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Show Sugar Price Drops ! 10 Cents Per Bag A decidedly weakened market tn the east for raw and refined sugar, las a result of accumulating stocks, forced sugsr prices down 10 cents a 100-pound bag. effective on the local retail market Thursday, according to brokers. The price tumble followed a similar simi-lar one in the east according to sugar officials, who reported that the last! decline waa January 4, and the last! price advance was August 17, 1932. Beet sugar, following the drop, was retailing at some of the downtown stores for $3.23 a hundred and cane was quoted at $3 40, it was announced. I |