tons of U-et sugar, which waa 54.000
ton* less than th* prativo* year and
1iax*IO I«--« than the annual output of
stirar for the five yrar prewar p*
rlod
<h>e of the gnat dtfficultl** evpert
enred tn Italy’s t»«-t sugar Induatry
was finding sufficient labor to handle
the crop Thousand* of toen usually
employed tn bwt sugar production
w*rv ralle«1 for military aervlra. The
yield p*r acre amounted to approtl
mata-ly half <>f th* usual quantity of
bec-tS harvested
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OFFICIAL
The caution Issued recently In
Portland by J snow F Pershing,
brother of General Pershing,
against relaxation of war work
activities, haa been *cb»ed in
message* issued by departmental
heads In Washington. 1» C-.
rapt«-* of which wer* mt to
Kleeutlve Rmratary John Koi
lock, of the Oregon Riats Council
of r»cfcn*e
•( arr> o»" Is the
theme of those telegram*, whose
**nd'-r* felt th* German peace
proposals might l*'erfer* with
campaign plaa* just furtuulal«-d
Consequently, th* Vnlted War
Wark drive, which open* Novem
bar II. will be cotidu. trd with
even more vigor than had Ger
many not sought to bring about
peace on hrr own terms
The
departmental bead*, aa well a*
Mr
Pershing, emphasise the
need of continued act Illite* by
th* several affiliated organlaa-
tlona participating In the dilve,
even after ho*tllltle* have erased
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Wants Your Business
Will pay Cash for Egg*. Poultry. Veal, Hogs. Hides
Will niy Ciemn tn .»ny quantity for the
Oregon Ciearnery, Portland
I ct us get acquainted.
If you have a grievance
inake it known and we will endeavor to rectify it.
Bring U* Your Cascara Bark
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OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT
complete nnd our
HtocK fresh mid c I chii ,
I k
(Court <-vy at tJf* si>4 Chsrlra Ixna (lltmosl
Planting home garden*, producing more food, and »aving food are all war-time effort* of
this government in which the women of Arierica have co-operated loyally. We are all in the
home army; the home army here must help the fighting force* and home arinie* over there; ,
120 million Allies must eat.
Oc/liipr
line of
Spice«,
mid in
needed
^Fugarli WORLD SHORTACE
IN BEET
— SUGAR
Crops Are <0 Per Cent. Less
Than Pre-War Average—Cen
tral Powers Hit Hardest.
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CANE
SUGAR
IS
ISOLATED.
Allied Beet Production Fell* One-third
In Rigid War Economy
Practiced.
VER 75 per cent, of the sugar used in the United
States is delivered by ships. There is produced
O about
800,000 tons of bet t tugar and 250,000 tons of
cane sugar in Louisiana. The total consumption of the
United States is about 4,500,000 tons of raw sugar, which
makes about 4,250,000 tons of refined sugar.
If our coasts were blockaded as Germany's now are,
we would have available for the use of the people of the
United States only one pound of sugar for every four we
use. Under such circumstances there is no doubt that the
American people would get along on this limited supply
without complaint.
The United States Food Administration is asking
every American household to use not more than two
pounds of sugar per person each month for domestic
use. Reducing our sugar consumption h^rc means that
we will be able to help supply the needs of France, Eng
land and Italy. Sugar conservation on the American
table also means conservation of ships.
The Army and Navy have sent out an "S. O. S.’* call
for ships. "Save Our Ships to Transport Troops and
Munitions to France, in order that we may keep the fight
ing front where it now is and not allow it to extend to*
our own homes,” is the message.
There is ample sugar in the world for all require
ment»—in fact, there is a large surplus, but on account
of the ship shortage it is not available for use in thia
country.
Java, which produces 15 per cent, of the world's
cane crop, '• too far removed. It requires 150 to 160
days for a *hi^ to go to Java and return
Th* world today la producing forty
|n>r cent Issa t>eet sugar than the pre
war average.
Counting the American, Allied and
livriiinii Austrian crop*. a* well aa th«
neutral*, the I'. tt. Food Adtnlulatra
thru haa estimated that the world
•boring«- Crratad hy the light crop Of
IUI7 IWIH la at least three and a half
million tons,
Thai the 1917I91S crop of cane sug
ar was two million tone In eiceaa of
the previous yr-wr doea not relievo th«-
general shortage.
Cut«* and Java produce one half of
the world am* crop, and the Java *«g
ar is too far removed from America to
iran«t“,rt when shipping la badly n««-d
rd tn tran*|«irt and maintain the tulll
t ary f<*nw In France.
In Java a large part of the old sugar.
crop I*
awaiting shipment. Kino- !
II rend I re* ISO to 1»W> day* for each |
tw>at that Is sent to Java, th* poaslblll |
lira of obtaining *d*qmif* *htpm«-ids f
of Java sugar this a«-aa>>n ar* remote. :
Allie** Production F (Ila.
Taking the Allied nation* a* a group,
official report* show that beet sugar
production I* Iras by «me-third than the
pre-war average.
French beat sugar Induatry ha* auf- I
frrrd moat by the war. Tt»* French ;
yield of ba-vt sugar la now only M I |
per retit. of tl>* pre war average
For the five years preceding the out 5
brash of hoatllltir* tn Kurap*. Franc* i
prnducwl an average of 752.M3 ton* of
sugar each year.
For 1917-19 th*
French production was »19.1111 tons.
With Cl factories ofa-ratlng. aa com j
I «red with more than MO that were I
In el 1stenre before the war and before
th* general campaign of destructive^
new* launched hy the German armlea.
Franc* nevertheless managed to mana
farture mor* beet sugar In 1917-1B
than In 1910-17. when th* total output
was M2.115 ton*
Italy In 1917 IB produced lOnimo
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