Show IS IT A TRICK the other day one ot of tile the local merchants had a discussion with a patron over tile the dollar advance on sugar the patron was dubious about the raise being genuine and stated that lie he be lilied it to be a move on the part ot at the sugar barons to stimulate buying because becalms it is a fact that people are buying very little sugar and right now there is a super abundance in t he waro ware houses and more coming every day from the factories which are grinding up the present years harvest of beets the merchant had notions nations similar to the patron and as a final proposition in the argument asked the patron it if lie he would be willing to sign a contract right now to pay 12 a bag tor for sugar next month that settled it with the patro nand he decided to purchase his alsi sugar for or the time being in small lots I 1 tile the above recital illustrates forcibly the present situation we prophetic vision sufficient to state whether the price of sug arwill go up or down docu but it does docs look peculiar that the price should advance now when it has been tumbling so rapidly before the new crop comes onto the market so tar far as we are concerned we are not pur puri i chasing any sugar by tile the sack yet awhile |