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Republican but Independent.

Pobllihed Erery Friday by The

CAPE MAT COUNTY TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY

(Incorporated)

West Jeraey and Laadla ATennea. Sea lale Oty. N. J.

WM. A. HAFFERT,

CHAS. O'CONNOR. C. F. 8CHUCK, Secretary.

AdeerUalns Rates Fnrnlabcd upon

Price. IL50 per year.

Entered at the Post Office. Sea lale City. N. J.. aa second-class matter.

FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1918

IMEffllW SIM! SEHTTOFRANCE American Price Rigidly Regulated

by United States Food

Administration.

CONSUMERS HERE PAY 9c. Sugar Coat 95 Centa a Pound During Civil War—(toAnere" ProBta

Now Curtailed.

TAXING TRANSPORTATION

CAPACITY.

No one trill fall to appreciate the motives which prompt men and women to make Iona tripa to vlalt their sons, brother*, husband* or sweethearu who are In tralnlmc at the varioui mill tan camp* throughout the United Statra. Nor trill anyone b< lAcklna In understanding of the dealro Of the aoldier* to ret a furlourh that penult* them to vlalt their hornet. The feeling of affection and personal Interest which prompts visits of this ktwd is not only a virtue in the In dividual but la a necessary bond advancing social organ last Ion V In thi* war to light in defense of those we love. We fed deep concern for the wetfart of the loved ones who are enduring the privations, the hardships and the dangers of the war. But it must not be forgotten that every per seal who travel* unnecessarily these days la taking that much of the transportation capacity of the railroads and la hindering In corresponding degree tn the shipment of commodities for thi use of our soldier* and the armies of

our allies.

In view of the many reports they were getting of unsatisfactory conditions at the training camp*, it is Impossible to criticise those who have tourneyed to the camps to look after the welfare of their »oidlt-r relative* and friends With the many evidences of negl -ct on the part of the War De part men! officials who were charged with the doty of protecting the health and promoting the comfort of the who had been called to military vice. It was scarcely to be ho|ird that relative* would remain peacefully • at home. The President bad defeated the effort to create a Joint bi partisan Con gresslon*] Committee on th< Conduit of the War. and. therefore, there was no agency to take official note of d«tlnquencie* and to Insist upon prompt and scrupulous stlcntio.. to the needs of the men in the ramp* The cboseti

people

Sugar Is art ling today throughout America at from 8S4 to 9 recta a pound to the consumer, even though there Is a world shortage which ha# reduced this nation s sugar allotment to TO per cent, of normal. Through tbs efforts of the Cntted States food administration the sugar market has best, regulated aa far as the producer, retlocr and wholesaler is concerned. The food udmlnlstredoo power to regulate retail prices except by public opinion. Even though more than SS.000 tons of aogar have been shipped to France tn tbs last four months the retail grocer's sugar price 1* around 8 to 8V4 cents He should sell Utli sugar ■» ,0 • -enta. the food aCmlntstrotU* believes, and sak* the American housewife to t*y no more than this amount Last August when the food administration was organised the price ef sugar rose suddenly to II cents a pound. During U* Civil War sugar cost the consumer 85 cents a pound. By regulation of the sugar market and reducing the price to 8H and 9 cents and keeping It from sdranctar to 20 eeo's the food admlnistraflon has saved the American public at least 9190. 000.000 In four months, according to a state men' made by Herbert Hoovi the other day. “It U our stent duty to feed the allle*. tn maintain their health and strength at any cost to ourselves, Mr. Hoover declared, “niere hss not been, nor will be as we see It. enough sugar for even their preseat meagre and depressing ration unless they send ships to remote markets for IL If we in our greed and gluttony force them rimer to further reduce their ration or to send these ships we will have done damage to our shinties to win

this war.

“If we send the ships to Java for 250.000 tons of sugar next year we will have necessitated the employment of eleven extra ships for one year. These ships—tf used In transporting troops would take 150.000 to 200000 men to France." Reason for World Shortage. As Mr. Hoover pointed out. the United States. Canada and England were sugar Importing countries before the war. while France and iuly w-re very nearly self supporting. The main sources of the world's sugar supply ess Germany and neighboring powers, the West Indies and the Eat: Indira. Germs* aagar Is no longer available, at It Is used entirely In Germany, which also absorbs sugar of surround-

ing countries.

