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Wi '. H.-.j',jji'r .' ili t ' s , &J l -- Kv, l J. V, ?' . II II ? i w J A l' 1 I l M & B PUBLIC SALE Thu ximlcrs'gncd will oltcr for sale nt Public Auction, on tho Amboy Mills' Form, 3 miles cast of Ked Cloud,, commencing nt 10 o'clock Bliavp, on Thursday Feb. 14 '18 the following described propcity; 162-Head of Live Stock-162 35 Head of Muls, , , Span bay marcs 8 and 10 yre, wt. 3200; Span bay and black 8 yrs, vt. 3,200; Black marc 11 yrs. old, wt. 1,500; Black marc 8 yrs. old, wh 1,600; Sorrel marc 10 yrs. old, wt. 1,300; Brown marc G yrs. old, wt. 1,200; Grey marc 7 yrs. old, wt. 1,200; Span marcs brown and sorrel 9 yrs. old, wt. 2,200; Bay marc single driver wt. 1,000; Brown driving maro, wt. 900; Bay horse 3 yrs. old, wt. 1.1Q0 ; Brown mare 8 yrs. old, wt. 1,500. Above marcs nearly all In foal. 3 3 year old mules wt. 1,100; 7 2 year old mules coming three, broke to work and arc good ones. 9 yearling mules. 36 Head of Cattle 11 heid of Shorthorn cows from 5 to 8 years old, good milkers fresh In spring; 2 good Holstcin milk cows G years old; 2 heifers, coming 2 years old; G Shorthorn steers, coming 3 years old, good condition, wt. 1,100; 4 coming two year old steers; 1 Shorthorn bull wt. 1,700; 8 com ing yearling calves; 2 suckling calves. 91 Head of Hogs 20 head of pure bred Duroc Jersey tried brood sows, wt. from 300 to 400, all bred to pure bred Duroc Jersey boar, to farrow in March and April; 10 Duroc Jersey gilts, wt. 125 to 150; 30 head of fat hogs, wt. about 200; 30 of shoats, wt. 100; 1 Duroc Jersey boar. v Farm. Machinery, Etc.. John Dcero field disc, two row John Dccio lister nearly ncwy two row John Dcorc weedor, two row Jlolinc wceder, six shovel Riding Cul tivator, Dempster 2 row cultivator, McConnick corn binder, 2 Mc Cormick mowing machines, Dain hay sweep, low box wagon, low wag on with rack, 2 sots heavy work harness, set buggy harness, half set of work harness, a good surrey. About 50 Tons GOOD Corn Silage TIiIh is a big sale, come early ns sale will begin nt 10 o'clock shnrp A warm lunch will be served by Powell and Pope TERMS: Sums of $10 and under, cash. Sums over that amount a credit 9 months will be given, purchaser giving note with approved security and ten per cent interest. t H. F. COBBS AMjBOY MILLING Go. Col. Tom Swartz, Auct. J. W. Auld, Clerk , II7L J' 9m. V ""I"" ll Why don t You buy her the Best The most important part of home equipment is the cooking range. Lodk at the range your wife or mother is using. Ask her if she is perfectly satisfied with it. Then come and sec us. 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QUfULEY l'UIIl.lSIIKH MAKAnnn CUE ONLY nr.MOCKATIU I'Al'Elt IN WEllSTKIl COUNTY CAN SUGAR SENT TO FRANCE Sugar 1b selling today throughout America lit from 8V& io 0 cens n pound to the consifriibr? &en thijujth there is n WoVhYlIortlgeVhlch yii3 reduced this nntlon's Hifgur'nllotmcnt to 70 per cent, of normal. Through tho efforts of tho United Stntca food administration tho sugar market hits been regulated ns fur ns tho producer, rentier ami wholesaler Is concerned. Tho food administration has no power to regulate retail prleew except by public opinion. Kven though more thnn 85,000 tops of sugar have been shipped to Franco In tho last four months tho retail grocer's sugar price Is around S to SVt cents. IIo should sell .this sugar nt S'2 to 0 cents, tho food administration believes, and asks tho American housewife to pay no more than this amount. Last August wheh tho foo'! admin istration was organized the price of sugar rose suddenly to 11 cents n pound. During the Civil War sugar cost tho consumer 35 cents n pound. Ity regulation of the Mignr ninrkot, and reducing the ptico to SV nnd 0 cents mid keeping It from advancing to 20 cents tho food ndmlnlstratlon has sav ed the American public nt lenst R1S0, 000,000 In four months, according to n statement made by Herbert Hoover the other day. "It Is on? slern duty to feed the al lies, to maintain their henlth and strength at any cost 'to ourselves, Mr. Hoover declared. "There has not been, nor will lie ns we see It, enough sugar for even their present tneagro and depressing ration unless they send ships to remote markets for It. If, we In our greed and gluttony force them either to further reduce their ration or to send these ships we will have done dnmage to our abilities to win this war. , "If we send tho