Show A a f V ICA N S 91 U R grag ys NT su VT TO H cj FR A NO E am cricri Prica R rigidly regulated by united states food administration jv i CONSUMERS HERE PAY 06 sugar cost 33 35 cents a pound duri during na civil war refiners refinery Re finers now curtailed i I 1 sugar ts is soiling selling today throughout america nt at tram 8 to 9 cents i i pou n d 1 to tho con consumer r even even though il there is a shortage which tins reduced this ti apons sugar allotment allot meal to 70 per cent of normal through h tho the efforts of the unite 4 latest food administration the sugar market lias has been regulated ted os as fir far as the im yo ducer refiner rind wholesaler Is concerned the food glip alip administration iniste Ini str atford lins fins nor no power to regulate retail price s except by public op opinion irion even it though more than tons of sugar ha have p been shipped to france in the last four months the retail grocers sugar price Is aroland 8 to 8 cents Us should sell this sugar nt 8 to 10 cents the food and arid asks the american lioti housewife wife to pay no more than tills this amount arist august when the food 1 was organized the price of sugar rose suddenly to 11 cents al c 1 pound during the civil war sugar cost coat the consumer 35 cents rt a pound by regulation of the sugar market and reducing the price to 8 and 9 conta cents ani keeping it to 26 20 cents cent tile f rood n od administration has savell saved tile tl p amerlean american public at it least cionno in four months according tok to a statement made by herbert coover the be orlier iny ciny it Is our stern duty to fee feed tile the af allies to maintain their health annl strength at any cost to 0 o es 0 sir mr hoover declared there tins has nott not been nor will be ns as we see it enough sugar for even their present meagre ind and depressing mitlon unless they rend ships to remote markets for it it if we in our grec greed d ind and gluttony force them either to further reduce their ration 0 or r to send these ships we ve will leave done 1 one damage to our abilities to win chii this war iffe send the ships to java for tons of sugar next year we will have necessitated the employment of eleven extra ships for one year these amps lf if used in tran transporting ep orting tr troop s w would take to men to Fra france reason for world shortage As sir mr hoover pointed out the united states canada and england were sugar import fro portIng lii countries before tile the war while france arid and italy were very n nearly self supporting Thein the main nin sources of the worlds sugar supply was germany and neighboring powers the lite west indies and the east indies german sugar Is no longer available as it Is used entirely in germany which also absorbs sugar of surrounding corinti coun tiles aps fps england can no longer buy long tons of sugar each bear 3 car from germany the french sugar production has dropped from to tons the italian production has fallen from tony tons to tons thus throe three countries were thrown upon and west indian sources for tons annually to maintain their normal consumption because of the worlds shipping short shortage lige the allied nations started drawing on the west indies for sugar enit east indian sugar took three times the be number of ships since the distance was three times as groat great suddenly the west was called on to furnish and did furnish tons of sugar to europe when 0 tons a year was the pre nr demand the allies had drawn from java tons before the shipping situation became acute in spite of these shipments mr bir idilo hoover ver stated the other day the english government in ili august reduced the te household sugar ration to a basis of 24 pounds per annum per capita and in september the F french government a 1 ent reduced their household ration to 13 2 10 pounds a year or a bit over I 1 pound of sugar a month even this meagre ration could not bo be filled by the french government it was found ell early r y 1 in the fall america was wag then risked for tons of sugar find and succeeded in sending tons by december 1 tile the ranch request was granted because the american household consumption walthen wat lien rt at least 55 r pounds per person tend it was considered the duty of maIntain maintaining trig the french morale made our course clear today the sugar situation may be summarized by stating that if america will reduce its sugar consumption 10 to IS 15 per cent this thlin nation will be able to send more soldiers to france sugar today sells at seaboard refineries if fin 11 erles eries at a hundred pounds the wholesale grocer lias agreed agreci to limit his big profit to 25 cents a hundred plus freight ani and tile retail grocer la is suppo supposed red to take lake no more than 50 cents a hundred bundled pounds profit this regulation was made by the food ad administration mints tra tion which now arsics to reduce sugar consumption as rauch as possible using other sweeteners arid and also reint reminds rids her that she should pay no more than 0 cents a pound for sugar control of cane refinery refiners Re finers profits immediately upon the tha establishment of tile the food administration mr hoover said an examination was anide ade of alt e costs and profits of deflit was finally dually determined that texi pr cai klo between the cost of raw antul thi the sale of rifled enne cane sugar R sho nadje ie limited to per b hundred dred pounds the prewar pre war differential hall had about 83 cents will and al creased were found to have boon been imposed x d hy the war lit in