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Show SUGAR CH1PT1 Restrictions Made Little Difference to Americans ; Control Continues. International obligations still necessitate necessi-tate a limited governmental control over the sugar industry during 1919, according" accord-ing" to an official-report submitted to the stockholders of the American Sugar & defining company at their annual meeting. meet-ing. This is to be effected, it is said, by the United .Stales equalization board, a gov ernment agency f which by a series of contracts with the various units in the industry seeks to stabilize j. rices and an international distribution without the usually prevailing world market competition. competi-tion. The American Sugnr & Refining company com-pany has entered into such a contract at tho request of the government and with the anproval of the attorney general of the United States. It is p" in tod out in the report that, contrary to current belief and notwithstanding notwith-standing the limitations imposed upon consumption, the1 American people consumed con-sumed in 191S an a mount of sugar almost al-most equal to the yearly average, of tho last ten years. A Itogother consumption, it is stated, has approximated 10,000 tons a day, or about 300.000 tons a. month, which is about the average normal consumption con-sumption during (ho labt decade. ! It is also pr inl ed cut tha t the t.ota ! amount of exports for 19 S was irJ.5ot tons, a considerably Icsp amount than lor the year preceding. The further sta te-,nent te-,nent is made that sugar in the United Sta! ps is rh caper tha n in foreign countries coun-tries and has not increased correspondingly, corresponding-ly, with fU her star-le articles of food. "While the total business of ihe company was again in ovoss of Soo.nuo.oort, ''t :s explained, the net profit from refining operations, op-erations, after providing for income and other i;ixe&. a mom", led r Sti.fifil.fj.l.iiti, or 3.393.r.07.55 'ess than for 1M7. A policy of over ?5.1X0.000 at the company's com-pany's expense provides for insurance on the lives of emplvees in amounts ranging rang-ing from $.".00 to .?i0'"'n. depending on ihe length of servico. Seven t y employees vere pensioned, making :n agsrgate of 07 on the pension roll ;n u cost hist vcar of S 1 f 1 9 . 9 1 . I - About rtJ.S e n i p i u y ; e s were aided in their eftorts to become citi-ze.ns citi-ze.ns through Ihc company's naturalization bureau. It is a'so shown ibat the number num-ber of stockholders h;is increased from 3 9.7." S to 2C.-S77, one-half of whom -re women, with an average holding of forty-three forty-three shares each. |