Newark post., 1920-01-07

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bound on the wave of prohibition
and ordered 80 per cent. more than
IN the preceding year. The entire
Ecountry apparently decided to 90
on a Sugar Spree" The engin-
eers' and longshoremens' strike
tied up further shipments and alert
sugar users bought up every avail
able pound.
Cuba was the only country pos
sessing a surplus a. that time and
awakened to the fact that she was
selling sugar to the u. S. Govern
ment for 6 cents pound when all
America was scrambling for it and
was willing to pay II to Is cents
a pound. Cuban planters as re-
suit telegraphed that they would
decline to sell the 1920 crop to the
government, which had in the
meantime delayed action until
nearly half of the crop had been
sold to European buyers.
Shortage Next Year Also
A repetition of the causes above
mentioned will cause a shortage in
August, September and October of
next year, says Mr.. Keller, and in
tho n nhcnncn nf fbn 9 F1,, "
tion which automatically ceases to
exist Dec. 81, it is quite possible
that a retail price of 30 cents a
pound may be reached without ac-
tual evidence of "profteering.'
When for example a carload of
sugar bought in New York at Ia
cents a pound is hurried by ex.
press to relieve a local shortage
1000 or 1000 miles distant. The
retailer will naturally add shipp
- ing charges and overhead to thu
cost price.
: The Amount America Uses
America has been consumin,
1a n' one-fourth of the total sugar sup
" ply of the world. This countr
At with it's 100 million people is con
suming a million tons year; tn
rest of the world numbering ITO
million has to be satisfied with tn
other IL million tons. If therefor
America uses on an average 80 lb
per capita, the rest of the worl
m. must be content with Is pound
per capita.
When the U. S. bought the Ell
tire Cuban crop it deprived Gre;
Britain, France, and all it's otht
allies, of the chance 10 buy and CT
en- off from their pre- war source
supply, they asked and were a
lowed /3 of the Cuban crop. Tn
was refined and shipped from Ne
York, causing some hostili
IAN among Americans VINO did not re
lize that an agreement made
good faith had to be kept ev'
though circumstances had arls'
which would have made it des1
able to cancel the contract. III
- agreement could not be treated
Of "scrap of paper"
There will be world shorta
in for the next ten years. Employe
ing in the sugar industry are payi
ION h12O per cent higher wages, 100 r
ons cent higher prices for necessa
set materials, and must therefore {
ons mand higher prices for the finish
Bad product. The average family
ack five at the high rate of consun
Inv tion would use 400 pounds ye
of which would mean an expenditt
49, of S18 more than last year for su
the a family. In the face of otf
less enormous prices for food a
his clothing the sugar increase
really a small thing.
Buy An Extra Quantity This
Spring
- There is a generous supply
s sugar to be had in March and Al
\ -" ., and if it is purchased then by
> So ~ ultimate consumer it would so
~ the problem of carrying 2 bill
~ pounds of sugar in storage wa
pay o.; ~, ov+ro +or Wounds 4
ivy ing each week of March and Al
49, l,a would not be ehoarding therefore
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