La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 28, 1918, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextLA UliANDli EVENING OBSEliVEft PAGE FIVE Prefers t'haiuborlaln's. !AVE FUEL AND BE HEALTHIER Overheated Dry Air Make Man Too Susceptible to Disease, De clares Physician. Washington. Further endorsement of tho campaign of tho United States fuel administration against overheat ing has boon given by eminent physi cians of tho country. Dr. James J. Walsh, physician, doctor of philosophy, and author, said: 1 "Pneumonia tnkos a little moro than one man In eight and therefore has wrested from tuberculosis tho grim honor of killing tho most human be ings. Man Is a marine animal, seven eights wnter. He needs cool air nnd moisture nround him. Overheated dry air miikcs him too susceptible todls- ease, til a temperature of over 08 de AMERICAN SUGAR SENT TOFRANCE American Price Rigidly Regulated . by United States Food i Administration. SELLS SMILEAGE FOU SOLDIERS grees It Is dlfllcult for men and women to exist healthfully. If Americans can ho taught to live In this temperature tho number of pneumonia victims will surely decrease. Fresh, cool, moist air Is the foe of pneumonia and persons who keep their houses cool nnd breaths fresh, moist uir need liuvc no fear of In the course of a conversation with Chamberlain Medicine Co.'b rcpro sontatlve today, we had occasion to discuss In a general way tho merits . of their different preparations. At ( o r N't his suggestion I take pleasure In ex- prosslng my estimation of Chamber-. , Iain's Cough Remedy. I have a fara- -tly of six children and have used this remedy In my home for years. , I consldor it tho only cough remedy, on the market, as I have tried nearly all kinds." Earl C. Hoss, publisher Hamilton County Ropubllcan-NowB, : , Syracuse, Kansas. Adv. . ..j - I it." FZIU City Is Stricken. SIDNEY. N. S. W., Jan. 28. 1 (Special.) The city of Mackay, in CONSUMERS HERE PAY 9c. 1 I Queensland, has been overwhelmed, by a cyclone, which produced a tidal wavo nnd flood conditions. Heavy loss of life Is feared. Four- toen bodies have already been re Bettor, than money because they ( covered. There Is a call for assistance. earn money; buy WAR-SAVINGS T , STAMP TODAY. MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1018 1 &'5x$it&i Sugar Cost 35 Cents a Pound During Civil War Refiners' Profits Now Curtailed. Sugar is Belling today throughout America at from 84 to 0 cents a pound to the consumer, even though there is a world shortage which has reduced tills nation's sugur allotment to 70 per cent, of normal. ' Through the efforts of the United States food admlulstrutlon the sugar market has been regulated as fur as the producer, refiner and wholesaler Is 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 been shipped to France in the last four months the retail grocer's sugar price is around 8 to 8'& cents. Ho should sell this sugar at 8Vj to 0 cents, the food administration believes, "and asks the American housewife to pay do more than this amount. Last August when the food admin istration whs organized tho price of sugar rose suddenly to 11 cents a pound. During the Civil War sugnr cost the consumer 35 cents a pound. By regulation of tho sugnr market and reducing tho prico 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, 000,000 In four months, according to a statement made by Herbert Hoover the other day. "It Is our stern duty to food the al lies, to maintain their health and strength at any cost to ourselves," Mr. Hoover declared. "There hns not been, nor will be as we see It, enough sugar for even their present meagre and depressing ration unless they send ships to remote markets for It. If we In our Breed and gluttony force them either to further reduce their ration or to send these ships we will have done damage 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 troopc would take ' 160,000 to 200.0C0 men to France." Reason for World Shortage. As Mr. Hoover pointed out, the United States, Canada mid Unhand were sugar Importing countries before tho war, while l'runre and Italy were very nearly self supporting. The main sources of the world's sugar supply was Germany and neighboring powers, the West Indies nnd the Enst Indies. German sugar is no longer available, as