The Ralston Tribune (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TOFRANCE
American Price Rigidly Regulated
Sugar today sells at seaboard re-
fineries at 97.25 a hundred pounds.
The wholesale emref has apreed to
limit hla profit to 25 nmi* a hundred
plus freight, and the retail grocer Is
supposed to fake no more than 50 cents
it hundred pounds profit. This regu-
lation was made hy the food adtnlnls-
.ration, which now asks the housewlfa
------- _ _ . ,0 reduce augar consumption as much
by United Statee Food Im possible, using other sweeteners,
■ i i nl.tr-.finn sad also reminds her that she should
aominisiraiioil. ( no more than 9 cents a pound for
. < augar.
B.W ft. 1 Control of Cans Refiners' Profits.
CONSUMERS HERE PAT 90, , -immediately up«>n the establish-
______ | went of the food admtnts*r«*i.<« ’
Sugar Coot SS Canto a Pound Ourtof Uu°ve* . "V JJJJ
Ciyg Wsr-Rsfiners' Prcflto jjjjjj? if was finally determined that
Stow Curtailed. the spread between tbs cost of raw
_ Md the sals of refined csss sugar
^ .. ... should be limited to $1.90 per hundred
Sugar is selling today throughout pouodK The prewar differential had
Aiuerue at from 8Vfc to 9 cents a avsrBffMi .hout 85 cents and Increased
|)UUUUS| A IIC |riw^WM — — —
averaged about 85 cents and Increased
costs were fOuitd to have been Impos-
ed by the war Is Increased coat of re-
fining, losses, cost of bags, labor, Insur-
pound to the consumer, even Imugh
there Is a world shortage which has
reduced this uatlon* sugar alloitueat
to 7U per cent, of normal.
Through the efforts of the United
Statee food admin,at rat Ion the sign r . under sgreetnent cs.n.v
market has been regulated as fat as ^ ^ ,,lWe ||n,lt- on October 1. «nd
miv-'tinc over this amount to he agreed
j ance, Itoterest and other things, r«th«
I more than cover the difference,
prolonged negotiations the
After
refiners
the producer, refiner mid whoh*snler
Is concerned The food administration
has no power to regulate retail prirea
except hy public opinion Even though
more than 85.00* tone of sugat have
been shipped to France In the last i
four months the retail arm-era sit- «r
fifth of a cent per pound to the Ameri-
can consumer, and more than this
amount has been saved hy our reduc-
tion In refiners' profits. If we wish to
stifle production In Cuba we could
take that course Just at the time of all
times In our history when we want
production for ourselves and the al-
lies. Further than that, the state de-
partment will assure you that such a
course would produce disturbances In
Cuba and destroy even nnr present
supplies, but lievond sll these muiei iul
reasons Is one of human Justice. This
-'ouirrv In* iii- rttrhi hy the
mliMii <*f Its isisitlon to strangle Cuba
•Therefore 'here is no iui|Misltlon
(•on llie Mia- iii* tnihlb Charge*
ilive lit-eii made hef< re ibis commit-
' a' Mi '! il(*' • ii-avoreil to beii-
•V -in- California •••• finery of which lie
.as i* a mi er hy this :»» i-ent Increase
n Cuban price Mr Uolph did not fix
he price It d«*es raise the price to
■ he Hawaiian fanner about that
ituiotiiii It does not niise die profit of
ilie California refinery, heeauae their
charge for refining Is. like all other re-
finers. limited to *1.30 per hundred
tKiunds. plus the freight differential on
the established custom of the trad*.
-Mr. Rolph has not one penny of In-
terest lu that refinery.''
The Fairfax Magnet has dis-
covered a new brnad of bug for
people to strain at while they
swallow a camel, namely a
"knat.M Just what the difference
The Tribune
For Sole
Owing to the fact that the
owner ia in class one of the draft
and is liable to call for service
is between a "knat and a gnat i within the next few weeks. The
the Magnet fails ro state. Tribune is hereby offered for
Trade with Ralston merchants
Tribune is hereby offered for
aules. Any one interested ahould
write or call atones.
extort i< mite under the Ihw
“In .(), vinrsf of these investiga-
ting.. it v fot.nr* hy .-snvns* '»f *be
(*.•'.»a *>r*►*!.i--*-t-*. t.,.1 tln-tr *utTMr hail,
dtirinv ’he '’••*•' five tv ’« of
pi)w vesr ft an a verm-* of a'antt
price Is around 8 in AH <vnn II* | -• t t». r-<p-«*d f o t* Co' to
“ wb'-h duty t*t d feel ht sdd.wt to the
refiner* -•«.»** ■'t'"" • ^
per htuftrert rt..- nr.«- ••• -'e ur».-e
Qf fffK,p.,lf,.,wt *»« !** • r’"* ac
MAKING MCATLB88
Should sell this sugar si *4 to •
rents, the food administration believes,
and asks the American housewife to
pay fto more than this amount
taet August when the food admla-
1st rat Ion wo* organised the price of
sugar rose suddenly to II cents a
ponnd. During the Civil War sucsr
rust the consumer 95 cents s pound Innr ...------...
