| Show Americans Become Very Interested In Sugar Mo Most t Americans have suddenly become very verv interested ted in the subject subject sub sub- jet of sugar lu ar The press has been full fult of stories about shortages cs ra rationing ra- ra rationing price control and plans for increased ed pro production Much talk has come from froth the mouths of the poorly informed some of it has been hysterical and some sonic of has it sound and authoritative Possibly a sorting out of that material will be useful here The Thc first world war made dons does chan changes ls l's in the sU sugar ar producing producing in ing machinery machiner of the w world Before t that hat war about half of all sU sugar ar was grown ro n in ill Europe's su sugar ar beet fields The re rest t was cane can sugar grown rown in inmany inmany many many- tropical countries from Java jaa to Africa and from Hawaii to Cuba Cuha i Durin During the war the pro prod production d was completely disrupted the of ocean transportation cut off consuming countries from t their normal sources of supply and production in areas able to ship t to o the profitable markets was enormously enor error increased In remarkably short time after the war Europe's Europe s production was rebuilt gains pains in iii other parts of the world t were cre maintained maintained main main- tamed and the he su sugar ar market found itself by the end of 1920 struggling g tinder the burden hurden of a huge hupe over over- production Before World War ar I II I Europe was growing rowing more sU sugar suga ar r than she did in 1913 and the can cane sU sugar ar crops of the w world were double that of Europe Durin During th the period from 1920 to 1941 man many plans were made and operated attempting at attempting at- at tempting to control production an and I stabilize markets These plans were c only partially successful and anel sugar suga r has hai becom cone of the cheapest t and most abundant of food staples In Ip the United States during Republican Republican Re Re- Republican publican administrations administration we attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted to keep our domestic sugar suga industry alive by erecting erecting- tariff f walls high hig-h high enough to offset t the difference in production costs cost s in wage low tropical countries countries coun- coun tries and here With the New Deal came new ideas Reciprocal tariff agreements and trade treaties treatie broke down the walls and i in n their place came the processing to tax and benefit payments to the farm farm- farm I I ers These new ideas worked tel well l to the extent that they made it pos po possible possible sible for processors to operate pr profitably pro pro- and for farmers to stay i in n their businesses of raising beets an ancane and d cane but the plan forgot that w we e need an adequate domestic supply of sugar when war or other disaster disaster disaster ter comes The Jones Costigan A Act of 1934 and its successor the Sugar Sug-ar Sug ar Act of 1937 which is still in operation operation opera opera- a tion prevented any expansion of st sugar ar production It predicated th the growers grower's benefit payments on r restricted restricted re re- acreage and limited tf the l c sales sale of the producing companies companie s' s spring of 1941 because the there was an unsold over carry-over from the 1940 production the sugar divisi division o n of the d department of agriculture i im imposed imposed om m posed reductions ns on beet plantings planting S scaling down total beet acreage in the United States to 83 of t the he 1940 plantings This was done i in n spite of urgent ent desire of farmers to grow row beets and in spite of available available avail avail- is able factory capacity to make the them m into sugar And it was done in spi spite to of warnings to the department of agriculture ag that a shortage e was in the making making- because of world con condi Ji developing developing- from the war And so we come to the attack on Pearl Harbor dependent for o our ur sugar sug-ar supplies from the following rag sources Cuba 28 Philippine Islands 12 Puerto Rico 14 Hawaii 12 Domestic beet 25 Domestic cane 6 Other sources 2 71 As Japan quickly gained g the u upper up up- j- j per hand in the Pacific the Philippine Philip Philip- P- P pine supply complete completely stopped stopp ed and Hawaii is finding finding- it difficult to make shipments The best estimates Cs available indicate that only 50 of a normal supply can be he expect expected ed from Hawaii in 1942 Puerto Rice Ei cc can be expected to increase her production in 1942 somewhat ason as can Cuba but more than a milli milliand million on and a half tons of Cubas Cuba's sU sugar gar ar must be converted into alcohol fora for manufacturing explosives and pr h ably an equal amount must be shipped shipped ship ship- ped to our Allies because the war has put the rich Ukraine district in Russia out of production an and production and made it nearly impossible im im- possible for Britain to pet get her sugar su suo gar from her usual sources Evan to get g-et sugar from nearby Rico and Cuba requires ships ships and and ships in wartime are hard to charter char char- ter ten Enemy submarines lurk in Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic waters and sugar cargoes