m i mm
The in'y wlw;it available for
shipment to ill front this winter
will Ik wluit is Ntvol from the
American table. Are you watching
your table?
a jj
AMERICAN SUGAR
SENT TO FRANCE s
wo think thnt isakor' nil right American Price Rigidly Regulated
urn! ClinmlK'i'hiiii't all right, and
also think they will soon roach
the miiw opinion concerning each
other.
No cat cuuld ever come hack to
Mich an appalled ami disgusted en-,
viroutiieiit a luia the HulMoggorcd.
Uncle Sam's war administration
The Leader's subscription list will be
placed on a cash-in-advance basis
.March 1, 1918. After that date no
papers will be mailed that are not
paid for in advance.
Long experience has convinced us
that this is the onlv svsteni which is is "uuh M,or ,hBn "M,v,y
. uittt uiu la uie uiiijr o.y&unii 10 -muddling through.- although its ,,,,
just to ootn suDscnoer ana puunsner.
1 ,1UUI 10" UU ''Winning.
We trust that those of our friends ;!
who are interested in the maintenance "ABOOZELESS DEMOCRACY"
of a pioneer newspaper in a pioneer RATIFICATION MEETING
town will cheerfully respond.
Although the cost of publication has
increased, the Leader's subscription
rate continues at the same figure,
$1.50 per year.
CLARK WOOD,
by United States Food
Administration.
CONSUMERS HERE PAY 9o.
ugar Ct 3S Cent a Paund During
, Civil War Refiner' Profit
Naw Curtail.
Sugar la celling today throughout
at trtuu 8H In P centa a
to I he conaumer, even though
plenty of there la a worlil ehorlage which tiaa
reduced thla nation augar allotment
to 70 per cent, of normal,
Through the eltnrta nf the t'nlted
Siait fotHt administration ihe augar
market haa been regulated aa far aa
lh producer, rellner ami holesaler
la concerned. The fo,l administration
baa no power to regulate retail price
eicept hjr iullle opinion. Kven though
House of Keprcsonta- wr ti,n H.V0OU lona of siigsr have
t'nited States Congress been shipped to Kran.-e In the last
l lour niuufii me r-inu a i ti m -,
Last August when the foot admin-
latrailnn aa organised Ih price of
ugnr rose suddenly to 11 cent a
pound. During the Civil War aogar
Robert fJ. Staniield
of StEnOeld, Umatilla County
Republican candidate for United States Senator
from Oregon.
THE MAN MO BELIEVES IN THE DEVELOP
MENT OF OREGON'S OPPORTUNITIES
If you have not received a complete copy of my
principles, write me at Stanfield.
R. N. STANFIELD
(Paid Advertisement)
WESTON LEADER
CLARK WOOD, Publisher
When th
tivesof tin
voted "S2 to I JS to submit to
states the rexluition providing for should aril thla sugar al lo 8
the constitutional amendment pr cent, the food dmlnlstrntlon believe.
Minting the liquor tintlic all over 'k Amrlr..n houaewif. to
tl,.. I '..it! ?l..t. il took u sl. l. "" -"-
forward that ought to pleas' every
sincere teinH.,ranov advocate in
a a. a Ongm.
k'llnlfCIIPt The progress of pmiiitntion log. , ,n M N,u . pound.
" ically demanded this step, hlghty- Ry regulation of thi auear markat and
, eight percent of the territory of reducing tha prlca to S and 9 caota
the United States is dry: l-M l'r and kwplng It from adranrlng to JO
cent of the population of the Unit- nta me rmi auminiairauon naa mt.
eil Static has adopted prohi- h AiurrL-an puMlc at ' "
i -.- . rw t .mi.. in 0t,(0 In four nionlha. according to
b.Lon. Out of mi nti in M Umn
the United States I arc now the OIh rtly
dry. Twenty-seven states have . ol)r Mre to fr) ,b. .
adopted state- wide prohibition. ilX ,lM to nmnl,in thrlr health aad
thousand, four hundred saloons and mrrngih at any coat to ouraHTaa,"
112 breweries and distilleries were Mr. Honr oclarl. "Thero haa not
ten. nor wilt b aa w aee It, enough
augar for even their prewnt meagro
and depreaalng rnllnn unlr they aend
ahlpa to rrmole ninrketa for If. If
In our gred and gluttony fore them
eliher to further reduoa thflr ration
or to nd thee ahlpa we will haTO
done damage to our abllltlea to wlo
thla war.
"If wa aand the ehlpa to Java
far 250,000 ton of augar next year
wa will have neceaaltated the em
ployment of eleven estra ah I pa far
one year. Theae ahlpa If uaed In
tranaportlng troopa would take
1 00,000 to 200.000 man to Franca."