England can no longer buy 1.sou,000 long tons of sugar each year from Germany. The French sugar production has dropped from TQO.OOc to 210.oon tons The Italian procbillon has fallen from 210.000 .ons to 75.000tone Tli us three count rim were thrown upon Eset and West Indian aourcts for 1.925.000 tons annually to maintain

'heir normal consumption

Because of the world's shipping shortage the allied nallona started drawing on the West Indies for sugar; East Indian sugar took three times the numlier of ships, since the distance was three times as great. Suddenly the west was called on to furt:!»h and did furnish 1.420.C00 tons of -near to Europe when 900,000 ton* a ear mas lbs pre-war demand The

without •neb a committ*-. a- • hould a Ulss had drawa from Java 400.000 have been actively i-nrsr-d in cutting tons before tbs shipping situation bethe bond* of red tape and awakening came acute. the somnolent votaries of aatchles> “In spite of these shlpmenta." Mr. waiting Hoover stated the other day. "the That mdortanate .ondiil'* should Fngllsb fovonuxsit k> Auguat reduced be Immediate!) d-nged . ..ngres* | r ‘ Uo " ,0 * ^ .. , of 24 pt-unda per annum per capita ahould soon « boo . _tii. -t and ^ ^ ^,,^1^. u* Krenct governmost rigorous of II* member,., a, both ^or^j 0,^ b„uaebold ration political parties to . 001- rate with the | lo jg 2 10 pounda a year, or a bit over executive branch of the rovermsent I 1 found of sugar t month Even this In promoting an efficient prosecution meagre ration could not be Oiled by Of the war. When that has been don- ,b * French government It was found

nlUives at soldiers m.y f-el couM. n! |

. staked for 100.000 too* of sugar and on eerttW I, .111 <0.. ^ „ pronpll) u am lor iho.. .ho h... | , t,„ rTOrl , ... eo ouiagcourlv and with 1*0 murh! ^ranied be'-iiuse the American house self **criflcc abatidun>-d the comfort► | hold consumption was then at least 55 of home for the rigors and hardship* I ,*>nun4a per i-ersos. and It was ronald

Of war

NO PARALLEL.

Trying to draw a pr ralb-l f War tiroes is dlffli-ul'. even I Cr *‘ 'e editors and cartoon)* , * criticised but WU. * Stanton a.* cr bat Bake. was crttJcU * " * a Gideon WtT, 1 ^’ u ''' were crltlriscv^ ’ 1 say whether the other* are g. Grant* and Shert’ * 0 r “ r,1 i

e.-ed the duty of maintaining ths i French morale made our roarer clear." Today the sugar situation may be summarised by stating that If America will reduce Its sugar consumption 10 to 15 per cent this nation will be able to send 200.000

more eoldlers to France,

>1 I Sugar today solis at aratmard re ! fineries at gTJO a bumlr.-i fNienda I ilin'.t hks prom tu 25 rents a bundled 1 j plus freight, and the retail grorei 1* 11 , suppuaed to take nu nnire than Ml rents h ■ tiundred |M>cbd« profit This regu d ! tatluii was made t.v the fia>4 adnilnls

Hoover said. *

made ef the cc-its and profits ef

ing and It was anally

the spread between the cost of raw and the sale of refined cane aogar should be limited to *1J» per hundred pounda. The pre-war dlfferentiai had averaged about 85 coots and teerassed

were found to have been Impos-

ed by the war tn Incresaed cost of refining. losses, cost of hags, labor. Insurance. interest and other things, rather

than cover the difference. After

prolonged negotiations the refiners were placed under agreement establishing these limits on October L and anything over this amount to bo agreed

extortionate under the law.

“In the course of these

ttoos it was found by canvass of the Cuban producer* that their sugar had. during the first nine months of the past year, sold for an average of about 94.24 per hundred t ©. b. Cuba, to which duty and freight added to the refiners' cost amount to about 9588 per hundred. The average sals price of granulated by varioo# refineries, according to our Investigation, was about 17.50 per hundred, or a differential of

91.84.

