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Show Wilson Revives WarSime Power in Sugar Shortage WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 In an ef-'fort ef-'fort to mee ih-- situation ramltin from the prvseni a ule -'vjrine . sugar, Presidnt WUeOP today rciei the wartime power of the federal gov ernment over the nation's food sup I ply. Howard Fisy:, asnistanl to he atin--I ney general in Charge 1 f fo"' s"i'es dis-tributlon, dis-tributlon, has worked out regulations for establlshmi-n's of these "egula tions, as soon as approv.' has ben had by the se' ral co ernmental agen ides which it W.ill he nccerssj-y to ton i suit. I Clothed wiili thcl? ncv authority, i department offlcia .. ;11 BlgU an ag -ment with beet and enr sirar refit! ers whereby the hitler are to go into the Cuban marte-; sad ,)jrchase all available stocks!. The supply of Cu-I Cu-I ban sugar in Its raw s'ate Is estimated at 45.O00.OOO tonr. Beet sugar sef-ncrs already hav tentatively assented to the plan, n If as learned, upon asur?nces i.ii higtn r price than "now pWei ;ils would be e: -Jtablished. Cune aagf.r dealers will b-called b-called into conference h. an early da'c Thev alsn arc unci -rsiood :o favor Lhl arrangement. A sugar distribution oommJttee SIS will be set up by the depar'ment f justice. It will sit constantly anl will have entire charg-? of 'he allocation ct stocks Refiners fh'ho enter into the agreement will be compelled to sell their supplies thrj'Ju;i this committer. Officials believe tOft Ian will elini. nate the pos.sibill'y o; a concenlrat ion of stocks at any potnr as v eil as pre vent hoarding. Officials Ireeiv .ndmlt that nev' month will see the supply o! sugar r Am rlean warehou-.r practically exhausted. ex-hausted. The Americ vn crop ordinal i ly is about 1,000, 000 'ons while the an nual consumption averag approximately approxi-mately 4,000,000 ions. Among the firsi acts of the department depart-ment of justice, it i ; understood, will be establishment o! iJVsa pound wholesale whole-sale for all supar excepu. the Louisiana crop, the price ot which already baa been fixed at 17 cents. This increase of price was said to ov necessarv ;o prevent a famine durinp; the early par' of next year. Sharp curtailment r,f raigu- consumption consump-tion by candy and BOfl clrink manutai turers also will be orde el, official:' I declare the present shortiuge is due in a measure to the increased cocsump ! tion of candy and sett drinks which has followed the enfcrcemrmi of proh' bltlon. Detail as to this curtailment 'remain to be worked out. While the margin bor.'pen ihel wholesale and retail iries of BUgatl has not yet been detej-minjcL officials! are known to have tentati rislly considered consid-ered 1.54 cents, mak'ng the retail price approximately 14 centH a pound. Tl I . however, is subject i'i changv depend-1 ing upon a variety of condit'oos. I |