ships to Java for 250,000 tons of sugar next year we will have necessitated the em ployment of eleven extra ships for one, year. These ships If used In transporting trobps wou(d take 150,000 to 200,000 mefTto France." Reason for World Shortage. As Mr. Hoover pointed 'otif, the United States, Canada and Kilglund were sugar Importing count Sicskbefote the war, while Trance and Italy" wero very 'nearly self supporting. The main sources of. tho world's sugar upply was (ienimny and neighboring powers, the West Indies and theF.nst Indies. Herman sugar is no longer available, as It is used entirely In OJermnny, which also absorbs sugar of surround ing countries. F.ughtnd can no lodger buy 1,100,000 long tons of sugar .each year '.from (iurmany. The French sugar jlroduc tlon has dropped from 700,001) to 210, 000 tons. The Italian production has fallen from 210,000 tons to 7.r,000 tons. Thus three countries were thrown upon East and West Indian sources for l,02.i,000'tnns. annually to mnliltaln .their normal consumption. lleeauso of the world's shipping shortage the allied nations started drawing on the West Indies for sugar; East Indian sugar took three times the number of ships, since the dis tance was three times as great. Sud denly tho west was called on to fur irish and did furnish 1,120,000 tons of sugar to Europe when 5100,000 tons u year was tho pro-war demand. The allies had drawn from Jinn -100,000 tons beforo thu shipping situation be came acute. "In spite of these shipments," Mr. Hoover stated tbe other day, "llio English government In August reduced tho household spgar ration to u basis of 24 pounds per milium per capita. And In September Hie Freileli govern ment reduced their household ration to 13 2-10 'pounds a yenr, or u hit over 1 pound of sugar a mouth. Even tills meagre ration could not ho tilled by ,he French government It was found early In tho fall, America was then asked for 100,000 tons of sugar and succeeded In sending W.QOO tons by December 1. The French request was granted because tho American house hold consumption was then at least o5 pounds per person, nnd it was consid ered tho 'duty of maintaining tho French moralo made our course clear." Today the sugar situation may be summarized by stating that If America will reduce Its 3iigar con sumption 10 to 15 per cent, this nation wjll be able to send 200,000 more soldiers to France. , Sugar today sell,) nt seaboard re fineries at $7.2.1 if hundred pounds. The wholesale grocer lias agreed to limit his protlt to 25 cents a hundred plus freight, and the retail grocer is supposed to take no more than GO cents a hundred pounds protlt. This regu lation was made by tho food nditilnls tratlon, which now.asks tbo housewife to red it co sugar consumption as nluch ns possible, using other sweeteners, and also reminds her that she should pay no more than 0 cents a pound for sugar. Control of Cano Refiners p'roflts. "Immediately upon tho. establish ment of the food administration,'.' Mr. M Hoover said, "n examination wu made of tho coats and profits of refin ing nnd It was finally determined that tho spread between tho cost of rnw and tho snle of refined cano sugar should ho limited to $1.30 per hundred pounds. Thu pre-war dUXerentlnl had ncrogc(l about 85 cents and Increased costs wero found to linvo been impos ed by tho war In Increased cost of re fining, losses, cost of bags, labor, insur ance, interest and other tilings, rather mom than cover tho difference. After prolonged negotiations tills refiners wero placed under agreement estab lishing theso limits on October 1, and anything over this amount to bo agreed extortionate under tho law. S "In tho course of these investiga tions It wnstfound by canvass of the Cuban producers that their sugar had, during tho first nine months of tlin pnstyenr, sold for an averngo of nbout H24 per hundred f. o. h, Cuba, to which duty nndiqlgjht;n1ied to the refiners' jf oat) lynp.npt; .1fBjiontrW,og per huiukod,) Tjun nvcrnge .snip Jrlco of granulated by various refineries, ac cording to our Investigation, was nbout $7.50 per hundred, or n differential of $1.84. "In reducing tho differential to .