Show Price of Sugar 1 T X N answer to many protests be has received from dif- dif parts of the tIie country as to the price sugar is being being- sold at today S Senator Smoot made the following statement In the thc Senate the time other day clay 1 I sh should ull like to the time people of the thc United 5 States know that hat time the he sugar producers arc are still work- work H Sj j in lug ing under th the r ag-r agreement made by hy Mr Ir Hoo erl as s 4 1 4 r head of or the tIme food administration They are getting 3 no 1110 more for their sugar sug-ar sold to the wholesalers of the time country than they have been receiving since ince v l lJ J that nt wa was first made Vi fc 1 wan want time hc people to un understand that that 1 y ment remains in lU force until after the tIme sugar crop of r t I 1919 is s marketed So wherever exorbitant prices ure arc being paid for sugar sug-ar it is not because the time pro- pro CT pu er of sugar is is' charging pg more than was agreed 5 to n a year ear ago S j I t ti i wished to make this statement because of the fact V-fact that T iT have understood there arc jobbers in ini i this nt l making making- o over ocr cr a dollar loHar a bag bag- upon sugar S sugarS r t S today tOda based upon the scarcity of sugar In this S. S eon connection I wish ish ish to say that there have been exportations ex- ex 5 5 of ot sugar sug of late ann and that was taken as ns asi i i. i an for raisin raising the time price of sugar to the con cou- sumer Exportations of oC sugar have ceased I 1 am am informed J h by the thc food administration The Thic Amen Amen- can people not hot be DC compelled to pay one f penny penn more for su sugar sur nr than thc they have paid during duringS during'S S 'S J the thc last year While the thc people are arc groaning groaning- under excessive prices i m for tor of life it may not be especially comforting com corn 5 fort forting to know the thc but it reason is i something of or a relief re- re lief at times to ascertain just where to aim their c e. e rations However in n the case casc of sugar one can scarce scarce- ly 1 blame the thc food administration as the government still controls the sugar sug-ar crop under its wartime agree agree- ment men which lasts until this seasons season's crop is marketed or or the producers who arc getting no more for the thc product prod prod- S than the agreement allows It seems from the time statement of Senator Smoot who is an authority on financial l matters that the real profiteer prof pro ir in jJ sugar where a higher p price price ce is being exacted than a year ago o n-o is the thc jobber Now if Congress would kindly devise se some means by which the gentlemanly jobber might be prevented from sticking up the time price a a do dollar a a. bag the ultimate consumer would be willing to r rise e up and call somebody bl blessed sed |