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JANUARY 31, 1918 PAGE 2 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL BY GUY LAFOLLKTTE Entered at the postofflce at Prineville, Oregon, aa second-class natter. riUUSHED EVKRY THVKSUAY Price $1.60 per year, payable strictly In advance. In case of change of address please notify ut at once, giving both old and new addreaa. THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGI ADVERTISING BY THE general orricca new york and chicago bkanches in all the principal cities PRKPARK XOW One of the greatest faults we have as a people Is that we are living so fast tint we nelect to plan in ad vance to meet the conditions that we know will confront us. In this part of Oregon, we have an opportunity to do a great service for our country, and plans should be made now for every man and woman also, to do all that is within their power to assist in the increase of food production, and the conserva tion of that which is produced, dur ing this year. The allies will require every pound of food that can be supplied, and the stronger support that we give them, the quicker the war is sure to end. It is difficult to find a part of the nation in which the production of food stuffs can be increased with so ' small an outlay as the central Ore gon country. Thousands of acres of land are ly ing Idle that are capable of produc ing valuable food crops. When we read of the intense need for all classes of crops it calls to mind the large tracts of land of the best quality along the streams, and In numerous other places, that with the proper kind of intensive cultiva tion, could be made to produce them. The yield of crops on every acre we do till can be in most instances increased by better methods of cul tivation, better seed, or more timely cultivation or seeding. Less than sixty days from this date, the time for planting spring grains will be almost past, and the favorable winter permits us to pre pare the ground, and regardless of the weather, seed should be bought and prepared for planting. The labor shortage will be met by more and better machinery, and this should be ordered and put into use, for although prices of all ma chines are higher than usual, the in creased price of products will more than justify its purchase. Many of us will be unable to go into the trenches of Europe, but we can be just as effective, or more so, by backing the boys who will go, and the result of our drive will de pend upon the proper planning of our campaign. The importance of this drive for erops is to be more decisive than many of the drives in which lives are sacrificed. Plan your part of the campaign in every detail and do it today. WAR SAVINGS Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps are the most democratic of Investments and America expects every American to show love of re publican institutions by investing in this democratic security. The ag gregate amount of the investments and the number of investors in these War Savings securities are in a way the answer of the people of this great Democracy to the call of the cause of democracy throughout the world and the vindication of civiliza tion and humanity. They afford every person, how ever humble and however small his means, the opportunity to contribute his part, to do his bit, in this great struggle against the military mas ters of Germany who seek to domi nate the world in contempt of justice and right and freedom and without eonscience and without mercy. Surely every American desires to have a part in the defeat of autoc lacy and the success of liberty and right. o The Journal has the largest sworn circulation of any paper in Central Oregon. Read The Crook County Journal. AMERICAN SUGAR SENT T0FRAKCE American Price Rigidly Regulated by United States Food Administration. CONSUMERS HERE PAY 9c. Sugar Cost 35 Cents a Pound During Civil Wr Refiners' Profits Now Curtailed. Sugar Is selling today throughout America at from 8S to 9 cn( a pound to the consumer, oven though there la a world shortage which has reduced this nation's sugar allotment to 70 per cent, of normal Through the efforts of the United Stales food administration the sugar market has been regulated as far as the producer, refiner and wholesaler la concerned. The food administration has no power to regulate retail prices except by public opinion. Even though more than 85,000 tons of sugar have beeB shipped to France In the last four months the retail grocer's sugar price Is around 8 to 84 cents. He should sell this sugar at 8H to 8 cents, the food administration believes, and asks the American housewife to pay no more than this amount Last August when the food admin istration was oratnlzed the price of smrar rose suddenly to 11 cents a pound. During the Civil War sugar cost the consumer S." cents a pound. By regulation of the siwir market and reducing the price to 84 and 9 cents and keeping It from advancing to 20 cents the food administration has sav ed the American public at least $180. OOn.OcVl In four months, according to a statement made by Herbert IToover the other day. "It Is our stern duty to feed the al lies, to