Reaeon for World Shortage.
Aa Mr. Hoover pointed 'out, the
I'nlicl siatea, Canada and England
were augar Importing conntrlea before
the wr, while France and Italy wero
vrry nearly aelf aupportlng. The main
aourcea of the world'a augar aupply
waa Germany and neighboring power.
... , ihe Went Indlea and the Kaat Indie,
put out of business at the 191b German augar la no longer available,
flection in .Michigan, Nebraska, na it la naed entirely In Germany,
South Dakota, Montana and Alaska, whlrh alan nbitnrha augar of aurround
The people of Weston and vicinity Ing conntrlea.
arc to be esiccially favored on Knglnnd can no longer buy 1.400,000
Tuosdav evening. Fehr.mrv .rth '""K ' ' ch year from
when they are to have the pleasure ertnany.
MzrT2r2Lt t Tfansicr and Stora26
i ran rennlng group. 1 Jj w j
duty of thla eonimlltee U to J !
the augar lmmrt pro raia to rli,i'J 3
varloua rapacltlea and a that ,
la done to every re- fj ,
The Year 1 60
Six Months 0 75
Four Month 0 50
ntlDAT. FEB. 1 - 1U
Enttr at the paitollic at Wtilon. Orcoa
M sccond-clast mail mailer.
The French augar produe-
. i i . a a i,,amia . . n i .
of hearing Dr. W. J. Herw.g of ,. The Kalian proiluctlon ha.
Kansas discuss this important oues- fi, rm o,nnnn nn. n 7inm..
can people to these facts and asks tion under the title of "A Koozelcw Thua three countrlea wero thrown
Are Democracy" at M. E. Church South upon F.aat and Went Indian enure ee
of Weston. for 1,02.,ono tone annually to maintain
Dr. Herwig is the man who put heir normal conaumptlon.
Kecouae of the world ahlpplng
ahortnga the allied natlona atarted
drawing on the Went Indlea for augar;
East Indian augar took three time
hold out against the Allies. Hoov
er calls the attention of the Ameri-
at
everybody to reat potatoes,
you eating your share?
Idaho dry, as he was the leader of
In announcing his candidacy for the dry forces when that state
the governorship, Ben
declares that if elected
W. Olcott adopted state wide prohibition.
he will re- V" "u V., . .. the number of ahlpa, alnce Ihe dla-
siim as secretary of state and thus g , r, ., , ' , tanco wa three time a great 8ud-
sign as secretary oi state ana tnus t D Merwiir. "Hav ng ved ....i. ... .n . . ..
We ieel safer with Newton V. "k i.m uuvauur w i or more t nan twenty years in tne
Rakpr wxrrfjirv of war than wf point his successor. He also says
would if his persistent Oregonian ""Jrt SST
cniic iook uie jod.
quires my unaiviuea personal aiien-
tion, I shall spend no time cam-
We personally intend to see be- paigning over the state. The peo-
fore long how quickly the Bulldog- pel of the state are paying me a
gered.can climb a tree-mindful salary to look after their business,
At. a i a t. . and I cannot properly do this when
of the fact that the shape of his au,QV frnm t. ' ' '.
head and his mental characteristics
indicate a far from remote descent
from his arboreal ancestors.
It may soon be sadly said of a
Pendleton manufacturing enterprise
that an ill financial wind Blewett
away.
One million people are reported
to have quit work in the German
empire thug indicating a some
what striking objection to the
fruits of militarism.
- """- Tl . l,,l ,.A ....!..
Mr. Olcott's long and efficient breweries is not bad at all."
service in his present office and his Do not fail to hear this champion
wide acquaintance qualify him as fo,ra dry nation. Hear him tell
, . , , , ., ,, ,. , . of the nation-wide round-up. Dr.
a logical and formidable candidate Hvfwig doef nol ntcd to waPrm u
for the governorship. It is consid- to his BUbject( it flows red hot from
ered likely that the real race for his lips.
the renublican nomination will be The Weston Commercial club will
between Olcott and Gus C
of Portland.
nlah and did furnish 1,420,000 tons of
northwest and in Texas I have had angar to Europe when SOO.OOO tone
year wa the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 400,000
ton before the ahlpplng altuallon be
came acute.
"In aplte of iheae ahlpmenta," Mr.