"In reducing the differentia! to 91J0 there was a savlne t-> the public of 54 cent* per hundred. Had sorb a differential been In use from the 1st of January. 1017. the public would have saved in the first nine months of the year about KM OMinfifi - Ncxt Yeat With a view to more efflcteni orgsntsatlon of the trade tu imported sugars next year two committees have been formed by the food administration 1. A committee comprising representatives of all of the dement# of American cane refining groups. The principal duty of this committee 1# to divide the sugar Imports pro rats to their various capacities and see that absolute Justice is done to every re-

finer.

Z A committee comprising three representatives of the English. French and Italian government#: two representatives of the American refiner*, with a member of the food administration. Only two of lb* committee hsv* arrived from Europe, but they represent the allied governments. The datlss of this committee are to de'.srmlat the most economics! sourct* from a transport point of view of all the allies to arrange transport at uniform rates, to distribute tbe foreign sugar between the United Bates and allies, subject to tbe approval of the American. English. French and Italian govThla committee, while holding strong views a* to tbe price to !*■ paid for Cuban sugar, bus not had the final voice. This voice has rested In Ch* government# concerned, together with the Cuban government, and I wish to stale emphatically that all of the gaoUctncn concern ad as good commercial men have elide* rorrd with the Etmaet patience and skill to secure a lower price, and their persistence has reduced Cuban demands by 15 cants par hundred The price agreed upon Is about 94.00 per hundred pounds, L «. h. Cuba, or equal to about 98 duty New York. “This price should eventuate," Mr. Hoover said, “to about 97Jfi per hundred for refined sugar from the refiners at seaboard points St should place sugar In the hands of th* consumer at from t/j to t cents per pound, depending upon locality and conditions of trad*, or at from 1 tc 2 cants btlow th* pnocs ef August last and from so* half to a ce< than today. "There ts bow so eliralnal speculation, extort loo sir prufil In t o rvfining alone the pcoi-.v will save over (25010,000 of the refining charges last year. A part of these savings gov* to the Cuban. Hswstlsu, Porto Rican and Irmslanlan producer and part ts the nx.turner. -Apiwsls to prrjadlre sgalimt th* food administration ha*r ixwu mad* because the Cuban prire t» 84 rents above that of 1917. It la aald la effect that the Cubans are at oar istj ; that we could get sugar a rent lower. Vi t made exhaaativr study of th* CM*, of producing augur in Cuba last year through our own agents In Cuba, aad we find It *'crage* 98AU. while many proUDcrr* are at a higher l.-veL We found that aa average profit of at leasi a rent per pound was noraaaary In order to maintain and stimulate production or that a minimum pilre of 94 C7 was aecvwssry. and even this would stifle some prudorere “The prire ultimate!* agreed was 29 cents above three figures, or aliout onefit Ik of a rent per pound to tbe Ameri consumer, and more thaa this amount bas hern sated by our reduction In refiners' profits If we wish ts still* production in Cab* w* coaid tak* lbat course Just at th* Uw* of all time* In our history vrbeo ws srant production for ourael*es and th* el lie*. Further than that, the stale dopartinent will assure you that soefc a •-ours* would pr,*!me disturbance* la Cut* Slid destroy even our jireoent supplies, but beyond all il---o- material reasons la our of butnan Justice. Thh great country has no right by tbr might of Its j... Ion to strangle Oub*. “Tbereforr there la no '■I-** 1 the American publh

diEDNOSSiKS

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ARMYSWaTHS SUPPLIES SEHT ALSO TO SEN

IN NAVY.

