Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1920 — PROMISES TO STOP GAMBLING IN SUGAR SALES [ARTICLE]

PROMISES TO STOP GAMBLING IN SUGAR SALES

Attorney General Palmer late yesterday made public details of an agreement negotiated with eastern sugar refiners whereby speculative resales are to be eliminated. • This, it is believed, will keep the price of sugar within bonds by getting it directly into the hands of the ultimate consumer without speculative profit taking along the line. The sugar committee which cooperated with Herbert Hoover, food administrator, during the war, has been reconstituted, and will co-op-erate with the department in hnait‘ing margins of profits to both wholesalers and retailers. Officials were assured they would have the support of this committee in running down cases of profiteering, hoarding, or market speculating Mr. Palmer said.