Government control of the sugar industry in the United States; an account of the work of the United States food administration and the United States sugar equalization board, inc

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...that of bread, of meat, of clothing. In the main we must look for a remedy to the natural development of production and to the return of the entire world to normal financial and economical conditions. The Board received an acknowledgment of the above communication from the White House, but no reply from President Wilson. After a month had elapsed, the Board became anxious over the situation and under heavy pressure from the trade for a statement of a definite policy addressed another letter to the President asking a reply to its former letter. Only an acknowledgment was received. On September 22, the Cuban representatives, in a letter to the Board,1 withdrew their offer previously made to negotiate for the 1920 crop. On the following day, September 23, 1919, Mr. Zabriskie addressed this communication to the President: My dear Mr. President: The inclosed copy of a letter2 from Messrs. Hawley and Rionda, representing the sugar producers of Cuba, is self-explanatory, and in view of the fact that about one third of the Cuban crop of next year has since been disposed of for export to countries other than the United States, we believe that the situation is out of hand. Therefore in order to protect the interests of the American consumer we have advised American refiners as to conditions, so that they may purchase raw sugar as per prewar times. Here then was a most important step towards decontrol: refiners had been notified to purchase their raw supplies as in prewar times. The whole sugar situation then became subject to Congressional inquiry and action. On September 27, 1919, Senator New submitted a resolution (66th Congress, 1st Session, S. Res. 197) "directing the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to investigate the shortage and price of sugar...