Hoover aimed the other day, "the
UMf,ll.li fffti-ftnninnl In A tiffin, rai ttnA
now tney are in a tremendous ,hff hounehold augar ration to haal
stampede. I have participated in nf 24 pound per annum per capita,
several liquor round-ups myself. And In September the French govern-
stuff ; and then the stampede. Say,
the liquor crowd reminds me of a
great round-up which has been go
ing on for a long, long time, and
ment reduced their hottaehold ration
to 13 2-10 pmirida n year, or a bit over
1 pound of augar a month. Even thla
mengre ration could not he tilled bl,
the French government It waa found
early In the fall. America waa then
naked for 100,000 lona of augar and
aurreeded In aendlng SS.OOO ton by
Deeembor 5. The French requeat wa
granted berauae the American houae-
Iloovar alii "an eiawlnatlon waa
atari of lh 'tula and pmllt of renn
lng and It wa Dually ileiernilued lba
the apread between Ihe coal of rear
nd Ihe aal of refined tano augur
ehnuld bo limited lo f I.IW per hundred
pound. Th pre-war differential had
averaged about HA cenla and Increaaed
coal were found lo have been tniH
d by the war In Increaaed coat of re
fining, loiwea. coal of bag, lalMir, Inaur
a nee, Inlereat and rlher thing, rather
more than cover Ihe difference. After
prolonged negollallona Ihe rvUner
were placed uniler agreement ealah
llahlng the limit oil October 1, and
anything over thla amount to be agreed
eitorilonat under Ih law.
"In the mure of Iheaa Inveatlg
tlon It waa found by canvaaa of th
Cuban producer that their augar had,
during th Brt nln month of th
paat year, old for aa average of about
14.34 per hundred f n. h. Cuba, to
which duty and freight added to Ihe
refiner' coot amount lo about 10
per hundred. The average aale price
of granulated by varloua retlnerle. ae
rordtna to our Investigation, wa about
$T.M per hundred, or a dlffmenllal of
ll.M.
MIa reducing the differential to It 1W
ther waa a avlng to the public of M
rent per hundred. Had amh dlf
ferentl! been In ue from the Jat of
Jannary, intT. the public would hav
avel In the flrat nine montha of th
year abont $34 10,000"
Neat Vear.
With view to more efficient organ
liatloo of the trade In Imported augar
oeit year two rotnmltlcea have been
formed by ihe food admlnlairation:
1,
Ben
American
principal
divide
their
haolul Juatlr
Oner.
2. A rommlttea niinprllng three rp
reaentatlve of the Kngllah, French
nd Italian government ; two repro
aentatlve of the American refiner,
with a member nf the food administra
tion. Only two of the committer hav
arrived from Europe, hut they repre
aent the allied government. Th do
tie of thla rommlllee are lo determine
th moat economical aourrea from
tranaporl twlnt of view of all Ih el
ite lo arrange traimrt at uniform
ratea, to dlirlhute Ihe foreign augar
between the t'nlied Stale and alike,
uhjeet to the approval of Ih Ameri
can, Kngllali. French and Italian gov
ernment. Thla rvniuilite. while holding afrong
vlewa aa lo the price to be paid for
Cuban augar, ha not had Ihe final
voice. Thla voire haa rrated In the
governmenta concerned, together with
the Cuban government, and I wlah to
elate emphatically that all of the gen
tlemen concerned aa good commercial
men have endeavored with the utmoat
patience and aklll to aecure n lower
prlca, and their perltene baa re
duced Cuban demainla by 1ft reiita per
hundred. The price agreed upon I
bout 14.00 per hundred pound, f. o. b.
Cuba, or equal to about $0 duty paid
New York.
Thla prlca ahould eventual,"
Mr. Hoover ald, "to about ?.30
per hundred for raftned augar from
th raflnera at aeaboard point or
ahould place augar In th hind of
the conaumer at from to t
cant par pound, depending upon
locality and condition of trade, or
t from 1 to 2 c.nt below the
prlcaa of Auguat Mat and from one
half to a cant par pound cheaper
than today.
"There la now an elimination of
apeculatlon, extortionate profit, and
In the refining alone Ihe American
lieople will ue over I'J.'.OOO.OOO of
the refining charges Inat year. A part
of these savings goes to th Cuban,
llawallau, Porto Itlcan ami I-oimleulan
producer and part lo Ih conaumer,
"Appeal to prejudice agalnat th
food administration hav been mad
because th Cubun price I 34 cent
above that of 1017. It I Mild In effect
that th Cuhana are at our mercy;
that we could get augar a cent lower.
We made exhauattve aludy of the root
of producing augar In Cuba lt year
through our own agent In Cuba, and
we And It average $3.30, while many
producer are at a higher level. We
found that an average profit of at
least a cent per pound waa necessary
In order to malnUIn and aUmulat
production or that a minimum price of
14.37 waa neceaaary, and even thl
would (tide Rome producer.
