Abolish Government Sugar Controls,
Exports to Europe, Industry Urges
NEW YORK-The present sugar situa·
tion is a very lumpy one. No increase in
the present allotment for industrial users
is anticipated before the second quarter
of 1947.
Present indications are that the expected
crop of 4.75 mill ion tons from Cuba will
not materialize and that 4.0 to 4.5 million
is more logicaL Estimates on the Puerto
Rican crop, originally placed at LOS mil·
lion tons, have 'dropped to as low as 900
thousand tons.
Crops in the British West Indies, British
Gui'a na, and the Dominican Republic are
showing an increase over previous esti·
mates, which should partly offset decreases
in Cuba and Puerto Rico.
A contributing factor to the present
critical situation is large exports to Europe,
allocated by the Combined Food Board,
according to Ralph Stubbs, vice president
of American Sugar Refining Co. "We must
assign for export purposes, from our refined
sugar production, an amount which is
pre· determined by the Government," Stubbs
said. "All this export sugar will be used
for the UNRRA and for various foreign
nations. After this allocation is made, the
balance will be available for United States
civil ian and military uses. In the event we
do not participate in the export schedule
as e tablished by the Government, then to
that extent we would forfeit to competitive
refiners a corresponding share of our raw
sugar supply and our allotment for civilian
use would not be increased by a single bag
of sugar."
The Combined Food Board's plan to
divert 350,000 tons of sugar to Europe has
alarmed eastern sugar refiners. In a forceful
protest to Earl Wilson, sugar head of the
Commodity Credit Corp. and American
representative of the CFB, the refiners
request that the sugar be returned to the
American quota. They point out that the
present policy would seriously hamper op·
erations in the Atlantic and Gulf Coast
region and cause an additional 10 to 15
per cent increase in unemployment.
John G. Griffin, Chicago manager of
George E. Keiser Co., · a sugar brokerage
hGuse, urged the government to give up fts
S'tgar controlling powers and thereby en·
able American manufacturers to obtain a
supply sufficient to meet their needs.
"There are indications," Griffin said,
"that in 1947, unless drouth interferes,
Cuba will have a million tons more sugar
than this year. Does this mean we will
get more sugar?
"Not if the government is to be per·
mitted to take it and ship it wherever it
wants, regardless of American needs."
Griffin referred to Yugoslavia as an
example of how European political condi·
tions interfere with their agricultural ac·
tivities and di's rupt our economy. He said
that while Yugoslavia was included among
the nations in UNRRA, that it is a rich
farm country where youths, instead of
staying on the homestead, are being in·
ducted into Marshall Tito's army.
The demand for our food by European
countries will continue to increase unless
a change in policy is brought about, Griffin
declared. "Our shipments of food are going
to be like water that is poured through a
sieve. We shall never be able to ship
enough and we shall always be short no
matter how much we produce."
Harshly cntIClZmg the government's
ugar policy, Ody H. Lamborn, president
of Lamborn & Co., sugar brokers, offers
the following recommendations: first, a
more realistic attitude by the government
in carrying out its program; second, heed·
ing more closely the advice of experts in
the cane·beet production and processing
fields; and third, more emphasis on pro·
duction. Lamborn declares that other coun·
tries are not so generous in sharing their
sugar supplies as the U. S., and adds:
"Foreign countries must put forth their
best efforts in their own behalf."
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