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SUGAR SUR VEY IS MADE
BY GEORGE NOX M'CAIN
dawdling, and delay, and Indecision,
until right under the nose of the AmerU
cans the royal British sugar commis
sion Btepped into the market and cap-
turned the nunc or me uuuan crop
creased by Prohibition and Consequent Demand for
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Uy GKOKGU NOV McCAtN
The story of the prcs.cn: sugar Miort- I lnistcut mill Immedlnlc
Sge rounls one of the mot lutrrfitlng
demand
war material, the growth overnight of
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phases of American economic life that ,rrn itll thp con,C(Ilie.nt demand
for labor, boosted wages to unheard-of
ligurp J.nuor in eer mcciianicai
world It was n lamentable end to a
nerfrctlv clear and wife proposition at
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w"'" .uivin.un uunaniiiniuii iiio uvvn l,ui a,vij in- T, uccc,sliv fr curing u treat
iirnn of hiiear at our von
I apparent it mcaui mu commuoiit
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I Luxuries Not Heretofore Used by Many Persotis ! teriai aud at a minimum oust for ot.au
The failure to take nchantnge of tlili
opportunity hnn no.v left tho refineries
lor,of the United States tho alternative of
purcnasing raw bugui in uju iur liufii,
along the holders of Asia, in South
Americu, or whireer it cnu bo ob
tained, with tho addition of costlj ocean
freights to add to the burden of the
ultimate -v ictiru the American housc
r.ife. Will Add o Cost
For the sugar reilucrlci will only
add this item to the cost of manu
facturing, which lu the end will be
paid bv tho consumer.
Louisiana is tlio great cane producing
state of the Union. Its crop is nlwaH
figured in the matter of the country's
supply. Upon whatever plea based,
oinpctition, iucroased cost of produc
tion, or what not. the government do
oided that a special concession should
be made in favor of the Louisiana sugar
sjrowcr and n price of seventeen cents
per pound was therefore placed upon
tho product
This precedent, disturbing as it is
to the country, has far wider effect.
Cuban growers nio now in a position to
mil higher prices for their product
and simply on the basis that if the
United States can pav Feveuteen cents
ror Louisiana sugar it can pay a higher
price to Cuba than Cuba has ever be
fore received for it ciop
The question of discrimination
ngainst the beet sugar growers and re
which no ordinarily -well-Informed in
dividual cares to be quoted. When
largo concerns which aro compelled
to purchase sugar at any price to Keep
their varied industries in operation are
lonwlni- the United Statea to take what, toda importing raw Cuban sugar to be
,!, ,ii,l nof In (ho mnrltots nf tho reHned for their order that is costing
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them, laid down In au Atlantic port, the
tldj sum of fourteen und one-fifth cents
per pound, tho householder can make
his own estimato ni to what he is likely
doors was I to pay for the sugar on ms ccreui mm
for his niorninK sip mmt "- ".
bloom in the spring.
has ever been writUn
Its genesis is a ear old. Its field
covers two hemispheres. Its details
reach Into the homos of millions
For days past 1 have followed its
trail from the counter ot a chain stori.
In Philadelphia, through restaurants and
hotels where a imager portion Is doled
out in diminutive envelopes, ns in war
time, and into the offices of refiners,
who declare that they are almost as
much Tit their wits' ends as the cus
tomer who traips-es from g-ocerv to de
partment Mori and back again in tt
Tain search for the elusive rweet
To begir at the beginning
Tho world war piayed havoc with the
iugar beet fields and refineries of ltd -gium,
Franrc and Itnlv Tho hud. of
ocean tonnage rut oft tho world's suppb
from the Kngllsh and Trench olonles
and the cane and beet sources of South
America Last year and while the war
was still in progress the United States
Government ottered the field tnd pur
chased the entire sugar crnp of Cuba.
