f POTTER APPOINTS pomrowN aids Names Members for Upstate Committee of Pennsyl vania Administration IK DENY GOUGING CHARGE Coal Concern Official Answers Accusation Made by Francis A. Lewis tvuiuw Potter. Federal fuel admlnlstra ., today appointed the Pottstown commit- !iin Tlie members of the committee ' . Venlon n Turner, chairman ; William Vck C (' Pof- Harrj Uuidan, Joseph HkrUhorne Walton S Uhoids and W. r. ScheffeV . .. h.mr eimesiilj prohibited by the t rnernment. Mr Potter explained, 'that i .'nv cltlien" engaged In 'the mining Rule or transportation of coar snail serve on any P.Mernment committee. I have choien the member? for their general business and ad tnlnlftrntue qualifications, rather than for any technical coal knowledge" ( Denial of the chai ge hj Francis A. Lewis that the etra cartjlng charge' of 5 to SB cents per ton exacted by certain tetallets I. nothing shcit of a 'gouge on the public' M emphatically given this morning by Frank " Mathets president of the? Atlantic Fuel Companj. The 'carrying chaige- is defended by Mr. Withers on the ground that it represents ictual outlaj by the dealers duo to the Increased cost of labor now nccessaiy to be employed The cost of this labor Is not only twice what It v,dB two jeais ago." Ml Matheis stated, but It Is of the Bhlftlng, hele-toda-rone-tomoirow type on which no icllance can be placed Yet we frequently pay these men Jl'.GO and $3 a day In the effort to keep them, een on days when w have no Titti of them Such a charge must plainly met b the consumer, for whom we are doing the' work of cellar delivery purely as accommodation This N cleaily understood at Washington, as when we took up the matter of price there we clearly specified Vdswalk deliver " Little further progress appears to hate tein made tow aid any get-together con ference octweeti the Itetallcrs' Coal Kx filings and trancis A. Lewis, representing th Federal coal authorities for Philadel phia. Though the advisability of such a meeting has been expressed bv both slde, toth are apparently holding off, waiting for the othei 'If Mr Llojd deslics such a meeting, he knows where to And me," was the expres sion of Ml Lewis Mr. L!od as ptesldenl of the Coal re tailers' Exchange Is preparing an elaborate analysis of the coal situation as affecting the local dealers, with the expectation of presenting It for the consideration of the Federal committee in the futuic. it Is un derstood "We are just as anxious -is Mr Potter ilmself can be to co-operate with the plants cf Washington" was the statement given ky Mr Llojd for the members of the ex change The Philadelphia I'uel Commission will begin Its work net Monday, according to Chairman F Lewis. Its first duties will be an investigation intp the matter of weights of the dealers In times past there has been much criticism over Instances of dealers giving shoit weight, despite the fact that the City Bureau of Weights and Meas urea worked with the Philadelphia Coal Exchange lu Keeping the dealers from cut ting under 1240 pounds, or a "long" ton, which Is the legal weight lif this, cltv It has been brought to the attention of the Federal authoitttes that the disposition to short weighting bj- unscrupulous dealeis will be heightened under present conditions where prices are restricted NEW LONG LOAF HERE; WAR BREAD SUSPECTED Pretty Good, Though, Is House wives' Verdict Bakers and .Chain Store Men Silent 0 -; Housewives In Philadelphia and its vicin ity report they are put chasing a new long narrow loaf of bieid whUh thev be lieved to be j. sample of the "war bread" urged recently on Philadelphia bakers, under direction of tepresentatlves fiom the natronal food administration at Wash lngton. Several of these loaves weie said to have been purchased at branches of the Ameri can Stores Company. Samuel Robinson, president of the recently amalgamated tores, composed of the chain stores com panies jn this section, had promised to make a .loaf as cheap as practicable under the new regulations. ,ffl?,biert. Hl CrawfrJ, of Overbrook. ait t?m? .?, thi JAmerlcan Stores Company, admitted he had just returned from Wash wgton following a conference with rriem He saw national food administration with t'i.Vm1!.01 ,ha.d tlmo t0 cet " tou-' with the offltfe, but we shall follow the In- X?? ons, ot the food administration to' in letter. ' h.?1" cwt0""d would not state whether ine combination stores, whose bakery is aia to have a dally capacity of .',000,000 "fves, had commenced experimenting with we new war loaf. Another factor which i?f.C.r!denco t0 tne aUry w the Pr 'tent rumor that the bakers were not to J ?1?U.n.ceJfiJe lnnotIon, but to set samples 11. different stores, in order to better th ?.!ts BAlos nnd l0 n'e 'he attitude of "lepubllo with regard to the Ingredients lr?8 I?" 1?af ls about sixteen Inches i.,,.'i ir drk and narrower than the SSL "' ,N0 fault was found wl,t the wallty as ;t seemed to have met favor, ine loaf was heavier than ordinary bread ana appeared to have been made from "Ptclally prepared flour, with particles of whole wheat grain remaining. CAST MEMORIAL UNVEILED Tablet Presented by Alumni of Re formed Seminary at Lancaster .NCASTpn. Pa... Oct. IS. The me Mai tableTT Placed" ? Sant.e Hall In The U&vW ?e,m'narj- ' niemoiy Ulied Jlu" Dn "' A. Oast, was up W. W ' nwrnlng. The- Rev. W. Stuart if t?.erV .""". on beh" "f the committee f Jiid IrhV. . "I A"clatlon of the semlnaiy UTh.?;"5 "J" """"'"C'and exercises Urr.J.