Degeneration

The sugar problem, lacking outstanding developments, degenerated into a series of debates. The energetic Mrs. Weismiller still meditates boycotts, drives and campaigns of various sorts. Sugar prices have changed little, while confirmatory reports regarding the partial crop failure in Cuba are received.

The sugar brokers, for several weeks the target of various and unflattering comment from all sides, have taken heart and are stating their side of the case with vigor. One prominent Sugar Exchange member is reported to have declared: " Those who advocate a boycott on sugar, the politicians and publicity seekers, have no idea whatever of the present status of the sugar crop. Most of them, as a matter of fact, don't know where our sugar comes from. But they all join in the hurrah of 'cut down on sugar,' mostly for the reason that it gets their names in the papers."