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One member of IbMns always in the offlce. H. Ruffln, ? Thoa. W. Ruffln mL H. * THOS. W. BUFFI* Attornejg-ai-Law ibarg, 1 " North Oaroltaa fal practice, both elrll.tod crtm. In Franklin and adjoining coun ts a preme and Federal Courts. Offices In First National Bank Boll'dlng. DB. J. B. DAYI9 Physician and Snrxeoa Loulsbarg, H. C. ?' erly Interne St. Agnes Hospital ice next door to Dnrrell Daris Blacksmith Shop Phone Connections M. P Um e o Formi ?ffl? SANITARY BARBER SHOP p _ fl|M, .i UOUrt UuNI . IiWriihan, - Nsrth Carolina well Equipped. Four well exper barbers. Hot towels, sharp . "Polite and ser Call and sec us. OSCAR STBUaaa* Proprietor. m K FIBE ENSFBANCE. When yon want lnsvanee take It T. W. WATSON. He knews z inseba5cI= "r? When yon wIBt lasarance laka It Wtfll T. W. WATSON. Be know. *>*? ? - i-ri-u. FIBE INSURANCE/ When yon' want insurance take tt Witt T. W. WATSON. Be know, - 7-81 tl. ? ? ~ ir - , . Don't Throw^-Your Clothes or Mone ~? Array But takelthem 'to the CHINESE LAUNDRY " CHARLIE WONG,-PRO?-? Louisbur^. EL. CL. Where tier win be cleaned and preaaed and made like new. Ala* why pay for laandry wferk that yon do" ?n<# get. We give you the be*t of^rork and make your garments a pleasure to wear This Is a Loulaburg enter prise and we solicit yonr pa tronage upon the basis of hnra? pride, bat not without a guarantee of satisfaction. Th? recent long cold spell was so la tli* southern as? we reported to tihVe ks tofe-botmd bell to their AMERICAN SUGAR SENT TO FRANCE r " ? ? American Price Rigidly Regulated uy united autitj rw^-? Administration. CONSUMERS HERE PAY-9c. Sugar Coat SS Cant* a Pound During Civil War?Raflnara* Proflta Now Curtalla*. Sugar U selling today throughout ?merles at from SH ta 9 cent* a pound to the consumer, even though there la a world shortage which has reduced thla nation's sugar allotment to TO per cent, of normal. Through the efforts of the United States food administration the sugar market has been regulated as far as the producer, refiner and wholesaler la concerned. The food administration no power te regulate retail prices except by public opinion. Even though more than 85,000 tona of sugar hire been shipped to France in the last four months the retail grocer's sugar price la around 8 to 8^4 centrf" He should sell this augar tt SH to ? cents, the food administration believes, and aaks the American housewife to pay no more than this amount. Last August when the food admin istration was organised the price of sugar roae suddenly te 11 cents a pound. During the Civil War sugar cost the consumer 85 cesta s pound. By regulation of the sugar market and reducing the price to 8W and 8 centa and keying It from advancing to 20 cents the food administration has sav ed the American public at least $180, 000,000 In four months, according to a statement made by Herbert Hoover the other day. - \ ? "It la our st era duty to feed the al lies to maintain their health and strength at sny cost to ourselves," .Mr. Hpover declared. "There has not been, nor will be as.we see It. enough sugar for even their present meagre 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 damage to our abilities to win thi? war. -If we send the ships te Java for 260,000 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 troops?would taks 150,000 to' 200,000 men to Frsnee." Reason for World Shortage. As Mr. Hoover pointed out, the Chlted States, Canada and/ England were'spgar Importing countries before the war, while France and Italy were very nearly self supporting. The main sources of the world's sugar supply was Germany and neighboring powers. The W?st Indies and the East Indies. German sugar is no longer available, as It '? "?ed entirely In flermapy. which also absorbs sugar of surround ing countries. England can no longer buy 1,400,000 long tons of sugar each year from Germany. The French sugar produc tion has dropped from 750,000 te 210, 000 tona The Italian production has fallen from 210,000 tons to 75,000 tag* Thus three eotinirtea?J* sfe^tfcro'* n -apmr-EaSTih4 West Indian sources for 1,925,000 tons annually to maintain their normal <ioftsumpnon. Because of the world's shipping shortage the allied nations started drawing on the West Indlea for sugar; . Indian sugar took three times thfr number of 'shlpa, -slnce?lhe dls tance was three times as great. Sud denly the west was called on to fur nish and did furnish 1,420,000 tons of sug^r to Europe when 300,000 tons a year was the pre-war demand. The allies had drawn from Java 400,000 tons before thi" shipping situation be came acute. "In spite of the?? shipment?, Mr. Hoover ?tated the other day, "the Engllah government In Angnat reduced the household sugar ration to a baals of 24 pounds per aniyua Jjer capita. 'iU lyBIHllH"*' tWl"'.'*II????