It Is used entirely In Germany, which also absorbs sugar of surround ing countries. , Enelnnd can no longer buy 1,400,000 In order that the expense of the entertainments which, nt the direc tion of the Secretary of War, are be linpr given the soldiers of Undo Sam, under the management of the Mil itary Entertainment Council, may be taken care of, this council has is sued "Smileage Books". These books are sold for $1 and $5, according to whether they contain 20 or 100 coupons, and will entitle soldiers to free admission to any entertainment in any National Guard or National :Cantomnent in the United States. Friends of the soldiers may pur chase and send these passes to sol idiers by name or to the camps for distribution. . The S mileage Plan. Ktartintr the week of January 28. the books will be on sale all over the country. "Smileage books" win Admit the men in khaki to some of ! the best entertainments in thegun- try. This statement is uphold by the fact that official announcement has just been made in Washington that the work of entcrtuininer these men. heretofore conducted under three separate auspices, has all been con solidated under one official body, tho Military Entertainment Council, ap pointed by the Secretary of War. Tliia council is a part of tho Com mission on Training Camp Activi ties, of which Raymond B. Fosdick is chairman. Credit for the plan of consolidation is given Harry P. Har rison, of Chicago, executive chair-, man of the Smileage Campaign. ' The consolidation of the various forms of entertainment is, perhaps, the first thing of its kind in thoj country. It is the first time tho Government has undertaken to put on real stunts for its soldiers. Un der the new arrangement all enter tainment in the camps is to ba turned over to the Military Enter tainment Council, the Chautauqua tents to be known as "Liberty Tents," and the theatorB as "Liberty Thea ters." Evovybody is expected to buy at least one 'Smileage Book." Tho whotosatc grocer huh agreed to limit his profit to 1!5 cenls'n hundred plus freight, and tho retail grocer Is supposed to tnko no more than SO cents a hundred pounds profit. This regu lation was made by the food adminis tration, which now asks tlio housewife to reduce sugar consumption as much as possible,' using other sweeteners, nnd also reminds her that she should pay no more than 0 cents a pound for sugar. . . Control of Cane RsTinoro' Profits. "Immediately upon tho p;!al:lslv nicnt of the food administration,"- Mr. Hoover said, 'an examination was made of the costs and profits of refin ing and it was finally determined thai the spread between tin; cost of raw and the sale of refined cane sugar should be flmlted to $1.80 per hundred pounds. The pre-war (UP'erenllnl had averaged nlio;t 8 cents and Increased co.ih were found to have been impos ed by the wnr in increased cost of re fining, losses, cost of bags, labor, Insur ance, interest and ether things, rattier more than cover the difference. After prolonged negotiations the refiners The Red Cross Drug Store The PRESCRIPTION STORE erril the duly 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. '- J V 1 VlI- S Sugar today sells ut seaboard re- fineries lit $7.2,"i n hundred pounds. at from 1 to 2 cents below the prices of Auoust l-.ot and from one half to a cent per pound cheaper than today. - "There , now an elimination of speculation, extortionate profits, and iu the refining alone tho American people will save over Sii.OUO.OOO of the refilling charges last year. A part of these savings goes to the Cuban, Hawaiian, Porto Itlran and Louslanlan producer and part to the consumer. "Appeals to prejudice against the food administration have been made because the Cuban price is 114 cents above that of 1017. It is said In effect that the Cubans are ut our mercy; Hint we could got sugar a cent lowor. We made exhaustive study of tho cost of producing sugar hi Cuba last year through our own'ogenls In Cuba, nnd we find it averages !..'