The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-04-15
WHERE Is THE SUGAR.
Mark Alfred Carleton in Country Gentleman

ton Of sugar has been and APPARENT,
IL siIi Increasing IN q remarkable
way.
Three facts, therefore. stand oaf
prominently IN the present sugar
crisis FIRST. a serious shortage 10
ne worid's sugar supply. second D
corresponding uniimeiy Increase 90
consumption independent of the In
Grease IN population and third. such
control ~ prices. distribution and
~ forth BY the Sugar Equalization
Board that the American DeOplpe are
= present saved from a serious sugar
famine
q u claimed b. the board that gov
eminent control has saved the people
N The United States f25Oe00 900 oh
ihfif 1918 sugar bill n 10. there was
"a chance N saving probably 40 equal
amount o. more 90 this years BIN n
approval had been given % The boards
recommendation that h be- authorized
20 purchase the l9l5-e0 Cuban crop
which could have been secured ia mid
summer probably a. us aud one-haif
cent? wholesale aiaco then prices
have been mostly nins % eleven and
one hair cents
However. no action Of this board or
~ any Institution attempting 70 con-
ifol any crop can bring permanent ro-
iief unless the crop d entirely han
died b. d from the time OF planting
Recent facts have amply proved this
statement and ~ truth has been
shown over and over again 10 The
past Forcing down the price lem
p9faflly favora the consumer batl
soon reacts against him by reducing 4
ihe production aud Increasing con
sumption which in turn ro-establish 4
me higher price Regulation OF dis
iribullOn upsets the plans OF dealers
and the slOwueas and uncertainty Of
government action have caused much
loss TO those who we're not able 20
lime their own movements accord
ngiy.
The present sugar crisis. like any
,thcr condition rising Ia the natural
course Of events. 10 something that
.annet be corrected BY legislation aud
lfice liking. except such as may slim
Hate production There Ia too great
! mania for restrictive legislation aa
] corrective Of All evils. instead OF
constructive work and sufficient
moral courage % enforce the laws No
ave u Is oven attempted TO have /
congress correct the time OF the
un'a rising In summer rather than 4
dopt the obvious alternative OF a I
hange Ia tho hours OF work Z
The margin OF pront Ia sugar pro- 3
action and handling. though no !
oubt good ordinarily Il apparently D
ot nearly 80 great a. supposed The
Dst OF production 10 the Cuban plant
! was recently such a. 10 make the 3,
rice OF Cuban raw sugar four and i
ae-haif cents about the same as the !,
~ York Wholesale price OF re- !,
ned graduated az the beginning OF !.
10 war rhis was raised 10 seven !,
.nt4 on delivery al New York. be i,
.usp OF loading. shipping duties. =,
"a 30 on. Refining Increased Il a,
fther 20 eight and one-haif cents. ~
.okerake OF one-half cent more
AIDE Il nine cents A nual retail
leo Of ton cents gave one cent ~
ont 10 the retailer.
II should be- noted also that even
oaent American prices Of sugar are
4 high comparatively From the i"
ginning OF tho war 20 the present :" ~
no. Wholesale prices have ranged a.,
,m four 10 nlne cents. Ia the ~ =.
"a 1850 20 prices we're six 20 nine aa
4 seven .tenths cents. What has I'm
ssaed the consumer ls the great I'M y.
Ease aincc 1914, overlooking the ~
4 that previous 10 that year the ~
ee had fallen % three and one-haW ~
its and production had become 49, =.
~
rriecs Higher abroad. a.
In spain. where sugar prices have an
"a nearly four times what We pay sa
me production could not continue ar
.hout tarin before the var IN Au
npctition with Importation from los
ea. even with the long freight nx
Al % the latter A tarin u SIS be
10 pound reduced during the AM
:. vas restored May "a. 1919. and mo
lhe same decree the factory price try
: hxed Al a maximum % asa ass
a. pound Nevertheless, the pre- I
Iiux wholesale price In september Nj.
|. thirty three cents. For the Bra 4,
al producer there = practically "a
ferel9n market. home prices being -,
n more than foreign Though ~ 49,.
/ prices at itong Nong have even ~.
arhed me usual eaeanluity % the a..
cal Chinese. vt a vas reported ~.