Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-01
Preservers Ask
Public to Stop
Buying Sugar

The following cifCuidi aeeee'
the National Preservers and Fruit
Products association is dated New
York. May 20:
The National Preservers and Fruit
Products association. representing at
least SIS percent of the manufacture
of jams, jellies and preserves in the
United States--because of the extreme
conditions existing and the unreason-
able and unwarranted prices Of sugar
called a general meeting of their
association which was held at the
Waldorf Astoria yesterday, and after
Thorough discussion. unanimously de-
cided that to go into the market In ITS
present speculative condition would
Ionly tend to strengthen and aggravate
the situation which they consider un-
real and unnecessary.
| From reliable sources II developed
that housewives, manufacturers. mer-
chants and consumers, having been
Encouraged. through sensational re-
, ports to buy sugar, have UNCONSCIOUS
lly played into the hands of the spec
ulators. 1t is estimated that even
though the individual may have stor-
ed only small quantities of sugar, that
the total held in this way throughout
the United States reaches several nun-
dred million pounds
Time for Conservation
The opinion that the time for cOh-
lservation has arrived was very defl-
mite. The feeling was that in the pres
ent justified temper of the American
merchant and consumer it would DC
unwise for preservers to proceed with
n normal pack in view of present high
cost of sugar and other necessary
materials which would result in very
high prices for the finished products
next winter
The daily press publish repeated IN
stances where the public will M
longer endure these inflated and un
reasonable prices. The preseryers
therefore, have determined to reduce
their pack and only purchase suci
greatly reduced supplies of sugar q
may be absolutely necessary, through
the department Of justice workinl
through the American refiners distri'
uting committee, thus eliminating
competitive buying.
1t is believed that the housewives
when they understand the true stu
alton, will also contribute to this Ell
, fort IN using UP their present stock
and refusing to purchase further SUI
plies until absolutely necessary.
Highest In World
: The sugar market in the Unite
: States is today the highest in tn
world and because of this has attract
ed shipments from the following cou
!, tries:
Germany, France, Denmark, Czecho
slovakia, Belgium, Holland, SPAR
. Formosa, Egypt, Japan, China, Javs
} Argentina, Peru. Brazil, Chile an
} practically every other Central Am
| erican country.
The present attitude of the owner
/ Of sugar is that the American consun
2 er, regardless of price, will refuse !
: curtail, but will insist on receiving
maximum supply. This position is M
0 shared by the preserving interests WI
l believe that the peak has been reacl
= ed and that the figures complied lat
In the year will show that the Amer
0 can consumer has exercised restrain
G The preservers association believ
j that the following information shou
be made public for the benefit of
concerned.
Sugar Distribution.
There has been distributed sin
~ January 1st, approximately 1890
IS tons OF sugar, or 100000 tons mo
than was delivered the domestic ira
It. in the corresponding period last YET
II There remains available for this ma
"A ket In 1920, from Porto Rico, Hawa
IS new crop of domestic beet and Loui
Il ana sugar approximately 1,1O0,O
10 tons to which should be added at les
- 400, 900 tons of sugar that is pei
~ shipped to us from the outside cou
10 tries heretofore referred to, This giN
us a total of S,s75.O0O tons. making
necessary to import. from Cuba OF
tanother 100000 tons in order
lie have as much sugar as we consumed
esI 1919. Cuba stock plus what is to
produced is approximately 1,5OO,C
tons SO that even allowing for so
further exports to other countries
would seem that in the end we were
sured sufficient supply
In connection with our probable
he ouirements. 1t must not be overlo'
liza ed that In 1919 enormous quantities
Ii sugar were consumed in manutact
he ing articles like condensed milk, cho
N late, preserves and kindred articles
Fl export, which business American mi
pr ufacturers have been deprived Of d
I'LL ing l9a0 owing to the collapse in
ga elgn exchange.
However, we must not continue
combine our wasteful practices "
dlsorderly and hysterical buying
DR. merchants. manufacturers and c
ell sumers, <:
ay MARCUS BLAKEMoRE,
nd Chairman Executive Committed