Show f L NOON oi GOING SOUR t AS SUGAR PRICES RISE t By International News Service f e LON LONDON LONDON DON June 25 A A prominent firm n s of lof jam manufacturers has announced Its t. t Intention of closing down three of its t L 4 factories V-factories factories owing to the high price of sugar f e C The world shortage of sugar has been rendered even more acute according to British authorities by the increased consumption consumption con- con of the product in the United S States owing chiefly to the enactment t. t r I of of- orthe the prohibition law 1 It It is therefore thought that the action I of the jam manufacturers ma may merely I result in the sugar being diverted to another another an- an 1 other country at a higher price I In Great Britain at present the price of ugar is 1 shilling 2 pence per pound 28 cents at the old rate of exchange and It itis Is expected that at an early date the price will be Increased to 36 cents J per pound 7 Before the war war the price of sugar in England was 4 cents per pound |