"The price ultimately agreed wa 23
rent above theae figures, or about one
fifth of a cent per pound to the Ameri
can conaumer, and more than tide
mount haa been aaved by our reduc
tion In refiners' profit. If we wlah to
tlfie production In Cuba we could
take that course Just at the time of all
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Hroatht'H thorr a man with
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KronmtHl laily imsou'd hia
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Surely tho rule works
both wnv. INiiiiiiilHr
men: "SllK will like you
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See Our lYg Spring ami
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HOMER I. WATTS
Attorney-at-Law
Practice in nil State and Kodera
t'uuria.
ATMH.NA. OHHHON
W. M. PtUnsa 0. (1. Blihop
Peterson & Bishop
LAWYERS
Petidluton, Or. Krcewater, Or.
"Gott mitt uns," perhaiw, but the
mitt Beema now to be connecting
with the great war lord's aolar
plexus.
The BulldogKir c-d.'s next ah
rsence from his befouh.fl and odor
ous sanctum will Imj a permanent
one, if the state's alienibU do their
duty.
Will IftZ V V MIIUII VJHIJIKlLiai H Ww III I II I' ' ... -' r . Vf
M. meet at seven o'clock at the club hold conaumptlon waa then at lenst Mi time In our hlatory when w want , Jy fefT
" M0W"r rooms TueHday evening and later at- rounds per person, nnd It waa cnnsld- produrtloa for ouraelve. and th L Jj . OTlfsffgs,.
tend the lecture in a bodv Dr V prt"i t,,e ,m' nt maintaining Ih He, rurther than that, the atate de- '.J 'jF-VVv
teno tm. itcturt in a liy. Ut.t. n partment will assure yon th.t ucb -V-3
D. Watts will prcnide. ,w miinmr mltumtlM .w :ourM woula Droiuca dlaturhancea In H
In Mr. John Rothrock, Athena has
a repressentative at the New Or
leans Mardi Gras a distinction
which Wwxl'a town cannot claim.
Germany planta more than twice Athena I'ress.
as great an acreage in potatoes as Huh! However, Wood ocra-
doea the United States. Germany sionally gets farther away from his
gets more than twice as many bush- home town than Adams a distinc-
els per acre, and she eats three tion Boyd cannot claim since the
times as many potatoes. Germany's railroad company quit issuing
wise use of potatoes helps her to passes to country editors.
Confidence
I question not of Cod, nor pine
to know
My bourne, when summoned to
my next abode.
What I can comprehend lies here
lelow,
And tasks my full capacity. That
load
If nature's full allowances I store,
Is borne with ease, and I go on,
content
With what, so far, has come to me.
Today the augar aftuatlen may
be ummarlied by stating that If
America will reduce It augar con
aumptlon 10 to 18 per cnt thla
nation will b abl to aand 200,000
mora aoldler to Franc.
Sugar today sell at aeaboard re
tlnerle at $7.23 a hundred pound.
The wholesale crocer ha agreed to
limit his profit to 25 cent a hundred
plus freight, and the retail grocer I
supposed to take no more than SO cent
a hundred pound profit. Thla rem
latlon wa made hy the food adminis
tration, which now k the housewife
to reduce sugar conaumptlon a much
aa possible, using other sweetener,
and also rem In da her that. he ahould
it j tin more than 9 cant a pound (or
Nor fear I more
Than's duly mine, when my brief ,uiar-. ... .
lifo i siint Control of Cane Beflnere' Profit,
iiieisbpent. "Immediately upon the estabUa..
t,AUJJiUb 111AY&K. mnt of tM to adlnUtMtIon,, Mr,
coarse would produce dlaturhancea Id
Cuba and destroy even our present
supplies, but beyond all theae material
A-asona ! one of human Justice. This
great country ha no right hy th
might of Its position to atrangl Cuba.
"Therefor there la no Imposition
upon the American public. Charge
bar been made before thla commit
tee that Mr. Dolph endeavored tn beu
eflt the California refinery of whlrh h
wis manager by this 84 cent increaa
tn Cuban price. Mr. Rnlph did not fil
th price. It doe raise the price to
the Hawaiian farmer about that
amount It doe not rala th profit of
th California refinery, becauae their
charge for refining Is, like ail other re
finer, limited to 11.80 per hundred
peanda, plu th freight differential on
tbe established cuatom of the trad.
"Mr. Bolpb baa not on penny of la
tertit la toat rafinary."
r mj ti i "ti at
If tel
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