Sugar Equalization Board

The board bought and distributed the 1918–19 crop of Cuban sugar, and stimulated U.S. sugar production by equalizing prices of domestic and imported crops.^[1][2][3] The board also regulated coffee imports under authority of the War Trade Board and the U.S. Food Administration.^[4][5] In 1919, the board's contract with U.S. sugar refiners expired, and the responsibility for regulating and licensing sugar companies became a responsibility of the U.S. Attorney General.^[2][6] The board was a furtherance of the U.S. government's efforts to control the sugar industry during the early 20th century.^[7][3]

The board was abolished by President Calvin Coolidge by Executive Order 4475 in July 1926.^[2][8]

Early members of the board included:^[9][3][10]

• Herbert Hoover, chairman
• George M. Rolph, president
• Theodore Whitmarsh, U.S. Food Administration
• Robert A. Taft
• Dana F. Acker
• F.W. Taussig, Tariff Commission
• George Zabriskie, Sugar Administrator
• Clarence Woolley, member of the War Trade Board
• William A. Glasgow Jr., U.S. Food Administration