malniflln their health and streneth at any cost to ourselves," Sir. Hoover declared "There has not been, nor will be as we see it, enough stigrtr for even their present meagre and depressln? ration unless they send ships to remote markets for It. If we in our greed and gluttony force them either to further reduce their ration or to send these ships we will have done damace to our abilities to win this war. "If we send the ships to Java for 250,000 tons of sugar next year we will have necessitated the em ployment of eleven extra ships for one year. These ships If used In transporting troops would take 150.000 to 200 0C0 men to France." Reason for World Shortage. As Mr. Hoover pointed out, the Cnlted States, Canada and England were sugar Importing countries before the war, while Prance and Italy were very nearly self supporting. The main sources of the world's sugar supply was Germany and neighboring powers, the West Indies and the East Indies. German sugar Is no longer available, as it Is used entirely In Germany, which also absorbs sugar of surround ing countries. England tun no longer buy 1,400.000 long tons of sugar each year from Germuny. The French sugar produc tion has dropped from 750.000 to 210,- 000 tons. The Italian production has fallen from 210.WI0 tons to 75,000 tons. Thus three countries were thrown upon East and West Indian sources for 1.925,000 tons annually to maintain their normal consumption. Because of the world's shipping shortage the allied nations started drawing on the West Indie for sugar ; East Indian sugar took three times the number of ships, since the dis tance was three times as great Sud denly the west was called on to fur nish and did furnish 1,420.000 tons of sugar to Europe when 300,000 tons a year was the pre-war demand. The allies had drawn fiom Java 400,000 tons before the shipping situation be came acute. "In spite of these shipments," Mr. Hoover stated the other day, "the English government In August reduced the household sugar ration to a basis of 24 pounds per annum per capita. And in September the French govern ment reduced their household ration to 13 2-10 pounds a year, or a bit over 1 pound of sugar a month. Even this meagre ration could not be filled by the French government It was found early In the fall. America was then asked for 100,000 tons of sugar and succeeded In sending 85.000 tons by December i; The French request was granted because the American house hold consumption was then at least 55 pounds per person, and It was consid ered the duty of maintaining the French morale made our course clear." Today the sugar situation may be summarized by stating that If America will reduce Its sugar con sumption 10 to 15 per cent, this nation will be able to send 200,000 more soldiers to France. Sugar today sells at seaboard re fineries at $7.25 a hundred pounds. The wholesale grocer has agreed to limit his profit to 25 cents a hundred plus freight and the retail grocer is supposed to take no more than 50 cents a hundred pounds profit. This regu lation was made by the food adminis tration, which now asks the housewife to reduce sugar consumption as much as possible, using other sweeteners, and also reminds her that she should pay no more than 9 cents a pound for sugar. Control of Cane Refiners' Profits. "Immediately upon the estar'lsh uent of the food administration," Mr. Rtinver said, 'an examination wa Biade of the coats and protlis of refin ing and It was Anally determined tha. the spread between the cost of raw and the sale of rellned csne sugar should he limited to $1.:!0 per hundred pounds. The pre-war differential had averaged about 85 cents and Increased costs were found to have been Impos ed by the war In Increased coat of re fining, losses, cost of bags. lalmr. Insur ance, Interest and "ther things, rather more than cover the difference. After prolonged negotiations the refiners were placed under agreement estab lishing these limits on Oct oh r 1, and anything over this amount to be agreed extortionate under the law. "In the course of these Investiga tions It was found by canvass of the Cuban producers that their sugar had, during the first nine months of the past year, sold for an average of about $4.24 per hundred f. o. b. Cuba, to which duty and freight added to the refiners' cost amount to about $5rtfl per hundred. The average snle price of granulated by various refineries, ac cording to our Investigation, was shout $7.50 per hundred, or a differential of $1.84. "In reducing the differential to $1.80 there was a saving to the public of "4 cents per hundred. Had such a dif ferential been In use from the 1st of January. 101T. the public would hsve saved In the first nine months of the year about $24 800.000." Next Year. With a view to more efficient organ ization of ttie trade In Imported sugars next year two committees hsve been formed by the food administration: 1. A committee comprising repre sentatives of all of the elements of American cane refining groups. The principal duty of this committee Is to divide the sugar Import pro tuiu to their various, capacities and see that absolute Justice Is done to every re finer. 