But even then this government had
an elephant on its hands. It had tlio
sugar but no ships with which to bring
it to our rhorcs At this point the
roval T5riHh sugar commission enmo
forward with a proposition that it would
furnish sufficient tonnage to bring the
crop to this eoiintrv. nrovidod tho
TJnited States would foil it one-third
of tho amount for its people, out of
which a limited supply would be fur
nished other European allies
Then Kellntrs Stepped In
Tho otfei was accepted and the sugar
was delivered to refineries on the Atlan
tic seaboard in Britisn bottoms. Then
it wns that a clever idea was suggested
by three American refiners AVhy not
instead of shipping England's share of
the raw sugai across the sea, have it
xefined in this country, thus enabling
American refiners to insure that their
refineries could continue m op"ratioti
during tho dull times that threatened
the industry? The United States Gov
ernment accpted tho suggestion, aud it
was also agreed to bv Unghuid
As opportunity afforded, and as tho
British situation demanded, tho Amer
ican mills refined and shipped to her
Eneland s share of the crop. Not all
of its allotment was at oneo claimed b.v
fio'd found itself in porsession of more
monev than it hnd ever dreamed pos
sible lu tho waj of wages and return
for its service
A coufcquent demnud for luxuries
and for greater supplies of food neces
sities and clothing, sot iu nmoug the big
wage oarers and their families. The
eandv factorirs doubled and treblid their
output. I am informed bv tho-o com
petent to know that the uppetilo for
candy aud svviets of run kind lias iu
croased fivefold in tni lost five caro.
In the wake of this mine a greater
household consumption of cakes Home
confections und pustrits among thoe
who had known only nmdi ration iu these
luxuries in other vears woie m demand
until the sugar consumption exceeded all
'tuown record
Another factor which has plavcd a
prominent part Is prohibition. Its in
troduction has created an unprecedented
d"iriaud for soft drinks and sodas, while
ice cream has had no iucousplcuous
part. ,
Millions of gallons of hoinc-madc wines
und other fermented decoction" into
which sugar enters hrgelv have been i fineries of tho West and East annar-
made l'rom alcohol tho people have ontlv does not enter into consideration,
turned to suKar. the most .nndensid It ,, a fact that bfot sugar rej;neries
variety of caloric-holding food, in its nrP in a state o universal indignation
various forms. All of this hasaugmcut- , mpr ti,B sHati01, v,ich is au unomaly
od the pre-war demand for sugar. , tuc industry in this couutry. Many-
It nhould lie said iu this tonucctiou of tho lefiuers uro nlicady at daggers
that the refining capacity of this coun- drawn over tho situation
try is in excess of the supply of raw With southern bugur at ceventeeu
sugars. The capacity of the sugar mills ccDts a pound aud liner grades of cot
has not been reached With tho present ton selling at almost auv old price and
and recent rate of increase it will be ordinary stock commanding forty cents
only a short time, however, if the ratio, per pound, tho sunny South, under the
is maintained, untjl this new condition I fostering care of the government, is in
faces tho couutry , a position this year to recompense her-
In a tall: with John Gribbel, promi-, self, as an interested manufacturer re
nent financier and a director of tho i marked, for tho losses she sustained in
he the Civil ar. Tho South is todav.
in the face of existing conditions of
prospentv , a laud flowing with milk
and honcv
But what of the future'
It i u subject, us to agar, upon
I'ennrvlvania SiiL'ar ItotinillL- Co.,
tells mo that tbe refiners for inontns j
past, with constantly lessening stocks
ou hand, have been urging their cus
tomers to conserve sugar in every wav i
Ileduccd consumption only cau (.fleet
a leturn to normal conditions. The
appetite for sweets must be curtailed
if relief from the present shortage is
to come
As one official expressed it, "the1
United States has already twice over
LIQUOR CASES DELAYED
Local Actlotia Transferred to Judge
"Thompson's Couit
None of tbe liquor cases Hint were
expected to come up today in the United
States District Court in the rcdcral
Building wns called, aud a large crowd
of liqulr men who had gathered to listen
to the evidence against the "wets were
disappointed ,,.,,
The cases had been Jlstod before
Judge Dickinson, but, owing to his in
Imposition, were transferred to udge
Thompson s cour.t. The action filled
fudge Thompson's calendar. The cases
are not expected to come u before to
mriow Most of the morning was
onsumed iu choosing a jury for the
Mini nf rVm S Uncle, nroimetor of the
1 Wn,.lr Itniol. Tenth street below Chest-
mt, who is charged with having kept
i place of ill repute.
