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JPAGE2. THE PPIUNOFIELb NEWS THURSDAY, FEH. M, 101 S. The Springfield News 11. C. DIMM, WALTER R. DIMM Editors and Publishers JPublishod Every Monday and Thursday RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Obb Year $1.60 Bt. Months .... .75 jrijea months .60 Advertising rates furnished on appli cation. OUR CORRESPONDENTS . CAMP CREEK t 'Ruby Crabtree THURSTON, Mrs. Walter Edmtston COBURO . Elslo Anderson WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mrs- Clara Chllds Member of the. Willamette Valley Editorial Association. it THURSDAY, VFEB. I . .. r 14;. 1918. SOLDIER AND SAILOR INSURANCE In a8hort time a million checks a month "Will be issued from the Bureau Of War-Risk Insurance to the families of the men constituting America's fighting force. There had been up to January 18, 1918, 473,116 applications for total insurance of $4,011,- 391,000. The average amount the experiment stations or agricultural applied for Still keeps near the ! colleges in their states, the presidents maximum Of $10,000. A Steady ' or secretaries of the leading potato effort is" being made to make j Growers' associalons, or large potato ., . i,-,-, . : shippers of established reputations our fighting forces- "11 per cent v . . , . , 00 r i Many such shippers have Indicated insured," and there are many,,. wmingne8S to iocata 8tock8 of military .units in which every member. iB insured -and in some of them; 'every man insured for the'maximum of ?1'0,000. ' The '"automatic" insurance granted by the law ceases on February. 12,, but by that time It is-hoped' that our- whole mili tary. aribnavalisforces be ,3100 per cent "insured," - with the result that the family or de pendents of everyone having a family or anyone -dependent on him will be-provided with a monthly allowance, arid- insur ance in case 6f his death, and the member himself, if disabled, will receive a monthly allowance and if totally disabled, will re ceive in addition rehabilitation and special education' arid train-1 in g to fit him for some work. The efforts of the Treasury Department to have every mem ber of the military and naval forces insured undpr this law can be greatly assisted by the people at home of the soldiers and sailors if they will join in urging them to take out the in surance offered. THE VOLUNTEER CENSOR SHIP Despite general opinion, cen sorship plays but a small part in the work of the committee on Public Information. The desires Of Government ' with respect to the concealment i from the enemy of military pol- 1 icies, plans, and movements are set forth in certain specific re-, quests. No law stands behindl them, Their observance rests uiimcijr upuu uwivi- aim paino-. nam. mere are violations, as I a matter or course, and papers holding to the unwritten agree ment have suffered injuries from papers less careful and Jess honest, but on the whole the press has responded Jn the same spirit ;of unselfish service that animates the- firing line. .The,, continuing wak spot is due to n persistent mlaundeiv standing in the matter of recti, lation; j.Whenrfi violation occursJ suclupappra as have, observed the agremejit straightway de mand that rebuke be adminis tered or pojialty inflicted. Yet ori tho printed card that carries the desires of Government there appears this significant para graph: , Thcso requests go to tho press with out larger authority than tho neces sities of tho war-making bronchos. Their enforcement is a matter for tho press Itself. The bargain 1b the bargain of tho press, and It must of ne cessity provide Us own disci pline. As it is realised, however, that the requests of Govern ment are concerned with huHtnn lives and national hopes, as it is driven home that the passing satisfaction of a news item may endanger a transport or a troop train, thevoluntary censorship grows in strength and certainty. POTATOES ARE TO BE GRADED BY ORDER OF U. S. GOVERNMENT (Continued from pago one) in accord with cither tho Pood Act or tho wishes of tho United. States Pood Administration. Up to this time the Pood Administration has been very lenient in this matter but it now feels that the best Interest of the coun try as a whole demands an enforce ment of grading. The United States Department of Agriculture will be glad to recommend and assist, so far as lies within Its power, any grower who