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Show SUGAR INDUSTRY TO ! BE LEFT (IMBED Bishop Wibley Receives Assurances As-surances Before Leaving Capital for Utah. Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, July 11 Bishop C. W. Nibley of Utah, who has been here for several days, left lor home today. While here Bishop Nibley was in consultation with members of the national defense council regarding possible government action looking to the establishment of sugar prices and the possible commandeering comman-deering of sugar-producing properties. Bishop Nibley received assurance before be-fore he left that there is no present intention in-tention to interfere in the sugar business busi-ness or any other Industry which is being be-ing continued along normal business lines. in connection with the attitude of the government toward the sugar business, Senator Lodge, in discussing the food-control bill In the senate yesterday, yes-terday, said: . I am told that propositions have been made to fix the price on sugar, 1 which makes It impossible for our beet sugar factories, which have already al-ready made their contracts with the farmers for beets, to produce sugar at a reasonable profit. We must look beyond tho immediate object of getting get-ting sugar cheaply into the hands of the allies. It is necessary to see first what all the consequences are. It would be a fatal mistake to force down the price of sugar and thereby diminish the supply. It is better to have sugar in reasonable plenty at a profitable price than to have no sugar at all at any price. |