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Show 9 9 . . BP y 9" W GOSTOFSItl Utah-Idaho Sugar Company " Advances Pdce From 13 to 22.75 Gents AMALGAMATED FIRM DISTRIBUTES NONE Cup of Coffe Sells for More; Steps Taken for Relief Here SALT LAKE CITY, May 1. The Utah-Idaho Sugar company, -largest producers in the inter-raountain region today announced an increase in their price of refined sugar from a 13 cent basis to 22.75 cents per pound. This has caused a jump In retail prices of beet sugar here froni 10 cents to J1S cents per pound to the consumers. The company has. declined to state the reason rea-son for the advance. r ' ' j,- No allotments were made to Ogden 'jolib'ers today by the" Amalgamated Sugar company and officials stato that for the .present they have withdrawn their supply from the market. It is expected that the situatiion will be eased up during the course of a few days. Meanwhile, however, the retail price of sugar in the local stores took a leap upward and diners in the city restaurants found that the price of a cup of coffee had taken an upward leap at their favorite dining room from" 5 cents to S coats a cup. Retail men found here today that the sugar which they bought yesterday yester-day at 1-1.50 a hundred pounds had danced its delirious way up to ?24.90. Utah canners are nf lli nnininn-ih.il the great increase in the cost of beet sugar will have a marked effect on the' canning industry in the state and may mean decreased production. 1 The sugar price increase is likely to mean that housewives will bottle 'far j less fruit than formerly and this wnl be a blow at the grower of fruits for ! canning. What canned goods are packed will showed a decided increase in price, it is declared. Would Curb Speculatioin. WASHINGTON, May 1. A bill designed to prevent speculation in sugar sug-ar was introduced today by Representative Represen-tative Howard, Democrat, Oklahoma. It would prohibit re-sale of sugar by dealers without "reasonable justification." justifica-tion." x . The department of justice, Mr. Howard How-ard told the house has been unable to meet the present emergency because j of inadequate legislation. I More Sugar Seized. I OMAHA, Neb., May . iodoral agents last night seized a ot sugar containing S0.000 pounds, as it wasi j about to be sent to Des Moines. They said the sugar was sent from San! ! Francisco on March 22 to a Chicago firm( and diverted at Savannah, 111,, to Omaha. The sugar belonged to a sugar brokerage concern. Seizures j hero now total 250,000 pounds. I |