-e.mnle,, rr.me3 Part of the, pro- I ir.YfV. V"?rn,n,f B-eB"" of the m"' ' Un !.?.! r..C- B. Schnedef. pf Shamo- I Irwlr " tne laoi.t. and. the Rev. Dr. The ri'.- V. JZc .' piance aaaTess. the hnX; Ch"1" . Crtlt- chairman Dr. li,,Id,,n? committee, and the Rev. M Ibnh.n P.?"' "r?,,Id"f f Franklin rshll College, also took part. Pacifigt Jailed for Thr v.. 8ClUNTON. Pa.. Oct. H. Paul San- Lculatii.-.7..Tr. .-,"". having & Mlnat the wights of the people and ror, yousc mIJ SI1014 not Russian Battleship Sunk in Riga Fight Continued fAwn Pare One l!!JfhitiTlf.,ctUltir m tnl" "'-10'- d the rcpuln of Russian attempts to advance. Indications are thus growing that the uerman high command plans a smashing Mow In the niga sector while their naval forces make the landing on the group of Islands In Riga Ua Uy the double opera tlon they apparently hope to wage such a campaign that Russia will be put out of the conflict for all time. Just before tho complete occupation of Oesel Island by the Uermans was an nounced the Petrograd War Office stated that all communication with the Russian garrison on the Island had been severed The dispatch admitted the Germans are de veloping their operations In the Qulf of Riga successfully. A Zeppelin Joined with ah planes, wai Bhlps and the land forces In the fighting eateida. Brisk naval fighting continues In the Qulf of Riga. The Germans announce suc cess In a brush with Russian desrosers and torpedoboats north of Oesel Petro- graa reports tltst there were encounters between warships of the smaller classes. Thre are four ships In the Oetman navv In the Orosser Kurfurst class the Kion prlnz, the Grosser Kurfurst, the Muikgrnf and the Koenlr All are of 26 576 tons, capable of twenty-three knot an hour speed and 580 feet In length Thej cari-v ver heavy Kiupp armor and each Is "armed (i was before the war) with ten 12-Inch guns ln superlmppsed turrets, fouiteen 5.9 Inch guns, twelve 3 4-Inch guns and Ave submerged torpedo tubes The Russian battleship Slava was an old class (' battleship of 13 516 tons and a length over all "of 10 feet she had a speed of eighteen knots and raided a heaw bult ot Krupp armoi Her main uimament befoie the wai Included four twelve-Inch guns, twelve sK-lnch gun and four toipedj tubes Sh was built In 1903 1,000,000 TONS OF COAL "CACHED" Fuel Administrator Finds VastQuantity of Bitumi nous Stored in Cleveland MAY SEIZE THE SURPLUS WASHINGTON Oct IS The Fuel Administration has found ap pioximately 1.000.000 tons of soft coal "cached" in the Cleveland distilct by pri vate Interests now obtaining a steady sup ply to meet present needs, and has made plans to commandeer much of this sur plus at Government rates if the shortage In other sections makes such action ad visable. Under this scheme mines would later be directed to replenish the supply selred as it was needed at the price the Administration had paid for It. This was one of the most Important de velopments which became known ln con nection with the efforts of Dr It A. jOar flolrt. the fuel administrator, to keep the Government and the manufacturers of war essentials supplied with coal Investigations arc being made In several other districts to ascertain if corpoiatlons are storing quan tities above immediate needs. Doctor Gar field has persisted In his arsertlons that the alleged shortage was not as "real as some operators and manufacturers insisted, and has Bald that he was preparted to "go thf limit" where any situation not to the Government's liking presented Itself. Doctoi Garfield said that photogiaphls had been taken of the coal stored In the Cleveland district and were In tile possession of the I'uel Administration as evidence. Doctor Garfield admitted today that the situation In the central coal fields, where some 20,000 mlneis already are on strike and other walkouts are threatened "looks beilous " ' I am still gi.ving the subject of hu.reaaes no whole attention," he said, "and I hope soon to be able to announce a decision that will clear up the whole mitter." John P. White, president of the United Mine Woikeis and a membeijof the fuel ad ministration, talked with divisional head quatters In the central district over the telephone today and urged that every effort be made to get the men to return to work Unless tho strikes