By regitlarlon of the so-sr market and • ^tn ner heodred
reducing the price to and 9 cents ■ forondst he*— tv
» . .. __Sa 4A * _ .1
.•ir -
•1 • if
• to off * t’*:'1
£7 “41 itor turn* 1 roil “f
tl 84
•In rednetne the differential to *1
there was s •svtn
•*«a
Fr. fH
Ml*.
It .1$
\ .s 1«
•»n
f
and keeping It from sdvso-’ng ro 2ft * .tN„nHrv. 1fit“
t...
____ t>_ _ __......
rents the food administration hss ssv- j |n the a-*- '"t »" n
ed the American n**hUc st iesst RINft.* | j^ear shoo* •
HOP non fs fohr m'—«*>* scr»»rdlng to
• statement made hy Herimrt Hoover
the other >'n»
-ft is our stern duty to feed the at*
Ilea, to maln'aln their heaPh snd
strength at nnv oat to ourselves"
Mr Hoover declared “There hss not
been, nor will he as we «»>e It. enough
Sftgar for even their present meagre
gear ahem eo*c~vrou-
As*t »•
With ft view to more efilci
last Ion of the trade m inipoi
next year two commit
! formed by the food adimm
j 1. A committee ceniynai
1 aentatlves of all of the ci.
la the meatless menu there is a fer-
tile field for developing new and nour-
ishing dishes, according to B. H. Nile*,
writing In tbs Hotel Gaxette. who be-
Neves that the present shortage of
meat and fats will not end with the
coming of pence, but may grow ra-.re
acute and continue for five or six
years. thus making It worth while to
develop menus of grain, vegetables
and flab on a more or less permanent
basis. Heat can be replaced by cereals
and other protein foods, or may bft
served In very small portions as • fla-
voring for other fo >d. In making up
meatless menus this aether find* oar
American Creole and southern
a broad Odd for Investigation.
PUBLIC m
As I intend to retire f rom active farming I will sell at pub ic auc-
tion at my farm 1 mile south and lj .miles east of Lela; 2 mile*
south and &i miles west of Pawnee; 5 milaa north milea east o
Glencoe, on
Tuesday, February 5th
Dtj*ii.H‘ K at 10o’cioctf a. m. the following property:
31 Head of Horses and
Mules
66 Head of Cattle
24 Hogs Implements ;
Feed and Other Articles
e
LADifcS' AIDSOCltl Y WILL SERVE NOCN LUNCH
imm ntm^ .
« ■ v ouiua o! $iu -uu under, caeti. over that amount i
1 erms crtuuwi - un»niii» wuio- given on a» graved ii*-«'J
■ •» * 11 »•.
i< u
American can# refining gr..
ZfXZE. nu. Him. for I, - *TJ...............
tMm
In our greed and glhttony force
either to farther reduce their ration
or to send these ship* we will have
dene demage to our abilities to win
tab war
-If we send the ships to Java
fer 280.0C0 tons of au«*r n»*t year
we will have necessitated the em-
pleyment ef eleven extra ehlpe fer
ene year. These ehlpe—If used In
trae-oortlno treaps —wou’t take
1 BO 000 to 700 0T0 own to ffranee."
Reason ter World Shortage.
As Mr Hoover pointed oul, the
United States, t'anada and England
Were sugar Importing ronntrle* before
the war, while France and Italy were
very nearly self supporting. The main
Sources of the world’s sugar supply
Was Oermnny and nelghhorlng powers,
the West Indies and the Beat Indies
Oennaa sugar la no longer available,
pe It Is need entirely In Oermany,
which also absorbs augar of surround-
ing countries
England can no longer buy l,40»* «**w»
thelf various capacities amt
absolute Justice It doue to
tint
f \ IM *
2. A committee comprising three re-e
resentatlves of the English, I r**ir
ppd Italian governments, wo re, .—
aentatlves of the Am- ichii r»*fiu,-ri*,
with a member of the ie«*l odi'.iiiif.
tlon. Only two of the . ..i.miltiee li.i e
arrived front Europe, bui they repre-
aent the allied goxernroenta Tlte «lti-
ties of thla commit ice are to dewn c *»
the most ecouomlcal sources from •*
i transport polui »»f view of all the al-
lies to arrange transport at unlf-mi
rates, to dlsirihute the forei u sugar
between the United Ktates and aPi ■*,
subject to the approval of the Ameri-
can. English. French and Italian gov-
ernments
This committee, while holding strong
views as to (he price to lu- paid for
Cuban sugar, has not had the final
voice Thl# voice has rested In ibe
governments concerned, togeilier wiili
the Ctihsn government, and 1 wish to
State euipha»icaii> l!*ai al! «• >’.i'
Baptist Notes
The naw chairs fav** »d
for the Barth* Chur b. u* »-
jing tt» a mistake by th c- mt anv
1 hey are net able to yet them u*
The bacbf are for rir** eba r*
at.d the seats for -nulier o<
and they had to send th»*m h
hut hope to have them com
bearing *U per cent lakiwl Hum oatc. o per cent oil iOff CAc •
No.property lu oe remo\0o unui attlieo.
