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Show U. S. AND ALLIES I SECURE SUGAR I Now York, Dec. .27. Negotiations I for tho purchase of a largo part ot H tho Cuban sugar crop now being bar- vested, an amounting to an estlmat- H ed 3,000.000 tons, for the uso of tho M United Statos and allies have been H Mrtually completed by tho Interna- tlonal commltteo and tho Cuban H commltteo nppojnted by President H Monocal of Cuba, It was announced here. Tho prlco wns said to bo ? 1.60 fl a hundred pounds f. o. b. Cuba. Tho formalities of tho agreoment H It was Bald after a joint session of 9 tho two commltteo will bo completed ftf?' within ton days or two weeks on m the return hero ot Sir Joseph Whlto W Todd and J. Ramsey Drako, tho Rrlt- W Ish member of tho International com- K mlttee. Thoy havo been making a tour of tho Cuban sugar fields av IB result of tho negotiations whrW M wero started somo tlmo ago. tM Meanwhile, It was announced. Cu- 111 ban producers will mako every ef- m fort to forward their now crop sub- Mf nrs as fast as ships can ho obtained. Tho stringency also will bo further ifj relieved, It was stated, by tho release I for domestic consumption of 4000 B tons or sugar for Swedish shipment, which Is hold horo. BH |
