Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-05 | Page 2 | U. S. Urged to Buy up Sugar

Should Purchase All Available Sugar For Export to Aid Czecho-Slovakia. j NEW YORK, June 4. The United j States should purchaso all the sugar available for export In Czecho-Slo-! vakla, to give that country croalt, needed to purchase phosphates to fer-l llllzo Its 3ugar crops ana at tho samel i tlmo to "break the Cubans' hold on I America." Irvln Schwartz, an importer, import-er, testified here today before tne Joint legislative committeo Investigating Investigat-ing profiteering. Results of the purchase or an Czecho-Slovakla's sugar would be to almost treble that country's sugar production pro-duction and reduce tho price hero df the commodity, Mr. Schwartz said. A cable message received by a sugar brokerage firm here today stated that tho French government had requisitioned requis-itioned the entire beet sugar crop or that country for 1920 and 1921, and also will take over the production of the French colonies. According to the' message, this means the continuation of government control in that country. Local sugar brokers say that high prices havo had the effoct of bringing' out sugar from all corners of the i earth, at the same time curtailing consumption con-sumption and promoting preparations for planting, big crops next soaeon. oo