N.JH.SWALLEY, Auct. j K, .u
S-fTliOKNAON, Clerk. ). Ie vWUW
• A*
long tons of augar each year front concerned as goo.i eoiuim-r .al
Germany The French snrar pnsluo- 1 u^ tmrv endeu*ored with the uum-at
(Inn has dropped from 75000ft to 21U.
000 ions The Italian production has
fallen from 210000 tons to 75.00u»**ns
Thus three countries were thrown
patience and skill to secure a lower
price, end their persistence has re-
duced Cuban demands hy 15 cents |u*r
hundred The price agreed ii|m,u is
j mu i iiitw -........ | nunnmi a nr i»««« »* — •••
upon East snd West Im*' <tt sources J a|mu, $4.ot> per hundred pounds, f. o. b.
o__• one AAA ■eniislltt tea ttls* I f 11M k It * .. > ______a.. > knot (A sltltV I IM l«l
for 1.025 000 tons annually to mMlntsIn
their normal consumption
Because of the worlds shipping
shortage the allied nations antried
dm wins on Ihe West Indies for sugar;
East Indian sugar took three times
the auml»er of s!iI|se since the dis-
tance was three times as great. Sud-
denly the west was i-alled on to fur-
nlah snd did furnish M2*»ono tons of
sugar to Europe when 900 000 tons a
year waff the pre-war demand. The
allies had itrnwn from .lavs 400.000
tons before the shipping situation be-
came acute.
“In spite of these shipments." Mr.
floover staled the oilier day. "the
English government In August reduced
the household sugar ration to a baala
of 24 pounda per annum per capita.^
And In September the French govern-
ment reduced their household ration
to 18 2-10 pounds a yao*. or a hit ovor
1 pound of sugar a moat A Even this
meftgre ration could not bo filled by
the French government It wot found
ftsrly In the fsH. America was them
aakeri for 100 000 tons of sugar and
succeeded In sending 85.000 tons by
December 1. The French request waft
granted tiecauso the American houoo-
hold consumption waa then at least (IB
pounds per person, and It was consid-
ered the duty of maintaining tha
French morale n.nde onr courik etoaf."
Today tha augar situation may
ft« turn mar I sod by stating that If
' Amertoa will reduce Ito migar eon-
sumption 10 to It per cent this
nation will -------
more oeidlere to Fronoo.
Culm, or equal tv about W duty paid
New York
“This price should eventuate.
Mr. Hoover eald, "to about 97.50
per hundred fer refined sugar from
the refiners at oca board points er
should place augar in the hands ef
the consumer at from •'/» to •
cento per pound, depending upon
locality and ecndlticns of trade, or
at from 1 to 2 cento below the
prices of August last cod from one-
half to a cent par pound cheaper
than today.
"There la now an ellmtn*t>oa °*
■peculation, extortionate profile, and
la the refining alone the American
people will save over 92B.0U0.UU0 of
the reflalng charges last year. A part
of these savings goes to the Cuban,
Hawaiian, Porto Rican and loualaulan
producer and part to the conautoer.
"Appeals to prejudice agalust the
food admlnlotratios have been made
because the Cuban price Is 84 cents
above that of 1917. It ia said In effect
that the Cubans are al our mercy;
that we could get sugar a cent lower.
We made exhaustive study of the cost
of producing sugar In Cuba last year
through our own agents In Cuba, and
we find II averages 98.89. while many
producer* are at a higher leveL We
found that an average profit of at
leaal a cent per pound waa nscsoaary
In order to maintain and stimulate
production or that a minimum price of
$4.37 wae necessary, slid eveo thle
would stifle some producers.
"The price altlmstelv agreed was 28
rents above these figures, or tboul out-
soon.
“Th*» Noble Outcs t” Mtxgeu
at the Opera House last Saiu*
dsy niffht by t»»c B. Y P U. **•*
Ifood, bftrt a tfoOfl cr*i <1 bi d the
younif pt*on)e cl^afvd a nice lti* e
glim for *hich they thank the
public.
’ ~ '
|
Whenever the Food A minis
trstion sdvised the use of pome
article as a suimtitute for wheat,
meat, sugar or fat, the price of
that article soars forthwith. T«>n
our dertain knowl**du** it costa
morr to eat the things the Ad
migration specifies then if does
to eat meat snd wheat, when,
really it should be a money saving
proposition. There ia room for
considerable more price fixing.
Mrs. Webster and daughter,
Mattie, spent Monday with Mra.
Martha Huae at this plica.
Theadore McGuire returned,
Monday, from Colordo whara he
has been attending school.
Archie Haney, of Wichita,
•pent Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Haney.
Please pay your account if it i*
1917.—Long-Bell Lumber Co.
If your account is 1917 please
pay it.—Long-Bell Lumber Co.
We have to take our accounts
•nd report* same in persoa if
junta has been 1917 let it not be
ouo of thorn.—Long- Bell Lumber
Co.
Before another iaoue of thla
paper we expect to have a car
of coal. LUt your orders
early.— Long-Bell Lumber Co.
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Browning, Orrin L. The Ralston Tribune (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1918, newspaper, February 1, 1918; Ralston, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc907531/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.