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AMERICAN SUGAR SENT TOFRANCE American Price Rigidly Regulate J by United States Food Administration. \ . CONSUMERS HERE PAT ?c 1 J : Sugar Cost 35 Cents a Pound During ^ Civil War?Refiners' Profits /j Now Curtailed. Sugar is selling today throughout; America ut from 8V4 to I) cents a pound to the consumer, even though, there is u world shortage which litis, reduced tills nation's sugar allotment Jb 70 per cent, of normal. Through the efforts of the United ( Flutes food administration the sugar, market has been regulated as far us the producer, rellner and wholesaler j Is concerned. The food administration has no power to regulate retail prices; except by publie opinion. ICven though more than Xf?(kH) huk of umr,i?? i. been shipped to Km nee in the Inst four months the retail grocer's augur tyriee is around K to x?$, cents. Ho should sell this su^ar at S>Va to J) cents, the food administration hoi loves,' Wid asks tin American housewife to |j|ay 110 more than this amount. 'Lust August when the food admin- j Istration was organized tiie price of sugar rose suddenly to 11 cents a pound. During the Civil War sugar <*ost the consumer 'l.r? cents a pound. H.v regulation of the sugar market and1 reducing tin* price to SVi and h cents and keeping It from advancing to -<>< cents the food administ ration has snv-' cd the Aineriean p 11 i 1 i?* at least $\S0.000,000 In four months, according to a statement made hy Herbert Hoover the olher day. "It is our stern duty to feed the allies, to maintain their healVh and strength at any cost to ourselves." Mr. Hoover declared. "There has not been, nor will he 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 greed and gluttony force fhoin either to further reduce their ration j or to send these ships we will have done damage to our ahftlties to win ! this wur, "If we send the ships to Java ) for 250,000 tons of sugar next year r we will have necessitated the employment of eleven extra ships for sne year. These ships?If used in I transporting troops?would take 150,000 to 200,000 men to France." i Reason for World Shortage. As Mr. Hoover pointed out, the ' United States, Canada and England were sugar importing countries before the war, while F ranee and Italy were very nearly self supporting. The main 1 sources of the world's sugar supply was Germany and neighboring power*, the West Indies and the East Indies. German sugar is no longer available, as it Is used enllrCly in Germany, whleh also absorbs sugar of surround-! Jug count l ies. England can no longer buy 1,400.<wij long tons of sugar earli year from Germany. The Fix-mob sugar production has dropped from ToO.OOO to 1MO.- | uoo tons. The Italian production lias! fallen from "JlO.nttn tons to To.OOd ton*.. 11ms three centimes were thrown | upon East and \Y??st Indian sources) for 1 ,92."?,000 tons :i)ii)u:tlly lo maintaiii j their normal eonsinnption. Because of the world's shipping! < (lie allied nations started1 'rawing on the West Indies for sugar:; j Fast Indian stt^jtr look three timesthe iitiinlier of ships, since the <1 is- j tance was three times as great. Sud denly the west was called on to fur nish and <Ii< 1 furnish 1,-1-0,000 tons of, sugar to 10urope when .".0(1,000 tons a 1 year was the pre-war demand. The allies had drawn from .lava *100.000 j tons before the shipping situation he-j came acute. "In spite of these shipments," .Mr. J Hoover staled ihe other day, "the! English government in August reduced' tlie household sugar ration to a basis*! of 21 pounds per annum per capita. | ^litd in September the French govern-) t ment rc<luccil their household ration to 12 2-10 poniwis a yoar, or n 1?11 over' 1 pound of sugar a month. Evrn tills! meagre ration would not ho filled hy | the French government It. was fomwl onrly In tho fall. America was then asked for 100,000 tons of sugar and succeeded In sending So,000 tons hy; December 1. The French request was granted because the American bouse-' hold consumption was then at least r>7? pounds per person, and It was eonsld-j ered the duty of maintaining the' French morale made our course clear." j Today the sugar situation may be summarized by stating that if America will reduce its sugar consumption 10 to 15 per cent, this nation will be able to send 200,000 j more soldiers to France. )*jl Sugar today sells at soubonrd re-, fineries at $7.20 a hundred pounds. The wholesale grocer has agreed to limit his profit to 20 cents a hundred plus freight, and the retail grocer Is supposed to take no more than 00 cents a hundred pounds profit. This regui latlon was made by the food administration, which now asks the housewife 1<- reduce sugar consumption as much a*, possible, using other sweeteners, and also reminds her that site should pay no more titan 0 cents a pound for ..uir?r. " " - -- - Control of Cant Refiner?