Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-07
SUGAR PROSPECTS
BRIGHTER; PUBLIC.
URGED TO ASSIST
Candy and Other Luxuries
Must Give Way to House.
!. =
wives Needs. :

The sugar situation throughout the
! country Is brighter today thah IL mas
i y en- for several months.
| Tho Department of Justice today
assured housewives that they would
have plenty OF sugar for canning and
| preserving this summer. at prob
| ah.y reduced cost, If they WI! CO.
| operate with the department by cur
| failing the purchase of nonTesseH-
| lia!" sugar products. Candy and soft
| drinks come In this category ON
! Gals said.
! Refiners throughout the country
! have assured "essentiaf industries
! the big Gamers and preservers-tnat
| here will be sugar diverted to them
! sufficient to meet their needs during
! the canning season. inns IL was
! pointed out is a most important step,
! for If refiners had not agreed to sup
ply the needs Of the big canners-at the
expense of losing many OF their regular
customers. Ia some NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF dollars worth o. fruits and vegetables
would have rotted on the vines Farm
RS and truck growers would have found
40 market. aad next winter canned
/ fruits and vegetables would have
| been at II premium and commanded
! extraordinarily high prices
More Foreign Sugar Coming In.
Department of Justice officials also
declared that the ever-increasing i'm
portaton of sugar rom Argentina.
Peru. Java. Czechoslovakia, Belgium
and Holland viii probably offset the
present shortage of the Cuban product.
Howard Figs. special assistant at
torney general. in charge of the gov
ernment's ant-high price crusade. re-
ceived a cablegram from President
Menocal of Cuba. in which it was
stated for the first time officially the
facts concerning the shortage in the
Cuban crop.
Facts About Cuban Crop.
President Menocal stated that there
is an approximate shortage of Cuban
sugar of 100000 tons. At the present
time there are in the Cuban mills
660,17a tons of sugar cane in the
process of grinding; $4,000 tons
stored in Cuban warehouses;: ESQ
592 tons in the fields. making a total
available supply yet in Cuba of L.,
411.711 tons.
was shipped 2,23S.239 tons as against
1.f33.69S tons + the corresponding
period of 1919 One hundred and nine
teen mills have ceased the operation
of grinding. with - per cent actual
shortage over last year. Seventy-two
mills are Still in operation. with an
estimated IL per cent reduction from
last year.
TIE price of sugar in the American
market is today attracting the worlds
sugar supply. Mr.. Figg said. "Argen-
tina. Peru. Java. Czechoslovakia.
Belgium and Holland are shipping
quantities of sugar to this country.
This is the first time we received
sugar from these sources. and that
supply will go a long way to offset
the Cuban shortage.
Must CurtaiI Non-Essentials.
Speaking of the possibilities of
housewives receiving sugar for can
ming and preserving. Mr. Figg said:
There is definite duty before the
American people today, and that is the
proper use of sugar. The American
people should curtail luxuries 1t is
vital that they do so. especially at this
time of the year and for the rest of
the summer when the canning and pre-
serving season is on in full blast If
the people Will curtail non-essentiaIs
III the sugar line, there will be plenty
OF sugar to go around.
\ refiners' committee. the appoint
ment of which was made at the in
stance of the Department of Justice.
mef se.esal days ago with the big
arranged to supply the latter with
sugar to tide them over the canning
season
This means. a great deal not only
TO the reiiners and Gamers, but to
the farmers and general public as
well. If the Gamers could not get
the sugar. the farma-s and truck
growers would have found no outlet
for their produce. and the loss in de-
stroyed. frL;t and vegetables that
would ha.-a n@ol incurred would nave
been apra...9 The public. too, would
have fel' * with prohibitiye prices
on canned sam next fan and winter,
Assurances 10 Housewives.
Il want 10 assure the American
housewives rhh they will have.
enough sugar 70 put up their canned
and preserved fruits: and vegetables.
if they will curtail the use of Ink
uries in which the percentage OF sugar
is high. but If they do not curtail
these Injuries they will not have
enough sugar To do their preserving
The sugar shortage is at the pres
ent time not a big enough menace, if
the people Will conserve sugar
The national convention of tho