!!). while, many producers are at a higher level. Wo found that an average profit of ut least n cent per pound was necessary in order to maintain nnd stimulate production or Hint a minimum price of $J.37 was necessary, uml even this would stifle some producers. "The price ultimately agreed ws 23 cents above thes (Hgures, or about one- meagre ration could not be filled by , XmmXa umk,,. , ,., fifth of u cent per pound to the Amerl- the French government It was found ,.,. f ,h inveitl-a- 1 c"" '""K'""l,,r' n!ul umre tlm" tllls earlv In the fall. Anierlcn was then , . , ' oD , ,., amount has been saved by our rortuc- Z ke.1 for 100.000 tons of sugar nnd " " ,v"s f",,n,' ,c:'"v"; ' , ! Hon In refiners' profits. It wo wish to succeeded ,n sending fir-OOO tons X inc S.hsTf S e i " '1""" COU1 December 1. The French request was ! 1,11 " J" ,. ,, , take that course just at the time of all granted because the American house- j " . . H "' 0,- "Wor w,,e" WC Wa,,t hold consumption was then nt least Tm : . 1 ' .,'.i.i production for ourselves and the ol- nounds per person, nnd It was conshl- r""K" , ' .,, m i lies. Further than that, the state do- long tons nt sugur each year from Gcimauy, The French sugar produc tion bos dropped from 7VI0O0 to 210, 000 tons. The Itnllnn production has fallen from 210,000 tons to 7fi,000 tons. Thus threo countries were thrown upon East and West Indian sources for 1,025.000 tons annually to maintain their normal consumption. Because of the world's shipping shortage the allied nntlons started drawing .on the West Indies for sugnr; East Indian sugar took three times the number of ships, since the dis tance was three times as great. Sud denly the west was enllpd on to fur nish' nnd did furnish 1,420,000 tons of sugar'' to Europe when 300,000 tons a year was tho pre-wnr demand. The allies had drawn from .Tnvu 400,000 tons before the shipping situation be came acute. , , "In spite of these shipments," Mr. Hoover suited the otlier day, "the English government In August reduced the household sugnr ration to a basis of 24 pounds per annum per capita. And III September the French govern ment reduced tneir nouscnom nmon vun nre(1 nmler ntroelnon, esla,. to IS 2-10 pounds n year, or a bit over ,,, ,,, ,,,,, r-,..,.-- i nli 1 pound of sugnr n month Even this j onytll,np m. thS nniount to be agreed I "In the course of these Investlgn i tlons It was found by canvass of the White is a pure vcKotaljIo fat. There i;s iiothintr tn ('(jual it for sliort-.i'iiini- and fryini'. Try J-'lakcwhite and you'll lifver he without it. llakewhite a rd. is (heapi'r than City Grocery aliery ' The Home of Fancy Groceries. E. Polack, Prop. Phone Main 75 I refiners' cost nniount to : per hundred. The average sale price jof granulated by various refineries, tic ; cording to our Investigation, was about : i57.no per hundred, or n differential of $1.84. "In reducing Hie differentlnl to $1.20 ; there was a saving to Hie public of r I ; cents per hundred. Had such a dif ferential been In use from the 1st of ! January, 1017. the public would liavo i saved In th first nine months of the year about $2-!.S0O.OO0." Next Year. i With a view to more efficient organ ization of Hie trade iu Imported sugars next year two committees have been formed by the food ndminist ration: i 1. A committee comprising repre sentatives of all of tho elements of American cane refining groups. Tho principal duly of lids committee Is to divide the sugar Imports pro rata to their various capacities and see Hint absolute Justice is done to every re finer. 2. A committee comprising three rep : resentalives of the English, I'rench and Italian governments; two repre sentatives of Hie American refiners, Willi a member of the fnod adininhnru , Hon. Only two of the commit leu lmve 1 arrived from Europe, but they repre sent the allied governments. The du ties of this committee are to determine ; the most economical sources from a I j transport point of view of all the al- I ! lies to arrange transport at uniform j ' rates, to distribute the foreign sugar i between the Cnlled .Suites and allies, I i subject to the approval of the Amerl- can, English, Kronen and Italian gov- I , ernments. ! ! This committee, while holding strong j ; views ns to the price to be paid for j , Cuban sugar, has not had the final I voice. Tills voice has rested in Hie ! governments concerned, together with i the Cuban government, and I wish to j state emphatically Hint all of the gin- j tlvmeii concerned as good commercial ' men have endeavored with the utmost j patience nnd skill to secure a lower price, and their persistence