$1.3,0 there was n saving to tho public of 51 cents per hundred. Had such a dlf ferentlal been In use from the 1st of January, 3017. tho public would have saved In tho first nine months of the yenr nbout ,$2 1.800,000." Next Year. " With n view to more efficient organ ization if the trade In Imported sugars next yenr two committees have lieen formed by tho food lulmlinstratton : 1. A committee comprising repre sentatives of all of the elements of American cane rellnlng groups. Tho principal duty of this commltfcc is to divide the sugar Innorts pro rata to their various capacities and see that absolute Justlco Is done to every re finer. 2. A committee comprising three rep resentatives of tho English, French and Italian governments; two repre sentatives of tho American refiners, with a member of the food administra tion. Only two of the committee have arrived from Europe, but they ropre sent tho allied governments. The du ties of this committee are' to determine the most economical sources from u transport point of view of all the al lies to arrange transport nc uniform rates, to distribute the foreign sugar between the United Stales and allies, subject to the npprowil of the Ameri can, English, French and Italian gov ernments. This committee, while holding strong views as to the prico ft he paid for Cubun sugar, has not had the final voice. Tills voice has rested in tho governments concerned, together with tho Cuban government, and I wish to state emphatically that all of the gen tlemen concerned hs good conime,rclal men havu endeilvored witli thu utmost patience and skill to secure a lower price, and theli persistence lias re'j dueed Cuban demands by 15 cents per hundred. The price agreed upon is about ."$.00 perjiuhdred poSuids, fjo, h. Cuba, or equal 'to about ?tl duty paid New York. ' "This price should ,evntuate," Mr. Hoover said, 'to about $7.30 per hundred for refined sugar from the refiners at seaboard points or should place sugar In the hands of the consumer at from 8J3 to 9 cents per pound, depending upon locality and conditions of trade, or at from 1 to 2 cents below the prices of August last and from one- half to a cent per pound cheaper than today. "There Is now on elimination of speculation, extortionate prollts, and In the refilling alone the American people will. wive over $25,000,000 of the rellnlng charges last year. A part of tluwo savings goes to the Cuban, Hawaiian, Porto illcaii nnd l.ouslanlan producer and paul to thu consumer. "Appeals to prejudice against thu food udmlnlstrntliui have been madu ihecutiso the Cuban price is SI cents above that of 1017. It Is said in effect that the Cubans are, at our mercy; that we could get sugar n cent lower. Wu madu exhaustive study of the cost of producing sugar in Ciityi last year through our own agents in Cuba, and we find It averages $51,510, while many producers are at a higher level. We found that an average jyrotlt of nj least 11 cent per pound was necessary In order to maintain and stimulate production or that a minimum price of $1.3" was necessary, and even this would stifle some producers. "Tho price ultimately agreed was 251 cents above these figures, or about one llfth of n cent per pound to tho Ameri can consdiner, and more than this nmount has been saved by our redue" tlon in refiners' pridlts. If wo wish to stlllo production In Cuba wo could take that course Just at thu time of nil times in our history when wo want pioductlon for ourselves and tho al lies. Further than that, thetftnto de partment will assure you thatr such n course would produco disturbances In Culm and destroy even our present supplies, but beyond nil these material reasons Is one uf human Justice. This great country has no right by the might of lis position to strangle Culm. "Theroforo there Is no Imposition upon tho American public. Charges have been made before this commit tee flint Mr. Itolpu endeavored to ben efit thoiCujIforiiln refinery of which lie was malinger by this !U cent increase hi Cuban price. Mr. ltolph did not llv tho price. It does ralsu thq price to the Hawaiian farmer about that amount. It does not raise tho profit of tho California refinery, because lhlr charge for refilling Is, llko all other re. flners, limited to $1.5!Q per hundred pounds, plus the freight differential on tho established custom of tho trade. "Mr, Holph has not ono penny of fit terest in that refinery." r.t' tfVWfclMIjOij. r j We have Named Our Store The Day Light Store You are cordially invited to come and ,see our stock everything new. Prices and V Goods Guaranteed. Your trade solicited. Come in and' be satisfied. t .. Cash or Trade for Your Produce J. E. 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