The chronicle=news., 1912-11-05

to follow. Two causes are given as
conducina TO lower rates for sugar.
One OF these lis the exceptionally
heavy output Of the great sugar-pro-
during countries OF Europe and the
tropics. The other Is the rapid
growth OF the beet sugar Industry
In the United States. which promises
to produce q billion and half
pounds OF sugar this season. or an In
crease OF more than rs per cent over
the best previous record. While this
is only about one.fifth of the entire
consumption OF the country. Its ef-
feet upon prices IN 10 well recognized
that wholesalers regularly count upon
a reduction In prices every season ~
soon 40 tho beet sugar made In Amer.
lean factories comes upon the mar
ket. Il was this factor last season
that broke the corner In sugar and
brought prices down from the dizzy
Ing Wholesale level OF seven and u
half cents pound tn tn. point II
which II has remained since. In fact
one Of the annoying thinEx about the
domestic production Of sugar In the
United Statcs from the point Of view
OF the ref1nera and spccuiatorx IL
that II prevents the advancement Of
prices through combination. Curious.
~ enough the one article Of general
USE that shows marked decline In
cost happens also to be almost the
only on" that has grown cheaper
within the past decade.
The Idea OF quarantine. which has
done No much to prevent the spread
Of all sorts OF troubles. In getting
some queer applications rcabouts
Just At present. A quarantine on
potatoes il now In cffec, at New
York. and II seems likely that the
entire cargo Of q ship which has lust
arrived from Germany with $4,000
worth Of potatoes will be seized by
the government. The United States
has officially laid ban on potaotes
from the British Isles. Germany. Aus
trla. New Foundinnd and the French
islands OF Miqucion and ST. Pierre.
because Of certain potato diseases
which are prevalent In those coun-
tries. Al the same time. II ix not
unlikely that a doll quarantine will
be- established to prevent the spread
OF tnhcrculosis-not among the doll
Iopuiation-bu among their flesh
and blood foster mothers. A child Ia
Dor Investigator tells OF hearing
woman who had Just bought = doll
In one OF the fashionable Fifth Ave-
nuc toy Shopa remark TO the sales.
man: My little girl will take II 10
bed with her tonight" Two days
before. the inspector had seen the
same doll sewn together in = crowd
cd tenement room where two menu
hers Of the family who were working
on II were affected with tuberculo-
sis. II has been proposed 10 seize all
dolls made In Surh places and hold
them In quarantine until u law can
he passed prohibiting home work IL
tenemAnts entirely.
Twenty new theaten were built
or begun in New York In 1919. and
the town was already oversupplicd.
aeordinG TO the theatrical men. Where
Il will stop nobody knows. but By
the time the new houses are open
Tor business tue thcsters Of this city
viii bc sble TO scat all tho citizens
jof ~. Paul or Providence. II they
should come TO town in q body for
theater party. Seven Of tho new
houses alone will seat l7.b00 people
aud mono OF these sre located iu the
great white light district where
tho city's sight life centers. Nine
others. however. arc being finished
In the streets Close sround Lonsacrc
Square and they will all DO ''Broad.
way touses" In tho sense 10 which
thcaterdom usrs tho word. Thcatcr-
dom Ia distinctly iilok1cal in using
that word. by the way. for two
thirds Of the recognized big Broad
way houses' arc not In Broadway.
and there are q dozen or moro large
thcatcrs fronting lie great Main
street" of New York which yet do
not have the pcstiEe Of great new
productions and distinguished actors.
Some Of tho new thcatcrs Will be
wcetlcd out after n season or two.
but It Is likely that most Of them
will stay. The metropolis Is more
OF an Amusement resort than most
people realize, and that 1t is the
greatest in the world has never been
any secret.