridgeport. MT. Bradstree1 | freely admits that sugar has been 1 coming into Bridgeport but he says that the large wholesale houses are not getting it and it is going to small dealers who were not in the sugar business a year ago.
 It is claimed that wholesale houses have never maSe more than three per cent. on sugar and the govern ment is now allowing them 10 per cent.
 The only sugar which Miner Reed & TulIoch have bought recently be- yond Louisiana purchases at q price of 1895 cents is what is called rainbow sugar which sells at about F cents. This sugar was ordinary granulated sugar but it was coIored with a harm ! less vegetable dye which dissoIves when placed in water and is perfectly harmless. This sugar was dyed with the intention of beating the govern ment price.