>! ment reduced their household ration to 13 2-10 pounds a year, or a bit over 1 pound of sugar a month. Even this meagre ration conld not-be filled by the French government tt was fotmd early In the fall. America was then asked for 100.000 tons of sugsr and succeeded in sending 85,000 tons by December 1. The French request was granted because the American house hold consumption was then at least 50^ flB rI- i mm4 * wea eonald? ddtTof maintaining the French.morale made our course clear. Today the sugar situation may bo summarised by statlnfl that If America will reduce Its sugar con sumption 10 to 1? P?r nation will be able to se^fl 200,000 more soldiers to France. Sugar today sella at seaboard re fineries at $7.25 a hundred pounds. The wholesale grocer has agreed to limit hla profit to 23 cents a hundred plus freight, and the retafr ?rocer is supposed to take no mere than SO cents a hundred pounds profit. This, regu lation was mad? by the food adminis tration, which' now aaks the housewife to reduce sugar consumption as much 11 possible, uslQg other sweeteners, ' nd also reminds her that she should .?aj. sq more than 0 cents a piund for sugar. , Contrei of Cane Rsflnsrs' Profits, ''iauoediately upon , the establish ment of t*M foo^sd?^irtstn^.- Ms. Hoover said, "an examination waa made of Uie coata and profit* of refln lng and It waa finally determined that the spread between the coat of raw and the aale of refined cane ahould be Umlted to 91.80 par I pound*. The pre-w?kcAUfaraotlal had averaged about 88 centa and lncreaaad coats were found to bar? t esc tnpe* ed by the war In lncreaaad coat of ra zlagi i.e. **, l?h**. In? . ance, Interest and other things, rather more than cover the difference, After prolonged negotiations the refiners were placed under agreement eatab llshlng these limita on October 1, and anything over this amount to be agreed extortionate under the law. "In the course of theae Investiga tion* It was found by canvass of the Cuban producers that their sugar had, during the flrat nine months of the past year, aold for an average of about *4.24 per hundred f. o. b. Cuba, to which duty and, freight added to the refiners' cost amount to about t&08 per htuidred. The average sal* price of granulated by various refineries, ac cording to our Investigation, waa. about J7.no per hundred, or a differential of 11.84. "In reducing the differential to >1-80 there was a saving to the public of <54 cents per hundred. ' Had such a dif ferential been In use from the 1st of January, 191T, the puhlic would"hat* aaved tn the first nine month* of the year tbout ??,800,000"." ? Next Year. . With a vl*w to more efficient organ 1 ration of the trade In imported sugars naxt year two committee* have been formed by the food administration: 1. A committee comprising repre^ ?entatlve* of *11 of thq el*m*nt* of. American can* refining group* The principal doty of this committee 1* to i divide the sugar Import* pro rata to their various capacities and aee that absolute Justice 1* dona to every re finer. 2. A committee comprlalng three rep resentatives of the English, French and Italian government*; two repre sentatlvea of the American reflnera, with a member of the food administra tion. Only two of the committee have arrived from Europe^ but they repre sent the allied governments. The do tle* of thla committee are to determine the mod economical source* from a transport 'point of view of all the al lies to arrange transport at uniform rates, to distribute the foreign sugar between the United States' and allies, ?ubJect to tha approval of the Ameri can, English. French and Italian gov emmenta. This committee, while holding strong view* a* to the price to be palfi for Cuban sugar, has not t>ad the fiiiul voice. This volee has rested In the government* concerned, together wtth the Cuban government, and I wish to state emphatically that all of the gen tlemen concerned as good commercial men have endeavored with the utmost patience and skill to secure a lower price, and. their persistence has re duced Cuban demands by 15 cents per hundred. The price agreed upon Is about $4.90 per hundred pounds, f. o. b. Cuba, or equal to about ?6 duty paid New Tork. This prlct should eventuate," Mr. . Hoover said, "to about $7.30 por hundred for refined sugar from __ ?the refiners at seaboard polni* -or? should place sugar In the hands of the consumer at from 8'/a to ? 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 ono. half to a cent per pound cheaper _ ttlfln ?T ~ "There Is now an elimination of speculation, extortionate profits, and *" tKt ilinlwL_^V^_t>>* A""?rlnrn 1 people will save over $25,000,000 of f the refining charges last year. A part-' of these savings goes to the Cuban, ! Hawaiian, Porto Itlcan and Louslanlan producer ai^d part to the consumer. ?^JLnpeala to prejudice against the food administration bavo-_be?n made because the Cuban price is 34 cents" above that of HttTr It Is said In effect tfiat the Cnbans are at otir mercy; that we could get sugar a cent lower. Wo made exhaustive study of the cost of producing sugar in Cuba last year through our own agents In Cuba, and we- find It averages $3.39, whllcr many producers are at a higher level. We found that an average profit of at least a cent per pound was necessary j?ord?