come to a halt at once White will go to Illinois to cope with the situation In person. White conforred with Garfield today and assured him that all union officials deplore the failure of some of the men to abide bv the agreement reached in Washington two weeks ago He believes however that he will bo able to get the men back into line when the details of the situation have been explained to them SEES NO NEED FdR NEW BUSINESS MEN'S BODY Vice Presldont of United Association Soya It Covers Field That there Is no need for a permanent organization of the presidents of the various trade, Industrial and clvlo organizations of the city whtoh cannot be filled and ls not already being filled by the United Business Men's Association of Philadelphia Is the opinion of Edward B Martin, fit at vice president of that association, as expressed In a letter written to Walter Lee Rosen berger, president of the Business Science Club Mr. Mai tin's letter was written In re sponse to an Invitation extended to Edward A. Noppel, president of the United Business Men's Association, to be present at the luncheon given at the Bellevue. Stratford on Wednesday for the purpose of effecting an organization of the heads of all the business and civic societies of the city Mr Noppel being out of the city, the letter of Invitation was answered by his second In command, Mr Martin Mr. Martin frankly, expresses the opinion that the- proposed new organization would encroach on the activities of his association and would be ''not precisely friendly" In his letter he outlines the history of the United Business Men's Association and de clares that It has been "mysteriously suc cessful" ln Its efforts to unite the various business and tiade bodies of Philadelphia He concludes with an Invitation to the pro moters of the new movement to turn It orer to his own organization, "using Its tried and true structure as a basis for the new organization," So far there has been no intimation as to whether this Invitation will be accepted. LINK PHILADELPHIA WITH HOG ISLAND SHIP PLANT Contract or Improvement of Penrose Ferry Bridge Let by Department of Public Works A. contract for the Improvement of Pen rose Ferry bridge, which Is the connecting link between the heart of Philadelphia and the proposed Hor Island shipbuilding plant, ... nrnrded today by Director Datesman. The work will cost about 115,000. In order to facilitate the general work of preparedneas, a roadway west of the bridge Is, being- Improved aa rapidly as oMilMe. This work will coat US.000. The astern approach to the bridge will also be Improved. .Small Blaze oif Pier ylr today consumed a small wooden hack used as a clerks office on the P, R. R. Dler occupied by the. Southern Bleamahlp EVENfoCr LEDaER--PHILADELPHIA THURSDAY, 'OCTOBER 18, INSURANCE MEN FIGHT EXCESS TAX Mutual Life Concerns Hold They Are Exempt by ' Inference NOMINAL CAPITAL ONLY Fidelity Mutual and Perm Mu tual Company Heads Deny Added Liability on Profits Although mutual life insurance com panies, which constitute perhaps two-thirds of all the life InBUiance companies doing business In this country, are not specifically exempted from the excess inofits tax pro vision of the war revenue bill, they believe that they ale so exempted bv Inference since the excess piofits tax Is specifically applied to concerns which nie stoik-Issumg Institu tions. The mutual life Insurance companies aie not capitalized. This "tnclt" exemption if the mutual companies carrv theli point will deprive the Government of millions of doltais of revenue. it is estimated To nchievo it however, It Is piobable that eilch company will be obliged to bring suit against the Collector of Internal Ilevenue to iec"over the S per tent nddltlon.il ta which the war revenue bill assesses upon concerns having no capital oi nominal capital FIDKMTV MUTUAL DENIES I.IABII-1TV Walter l.e Mm Talbot, president of the Fidelity Mutual I .If a Insuiancc Cornpam of this city, today took the vlow that the liititual life Insurance companies weie fire fiom the ecess piollts tax provision Of the scoie of mutual life Insurance com panies icpiescnted in tills city only two large ones, the KIdelltv and the Penn Mutual, aie local Institution" "J cannot understand that the war ex-ces-pjofits tax will applv to mutual Insur ance companies." said Mr Talbot, "because the law dlstlnttlv applies to capitalized concerns We have no capital We dis tribute our profits to our policyholders and our surplus Is necessarv for the protection of the pollcj holders' Interests. So our sur plus can In no waj be accepted as capital To our minds It would be veiy Inconsistent to appl the e.xccss-piodts tax to a fund which exists purely foi the protection of persons Insuilng their own lives ' BELIEVES rNKEHENCn PLAIN The liability of mutual life Insurance con cerns to the 4 pei cent ta Added to tho 2 per