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Show Confectioners Have 6-Month Supply, Housewives None, Senator Says By BELLE S. ROBERTS, N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, May 17. Senator Sena-tor McNary of Oregon wants some action on the sugar question that will benefit tho housewife. He has wired to the president of Cuba for data on the Cuban sugar crop. He wants to know if it is going" to speculators and refiners, if any of tho present crop is unsold and if so, how much, and if it is too late to acquire ac-quire it. McNary says the Sugar Equalization Equaliza-tion Board is still In existence and has power to license wholesalers and refiners, re-finers, and also to ration soft drink manufacturers, 'confectioners and commercial canncrs. "Otherwise they can outbid tho housewife" he says, "as they buy on a larger scale. "Because of the country's prosperity prosperi-ty they can get any price they ask for their products, so they are willing; to pay a high price for sugar and pass! the cost along to the consumer." Eut the board has failed to use Its power to retain sugar, thereby, ignoring the housewife, and McNary thinks the time for remedial measures is now past. "Tho board should do something, howevor, to revive public confidence," ho says, and promote more even distribution. dis-tribution. Confectioners are well supplied sup-plied with sugar, some having enough to last from six months to a year, while the housewife is limited to" two pounds at a purchase even when she can find any." |