The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-11-09
AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AeRl.
CuLTURlsTs.
som,s Up-to-Dats Hints About Guilt
vation of b Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures. viticulturs and
Horticulture.
war on Beet sugar Makers.

laf @E WE V0 A1UOts sugar A10&eESs f.
Tho fight which has been inaugur-
ated by the Sugar trust against beet
sugar makers in the Missouri Valley
and more western districts, threatens
to affect beet sugar interests in all
parts Of the United States. The
Trust has cut the price of %granulated
sugar to 3h cents o pound at Mis-.
souri, River points. This has been
followed by a reduction Of price in all
states from Colorado to California
amounting to. 30 cents per hundred
pounds on beet sugar and 20 cents on
cane sugar. The Trust controls most
Of the sugar plantations. and mills in
Cuba and Puerto Rico and has prac.
tically a monopoly of raw cane sugar.
In the beet sugar industry it finds its
only competitor. In other words. the
beet sugar industry alone opposes tie
monopoly Of the sugar trade of this
country by the Trust, which now
seeks to close up the beet sugar re.
fineries and compel producers to sell
their raw product to the Trust at its
own terms to be refined by the Trust
at a profit. The recent report o. Sec.
rotary Wilson on the beet sugar indus
try estimates the total product Of
1901 at 1885, 900 tons, of which 10000
tons come from the. Pacific coast and
Rocky Mountain states, besides 1000
tons from Nebraska. California, with
an annual output Of $4,000 tons, is the
leading producer. Perhaps a more
dofn{<o {Soo ~ %hn {k,,Ho ond nv.
tent of the industry may be gained by
other statistics which show that Mich.
igan has eleven beet sugar factories
having a beet consuming capacity Of
$4,000 acres; Colorado. s factories.
capacity $4,000 acres; California 8
factories, capacity 100000 acres; Ne.
braska 8 factories, capacity 10000
acres; Utah 8 factories. capacity u.s.,
900 acres: New York 3 factories. ca
pacity 10000 acres; Wisconsin. Min.
nesota, Oregon, Ohio. Indiana. Ari.
iona, New Mexico. each one factory.
with a capacity Of 5000 acres.
An opinion has been expressed that
the carrying ofathe war by. the beet
sugar men into eastern territory,
where the cane sugar trade centers.
would compel the. Trust to stand loss.
es which would seriously affect the
value of their sugar stocks and more
greatly damage their interests than
those Of their smaller rivals. Reports
Of interviews with leading manufac-
turers indicate that the beet sugar men
intend to appeal to Congress at iM
next session for legislation that Will
protect them against the Trust ""nen
one considers that for many years the
production Of sugar in the United
States has been encouraged by the
] government, that large sums have
been spent under the direction Of the
Department of Agriculture in costly
experiments to this end; that some
state governments have Joined the
movement and granted bounties to
sugar producers, 1t would seem strange
IL no protection could be secured for
an industry SO carefully nursed and
which is Just beginning to stand
alone. against the aggression Of a
greedy corporation aiming to estab.
lish a despotism in the sugar trade /.