* Profit?. "Immediately upon the establishu)cut of tlie food administration," Mr. I Hoover said, "an examination was made of the costs and profits of refining and It was finally determined that the spread between the cost of raw and the sale of refined cane sugar should be limited to $l.HO per huudred pounds. The pre-war differential had | averaged about $5 cents and Increasedi costs were found to iiave been i 10009-, yd' by the war ty fi\crc?sc<( cost y* r^i fining, losses, cost of bags, labor, Insur-1 ance, Interest and other things, rather, tnore than cover the difference. After' prolonged negotiations the refiners were placed under agreement establishing these limits on October 1, and anything over this amount to be agreed extortionate under the law. "In the course of these Investigations 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 nhout $5.061 per hundred. The average sale price i of granulated h.v various refineries, ac- ; cording to our investigation, was about $7.50 per hundred, or a differential of S1 SI. "Ill reducing the differential to $1.00 there was a saving to the public of 51 cents per hundred. Ilnd such a dlf- , ferential been In use from the 1st of I January. 1017. the public would have j saved In the first nine months of the j vein* nhout l.SOrt OOP " Next Vcar. Willi a v!o>v to more efficient organization of ili?> mule in imported sugars im*\i your lwo committees huve heen . formed liy i lie food administration : 1. A committee comprising repre- j xeu fa lives of all of the elements ??f I American cane refining groups. The j principal duly of this committee is to divide the sujjiir imports pro rata to their various eapaelties ami see that) absolute justice Is ilone to every re-' liner. 'J. A 'Committee comprising three representatives of the Kn^lish, French < ami Italian jmvcrnmciitx ; two representatives of the American refiners, with a mouther of the food administration.. Only two of the committee have arrived from Kuropc, hut they represent the allied uovernments. The dntii-s of tills committee are to determine tiro most economical sources from a transport point of vlevr of nil the ill-' lk/*s to arrange transport tit uniform rates, to distribute tin* foreign sugar between the irnitiMl States and allies, subject to the approval of the American. Knglish, French ami Italian governments. This committee, while holding-a!rung views as to the price to he paid for j Cuban sugar, has not had the final voice. This voire has rest**! In the governments coneernetl, together with l the Cuban government, and 1 wish to' state emphatically that all of the gentlemen concerned as good commercial men have endeavored with the tit most! patience and skill to s<?eure a lower i price, and their persistence has re- j dttced Cuban demands hy 1 o cents per httndred. The price agreed upon is about -SI.b<> per hundred {xaitids, f. o. h. j Cuba, or equal to about $6 duty paid New York. i "This price should eventuate," j Mr. Hoover said, "to about $7.30 per hundred for refined sugar from the refiners at seaboard points or should place sugar in the hands of the consumer at from B'/2 to 9 | cents per pound, depending upon locality and conditions of trade, or at from 1 to 2 cents below the prices of August last and from onehalf to a cent per pound cheaper than today. "There is now an (diminution of j spcrtilnlion, extortInnate profits, ami j in the refining alone the American people will save over ,$li."u000,000 of! the refining charges last year. A part t of these savings goes to the Cuban, j Hawaiian, l'orto Kiean and .Lousianian ( producer and part lo the consumer, "Appeals to prejudice against the| food iidini nist ration have tn'on made' because the Cuban price is cents | above that