Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-12
The Sugar Problem


It looks like we were getting back
into war profits for all the protiteers
nowadays. Food prices are going
up, and sugar. the bulk of it, raised
in Cuba and Louisiana, is climbing
nimbly to wartime prices. 1t is
preposterous that spectators should
be permitted to make "a llilliBg,"
after such fashion, in full daylight,
so to speak.
1t is going to make the average
American very tired-When taxes are
such a burden and war debts so
heavy. Instead of remembering what
happened when sugar reached 80
cents a pound, and only two pounds
allowed to an adult during an entlre
month, we seem to be too stupid
or maybe too lazy to rise up and
say thus far and no farther"
1t is not the sugar grower, but
the Spectator who cleans up the
market, and for no visible reason
whatsoever, except selfish greed and
cupidity.
The spectators begun to buy up
raw sugar in the month of Februa-
ry They sold n very few tons, until
they got good and ready then they
raised the price and here we are,
absolutely at their mercy.
How much, of this raw sugar is
mixed In with distilling illegal liquor
has not been discovered, but we do
know that the country is bootleg
ged to the limit, and sugar climbing
UP in war price figures. Just this
way did the coal spectators oper-
ate. and while there is plenty of
coal and plenty of coal diggerS beg
ging for wages, only stated num-
Der of tons, or SO many days in
the week do miners get to work,
and therefore coal prices keep IN,
and so far as can be discovered,
the Spectators are getting the
profit and the railroads are help
ing to swell the profit by holding
back cars in which coal can be
easily transported.
All these spectators add to the
general unrest of the people. The
whole United States is getting OBJ
sessed with the idea that war prices
are being continually lifted up by
people who are using all possible
means to make it harder for poor
people to make a living and also a
little something to lay by.
Like an infiamed Carbuncle, 1t Is
going to come to a head one OF |
these DAYS, and then the mistake OF !
the government will be made mani
fest. We will see what we shall
see. and after awhile will come the
THE GREATEST THING IN ALL
THE WORLD
Perhaps 1 should explain my
meaning of this sentence, in as
few words as are possible, and L |
will begin by saying 1 do not in
tend to discuss the expanse of the
material world, the magniflcence
of architecture or the wonders OF
Nature. or the the exhibits of the |
painters art, nor the remarkable
Jewels that have been gathered ana
preserved in royal diadems and In
national museums.
These are manifestly great to see
and remember. Their cash value
runs into billions, maybe trillions,
if our ina ginations can cover their
amount of current gold and silver. /
I am not concerned with books at |
this writing, or great writer's, be-
cause the Bible is conceded to be |
the most wonderful book extant, |
and is a helper to make character, |
moral, religious, social, etc. EaV- |
ing put aside these truly great |
things in this explanation, [ come |
to what I consider the thing of |
greatest value to human kind as |
individuals, with mortal life and the
life beyond the grave-in close af-
finity-to this valuable asset. If
we could always remember that we
are here for a very brief time, |
COMPARED with the eternity that is |
beyond, we would take less thought !
for the things of this life and more |
for the hereafter. The richest peo-
pie we know about must say good |
bye to their earthly possessions
when death comes. Therefore, we
should be diligent in caring for
the things which will last the |
longest If we knew or understood |
that we have very little to take |
with US across the river and that |
every one of us must go before |
the Judge of Heaven and Earth, |
on what we really are, based on |
merit, we might spare ourselves a
whole lot of sordid struggling to |
get in possession of the things that |
too often perish with the using,
and which quite frequently upset |
the moral status Of those who dis
puted over what the owner could |
not take with him, and which are
not wholesome to those who quar-
rel among themselves over what is |
left behind and which prevents the |
of energy, industry |
and perseverance in those who are /