The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-03-30

mas addressed the following communi.
cation to the press:
submit the following facts for
your consideration, because although
familiar to those engaged in the sug-
ar business. they are not generall7
known to the public:
The present duty is as follows:
Per cwt.
On raw sugar of SO per cent
imported from any place out.
side of Cuba 80. 80. =. $I.6S5
On raw sugar imported from
Cuba go per cent less). II $50
The United States is the chief mar
ket for Cuba, because the net re-
suits to the Cuban farmer are greater
here than would be realized on ship.
ments to Europe, where they come
in competition with the worlds mar
lets, and are subjected to prices fix.
ed in London and Hamburg.
The sugar production and consump-
tion of the world is so evenly balan.
ced (about 100000 tons per an.
NUM- that any shrinkage in the sup.
ply any where In the world immedi
ately effects the price.
The rise of price in sugar during
1911 was due to the drought in Ecu.
rope. This was taken advantage nj
by the world spectators, and moth.
ing checked this upward tendency I'M
til the incoming of the Americon beet
sugar during the fall months Of last
year.
The present annual consumption in
the United States is about seven b.
lion pounds of sugar, Of which only
a little more than one-seventh con.
sists OF beet sugar, and only one
fourth OF the entire sugar consump.
ton whether cane or beet is pro.
duced within the United States) as
will be seen from the following fig.
ures:
Pounds.
Cane sugar imported from
Cuba -. -. -. .3.600O00, 900
Cane sugar imported from
Porto Rico 80. ...... 100000, 900
Cane sugar imported from
Sandwich Islands 1000, 00O, 900
Total cane sugar imp't 5,2OO,OOO,OOO
Cane sugar manufactured
in Louisiana 80. 80. 100000, 900
Total cane sugar $500 ,000, 900
Beet sugar produced in the
United States 80. II 200 ,OOO, 900
Total ..,. .... .....7, 100000, O0C
Porto Rico, Louisiana and the
Sandwich Islands have practically
reached the limit of their productive
capacity; consequently the only hore
of making this nation self-supporting
lies in the expansion of the bee;
sugar industry
Unless the beet industry be expend.
cd, we shall continue to send $780,.
100000 annually out of this country
to pay for the 5000 100000 pounds OF
countries.
If, on the other hand, 5000 ,O0O,0 900
pounds of this foreign cane sugar
were displaced by an equal amount
of American beet sugar, based upon
the average American tonnage of ten
tons to the acre, II would require the
use of additional 100000 acres OF
land and the beets produced thereon
would cause the payment of an add.
tional 100000, 900 among the farming
communities of our own country.
VIII the American farmers help
protect this valuable agricultural ass
ct? Or will they continue TO sit su,
pinely by and permit the cane refinar
to dominate congressional action?
The beet industry has grown won
derfully in this country. From the
production of less than 90,000,00O
pounds in 1897 1t was able to show
an output of 1900, 100000 pounds OF
sugar in 1911. This tremendous grow
tn of beet culture compelled the in
yaslon of the cane markets, and ma
turally produced jealousy on the part
OF refiners; and they Immediately
commenced to make an open and con-
certed attack on the beet sugar indus
try. They realized that their fight
against beet culture was won. II they
could induce Congress to remove the
duty on the raw sugars imported by
them from foreign countries.
In order to accomplish their pur-
nose the cane npODle kent I'M the hack.