System of Distribution Prevents Waste and Duplication, Atlantic Division Announces Nearly 00* million aad a half of ■wwicrs have boon purchased for training camps, according to th* Bureau jt Military Roilef at ths Atlantic Division of ths Rod Cross, which has charge of ths distribution of sup--pUas to th* satiated aad conscripted men In th* atatas of New York. New Jersey and OooaccticuL About 40M)00 of these sweaters were l-uught la ths last month. Sixty thousand helmets were also purchased. many of which have not yet bean delivered because they are held up by tbe present traffic blockade. The need for sweater* among tbe Ameri--un fighting men la In creasing, and the American Red Cross Is buying In the open market almost the same quantity of knitted garments as is now being made by the women volunteers In the Red Ooaa. Chmp Dlx, Camp Upton. Camp Mills. Camp Merritt, Camp VaR and the aviation fields are within the Jurisdiction of the Atlantic Division. Bssldas there camps, the Division supplies Vadlson Barracks and Forts Hancr . Wadsworth. Hamilton. Jay. Worn. Totten, TUden. Schuyler, Slocum. H. 0. Wright and Terry. Red Cross Man at Camps. At these stations, including some miscellaneous giving and in addition to 00,000 Christmas pack els, the Red Cross bas distributed GZ3T8 sweaters. 19.0-0 helmets. BZ489 mufflers. 38.624 wristlets, 52,747 socks and 8,879 comfort kit*. It hat also given to the Navy 1&819 aw asters 7,744 helmets, 9,975 muffler*. 11,848 wristlet*.-14^20 socks and 8.187 comfort kit*. This makes a total of article* distributed by tbe Alia otic Division Mat month 86.11*7 sweaters. 27,658 helmets. 62,464 mufflers. 50,278 wristlets, 87,867 socks and 8398 comfort ktm Tbe Red Cross Field Director has ream to be the mala solution of the great problem of distribution for tbe

Persons living at a distance and wishing to opes an account with us can do so by mail. We will mite you full particulars upon application. 1 There is no better place to open a Savings Account than in the

Security Trust Company, CAPE rtAY. N. J. 3X Interest Paid on Savings Deposits

there are Red Cross headquarters with a director aad sometime* several assistants From here whole units of men are fitted out with complete sets of knitted garments, which are sent out by th* Dt vision In

forts where there are no field director* tbe distribution of Red rmas supplies Is made fay the com-

Tt was early evident." said John Vr.gee. Director of Military Relief for tbe Division, “that ts prerent re dlstribn-

We therefore adopted the I-las at fitting out units aa a whole. The commanding officer canvasses •sell company. He allows only on* ■ntfit to a man. On inspection day be I by the YfL-

RED CROfit AMIOM9 WAR WORK TO •CMOOLfi.

sugar

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. Using other sa ret riM-re, utid si** remind* her that she

;-*y no more than V rruu a poci-d for CMitral ef Can* Rrfinrr*' P-oAt*.

and Ounnscdcjt, which have hessi ea*:ed fur srar work la tbs Ju M.titbrrahlp and School Acaritle* De1 srtfBeat of ths &Wt Cross, have been ••sksd by th* AUantiC Dlrlslon of the

in the Red Cross Junior Daptrtmeiu. It is the result of Bed Cross represea tativsa in Frenre v> bo cabled that | lew I I there are U> 1 Work upon these ' siiottad through the i-re of Bed Oroas chapters. Th# Orr must be completed In three t -.ntba. and chapters have been asked I to report to the Junior Department 00 February 10 the portion of ths *1 1 imeet than completed.

■1 that Mr II..l|

> this < 1-I •wtured

inery of whirl, bs '14 rent Inrreaa* lu.iid, did nut Hi olre tli* |*rlre Is ner siMiat that i»l»e the prufil of ' her* us. their hke all other re. " l-v bimdrsd [,, t oiffereotfsl oa ‘•f the trad* -oe p.v, B > of ts

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RED CRO08 3ECENTRALIZE8 NATIONAL SUPPLY OCRVIoB. Th* dscenuallxntion of the Red ‘•roes Hupply Service has Just been ■--mplstad. This servlc* has been dl •—led Into two departments- the Bed 1 !•** Nst'oaal Olaariag House and

the Bureau of Purchase*

Mr Clyde A. Pratt formerly ei tlv# a* Tetsry of tbs War Belief ClearHome, has beet, appointed dlrecof tbe National (Tearing House. •*■*» situated In New York clt) it* 1 'ireas of PnrrhsMa I* under the i s. -umM of Mr W. R Mrlsuen

RED CRCOfi IN OCHWAfl HOME. Ih# borne ..f Charles 14 Krtra.b »■ d the t«»vn house Of John D. Ho- ke-f-Her. Sr. Is New Tork city, are aioong 11 '• Isles* additions to th. list at pnv*ts dwellings eher. Red Cross sro* Uisry wort reams are being aperai

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