Is desirous of securing better seed than he has Dlant ed in the past, and farmers should I more generally avail themselves of the advantages offered them, without . cost,- by this department and the var j ious State departments. These depart ments are not in a position to furnish seed free, of cost, but will locato and assist in every conslstant manner such growers as feel sufficiently interested to write them. Growers can also be assured of sound and interested but Impartial advice if they "will address good seedpotatoes for growers and to supply them, at practically no advance over ordinary, market vue. (They recognize that good seed In the field, means, added crops of better quality for them to handle in the 'fall; and are willing; to ( work , only for such in direct profits.. Get Ip-touch with such- men and do it now. Don't talk about -not planting pota toes this comlmj season because prices have not been as high, as .a 'year ago. Remember that if the market price passes too far beyond tho. -value as food, consumption must necessarily bo curtailed. Remember, too, that gen erally Bpeaking, there ls.no rop which, can be grown In, a logical potato soc than the potato and that the profits on this crop can be greatly increased by an improvement In quality. Classified Ads For Sale, Rent, Wanted, Etc. FOUND On Fifth 'street a pair of glasses. Owner may have same by calling at tho News office and pay ing for this notice. FOUND On Main street between Fifth and Sixth a ladles black kid glove. Owner may have same by calling at the News office and pay ing for this notice. WANTED Sewing to do. At home or by the day. MRS. R. H. REED, Stewart Addition. LOST Saturday afternoon at KIncald Park station an Eastman kodak ju nior In a black carrying case. Find er please return to Zonah Vernon Hod Eugene, Hull Apartments No 7.' Reward. Israyeii Yearfinir j0rHfiv heifer Wt), Curnsey markings. Notify n. h. shultz. FOR SALE PJano, cheap; motor cy cle, cow. Inquire Cecil .Calkins, MI1 and F streets. , WANTED Men and learns for high' way work. ' ' HALL. & SOLEIM Anlauf. Oie. or W. C, Hall, phone 963, Eugcnc.Oro NflsrwSaplo cut , CP Inches lopg and from ,10 to 20 .inches thick. Over 20 .lnchoa split 1? half. Must bo plear, sound and straight groin. See the. SPRINGFIELD PLANINQ MILL COMPANY. AMERICAN SUGAR SENT TO FRANCE American, Price Rigidly Regulated by United States Food Administration. CONSUMERS HERE PAY do. Sugar Cost 35 Cents a Pound During Civil War Refiner' Profits Now Curtailed. - Sugar Is selling today throughout America at from 8H to 0 cents n pound to the consumer, oven though there la n world shortage which has reduced this nation's 'sugar allotment to "0 per cent- of normal. Through the efforts of the United States food administration thq sugar market has been regulated as far as the producer, rctlner mod wholesaler Is concerned. The food administration has no power to regulate retail prices crcept 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 814 cents. He should sell this sugur at 8J4 to 0 cents, the food administration bellovcs, and n$k theAmerlcnn housewife to pay no more than this amount. Last August when tho food admin istration was organised the price of sugar rose- suddenly to 11 cents a pound During the Clvlt War sugar cost , the consumer 35 ccnU a pound. By regulation, of the sugar market and reducing the price to 8H and 0 cents and keeping it ,frora ndvnuelng to. 20 cents tho food administration has, sav ed the American public nt least ?IS0, 000,000 In four months, according to a statement made by Herbert Hoover the other day. , . "It Is our stern duty to feed the al lies, to maintain their health and strength at any cost to ourselves." Sir. Hoover declared. "There has not been, nnr will lie ns we see It, enough sugar for even their present mengre nnd depressing ration unless they send ihlps to remote ninrkets for It. If we In our greed nnd gluttony force them cither to further reduce their ration or to send these ships we will have ,done. damage to our abilities to win ,tlils war, i "If We send the ships to Java ' for 250.0C0 tons of - sugar next year I we will have necessitated the em ployment of eleven extra ships for one year. These ships If used lrt4 ( transporting 'troops IwoUld take , 150.000. to 200,000. menito Franee.M- 1 : .Reason: for World' 'Shortajf. As -Mr Hqover pointed) but, the; United