The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-04
SOC. WILL
Fight FREE SUGAR
OFFICIALS OF ORGANIZATION IN
NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE GALL.
ED TOGETHER TO CONFER ON
oUEsTIoN-BLoW AT FARM IN.
DUsTRY is CLAIMED.

]. NJ. Anderson, secretary of the
Society of Equity for the state Of
North Dakota, has been asked to call
a conference of the North Dakota So
ciety officials to protest against the
free sugar bill o pending in the
senate after having been passed by the
house. The action is due to an appeal
from Secretary Tubbs of the Wiscon-
sin state Society of Equity which has
taken strong action protesting in be-
Ehalf Of the beet ROVER of Wiscon-
sin, against a reduction in the tariff
which would wipe out the rapidly
growing beet sugar industry in
America.
The request from wisconsin is OF
Importance, because the president Of
the state society, which makes this
fraternal appeal to North Dakota, is
also the national president, Ira M. J.
Chryst OF. Hudson, thus e%videncing
that this great organization is against
the repeal of the duty.
The Wisconsin appeal is backed up
by requests from farmers organiza-
tons in all parts of the west, including
most of the seventeen states where
sugar beets are grown, for North Da-
kota farmers to bring pressure to bear
upon its congressman who voted in
favor of the sugar trust plan to de-
molish the beet sugar independents
opposition, to show the congressman
that the farmer sentiment of their
state is against the abolition of the
industry which pays 500, 600, 900 a year
to American farmers for their beet
crops.
The wisconsin society sent the
North Dakota secretary a copy OF It's
resolutions on the beet sugar ques-
ton, which are in part as follows:
"The growing of sugar beets an
American farms is desirable because:
"The crop is less sensitive to
weather extremes than many other
crops.
ut is less subject to attack by plant
pests.
Compared with intensive crops It
removes comparatively little plant
food from the soil.
ut acts as a soil c~onservator by
improving the physical condition of
the soil and adds to the yield Of other
crops when grown in rotation.
1T increases diversity and adds as
surance to the farm income.
1T offers a sure market from the
fact that sugar beets can be sold az a
fixed price before planting.
ut increases the opportunity for
labor to leave the crowded cities and
find employment on the farms.
ut eliminates the middleman be-
cause sugar beets are sold directly
from the farm to the factory, and
Whereas, a reduction in the pres
ent rate OF duty on sugar would tend
to destroy the beet sugar industry in
the United States and
Whereas, it will remove from the
American farmer the opportunity to
grow sugar beets, and
Whereas, the American farmer
reeds protection because the farm la
Dor in this country costs more than
farm labor in Europe or in tropical.
countries where cane sugar is pro-
duced, and
Whereas, the operation of beet
sugar factories during the winter
months, offers desirable employment
to idle farm labor, and
Whereas. sugar is distinctly an ag-
ricultural product, therefore be it,
Resolved that a sufficient import
duty should be retained on sugar to
encourage the further development Of
the beet sugar industry in this coun-
try to the end that the American
farmer will grow all Of the sugar con-
sumed in the United states, and be it
further
Resolved, that a copy of these
resolutions be transmitted to the con
gress of the United States