Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1919 — HIGH PRICES NOT JUSTIFIED [ARTICLE]

HIGH PRICES NOT JUSTIFIED

Milllon-Ton Sugar Crop Soon Available, Refiner Says. Washington, D. C., Oct. 21. — Federal control of the sugar crop was opposed today before the senate agricultural committee by C. A. Spreckels, a New York refiner, who blamed governmental interference for the sugar situation. There is no shortage, he said, although the supply Is “dislocated.” One million tons of the 1919 crop, will be available before Jan. 1, he added, to relieve the situation. Mr. Spreckels said he would not object to government control if it would reduce the price to the consuknier. Instead, he Insisted, it has brought about an Increase In price. “If the matter was left to the law of supply and demand, it would soon get down to a proper basis,” he added.