PRESSURE POLITICS AND CONSUMER INTERESTS: THE SUGAR ISSUE

The perpetual "Battle of the Sugar Bowl", as it enters a newphase in its relation to national defense policies, continuesto affect consumer interests. The April 1938 issue of the QUARTERLYpresented an analysis of "Sugar and Public Opinion" by JohnE. Dalton. Currently, Mr. Baldwin presents his analysis of thecontending groups and the issues at stake. He first became interestedin this problem during the fight over the sugar schedule ofthe Hawley-Smoot Tariff. He has worked in the interest of, amongothers, the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages and theHershey Corporation, an American company producing and refiningcane sugar in Cuba, and is a member of the Cuban Committee ofthe National Foreign Trade Council.