Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1919 — SUGAR SHORTAGE BECOMING ACUTE IN THIS STATE. [ARTICLE]

SUGAR SHORTAGE BECOMING ACUTE IN THIS STATE.

The sugar situation in this city, a* well as the remainder of Indiana, is even worse than it was last week and worse than at any time during the war, according to Stanley Wyckoff, federal sugar distributor of Indiana. It may be that many persons will have to go without sugar in their coffee before the shortage ils relieved. The supplies of certain dealers are running low and there is not enough sugar in sight to replenish them. The sugar equalization board’s policy is to distribute sugar in a way to keep canneries and other manufacturing industries from closing down and throwing labor out of employment. Mr. Wyckoff is giving first consideration to the canneries 'because if they are not supplied much food will be lost. Mr. Wyckoff was informed the Van Camp canneries would have to close down today if sugar Tjrere not received. The sugar situation has been considerably aggravated as a result of the railroad labor troubles, which delayed shipments. There is now great difficulty in tracing cars. Some of the jobbers are complaining that while they comply with the sugar equalization board’s regulation as to prices, two or three 'wholesale dealers of Indiana have (been reaping a profit by selling above the regulation price. Wyckoff has turned over to the United States district attorney’s office evidence of violations and he hopes for prosecutions- or revocations of government licenses.