of 11)17. It is said in effect that the Cubans it re at our mercy; j that, we could get Sii^ttr a cent, lower. We made exhaustive study ol' the cost of producing sugar in Cttha last year through our own agents in Cnhn, and we 1 i11<I it averages S.'J.lil), while many producers are at a higher level. We found that an average profit of ?tt least a eent per pound was necessary in order to maintain ami stimulate production or that a minimum price of 5 l..Tf was necessary, and even tills would stille some producers. "The price ultimately agreed was 22 cents above these liglires, or about one-, tlfth of a cent per pound to the American consumer, and more than this amount has been saved by our reduction In refiners' profits. If we wish to stifle production in Cuba we could lake flint course just at the time of all times in our history when we want production for ourselves and the allies. Further than that, the state (le part ment will assure yon tlint such n course would produce disturbances' in Cuba and destroy even our present supplies, hut beyond nil these material rensotis is one of huniaii justice. This great country has no right by the might of it's position to strangle Cuba, j "Therefore there is no imposition upon (lie American public. Charges have been made before tiys committee that Mr. ltolpli endeavored to benedit the California refinery of which he was manager by this 34 cent increase in Cuban price. Mr. ltolpli did not fix lite price. It does raise the price to 1 . ? THE HORRY HMtAL the Hawaiian farmer about that iiinoimt. It does not raise the profit of the California refinery. h??onu8e their charge for refining is. like all other refiners. limited to .VI.110 per hundred i pounds, plus the freight differential on the established custom of the trade. "Mr. Rolph has not one penuy of In (crest lu that refinery." RICH RECLUSE DIED LONELY No One Really Knew Her Although She Had Lived in Same Place Many Yeara. Kokomo, Ind.?Henrietta Do well, aged sixty-two, a recluse, died at her home in the eastern part or this city recently. Although a resident here 26 years no one really knew her. Her husband, George W. Dow ell, died suddenly a year ago. He, too, was eccentric. They had a large, handsomely furnished home, but never entertained company. No one except servants entered the home for many years. After the death of her husband Mrs. Dowell had no companions except two dogs. One of these died early last winter. She bought an expensive coffin and buried it in the yard at her door. She became ill several weeks ago and was forced to engage a nurse and housekeeper. Mrs. Dowell loaves real estate valued at $30,000 and much personal property. She possessed a number of diamonds and other valuable jewelry. There is a box in the safety deposit vault of a Kokomo bank that is believed to contain gold coin and jewelry. The heirs are nephews and nieces, ten in number. One of them. Mrs. Hertha Sendra, lives in Indianapolis. Another, Mrs. Eva ('raft, lives at Monnn The othoi- ere brothers ami sisters and named Cn ft, living in Saskatchewan and British (/Oluni>*'rt * 0 m o NOTICE or SALE. I'ndrr and by virtue of the decree and judgment of the court made >y Lis Honor Mendel L. Smith, Presiding Judge, in the ease of It. W. Bellnmy, Plaintiff vs. F. O . Bellamy, Pofendant, and dated the Mist da\ < !' October A. 1). 101 G> 1, the uiuUv. igned J. A. Lewis, Sheriff of Hor-y County, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder before the Court House door at Conway, in Horry County, and State of .South Carolina, during legal hours of sale, on salesday in March next. ;t being the 4th day of said month, all and singula" those certain lands situate in Horry County, and described as follows, to. \.it: All and singular, that certain piece or parcel of land, situate in Little River Township, County of Horry, State aforesaid, containing twenty (li'J) acres, more or less, being the premises purchased by said F. O. Bellamy from R. W. Bellamy. Bounded West by R. S. Bellamy; North by M. L. Thompkins; East bv K. B. Grainger; South by W. W. Vercen and estate lands of S. B. Livingston. TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. Conway, S. C'., February 1st, 11)18. J. A. LEWIS, Sheriff of Horry County. L. B. SCARBOROUGH, Plaintiff's Attorney. JAMES SMART ESTATE OFFERED FOR SALE Wo have for sale the estate land of Hie late Mr. J as. Smart, containing thirty-two acres, with 10 or 18 acres < lea red, with dwelling house, lying n Bucks township, on Pee Deo Public Road. Wire fencing round about onefourth of field. Call or write us your best offer foi this property which th<> heirs want i?? dispose of at a fair price. The onl> time to buy land is when it is ol'fere I for sale. Afterwards it is too late.?ad UnTJPV I A VT'i A / ' 1/ \r/'\' .. iiwivivi v i !'