has re- duced Cuban demands by 15 cents per : hundred. The pric e agreed upon Is about Jl.fiO per hundred pounds, f. o. b. ! Cuba, or equul to ubout $0 duty paid ; ' New York. ' "This price should eventuat?," ,' Mr. Hoover said, "to about 57.33 per hundred for refined sugar from ' the refiners at seaboard points or ! I should place sugar in the hands of the consumer at from 8',j to 9 , cents per pound, depending upon t locality and conditions of trade, or ; pnrtnieut will assure you that such a course would produce disturbances In Culm and destroy oven our present supplies, but beyond all these material reasons is one of human Justice. This great country lias no right by Hie might of Its position to strangle Cuba. "Therefore there Is no Imposition i upon the American public, tjliarges have I ecu made before tills Commit- . ...... T.. M..I..I. ...,.l.....-.,p.wl tn eilt the California refinery of which he ' was manager by this 34 cent tncrenso i In Cuban price. .Mr. Holph did not fix ! Ihe price. It does raise tho price to j Hie Hawaiian farmer about that ! aniounl. It does not raise Hie profit of , the California refinery, because their ' charge for refining Is. like ail other re- j finers, limited to 1.30 per hundred pounds, plus the freight differential on j tho esttibllslied cutoni of tbe trade. ' "Mr. Holph hns not one penny of In- j teresl In Hint refinery." ! A Penny a Day Means a I ' : Kit-a-Month.: for a ' I ;. Boy '.at the Front: ' j t-v -2 j j) ; W iff LOVER BORROWS A "FATHER", Oklahoma Youth, Under Legal Age, ! Seeking Marriage License, la : Resourceful. j r.ntilesvllle. Olila. C. O. Gray, x twenty, of ('hnctnw. got n father, n girl and n marriage license, all In one . day. Recently he applied to tile dls- trlct court clerk for a mnrrlage II- cea.se.. Iti.'lnioilyfxveniy thjij ofil clnl had to refuse the Important pa- j per. 1 Young Orny declnred thnt both hi" j parents were dead nnd he had rustic for himself since be was ten years old. He left Hie court determined to win out some way. Later h returned with one "Mr. firay," who wild he was the father of the boy and was ready to give his con sent to his "son" getting innrrlcd. The rli rk issued Hie license, and then re membered that young tirny had told him n "liort lime before that both his parents were dead. -o Somacb '1 roubles. If you bi.vc irnit'uin with your stomach you should try Chamber lain's Tablets. f-'o many have been .restored to hor.llh by tho use of these ;t:ihlets and their cost in so little, 25 cents, thnt it Is worth while to give lliem a trial. --Adv. If c.u were uway from home on the fra or In the trenches, wouldn't you lire to get u copy of your home paper fiom your home town. Every man, woman and child in this city ean help keep one of our boys at the front supplied with cigarets and tobacco by setting asido one cent a day for each working day.' . Just think what this little sum will do! For 27 cents we will enter your name on our Tobacco Fund list, and will send -15 cents worth of smoking to bacco and cigarets to our boys in France.. In the kit will be a postal card stamped and addressed to vim, and on the kit will be a request to tho soldier asking him to write a message to you on the postal and mail it. The Ked Cross takes charge of these' kits' of smoking material and dis tributes them; the French government Kcnds back the postal bearing a ouo cent United States stamp and admits the tobacco free of duty. Surely if an busy an organization s the Kcd Cross Society and as pre occupied' officials as those of the French government will do these things to see that fair soldiers gt a chance to smoke, it isn't asking much to ask you to set aside one cent a day for the purpose. Send in your contributions of any amount 2." cents, $1.00, $.00, or more. For every 2r cents that you give, a "separate postal bearing your name goes to tin; front. ' Here's 45 cents worth of tobacco which is sent for your quarter: A package of Tuxedo tobacco and four hooks of cigaret papers. Three pouches of Bull Durham Tobacco and three books of papers. Two mckago3 of Lucky Strike cigarets, twenty cigarets in each package. A return postal card addressed to the contributor on which the soldier will pen lu3 appreciation and gratitude for the gift. THE OBSERVER TOBACCO FUND 1