The evening world. Newspaper, November 6, 1919, Page 10

ER CAN SHIP SUGAR SUPPLY TOU. 8, HESAYS ow. Karoer Aik Asks Board’s Permission to Import 500,000 Pounds. the Food Administration is every effort towards reliev- ‘the sugar famine here, there } $00,000 bags of sugar, more than pounds, in warehouses in awaiting transportation to York, according to J. W. » & sugar broker at No. 79 Street. Karner to-day filed applica- with the Sugar Bqualization for permission to import 5,000 of this sugar at a price to be by the Federal Food Adminis- ur Williams This price cost plus his fair commission broker, gugar in question is not an- the same contro) as the last crop the price would be regulated to extent by the demands of the " Mr. Karner said, “It prop- ‘would come into the market at) 14cents, It would not affect p price of sugar in the homes as it go to manufacturers. This Felease present stocks for home o I would expect the ; Board and the Food Adminis- : to take every precaution any element of profiteering In Her.” R Food Administrator ar ob to keep the su of . for manufacturers as normal ib The sugar so used, Mr. states, is not destroyed and ly reaches the consumer. in the retall mark: inconvenience to ho’ ‘but shutting off manufacturing ‘would throw thousands of ’ out of work. They, not ‘would have to go without sugar, else as well and this add to industrial complications, us opinion. “Hew York may got some of the 13,- : of sugar now tn the ; control of F. H. soker, No. 79 Wall Street. C. H- Secretary and Treasurer of Lawrence Refining Company ‘Who came to New York esult of Mr. Williams’ investi- on of offers of 1,000 tons of the which is Canadian owned, “ott pa ‘willingness to lot: tons go here under Gov- price regulation. ie the sugar offered through operators and New intermediaries ot around 11 ® pound, This price soared th “pyramiding” to 21 cents a pound when it reached the American Chicle Company. Ben A. Matthews. Assistant United States District Attorney, was asked by Mr. Williams to take up an in- vestigation of the transaction. Mr. Padres pve the offer of sugar here, mingo product not under Boveraia: regulation, at 11 1-2 cents @ pound raw, was profiteering. “Mr. McLean and Mr. Goecker have made statements to me,” Mr. Mat- thews said. “The port strike held up their shipments and instead of stor- ing all their sugar, the St. Lawrence Befining Company was willing to sell 1,000 tons here at a price that would let them pick up @ stock later to replace their shortage. “lL have been assured that the transaction was submitted to the Sugar Equalization Board and re- ceived approval from Costello of Equalization Board, No. 111 Wall Street, said: “Only that part of the preposition dealing with releasing ‘export’ sugar for domestic con: was sub- mitted here. We approved that and were very glad of the chance to get the sugar. We did not pass on any ‘cue highest, that it Is a grave mistake to open a transaction without having it entirely underst y the Food Ad- ministrator, might have reached some common ground of un- derstanding, and the price would not have been subject to such severe criticism as resulted from the profits added by outsiders.” Evidence of the confusion in the sugar situation is revealed by a suit pending in the United States courts n which the Federal Sugar Refining pany of Yonkers js suing the Sugar Equalization Board for $219.- 74. The complaint alleges that the ro- finery had a contract with the Nor- wegian Government Food Commis. sion to export 4,600 tons of sugar at 6.6 cents a pound in 1917. The con- tract was extended to October, 1918, with the provision that the price would be any figure get by the United States Government officials. The complaint sets up that an ex- port, license was refused by the Sugar 4, which, although knowing of the contract,in force with the wegian Government, did “wrong- fully design and contrive to receive the benefits of the contract for it- self,” continua to refuse the export license, and did “wrongfully represent to the Norwegian Food Commission that no refined sugar could be ex- ported from the United Sta would any export license bé issued EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1919.. Norwegian Food Commission to buy the 4,600 tons through the board at 11 cents a pound and the commission cancelled its contract with the re- finery, ‘This transaction netted the Government $219,744, it is claimed by the refinery, and admitted by the board in its answer to the suit, The answer sets up the defense that the transaction was one “be- tween the Governments of the Uni- ted States and Norway."* Although owned by the Govern- ment, the Sugar Equalization Board js & $5,000,000 corporation organiz under the lawa-of Delaware. The BELGIANS SEND PROOF Spon "the deportations “sf "Belgian OF WAR CRIMES TO PARIS | s"Frois britoncts Sf'war: Spon the yung omen who at- # the frontier to join Ss, and upon in- atievtctetiitcneeatnionin BOMB FOR STEEL WORKER. PITTSBURGH, Nov. 6.—The House occupled by Mike Sohokoff, who is em- ployed by the American Steel and Wire Company at Donora, Pa., was damaged by the explosion of a bomb placed in the doorway early to-day. None of the occupants was injured. Schokoff con- tinued to work after the steel strike was called. Four arrests were made. Furnishes. Evidence Against the} « 1,200 Germans Whose Sur- render Will Be Asked. BRUSSELS, Nov. 6 (French Wire- less Service.)—Copies of the evidence upon which the surrender of 1,200 refinery 1s represented by Bigelow &| commited in Welgium. during: the ise, Ov iam reet. The German occupation have been for- Board is defended by Shattuck, Glenn, a 6 Huse and Ganter, No. 26 Exchange| Paria) °° ‘N° Peace Conference at Place. @ indictments are principally OPPENHEIM, CLLINS & C 34th Street—New York SS price in the matter. The fixing of ‘the price is entirely up to the | Food A ministration. “1 have told Mr. Goecker, tation jn the trad through the Board,” whose By this means, it f the Sugar Pqualization alleged, NO _OONNPCTION WITH ANY OTHPR STORE IN U. 8. ite WE SELL FOR LESS because of our Low Rent Location. 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