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Sugar Prices and Policy Spark Waterloo Debate
New York reports American Sugar Refining net profits for 1919 at 10,283,081.92, while wholesale sugar prices vary widely from city to city. Critics blame Attorney General Palmer and the sugar equalization and Lever acts for inflated Cuban and Louisiana cane sugar costs, arguing the system collapsed and left retail prices unanchored.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Waterloo
Sioux City
Burlington
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Palmer
Louisiana
George Zabriskie
Late
Sugar Equalization Board