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Show 'TALK OF FAMINE INSUGARGOSSIPYj WASHINGTON. March II. - No danger dan-ger of sugar incoming scare or h gh I priced In 1921. That's th way government expert six up the situation. (tumors have been at afloat In some cities that another sugar famine is j coming. Officials brand these rumors, a sheer propaganda with nothing to! back them up. The 19;0-19.'l beet sugar crop in the j I'nited ISiates la the largest In the country's history. It totals alntut 991.-: 000 long tons. shs the government crtp I reporter. The previous crop was only I S2 S7 tons. LARGE CUBAN CROP. ! NKW YORK, March 11 The Cuban sugar crop, now coming to market, is practically aa large as the 1919-1920 crop. It la estimated at i. 700,000 long tons by the American 8ugar Refining i company. I The American Hugar Bulletin says: "Very heavy receipt of 170.S3S tons of I suxar at Cuban porta are reported for the week. This figure was only exceeded ex-ceeded in one week during the 1919-1920 1919-1920 crop." "Raw Cuban sugar Is at AV cents a pound and no prospects of a ri? in the near future." says Manuel tlonxalex. i chief of lj! In-American division of I National Association of Manufactur- ! er "The statement that sugar prices will be raised Is utter nonsense." says I Frank C Lowry. chairman of I'nited States subcommittee of the Cuban government gov-ernment commission, which now coo-trv-B tho Cuban raw sugar crarp. |