Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-10-13
beet RAISING TO
Cheaper SUGAR
Heavy Importations of Raw
Material Booms Cost
EUROPEAN SUGAR
BEET CROP SHORT

EUROPEAN SUGAR
BEET CROP SHORT
And With Scarcity In Europe Has
Caused Excessive Speculation and
Advanced Sugar Prices.
That sugar would be much cheaper il
American farmers would raise more sugar
tsets is the contention of James Hutch
inson Of St. Louis, representative of the
largest sugar refining company in Amer
lea. says the Globe Democrat. He says
the high price of sugar. SO recently
reached, is due to the exhaustion Of the
last crop from Cuba. sugar beet demands
from this country being supplied from
foreign countries. meaning added expense
on account of the transportation and the
tariff.
Mr.. Hutchinson referred to an excerpt
from leading weekly sugar trade jour-
nal. which stated that IL the domestic
cane and beet crops Of the United States
were doubled. or increased to ! 100000
tons. there would not be any necessity
Of going abroad for raw material. and
Europe could carry on its speculations
with little effect on this side Of the ocean.
Mr.. Hutchinson said:
THE sugar beet crops in Europe. es-
recially in Russia, France. Germany and
Austria. are estimated to be loo.oo0.ooo
to l5o.00o.0oo tons short. on account OF
dry and hot weather. The refining COM
paniss Of the United States buy most Of
their raw material in Cuba. but the first
crop there is exhaused and they have
had to 60 to Europe to buy the raw ma
terial for manufacturing purposes. The
next Cuban crop will not be ready for
the market till about Feb. !. If tho
farmers Of this country should raise the
necessary bsets we should not have to 60
elsewhere. As the American manufac-
turers do no planting. they would buy
the home bets. and American farmers
would reap a benefit from the sale Of
their crops.
"Our largest refining plants are in
these states where the most beets arc
raised-Michigan. Colorado. Idaho. Wis
eonsin. Nebraska. Utah and California.
It takes climate where the days are
warm and the nights invariably cool sue
eessfully to raise sugar beets. Illinois
and Missouri are not considered good
states on account Of the hot nights in
summer and sogginess Of much Of tha
soil.
THE sugar beet scarcity in Cuba and
Europe has caused excessive speculation
in Europe and has advanced sugar prices
at London and Hamburg, the leading
sugar markets Of the world * cents
pound since June is. Growers of cane
sugar. in the face Of an anxious demand
and certain shortage in the beet prod
uot, have advanced the price OF their
product l 20 cents a pound in the same
period. With the present agitation Of
lowering the duty on sugar. it is hard to
induce the farmers to plant sugar beets.
This season is giving congress val
liable object lesson in the value OF
continued promotion Of our domestic
sugar industries. Already the citizens of
the states that have sugar factories are
being granted concessions in prices from
those states that must find their sugar
supplies in other markets. 1t is some
what beyond our present understanding
to realize what high prices would have
to be paid for sugar in all the states If
our 5oo.ooo-ton beet factories were not
in existence"
Conditions in foreign countries the last
season have been in most cases inimical
to the raising Of the sugar beet, it is said.
Cuba needs more rain for her second crop.
Reports from India show the planting
there has been greatly increased. but
there is dry weather in the provinces
that produce usually about 20 per cent Of
that eountry's output. In the Phillip
pines excessive rains have interfered.
Brazil has stopped offering Of late. Ex-
ports from Java are satisfactory to the
marketers there. while in Spain the tend
ency seems to be to dispose Of little raw
material, possibly due to scarcity Of a
surplus for export. Hot, dry weathsrhas
prevailed in Servia. with an unfavorabls
influence on crops. while in lay recently
good showers have fallen and the outlook
is more encouraging. Russia and Ger
many seem to be able to supply the de-
mands upon them from this country.
Remembered By Friends.
From SEQUEL, Calf, comes s request