The fust liquor case to be reached
tomoirovv is expected to be that against
fohn McKuiun, a saloonkeeper at Thir
ty scvintli and Maiket streets.
BEWARE 0 FM U STAC H ESI
25 Halis In London Man's Appendix,
but Physicians Hero fakeptlcal
Aro mustaches dangerous?
London doctors 6av so. Physicians
here are skeptical but barbers are
quid; to agree that mustaches are
perilous.
AVarfare against them began when a
patient in a London hospital was
found to have twentv-five hairs, said
to have come fiom his muitache, iu a
clump in his appoudix.
Dr. Howard S Anders chuckled
when he read the lcpoit from London.
"I've worn a mustache since I went
to Penn," he said, "and when I had
my appendix removed I do not remem
ber thut anv pait of my mustache was
found in it '
Gill Student Accidentally Shut
MitldlolMitj. At.. Doc. 0 Mis3
Grace, of Hudson 1 alls, N T . a soph
omore at Middlebuiv College, was
wounded in tho hi ad last night by tho
accidental diselmrgi of a lovolvcr which
she was handling in her room Early
todav slit w i- unoonsriou
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jngianu. to mai w "le "' " confined its uormal supplv ot hUgar
of it is being refined and ml u. n. lh th unvarnished fashion, tells
the tea to its owners. It is tle-c car- th(j ( . conditions,
goe, that are now leaving 1 ade'i 11 Bllt ,d , hcca
which hno aroused such comment una ,. 4. ... ,,;. . .,
J"".U UK' fllriLULUS UL llll'i L'ilI
aavc created ine i; Certainly, and there were not want
,,y Uiilo I, o,l s ,tr" 1US lb l'o pointed out to those
I,,,., nn naiop hnfnro (imorionoon in ' " . ..MMe. ..... u..u, v . s.
this nnd.
on earth
ccntible
iV7,',':" ".f.'J, V.. "7.... ,.;,,. the Cuban sucar cron lait vear
vv mic tuc minimi iimimiii. i,-i .uiui.. , ,. . " - ,. ,:. ,. . .
for the last vear. including the ulreadv ' supplied its allies with one-third
creatlv mcioaod consumption, should oC th, amount, vjluch. even at that,
, perhaps in nn.v otner country .' u. ' lt v. . -v-. .,
It will explain vvhj the per- an(Jr.her1 lt.ls: . , . t .
r,;,fin, nf .!. r in tho 's alreadv pointed out above, the
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-- i i -.1 i..,...i l.,..,!. "uru taiuifs uuivTamenL uuri'uust'u
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not have exceeded sevcnt.v pounds, it
will reach, if not exceed, for tho present
twelve months 112 pounds. These lic
tires, I am reliabl.v informed, are bleed
upon late and complete estimates of refiners.
The phenomenal increase in too use oi
gave them a supply far below normal
J lie sugar corpoiation. as the govern
ment agency was called, was urged
again to enter the world market and
bid for tbe Cuban crop of the comiug
j ear
lnis government had an option ou ,
O M II W-WF
. you. $kf
Lverybody- 1 j
ftntrar for all niimnsiw bocan with our ll llb '?ur Vuban crop, which expircu
entrance into tho war The conferva- '"0 -'-'d of last September It would
tion of food, which took tho form of materially have changed the situation
canning and preserving, was tho start. had tho option been taken up.
People preserved and tanned in 1M7-1S Hut President Wilson was in Europe,
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