cent tax Imposed bv the law of 1916, on Income was admitted bv Mr Talbot, while lefuslng to admit the possibility of the excess-profit ti being applied to such companies The mutual life Insurance com panies were represented before the Con gressional committees framing the war revenue bill, he said by tho executive c'om mlttce of the Association of Life Insur ance Piesldents. nnd. Inasmuch as tho bill as subsequently enacted did not state that uncapltalized life Insurance companies should be liable to the excess. profits tax, the Infcience might be drawn that the ai gumeiits of the companies had carried weight PENN MUTUAL TO riGUIUJ That the Penn Mutual will make a con test was Indicated b.v L K I'assmore, vice president of the company when ho said In the course of an Interview "In times such as these wr all want to pay our proper share of taxes but we do not want to encourage an Interpretation of the law which would place an unlust bur den on companies of this kind Wo have no capital stock and no profits. The com pany Is operated solely for tho benefit or Its membeis "We admit our liability to the 1! per cent Income tax under the law of 1916, to the 4 per cent Income tax law under this year's war revenue law. to elghtv cents per 11000 on our J10.2, 000,000 annual business and In the host of stamp taxes on arious sorts of papers, such as assignments and trans fers Ueoud that we do not believe we should be taxed." The l'pnn Mutual, ns wpll 9a manv of the other companies of the sime kind, was' represented at Washington while the wai revenue bill waB In the making. Frederick II Gjulgues, mathematician of the com pany, made the arguments to Representa tives and Senators on various phases of the law affecting mutual life Insurance com panies. That the Government will call upon such companies for the 3 per cent additional tax nrsessed upon business having no capital or only nominal capital virtually is certain, ac cording to students of the law who are fa miliar with the workings of the law of 1916 When this Is done theic will bo no alternative foi the companies but to pav the ta Tho then may eiitei suit agalnni the collector of Internal icvenue to whom it was paid to lecover the amount ln the case ot the Penn Mutual, basilic the estimate on the Income tax paid last ear. It will mean a saving of $100,000 a year to escape the excess-profits tax. The company paid (26,000 Income tax last year, which was a per cent of the taxable amount. It will pay this year ln addition a 4 per cent war-Income tax, or $50,000, These two taxes total ,$75,000 The S per cent excess-profits ta'x, under this estimate, would be $100,000 more, or a total of $175, 000. Under the excise law of 1909 the Penn Mutual entered several suits against the collector ot internal revnue for thiB dis trict for the recovery of sums which It as serted were Illegally assessed against It. NAVAL RESERVISTS QUELL STUDENT DEMONSTRATION Followers of Man Expelled From Co lumbia Speedily Dispersed by Uncle Sam's Boys NEW YORK, Oct 18 Forty naval re servists from a Government radio station marched through a btreet assembly of 1000 Columbia University students hete and broke up a demonstiatlou planned by the followers ot Leon Sampbon, expelled from Columbia for his anti-war altitude Friends of Sampson appeared In an auto mobile after handbills had been distributed announcing the coming of "our fighting pacifist" The students had surrounded the machine, some jeering Us occupants, when the naval reservists arrived. They made their way to the car and seized a banner urging the students to ote for Sampson's reinstatement. The chauffeur drove away speedily, with the reservists giving chase CHURCH RAISES SERVICE FLAG Fifty-seven young men. members 'of tin congregation and Sunday ' School of the Gaston Presbyterian Church, nieventll street and Lehigh avenue, have Joined the colors, A service flag was ralted In their honor with appropriate ceremonies today. The flag, however, only contained forty-nine stars, owing to he fact that eight other men have enlisted since It was completed several days ago. More than 500 persons witnessed the cere monies. A band played patriotic airs and' the children of the Sunday school sang the national anthems. Rev. Walter B. Greenway. pastor of the church, delivered a stirring address on the boys who have joined the colors. Italy May Have New Ministry ROME, Oct. 18. A serious political crisis which may cause the downfall of the Knnnlnn Ministry has been precipitated by Arturo LabrloU, leader of the Socialists In the Chamber of Deputies. Labriola, In a spsech, attacked the Sonnlno Cabinet, particularly charging It with responsibility for th fuel and food shortage, aa well as th rowlir unrest. Speculation Is wlde- SUPPLY OF SUGAR SHORT; NATION NEARING FAMINE1 Cenllnued from Tate One representatives were Karl D Babst. presi dent of the