increased cost ot of re ra III Ing loss losses cost of bags labor inser mice interest and other things filings rather more c than cover the difference after prolonged ea negotiations the lie refiners refinery re finers were tere placed under agreement establishing and these ilinets on october 1 and over this amount to be agreed extortionate under tile law in tile lie course of df these in eions it was fo found und by ed ca of tile cuban producers that their sugar augat lickl h d dur during ing fit ahe first nine months of tilt the pal year par sold for an average of oti bout 42 1 per hundred f 0 h cuba to chich duty and freight added to th re finers cost sti lount to about per hundred the alic average sale price of granulated ranu hy hv various R ae ac to rim our Invest ll iford was chort 0 per hundred bundred or a of nf 0 am tn III the alio to olt ai Q wn ans n q adlaz to it lp pa lille ol 01 of it t cents tier nor linnel hundred unil tind such n lit ferent lil apen in asp from the alst 1st of f danl enry the public lle 1 world hnyp qa e 1 d I in tile first nine months of tile year about 2 rr OW next year brili it view to more organization of the trade in imported sugars next year two committees hil have ve beera formed by the food administration 1 A committee comprising ream ves of all of the elements of american cane refining groups tho the principal duty of this committee la Is to divide the sugar imports pro rata to their various capacities arid and see that absolute absolu to justice Is lone done to every refiner 2 A committee comprising three representatives of the K english iglash french and italian governments two representatives senta selita tives of tho the allier american lean re finers NA ith a I 1 member of the food administration only two of the committee lime hae arrived from europe but they represent the lie allied governments the duties of this committee are to determine de the alie most economical sources from a transport point of ilow of all the alie allies lies to arrange transport at uniform to distribute the foreign sugar between betuel n the united states and allies subject to the approval of the american english french and italian governments ern ments this committee while holding strong views as to tile price to bo be paid fa for iliin cuban sugar busar has ailts riot not had the final mice tills this voice has rested in fill governments concerned together with the cuban government and I 1 wih to lo state emt that all of the lie gen geli concerned as good commercial ILI euln vo hiim witia tile tho Leat patience lelice arild skill 1111 to secure a lower price and thir persistence pi has reduced cuban demands hv by 15 1 i cents per hundred the agreed upon Is about per hundred poi pounds ind f 0 ol 01 1 cuba aiba or equal to about SO 40 duty paid new kew york this price should eventuate mr hoover said to about per hundred for refined sugar from the refiner re finers sat at seaboard points or should place augir cuga r in the hands of the consumer at from ay 81 2 to 9 cent siper pound depending upon locality and conditions of trade or at from 1 to 2 cents below the prices of august last and from one half to a cent per p pound aund cheaper than today there Is now an elimination of speculation extortionate profits arid and in the refining alone the american people will sa save ve over oer v of the refining charges last year A part of these savings goas goes to the cuban Ila hawaiian wallan porto rican and producer and part to the consumer Appe appeals ali to prejudice against thia food administration have been made because the cuban price Is 34 cents above that of 1917 1017 itla it Is said in effect that the cubans are at our merey mercy that we ave could get sugar a cent lower we made exhaustive study of the cost of producing sugar in cuba last year through our own oan agents in cuba arid and ne ane mill find it averages while many producers ore are at a higher lil glier level we found that an average profit of at leasta cent per pound was necessary in order to maintain and stimulate production or that a minimum price of was necessary and even this would stifle some producer the price ultimately agreed was 23 21 cents above these figures or about fifth of a cent per pound to fo the amerl can call consumer and moie than this amount lias has been saved by t y our tion in re finers profits if we ive to stifle production in cuba we could could take that course just at tile time of ili all times in our history when we want production for ourselves and tile the rd al lies further than that tile the state department part ment will assure you that such a course would produce disturbances in cubi cuba and destroy evert our present supplies but beyond all tese material reasons Is one of human just justice lee T this Is great country lias has no right by t the le might of its position to stran strangle ie cuba cub therefore there is no Impo siti n upon tile the american public clial res alave ilave been made defore before fit this Is conla committee it that mr rolph endea endeavored lored to benefit the california refinery of which ile he wa was manager h hy tills oils 8 at 1 cerit cent in cuban price I 1 sir mr lidolph did ili boffi X the price kropt kalhe the price tn the pie hawaiian farmer about that hat amount it does not raise the profit of flip he california refinery because jhc thc their i lr charge fo is 14 like all other re finers limited to per hundred plus flip differential on fix the e eu of the trado trade mr has not one chiny of 0 in ln bereut lu ili that refinery |