States, Ganqdn and England, were sugur Importing (countrles before the war, while Frnnce and Italy were very nearly self supporting. The main sources C the world's" sugar supply was Germany nnd neighboring pow.ers, the .West Indies and the East Iudlesj German sugar is no longer available,, bs' It Is' used entirely in Germany", Which also absorbs sugar-of surround ing cournVrfcsi England can no .longer buy 1,400,000 ong tons of sugar, each year from Germany. The French ugar produc tion has dropped from 750,000 to 210,- 000 tons. The Italian production has fallen frqm 5J.0.000 tons to 7&000;tons. Thus three countries wore thrown upon East nnd West Indian sources for 1,025,000 tons annually to maintain their normal consumption.- Because of the world's shipping shortage the, allied nations started drawing on thq West Indies for sugnr; East Indian sugar took three times the number of ships, since the dis tance was thrqc times Us 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 tho pre-war demand. Tho allies had drnwn from Jnva 400,000 tons before the shipping situation be came acute. , "In sp)te of these shipments," Mr. Hoover stated the other day, "the English government in August reduced the household bugar 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 n month. Even this mengre" rntlon could not bo filled by the French government It was found early In the fall. America was then n'slred for 100,000 tons of sugar nnd succeeded In sending 8!,000 tons by December 1. Tho French request was granted because the American hom hold consumption was then nt lenst ,15 pounds per person, nnd It was consid ered the duty of maintaining tho French morale made our course clear." Today the sugar situation may be summarized by stating that If America will reduce Its suaar 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 ut $7.25 a hundred pounds. The wholesale grocer has agreed tp limit his profit to 25 cents a huudred plus freight, and the retail grocer s supposed to" take no more' than CO cents a"-hundred pounds profit; -This regu Utlon.'was mndeby the foQd'ndliiluls tratic-n, which now asks the housewife to reduce sugar consumption as much as possible, using other sweeteners, and also reminds tier 'that she should pay no mare thau 9 cents a pound for sugar. Control of Cano ReSners' Profit, "Immediately upon the establish ssent of the food administration," Mr. Hoover said, "an examination was made of tho costs nnd pronto of rodn Ing nnd It was dually determined thn tho spread between Aw cost of raw nnd tho mb of refit)! cane sugar should ho limited to $1..0 per hundred pounds. Tho pro-war differential had averaged about 85 cents and Increased costs were found to luivn been Impos ed by the war In Incn-ased cost of re fining, losses, cost of hags, labor, lusur aiice, Interest nnd '-tiler things, rather more than cover the difference. After prolonged negotiations Iho refiners were plncM uutler agreement estab lishing tlieso limits on October 1, and anything over this amount to be agreed, extortionate under the law, 1 "In the course of these Investiga tions It Was found by canvass of the Cuban producers that their sugar had, during, the tlrst nine mouths of the past year, sold for an nvorrigo of about $4.21 Per hundred f, o. b, Tuba, to which duty ami freight added to the refiners' cost amount to about $5.00 per hundred. The average sale price of granulated by various refineries, ac cording tq our Investigation, was about $750 per hundred, or n differential of $L81. , "In reducing the differential to $1..10 there was n saving to thf public of M cents per hundred. Had surh a dif ferential been In use from the 1st of .Tnnunry. IfUTthe public would have saved In the first nlnejponths of the year, about $21.K0O.OO0." Next Year. With a view to more elllclent organ isation of the trade In Imported sugars next year two committees have been formed by the food administration : 1. A committee comprising repre sentatives of nil of the elements of American cune- rellnlng groups. The principal' duty of this committee la .to divide the sugar Imports pro rata td their various rapacities, anil sco 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 Europe, but they repre sent the allied governments. The du ties of this committee are to determine the most economical sources from u transport point of view of all the al lies