Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* In the Nearby Cities and Town* — Matter* of Minor Mention From Many Localities. U. S. BUYS 14,000 TONS OF SUGAR For Use of the Canning and Preserving Factories of America. New York, June 11. —Thirty-four million pounds of sugar will be available for commercial canners and preservers during the five months from June 1 to Oct. 31, A. W. Riley, special assistant to Attorney-General Palmer, announced here today. Assurances that the sugar will be provided were given Mr. Riley by representatives of the leading refiners. Representatives of the canning and preserving Industries told him, Mr. Riley said, that both industries were in a serious condition due to the threatened shortage of sugar. The refiners promised, he added, that the supply would be available at a reasonable price. They expressed willingness to fill the orders of all essential industries but declared the principal obstacle waif lack of transportation facilities. The 34-060,000 pounds will be divided equally between the canners and preservers.