are choice prizes of war History has repeated itself and we have di discovered dis discovered covered again that the only safe supply of sugar is that when w We grow on our own farms the farms the sugar sugar sugar su su- su- su gar g-ar that doesn't need ships Leon Henderson the price administrator administrator ad ad- ad- ad in a recent press release re release re- re lease calculated that nearly 8 tons of sugar reached the American American American Am Am- market in 1941 and that quantity quantity quantity qu qu- qu- qu exceeded normal by about abou tons Part of that excess execs is ii is no doubt stored for future use but much of it found its way into consumption People use more su sugar sun sugar su- su gar n when times are prosperous I There were yvere man many men in training g camps during 1941 burning up en energy energy en- en energy ergy and replacing it with larger i in intake n take of sugar and sweets and muc much h fruit and other processed material materi containing containing- sugar was shipped t to o the fighting nations Mr Henderson Hender Hender- son also figures that only the following sources Domestic beet 35 Domestic om n ct cane 3 1 Hawaii laRH M 9 Puerto Puetto Rico 21 tf Cuba 20 Milc sources urcel 7 Faced with these stern realities the war at production board hoard took tOlk dras drastic tic tie steps to drive dove out of hiding the sugar that was WM hoarded during 1 1941 4 t and to conserve the supply in sight for use in 1 42 liana Mami who use U sugar lugar in their products and sugar distributors distributor parr have had their operations place i d under ri rigid id tl regulation I In It February ary an and March they were permitted permit permit- ted to buy only 80 of the quantity quan tit lily the they used or sold in the same sour c tn months nth in 1941 and they will witt be sim similarly rr regulated during the rest t tc of the year Car This sudden stoppage e c of the flow of distribution in the face of hea heavy demand dem caused a an n acute grocery grocer tore store shortage anc and 1 sonic some small matt manufacturers actual actually were forced to close down because e the they couldn't pet get sugar ugar S Selfishness elfishness excitement and hysteria hysteria hy hy- steria seemed to feed red on this situation sit nation so to the office of price adm administration ad ad- m ministration in went the unpalatable la ta hie c job jab of complete sugar sug-ar rationing The plan contemplates limiting g consumption to a specified sped sped- tied fied quantity per week This quantity quan qUan- lit tit was announced as 1 12 ounces per person per pCr tree week weCk Recently Re He- Gently there ha have ve been press an and d radio releases indicating that only 8 ounces per person per week neck willbe will wit willbe I be allowed What hat the final figure fig will be he is not predictable now now- ho but t it is almost certain that all manufacturers manufacturers manu arson bakers confectioners be e bottlers battlers etc and ami al all I manufacturers bakers ers erSt beverage bottlers battlers etc and al all household users of su sugar ar will hay hayto have to tl register ister sometime in ill March larch an and will be issued food fond ration hooks honks ii in inthe inthe I the case of consumers and sugar saga r certificates in the case cast of commercial commercial commer connner cial vial users This immense job of oI rd rep fee will be done in the public 1011 schools by hr the school teachers Th The c book hook issued there will be known a a. a as War Var Ration Book One Olle and that tha t its use will not be he confined to sugar su sugar sugar su- su gar g-ar but hut will serve for ins the man many food items which are arc expected t to tobe o he be rationed later such later such as tea co coffee coffee cof cof- f fee cocoa spices and others There Therefore C fore it is necessary that al consumers ers register reg-ister now If you think you yo u have j enough h sugar to last for th the duration dont don't think you can avoid registration If you ou dont don't get gel a an n issue of or War Var Ration Book On One S you'll be he out in the cold for later late r rationing War Var aRtion Book nook One will co contain con con- lain ain 28 stamps each representing one weeks week's sugar allotment When hc ii you re register ister you volt will be he required t to o state the quantity of sU sugar ar on ban banou hand d You Y ou will be permitted to have to two o pounds per er person on hand b but It any quantity above that will be c eor lOIl to hoarded boarded and stamps will bi h torn out of your book hook to cover tl the he ie quantity if you ha hav Ve more sugar than han the stamps in U the e book boob represent you OU will have th that tha at amount marked up against your a account account ac ac- c count and stamps will be torn from fro m your second look accordingly A it t. t any rate the person who has a st stor stored sr r I cd ed supply will not be any better er fixed than the one who has none no n To any anyone one who has an e excess cesi s stock of sugar I suggest that he ter find some small manufacturer w who is is finding it hard to keep his plant plan pia rat running and sell it to him trim at a reasonable reasonable rea rea- price or to return it to the grocery g store for credit or to give it to some person