* i> v i , v on way. M. M. Hedrick. II. H. Woodward. * A. (I. Uriee, senator from Chester County, died at his homo in Chest' :* last week. Senator Rrioe was taker, seriously ill a few days ago and grad ually became worse. # { Used 40 Years | CARDUi J Tin Woman's Tonic 2 2 Sold Everywhere 2 eeeeeeeeeeel 51 V , JK1' . "Vfc^ P, COWWAY. S. O. with 01 without Here is a wa to make light delicious muffin without using ex ' | pensive butter: I , , , Instead of th usual lump of but ter which you mel and stir into you muffins, melt s hi all lump a wholesome Cot to l e n e ? o n e -1 h i r less th an vou woul use of butter. VUse the recip given below an see how these ligV I Yes! Economical Cottolenc is s rior tor all trying and tor all cak WHY SUBMARINES WERE UNLEASHES Dutch Paper Publishes Documents Obtained Secretly ~ from German Archives. Amsterdam.?The Handclablad today published a series of documents obtained secretly from German ar chives, shoving- the stops which led to the adoption by Germany of hot v.^.. i ?t - u.ui;.-,unu\i suuninrinc campaign a yc?r ago. Tse following is a summai:y of the documents: "At the close of 1915 the Gorman I admiralty prepared a inonmrandum to show .that unrest rioted U-boat war fare would compel Great Britain to sue foe peace within six months.' The wording or the memorandum in di rates that the admiralty had a.readv decided to adopt this itensKicd warfare, but desired to convince the Emperor, the impeiial chancellor and the foreign office of the certainty < ( the good results on economic and general grounds rather than mevei> en military grounds. Basis of Aguments. Accordingly, the memorandum based its arguments on statistics ?. food prices, freight and insuranc rates in Great Britain. It pointed out the < ffoct which even the restrict* ?i submarine warfare had shown o. prices of the essentia1 commodit i'-s on the balance (>f trade and on the morale of the English people. Thp memorandum iii.d was sub mitted to Dr. von Bethmann-Ilollvveg, the imperial chancellor, and then to Dr. Karl Helfferieh, vice chancello.'. The latter rejected it on the ground that it was impossible io set a limit on England's staying power and the absence of authentic estimates of her stock on hand, also because he feared the action which would result from neutrals, sepecially the United States. Internal Situation. The authors of the memorandum then sent a reply in which they pointed out the gravity of the internal situation in Germany and assured' j Dr. Helfferich that a desperate rem-1 edy was necessary. They reinforced; their argument as to the seriousness of the internal state of affairs i>y .calling in nine experts, representing | German finance, commerce, mining and agriculture. These experts included Waldeman Muller, president of the Dresden Bang; Dr. Salomonsoh, director the Discontent Gosellchaft; Pan' lleusch, Prussian councillor of com mcrce; Dr. Springoru, iron and rail way magnate; Max Schinkel, press Vr.t of vhc Mamhurg Norddeutsci < # ? ht^t " X*W'^^^A^SP?1 ^ _ ? '-^r r I * ?^tr" ' v?4/f MS,-MUFF] y Cottoicne muffins rise?to any occa- y? is sion. Uist take: to 1 ] ? tablespoons melted ^ _ Cottoicne \\ 1 _ 1 tablespoon sup.ar ^ It- 1 /:z cups milk pr ir l mj qu 3, 3 cups sifted Hour in > f 3 teaspoons bakitm ^0 (__ powder a h J 1 scant teaspoon salt \ yr bl! Now of course this en recipe saves you mi c housekeeping money. !>i; d '. ? ' Hut what you want to dc it know most is this: pi? ** Jli<3 Natural Shorfenun*" >lso supce-makin^ ^ l\ink, ami !I rr Zuckschwardl, coun- ' < seller c! commerce c Madgchurg. \ As exports, (Iwisc men were invit- i od to \-i ply to tr.ree questions: Fir ?t, what would the efleet > Lhlgland of an unrestricted sutomai ! ire war; s<x:ond, what would bo the I efleel on vicv. amy's relations with ! t!?e Vjn.iled States and otlu ; neutrals, , J and, third, to what extent did the i.ae nal situation ol' tJermany deuiard thc use i f this drastic v. capon j All the experts an reed on the first point that Kngyan I would have to su.. for peace in almost six months. ! quo mrs i license revoke!!, i ' [? AftIM lOft ' duisciuou uj opuumauun in and Hoarding of Cotton Seed." i j Washington.'