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Show VNPOPl'LATi, HUT TItUE. Numerous romedles are suggested for the sugar shortage. Most of them are purely for political effect. One of the favorite suggestions Is to put some one In jail. Another Is to deny the use of sugar to candy and soft drink manufacturers. Neither suggestion sug-gestion would Increase sugar produc-. produc-. tlon. The candy and soft drink Industries In-dustries use about a third of the sugar su-gar produced, and cutting them off from a supply would undoubtedly cut production Instead of increasing It. The law of supply and demand is at work now to increase sugar production produc-tion and only by increased production will the price ever be lowered. We are reaping the result now of artificial laws in force during the war which set aside the law of supply and demand, de-mand, thus curtailing production at a time when production should have been Increasing. Unpopular as It may be to state hard cold facts, we will never have cheaper sugar until the supply catches up with the demand. If we limit consumption by artificial legislation, legis-lation, giving it to one class while denying de-nying It to another, we at the same time limit production, for there, is no use for either the farmer or the manufacturer man-ufacturer to produce unlimited quantities quan-tities with a curtailed consumption. Mother Nature will remedy the sugar shortage in a more satisfactory manner than all the vote seeking politicians poli-ticians combined, let her have a chance, instead of crippling specified lines of industry In favor of others, all of which ultimately works to the detriment of the whole people. |