to arrange transport at uniform rates, to distribute the foreign sugnr between the United States nnd allies, subject to the approval of the Ameri can. Kugllsh, French nnd Italian gov ernments. This committee, while holding strong views ,us to the price to be paid for Cuban sugar, has liot had the final voice. This voice has resletl In the, governments concerned, together with the Cuban government, and I wish to state emphatically Hint nil, of the gen tlemen concerned ns good commercial men have endeavored with the utmost patience and skll to secure u lower price, and their persistence" bus re duced Cuban demands- by' IIP cents per hundred. Thd prlco agreed uHn Is nb.qutM.00 per llU'i'lred.ponijds. f, n. b. Cubq, or cual to obout ?0 duty paid New York. "This prlco should eventuate," i Mr. Hooker said, "to teut7w0 ( per hundred 'for'reflnetl suga'tfjrohv 4 rthe'Veflners" at 'seaboird. points or- -should .plaeoiiugur In the. bands. of tho . consumer t f Tm Vt, ' cents '.per podnd, depending upon ) lo'callt and conditions of trade, or i at from 1 to 2 cents below the' I prices of Auguft nt snd from onor .half to a cent per pound cheaper than today. "There Is'now nn elimination of speculation, extortionate profits, and in the refining' alone the American people will save over $25,000,000. of the refining charges Inst year. A part of these suvlngs goes to tlio Cuban, .Hawaiian, Porto Rlcun and Louslanlun producer and part to the consumer. "Appeals to prejudice against tho food administration lu been made because the Cuban price Is 'M cents above that of 11)17. It Is said In effect tlmt the Cubans are at our mercy; that we could gut sugar a cent lower. We mude exhaustive study of the cost of producing sugar in Cuba last year .through our own agents In Cuba, and wo find It uverages $3.39, while muny producers are nt a higher level. We found that an averuge profit of at least a cent per pound wus necessary In order to maintain nnd stimulate production or (hat a minimum price of $4.37 was necessary, ' and even this ,wduld stifle some1 producers. "The price ultlmatelv agreed was 23 cents above these figures, or ubout one fifth of u cent per pound to tho Amerl cun consumer, and moro than this amount has been saved by our reduc tion In refiners' profits. If wo wish to stllltj production In Culm wo could take thut course Just ut the time of fill times In our history when wo want production for ourselves und the al lies. Further than that, the state de partment will assure you that such n course would prodllco disturbances In Cuba and destroy oven our present supplies, but beyond all these muterlal reasons Is one of human Justice. This great country has no right by the might of Its position to strangle Culm. ''Thoreforo there Is no Imposition upon the American ' public. Churges have been mndo bofpre this commit tee that Mr, Rolpll emlenvdred to ben jcflt the California" refinery of which ho .was manager by this 84 cent increaso i In Cuban prlco. Mr. Rolph did not fix tho price, It .does raise tho prlco, to 'the' Hawaiian armor obout that 'amount. It doejj not rul?p tjio prqfit.pf ,th'd California refinery,' bec'U8e"(helr charge for reflnliig Is.' llko nil' other re-' liners; limited to $1.30 per hundred pounds, plus tho freight differential on the established custom of tho trade, "Mr, Rolph has not one penny of ln Urcot iu that refinery." WHfcN Trie SLICK STRANGER COMES ALONG AND OFFERS TO MAKE YOU RICH "QUCIK WITH SOME FAR AWAY FINANCIAL SCHEME, TURN HIM DOWN. - .i.i AT LEAST "LOOK INTO," BEFORE YOU "JUMP INTO." SOME UNWISE DEAL. WHICH MAY CRIPPLE YOUR CHANCES FOR SUCCESS FOR THE REST OF YOUR. DAYS. 'i WE SHALL GLADLY GIVE YOU OUR OPINION ON ANY INVESTMENT OFFERED TO YOU AND SHALL CHARGE YOU NOTHING. . ... N. " . . . BANK 96-223 l-wheat use more com 2-mea4 Viats . , : fijusf. enough, 4m sugar andsferve the cause oOieedom U.S. POOD ADMINISTRATION SEND To the world in a dress that willcdmmand respectful attention. Every piece of printed matter you . send out must have distinction and character or be lost in tne crowd. Our printers will give it the fair" that wins a hearing' foi the fries,- sage, and our facilities and skill keep the cdst at a moderate mark. Pone us for our messenger. y' The Springfield lNfews, Phone 2 f W WITH US ' ' .!' H t y ,l use more fish &. hearts o f- tin 1 Ihfii'itt ' v 1Y r YOUR MESSAGE ..fit S t: -i