Show AMERICAN SUGAR Q I SEr SENT T TO FRANCE American Price Rigidly Regulated per by United States Food V Administration n. n s1 CONSUMERS HERE PAY ge I y Sugar Cost Oost 39 sa Cents a Pound During Civil War War Refiners Refiners Pr Profits Profits t Now Curtailed w VV Sugar I Ip is Ailing today throughout r America AInor ca o n. from 8 to 9 cents a pound to the tho consumer even though z V there iq 1 Is a It world shortage shortage which has x r reduced d ced this nations nation's sugar allotment r r t to if 70 per cent of normal ray Through h the efforts oo of the United States food administration the sugar 0 V j market mariet has been regulated as far fur as ast y the t e producer refiner and wholesaler Is 18 concerned The food administration has no power to regulate retail prices iY ex except ept by public opinion Even though 1 morn more mor then than t tons ns of sugar have k been shipped to France In the last four months tha retaH grocers grocer's sugar sug-ar price Is Around 8 to 8 cents He tie should sell soll this sugar at tit at 8 8 to 9 refits cants c is the t e food administration believes and asks the American housewife to pay poy no more than this amount V Last A August st when the food adminIstration admin- admin was organized the tho price of suddenly to 11 cents a sugar Ingar rose A. pound touring During the Civil War sugar Jc cost cast the consumer 8 33 85 cents a pound regulation By regU regulation atlon of the sugar market and V t Yr V reducing the price to 8 8 and 9 cents and k keeping It from advancing to 20 c cint nt the food administration has saved saved sayed sav say ed the tile American public at least s' s sic In four months according to toa tog a g statement made by Herbert Hoover HooTer the other day It 1 is 18 our stern duty to feed teed the allIes allies allies al al- lies to maintain their health and strength at any cost to ourselves K Mr Ir Hoover declared There has not noty y been nor will be as we see It enough a r su sugar ar for tor even their present meagre and depressIng ration unless they send send I S f ships Chips to remote markets for It If It we I j in iq i o our greed and gluttony force them I 4 either t to o further reduce their ration I I or to send these ships we will haye have j I II done damage to our abilities to win I Of this war ei If we send the ships to Java i for tons of sugar next year we will have necessitated the employment em em- ft of eleven extra ships for forone forone forone one year ear These ships ships ships-if If used In 0 transporting troops would troops would take to men to France A Reason for World Shortage Sh t. t a fN As Mr Hoover pointed out th tho r United States Canada and England r were sugar Importing countries before ir the war wa while France and Italy were j very nearly self supporting The main r sources of the worlds world's sugar supply y was Germany and neighboring powers the West Indies and the East Indies German sugar Is no longer available r as It Is used entirely In Germany i which also absorbs sugar of surrounding surround surround- surrounding rt ing countries 4 England can no longer buy 3 long tons tons' of sugar each year from Germany The French sugar production production tion has dropped from to t is tons The Italian production has Ime fallen from tons to tons Thus three countries were thrown upon East and West Indian sources 1 for tor tons annually t to maintain their normal consumption V Because of the worlds world's shipping shortage the allied nat nations ons started V V drawing on th the West Indies for tor sugar East Indian sugar took three times the number of ships since the distance distance dis dis- r V tance was three times as great Suddenly Suddenly Suddenly Sud Sud- denly the west was called on to fur fur- V nish and did furnish tons of ot sugar to Europe when tons a 4 year was the war pre demand The allies had drawn from Java O i 4 tons tons' before the shipping situation beV became became be be- V came acute In spite of these shipments Mr Hoover stated the other day the English gov government In August reduced the household sugar ration to a basis of 24 pounds per annum per capita V And In September the French government government govern govern- men ment t reduced their household ration to 13 2 10 pounds a R year or a bit over overs s 1 poun pound of sugar a month Even this y V meagre ration could not be filled by bythe bythe the French government It was found V early In the fall America was then i r p asked for tons of sugar and V rr succeeded In sending tons by December 1 The French r. r request quest was Vas granted because the American houser household household house house- r hold consumption was then at least len 55 T pounds per person and It was Vas considered considered considered consid consid- ered the duty of maintaining the French morale made our course clear V mV Today the sugar situation may maybe maybe maye e S be summarized by stating that If V America will reduce Its sugar consumption consumption con con- 10 to 15 per cent this nation will be able to send more soldiers to France Sugar today sells at seaboard refineries refineries re re- fineries at a hundred pounds The wholesale whole grocer has agreed to limit his profit to 25 cents a hundred V plus freight and the retail grocer grocer Is supposed to take no more than 50 cents s a hundred pounds profit This regulation regulation regulation regu regu- lation was made by the food tood adminis- adminis which o n now asks the housewife to reduce sugar consumption as much muchas us as possible using using- other s sweeteners e t ners x and also reminds lie Her ner t that at she e should ld pay no more than a po d fo foj for j j iJ |