?Tiio license of th j j Clio OP ami Fertilizer Company cT , | Clio, S. C., pas been revoked and tiv i concern 01 doled to close up its i business not later than February '?, ' ... ( I the foot' administration announced toj day. ( "Speculation in and hoarding ! cotton seed" is the reason j;ivon f >>> ! the order, and it was announced 1 t hsil as all of the company'. j ; products arc manufactured from col( ton seed, which is under license, ii j will he unable to operate even as :< 'ertilizer manui'aclurei. The company had on hand M.Ot)-. i i (MJO pounds of cot4"'Jn seed, and ha i>een operated only two and a In; 1' | da/a in the past year, according tatistic.o brought out ;.t a hearing l>< Tore tic.' federal fond administ m- , lion for South Carolina. This, it was i 11 announced,, was an amount ahov< O j reasonable needs for a roasonahh' ( leneth of time," and was taken as 1 s "clear proof that the seed poses. ' COLDS & LaGRlPPE ' 5 or 6 doses 666 will brer.Ii I 1 any case of Chills 8c Fever, Colch 8c LaGrippe; it acts on the live? ? T.n.-a i ? 1 J ^ oenor inan \jaiomci ana aoes no gripe or 6icken. Price 25c. ^ The property of the State will he assessed for taxation on a basis of 12 11 per cent, of the true valuation, the u iate employed in former years, in conformity with the wishes of the j(:i legislature, according to a letter P which was mailed to the county auditors and boards of assessors of the State. C Tht OuWnt That Does Not Affact tho Hud y Beciuiie of its tonic and laxative effect, I.AXA* n TIVK BKOMO QUININE is better than ordinary P auinine and docs not cause nervousness nor V using in head. Remember the full name and ? look for the signature of E. w. GROVE. 30c. ? ran it INS ? Will Cottolene give ur muffinsthe flavor at real muffins ought have! It will. Just try one tch of muffins with aolesome Cottolene d see! \ on may he surised at the small antity of Cottolene the recipe. But n't he. You should way.i use one-third s of Cottolene than til c;\:\n.\trily use of i ;tter or other shorting $. Not atone for tiffins but for flaky scuits and perfectly lk ;ious cakes and I js, as \v eil? -? ' -N V * > ? & .* T At proccrs in tins ci convenient ri.-es ^ JAY KAISER WANTS NESOTiATEO PEACE Serlin Professor Also Puis Great Masses of People in This Class j .1- Si OTHERS DESIRE TO FIGHT TO A FiniSII ^i?; i;il'icancc of Pan - Gci maim' Attack 011 Emperor Is Pointed Out. Rotterdam.?Emperor William ;s r. sympathy with the movement foe icaee hy agreement, according to Professor ,H:uis Delhrueek, of the I'niversity of Merlin, as quoted in an ulerview with the Nieuwe Rotterhnasehe C'ouratins Merlin correspond mt. ProTessor Delhrueek said the war ?ng nations were now divided into wo camps, the first comprising hose, who like Premier Lloyd (leorve n England, and Admiral von Tirpitx, Germany. wanted a fight to a finh, and the second consisting of Lose who, like Emperor William, th * icrman government, the Reichstag najority and the great majority of he people were working for a no go., kited peace. Not to Infringe on Belgium. (Irrmany, declared Professor D< irueck, has no thought of infringing* i]>on the integrity or of sovereignty i Belgium, and he regretted that 'haneoller von llertling in his Reichtag speech did not say so more deiiitely. Nothing was farther from lie chancellor's intention than th 4 a crying out of a pdicy of force. In 'i\)fessor I>elhriuck's the mass s of the people were behind Ivm. The pi'olessor thought the fear that .dmiral von Tirpilz might get urn owvr to shape Wings a . ' desire 1 as ouite unfounded. Pre.lessor Delhrueek pointed to th srioits attacks by the Pan-Gonnaa > p?n the Emperor?something hith< > unheard of in Germany?as suffu ent proof of the Emperor's syniathy with a peace by agreement. FOR SALE?25,000 yards obacco Canvas. Price 4 1-2 ents per yard. Delivered by arcels _post or express preaid. Don't let the cold kill our plants. W. S. Floyd, loyd Dale, S. C.?adv