American Sugar Refining Com pany; William J. Jamison, of Arbuckle Brothers, and Geoige M Itolph, of San Francisco, who has administered this work under the food administration. To these were added a committee of American re finers. Conferences weie held In Washington ami New York between representatives of the entire sugar refining Industry and this com mittee, and a voluntary agreement was reached, under which the whole situation was to be handled The tenners agreed not only to obtain their supplies of raw sugar under the direction of the International sugar committee, but they also agreed to sell irfined sugar at a stipulated margin over the cost of the taw. plus the cost of refining This meant that the control of the sugar market of the world was placed In tho hands of this commltee New York was made the sugar center of the world, All the nations came there to make their purchases. They bought on a basis of cost ot raw, plus cost of refinement, plus a reasonable profit to the refiners The proper price of sugar was. soon fixed as between seven and eight cents to the wholesaler. Former exorbitant prices de veloped by the operation ot tha law of sup plv and demand went tumbling. There has been no moie twelve-cent sugar. If there ,1s a sugar gouge It is solely by the letaller, whom the Wood administration does not reach The war had upset the natural conditions of the sugar market The Central Powern wore large pioduceis of beet sugai. but they were excluded from world maiUets The production of France, UelRlum and Russli was leduced and the world's sup plv diminished Transportation difficulties Inlerfeied with deliveries from certain parts of the vol Id CUBANS CO-OPEltATE The pioducers of law sugar of the t'niied States came togethet nnd agreed on a plica to the refiner. But the United States Im ports three-fouiths of Its taw sugar and han no authority over the pioducer's pi Ice. Most of It came from Cuba. Representa tives of the Cuban output showed their willingness to sell law sugar on the basis of a reasonable profit and not on tho basis of the law of buppl.v and demand So an agreement was reached that meant the handling of tho whole problem of sugar prices on the basis of fair profits. The refiner sells his product lo a whole sale grocery Jobber through a bioker. and In turn the Jobber sells It to the retail trade The mirglii of profit foi the Jobber and the broker, like "iat of '.he refiner. Is limited b the food administration to a reasonable churge for the service Specula tion ceaes to etst The beet surri- imeiests announced In August that the ciop which would be milled In the fall would sell for seven and a quaiter cents Cane sugar has been forced Come and See the New Hudsons Fall and Winter Models of Super-Six Closed Cars Now Ready for Inspection This fall Hudson closed cars are more beautiful and luxurious than ever. The smartness and individ uality of the limousines, town cars and the landaulets will appeal. The motor world looks each year to Hudson for closed car mode. It is un necessary to buy expensive custom-made bodies to secure exclusiveness of design. The variety of Hudson closed cars is . large enough to avoid any possibility of their appearing commonplaca This fall on the Aveirae, the pai&ways and boulevards, observe the closed cai that pass. Hudsons predominate. Gomery-Schwartz Motor Car Co. l'houe Bell, spruce lot to meet that price, and It ls assured that such will bo the basis of tho prices for tho coming season, A million tons of sugar a year Is pro duced ln the United States. Threo million tons Is Imported from Cuba, nnd about half a million tons from other sources, bringing the production up to t, 500.000 tons. When the International Sugar Commit tee completed Its survey of the situation, determined the supply of sugar available and definitely located It all, It was obvious that there was going to be a shortage before the new sugar came In The War Trade Board placed an embargo on the ex portation of sugar from the United States on the policy of preventing the complete depletion of a commodity needed at home The Immediate shortage was estimated at 150,000 tons. If the United States was to get tluougli the season that 150,000 tons must be found The obvious way was to use less sugar If the American public could be Induced to save, the problem would be met. Since It has not been met, it Is obvious that the public paid little attention to the admonitions against the use of sugar. The whole ehoitage was not more than half a million tons If the United States would but reduce Us consumption 10 per cent that amount would be saved Every Americun uses four ounces of sugar a day, as against one-half an ounce on the part of citizens of France This includes rich and poor, and the more prosperous Individuals who read this may gobble rs much as twenty lesldents of France. A reouctlon of