**4sia?Aalntaln and stimulate $4.37 was necessary, and even this would stifle some producers. "The price ultimately agreed was 23 cents above these figures, or aboutime fifth of a cent per pound to the A^nrrl can consumer, and more than thla amount has been ssved by our reduc tion In refiners' profits. If we wlah to stifle production ^n__Cuba- wo eouM Jalte that course just at the time of all tlmnqfHT our hlat&rx when we Want production for ourselves snd the al lies. Further than that, the atate de partment will asaure you that such a course would produce disturbances In Cuba and destroy even our present supplies, but beyond all thea% materini reasons Is pne of human justice. This great country has no right by the might of its position to strangle Cuba. "Therefore there Is no imposition upon the American public. Charges have been made before this commit tee tlfat Mr. Rolph ehdeavored to ben eflt the California refinery of which he jwas manager by this 34 cent Increase In Cuban prlca. Mr. Rojpb did not fix the price. It does raise the price to the Hawaiian farmer about that I amount It does not raise tlie profit of the California refinery, because their clfferge for refining is, like till other re ^**1* limits t? ?1 an. Pgr hnnrtr,^ powHto, plus th? iwSiSFafllerentlal on. ; the wtabilihed custom ot the trade. "Mr. Rolph baa hot on? penny of In taraat la that r?flnary." PATRIOTIC ENTERTAINMENT Ingleslde school la to be fayorec with a special entertainment Satur day night Feb. 23. Given by Mlai Frances Hale, an excellent leader m Elon College. The program will be arranged tc ease flu "JiU" Iiy latin i .t and by bringing others wltt pleasf both old and young. -af you? ? . ^ 7 The. admission will be 25 and 15c Tbe proceeds will be for the current expenses of the school. While we^are after tl ? other enemy aliens, why not prohibit those epide mics of German measles? The country seems Inclined to gent . his own assertion that "this is ao time for politics." "" "See 'Bets-IP Peel Off This Cera." iMvee The Toe as Smooth as tbe Palm of Your Hand. The corn never grew that *"CJet? It"^rill not yet. It never trritatea ?the flesh, never makes yottr toe core. Just two drops of *jx<1 6rento: the corn-pain vantahem. hortly you can peel the corn rl*ht\ It's Womferfal Id So? oFf Corad off with, your finger and there you are ?pain-free ana happy, with the toe as smooth and corn-free as your palm. "Gets-It" Is the only safe way In the*world to treat a corn or callus. It's the sure way?the way that never falls. It Is tried and true ?UBed by millions every year. It x always works. "Gets-It" makes cut ting and digging at a corn and fuss ing- with bandages, salves or any thing else entirely unnecessary. "Gets-It" Is sold by all druggists (you need pay no more than 25 centa), or It will be sent direct by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, HL gold to Loolsbnrg and recommend ?a the world*? best corn remedy bj V. B. PLEASANTS. We Have Meatless Days -w >- w Then we hare daj? to eat meat and then 70a want the best?s? call or phone No. 7 where jrou can be serred the best tender and juicy Beef and Pork, Lamb KIbs Sausage ol all kinds, Hamburger Steak Fish, Oysters, Chic kens and Eggs, when they can be bought Don't forget the Phone No. 7?Your Patronage Is Solicited. - BEST SERVICE ? PROMPT _ . DELIVERY Sr J. Edens FOED BUILDIN? NASH STREET LOUlSBCfc?. X. C. X HO^ES & TVIULES AT YOUNGSVILLE, N. C. I wish to announce to the people ot Y oungsTlle Community that I har* Icaied the J. H. Pearce Stables, the oM Supply Co's place, where I will'har* a lot ot fine young horses and mules for sale on and alter February 1st. I am In a position to glre jon he best prices on good stock either for cash or on time, when secured by good note. Don't buy nntll you see me. Will be glad to hare you come and look whether you buy or not. K.A.PERRY YoongsTllle, If. C. . ?*"' Subscribe to THE FRANKLIN TIMES We are handling the made by The Vance Guano Company which need no in troduction to the Farmers of thft County. We are will -hf^to-teaL_our^goods wit# any fertilizer made regardless of name and it wilFBe of interest ^oth&_people to see us and get. our prices, not only on guano but anything carried by a general merchandise or supply concern. ---SPECIALS Car Cotton Seed Meal 18 per cent Acid to mix with it : ~ Plenty of Cotton Seed Hulls, Oats, Hay, Harness and Farming Utensils, Rewnwbfty we are jofc-wiikwu; "Murray Ait Blast". We want to buy or trade for your Cotton Seed, and will also be glad to handle your lint cot ton, in fact we want to buy anything you have to sell, and sell anything you want to buy. Satisfaction Is Our Motto r Our store and gin will be clo^d on Mondays ? r W. D. FULLER & COMPANY Vt. D. Fuller . C. B. Kearney ' Wood, 1 r North Carolina. >? -' * ?? i. 1
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