who has no supply supply supply sup sup- ply and needs it There is no advantage ad ad- vantage antage to be gained in holding holding- i it now now- So we enter World war II I with a 1 sugar supply less than our requirements requirements requirements require require- ments because we failed to learn in the first one that sugar is a military military mil mil- necessity and that the only safe supply is the one at home We will have less sugar sug-ar during during- the wathan war wa than we are accustomed to using b but ut unless there are losses loss loss- es enough ih for the real needs of ou our people The proposed ration will b he be hemor snore more than is permitted in Holland Germany Czechoslovakia Britain France Italy or Poland and fa famore far more than the normal consumption in many lands so lets let's accept th the adjustment cheerfully and not try to get more than our neighbors B But ut while were we're fighting the war war war- and when it is won lets let's not make mak the same mistake again but buil buila build a home supply of sugar equal tour t tour to o our needs of Clearfield I Mr dr h. h and Mr Mrs Golden Olsen of R Roy Ro oy were Sunday guests of f Mrs files Non's Oln mother Mrs ft Am Amy Cowan an The Seventies quorum of this thi dl district tt Ct held their monthly m meeting in the W West Point ward wind chapel chael last lat Sunday morning mornin at et 9 Q 30 jO jOhl M Mrs hl s. s Jess Tess Te Cook Conk and 5 small mall children chil chil- children dren T Barbara rh ra and Jimmy of no Roy were Friday Frida visitors of Mrs 1115 lr Cooks Conks I parents Mr tr an and Mrs Ralph Rl Ham Ham- I din blip Mrs t u. u 1 Ida da 1 White Whitt bite and ani lII d daughter t Idella and Donna were Salt 51 Lake City Pity visitors i tors last lat Saturday after after- noon Mrs firs t Marvin in Thornley was a n guest tact last w week of her hr dau daughter M Mrs Ir rs Et Everett I Robinson on of fl ful it Mr Dit tr and Mrs tr Toe Tor Duncan and children of nt Salt Lake tak City were Sunday guests Bursts of If 1 Mrs rl D Duncan's Duncans 1 1 parents Mr fir Ir and Mrs r. Carl B. B Grce t Mrs Airs Irl Barlow Harlow who e lla hahlen has ha been hlen undergoing medical treatment at the Dec hospital is i better anal ami amiable obis able to be he hours home a again ain Mrs I rs Eva Ea Walker alker was a Sunday Sundar dinner inner gUc guest t of her son law and d dau daughter aughter Air Mr an and I Mrs Irs Ben Vaunt Taunt Mr and Mrs Ross I ton 1 an announce all all- the birth of a son sou in the Dee hospital Mrs l Layton was Wai for formerly merly Miss Winifred inifred Robinson an ant L t D O OS O'S S 5 convert ert from front England The cannin canning crop growers g association asso asso- elation dation held a meeting in the Clearfield Clear Clear- kar- kar field fidd recreation hall last Monday Manila evening C Dr Stewart of the till State Stat war var e ar board hoard spoke on the need of in increased creased acrea acreage e of tomatoes tomate toC's cs pointing out nut that Davis i county was s several lC hundred acres under the time standard set by hv the war Board P Problems concerning t the hC shortage e of farm workers was discussed in inthis inthis this connection That every Cry farmer farm farm- er cr should raise more tomatoes than last year w was as urged as a patriotic duty dug The Ladies Literary Guild met for their monthly meeting at the Ogden Tea Ta Room Roam last Monday eve e ning- ning Hostesses for the occasion t were Mrs Clyde dam Adams A 1 Mrs r David David Da Do- vid Brown and 1 Mrs rs Eldon Ben Den nett The Tho hook honk Song of Years h by B Bess ess Streeter Aldrich was reviewed review re Cd ed by hy 1 Mrs Airs rs Sessions 11 Mr I r. r and Mrs Airs Sterling Clark were recent visitors of oi Mr l and Mrs Le RID Rpy Flippen Mr lr and Mrs Reed Recd Lloyd were Sunday guests of Mr 1 and Mrs A A. z Z Green Mrs Airs Eh Elvira ira McLean left the latter Jatter fatto lat fat ter to part of last week elk for San Francisco Fran Fran- cisco where she will visit with he her herson r sort son son Thomas Thoma McLean stationed in that city with the U. U S. S S navy y Prior r to 10 her departure Mrs 1 McLean 1 hail had hadre i re received word from the war department depart department ment meat that her elder son 50 Robert was listed among the missing from iron 1 the crew of the American ship Lan Langley ley sank sulk by try bombers bombe bomb homb- ers in the Indian ocean AI Mr c and Mrs Richard West Vest ryes e Sunday dinner guests guest's of Mr 1111 an and d Mrs Airs Ellis fills Fields Field in Clinton Lieutenant Vilmer Barlow ex expects expects ex- ex peers to leave soon for his new hey r duties at Fort tort Sill sm Oklahoma Miss Helen Ross of Og Ogden en was a u Sunday guest at the home of Bishop Dishop fish Dish op and Mrs Melvin G G. G Wood Miss Margaret teacher a at atthe atthe t the North Davis Dais junior high school scion l spent last w week end cek 1 visiting in Gar Garland r rland I land with her parrots parents Mr It and Mrs R. R J. J 1 Po ter Mr it and Mrs Irs M I R H Smith of I kov koe o were Sunda Sunday guests 0 of hand Mr Mt and ami Mrs trl Rufus i I Mrs 10 Jar Jor Kni Knight hl and ami Mrs Mr- Vu 11 g pene ene Reed Rd were among n club members mem num hers bers w who ho attended the bridge t lunch luncheon eon con 11 hl held |
