Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-04-27
MANGET GETS FIVE
CARLOADS For ATLANTA.

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ATLANTA, April 27.-Five car
loads of granulated sugar, 300, coo
pounds to be exact, arrived N At
lanta Monday, 1t is being distribut-
ed to wholesalers, retailers and the
general consuming public. This was
the announcement of John A. Man
get, fair price commissioner for Geor-
gia, who last week made trip to
Washington, laid the Atlanta sugar
situation before the federal officials
and secured from the Savannah su.
gar refinery the five carloads w1icl,
rolled into Atlanta Monday morning.
The sugar is being sold co whole
salers at 1924 cents per pound and
the maximum price for wholesaler
to retailer at 17.75 per pound. The
maximum price that can be legally
charged for this sugar to consum-
ers is 20.75 per pound.
'"This sugar is not for the soft
drink people, but for the consumers
of Atlanta" said Mr.. Manget, an
nouncing the arrival of the sugar.
"The maximum retail price is 20.75
cents per pound and if anybody is
charged more than that, he should
report in writing to this office ard
gOvernment investigators will take
up the matter
Retailers Allowed 3 Cents.
Calling attention to the fact that
wholesalers are allowed one and
half cents profit per pound on sugar
and retailers three cents per pound,
Mr.. Manget issued Statement urg-
ing dealers to cooperate in reliev1
ing the sugar shortage and consum-
ers all over the state to report ex-
tortionate prices charged for the COM
modify.
Mr.. Manget's statement follows:
"There now exists a sugar famine
greater than has been known in our
country for ffty-fve years with the
single exception of as hort period
during the world war. Conditions
are growing worse and prosecutions
of profiteers are being instituted all
over the country, including Atlanta.
More are to follow shortly.
"Euyope had for three years been
without sufficient sugar and in fact,
was suffering for it and the increas-
ed consumption here has been ex-
planned as being caused by prohi-
bition. If prohibition is the only
reason for the sugar famine and the
high price of sugar, then let us thank
God for the high prices.
Merchants are getting careless
regarding the handling of sugar. For
forty years sugar has been sold prac-
tically without profit by wholesalers
and retailers, but that was their own
business and their own way of ad-
vertising. But now an unfair mar
gin of profit will not be tolerated
in this state.
"At its last meeting the fair price
commission allowed i cent and d
half per pound profit to wholesalers
above their invoice and freight cost,
with cents per pound profit for re-
tailers. In ordinary times the whole
saler or retailer asking such profits
would not sell a barrel a month, but
owing to the great scarcity this big
profit was agreed to so as to en-
courage merchants to use their best
efforts to get sugar here so there
would be no suffering. Any violator
will be prosecuted. Wholesalers to
save their good name, should report
| by copy invoice to this office every
| lot of sugar they receive and &c
tailers should report any advance
charged to them by the wholesalers.
| Consumers should continue 10 report
advancing charges by retailers.
CONSUMERS should be willing to
purchase their other groceries from
merchants who furnish them sugar
This is reasonable and good busi-
ness, but merchants are not allowed
| to force consumers to buy any GER
tain article sold on account fif
tain article they do not care to buy
or to charge one cent extra on any
other article sold on account of fur
nishing sugar,
"All reports must be in writing
and will be checked by government
investigators. All pull together and
we will puaQut.
"These regulations are binding
over the entire state of Georgia"
"JOHN A. MANGET,
! Georgia Fair Price Commissioner. "