2. A committee comprising three rep resentatives of the English, French and Italian governments; two repre sentatives of the American refiners, with a member of the food administra tion. Only two of the committee have arrived from Eutope. but they repre sent the allied governments. The du ties of this committee are to determine the most c uuoinlcul sources from a transport point of Mew of all the al lies to arrange transport at uniform rates, to distribute the foreign sugar between the I'til'i il States and allies, subject to the approval of the Ameri can, English, French and Italian gov ernments. This committee, while holding strong views as to the price to he paid for Cuban sugar, has not hud the 11 mil voice. This voice has rested In the governments concerned, together with the Cuban government, and I wish to state emphatically that all of the gen tlemen concerned as good commercial men have endeavored with the utmost patience and skill to secure a lower price, and their persistence has re duced Cuban demands by 15 cetits per hundred. The price agreed upon Is about $4.60 per hundred pounds, f. o. b. Cuba, or equal to about $8 duty paid New York. "This price should eventuate," Mr. Hoover said, "to about $7.30 per hundred for refined sugar from the refiners at seaboard points or should place sugar In the hands of the consumer at from 8"2 to 9 cents per 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 pound cheaper than today. "There Is now an elimination of speculation, extortionate profits, and In the refining alone the American people will save over $25,(KJ0,000 of the refining charges last year. A part of these savings goes to the Cuban, Hawaiian, Porto Ilican and Lousianlan producer and part to the consumer. "Appeals to prejudice agulnst the food administration have been made because the Cuban price Is 34 cents above that of 1917. It ts said in effect that the Cubans are at 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 la Cuba, and we find It averages $3.39, while many producers are at a higher level. We found that an average profit of at least a 'cent per pound was necessary in order to maintain and stimulate production or that a minimum price of $4.37 was necessary, and even this would sidle some producers. "The price ultimatelv agreed was 23 cents above these figures, or about one fifth of a cent per pound to the Ameri can consumer, and more than this amount has been saved by 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 our present supplies, but beyond all these material reasons is one of human Justice. This great country has no right hy the might of Its position to strangle Cuba. "Therefore there Is no Imposition upon the American public. Charges have been made before this commit tee that Mr. Rolph endeavored to ben efit the California refinery of which he was manager by this 34 cent Increase In Cuban price. Mr. Folph did not fix the price. It does raise the price to the Hawaiian farmer about that amount. It does not raise the profit of the California refinery, because their charge for refining is, like all other re finers, limited to $1.80 per hundred pounds, pins the freight differential on the established custom of the trade. "Mr. Rolph has not one penny of In terest lu that reliuery." Announcing the Opening of the Oregon GrillrDirier Friday, Feb. 1 st Give us a trial in our new location! First Class Service at prices you can afford! We extend a hearty welcome to our former patrons and new ones alike! Come and eat! MOTHER THOMPSON Itil.ITH'Ali ANNOl'NCKMKNT For Sheriff I hereby announce my candidacy lor uif ucuiucrHliu iiuiiniinuuii iui ( sheriff of Crook County, subject to the approval of the democratic vot ers at the primaries to he held May 17, 1918. Utfe JOHN WIGLE. For SlieiitT I hereby announce my rundlducy for tho democratic nomination for sheriff -of Crook County, subject to the approval of the democratic vot ers at the primaries to bo held May 17. 1918. lltfc F. A. ROW KM,. ROBERT N. STANFIELD nc c..r- m i !,:n, r WJi a lam iiU viuauiia vuuir ty, Republican Candidate for United States Senator from Oregon. The Man who Be lieves in the Development of Oregon's Opportunities I stand for successful prosecution of the war; proper application of the selective draft; primary market in Portland; national prohibition; equal suffrage; naval buse at the mouth of the Columbia Itivcr; rural' credits; nillitury highway along the Pacific Coast; federal aid-In tho con struction of federal highways; Ore-J gon's eiml participation in the war expenditures; greatest development of natural resources, Including wa ter power and reclamation of arid, swamp and logged off lands; organ ization of industrial forces; just and ' proper consideration of the rights of labor; economic use of re sources of Alaska; removal of re strictions on Oregon's development; development of our ports, water ways, and harbors; reconstruction policy to preserve our national in tegrity, and many other measures of importance. If you have not received complete copy write me at Stanfleld. (Paid Advertisement) Try a Journal Classified Ad. 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