one-third ot the candy and sweet drink con sumption of this nation would have avoided the present emergency Into this situation was intioduced a. some what dramatic clement It was found that tho Fiench were virtually without sugar. The Fiench soldier, battllntf the Hun on the western front, has a lation of sugar. Everj dav he gets a lltle cone of sugar thn slro of that which would remain on the fiat of a silver dollar if poured on It with a scoop It is a little more, than a table fcpoonfnl It Is about hilf what the average American puts Into his coffee nt breakfast. Unless the United States furnished the sugar that French s,oldlcr would have to forgo this small ration If the United States allowed the sugar to go to France, omo of her citizens would havo to go with out for Just that much longer. Should the food administration feed the French soldiers on short latlons In the trenches or should It hoard Its sugar that certain Improvident people at homo should bo allowed to surfeit themselves? The final decision was in favor of the Pollu Two weeks ago French ships laden with sugar steamed out past the Statue of Liberty with these cargoes It is now being rationed out along the front The beet-sugar crop In the West Is just now being milled Thtoughout the United .States there arc cmpO sugar bins yawn ing for it Tho old crop ls entirely gone and tho Cuban nop will not be coming In for t-K weeks vet The people west of the Mississippi arc accustomed to using beet We can give reasonably prompt deliver ies on these new models, but selections must be made early. 253 North Broad Street J 1917 sugar. The new crop wilt flow Into cus lomary channels. The .sugar boxes of the West will be filled first. There may never come to be a famine In sugar out there. But the East depends entirely on Cuba and Louisiana. It will have to do without until their crops are ln, though some beet sugar moy get through. On the Atlantic seaboard the last two weeks in November will be bitter. It Is held by those who- are sludylnr the conduct of the American under war con ditions that this should be d good lesson for him. He Is entlrelv lmnrnvlrf.nl. It refuses to deny himself because of the war situation. Here he will have to do with out something the loss of which will do him no Injury. It will be a. reminder to him of the fact that America Is in the war and that war Is a serious business. The experts protest against the profligate una vi sugar on tne part or the average American. He eats six times as much of It as does the Kuropean Great proportions of the public are grotesquely fat to their own Injurj because of sugar dissipation. And all this time there Is 800,000 tons ot sugar ln Java, on the other side of the world, btored away In warehouses. Inac cessible to use because there are no ships to bring It to Europe. Great Britain can not spate the vessels to send for It. Hol land has forty ships Idle ln New York har bor that might be bringing this sugar from Java, but Holland Is determined that she will have American wheat which the United States will nevc,r give her. Once the famine is broken by the coming In of tho new crop conditions will be com paratlvely favorable. There will still be a world shortage, but the sugar industry Is now so well organized that It will probably be particularly well handled during the Diamond Brooches An interesting variety of the most fashionable designs at moderate prices. Very attractive is one of platinum open-work effect with eleven diamonds $175. S. Kind & Sons, UW Chestnut St. DIAMOND MERCHANTS JEWELT3RS SILVERSMITHS V' v7 TrIfi. -TN Mll J I .-rfT l I?FC X" v :X'-lk . jgTrf X'XifZ w coming season. If tho sugar aeenw to .' toms; too jast tne manufacture of can and syrups will be prohibited, aa has al ready been done In Kurope.' The prices for next year wll( be the nsn ai they are now. SUGAR SCARCE HERE, BUT DEALER ALLAYS ALARM Alarm among Philadelphia housewives that the sugar situation In Neir York ' where many dealers have set a one-pound , limit per Individual would be duplicated here was allayed today. No such restrictive measures as have been put Into effect In New York are con templated here, according1 to the American Stores Company, although sugar la scarce. "There la a general scarcity of sugar, but we have' not jet reaohed the point ot a shortage," said an official of the company, which operates a chain of about 1200 stores. "The price will not go. above 814 cents. It we an prevent It, and the public will get every pound of sugar that we have at the present price." There will be no sugar on the Atlantic seaboard by November 1, according to Jotlft McE. Bowman, head ot the National Food Administration's department of hotels, restaurants and dining cars. The new crop, however, will come to the rescue and pre vent a protracted sugar famine. 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