The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-20

10 Lue OlneI agricultural crops Oh bu-
rope. Official data collected by Ger
many shows that the effect of beet
culture in that country has been TO
cause the following increase in the
production of other crops: Wheat, "a
per cent; rye, Is per cent; barley.
rs per cent; oats. AN per cent; and
potatoes, 1O2 per cent. So important
is this effect that some of the leading
economists and statesmen maintain
that they could well afford to pursue
their present sugar policy oven if no
money were made on the sugar crop
itself.
American Beet Possibilities.
In Senate Document No. 90 Sixty
first Congress, first session, page 81,
the Secretary of Agriculture officially
states that the area in the United
States having soil and climatic condi-
tons adapted to the production Of
satisfactory sugar beet is at least 274-
100000 acres; that is, we have 274
times as much land adapted to beet
culture as is used by Germany in any
one year in producing two-thirds as
much sugar as the United States con
sumes. The Secretary of Agriculture
further states that,
IF we only consider those localities
in this country that have the best
facilities for taking up the beet-sugaF
industry, and limit the territory to
that portion capable of producing our
own consumption of sugar, it might
be said that the United States pos
sesses some material advantage over
Europe"
In view OF the results obtained in
Europe, of the officially determined
beet area in the United States, and
the natural advantages of that area, It
is preporterous to maintain that the
beet-sugar industry is a dollhouse in
dustry In the United States. The onl.
thinS necessary for the consistent ant
continuous. development of that in
dustry in our own country to a poin
where we shall produce our own suga
is the unquestioned maintenance of {
fiscal policy that will equalize the dill
erence in the cost of production in th'
United States and abroad.
Price of Beets.
The testimony taken before the
hearing of this committee conclusive
, ly demonstrates that the beet-suga
, manufacturers in this country are pay
iHgi the farmer considerably more 70
beets than they did a few years agt
In California the price of beets TO
the quality Of beets has recently bee
increased rs cents ton, which make
l the price for the quality of beet
/ usually raised in that section Sc pc
J ton.
In Utah and Idaho the ruling pric
is IS per ton and freight, whic
makes the beets cost, delivered at til
factory, over $3.50 to $5.65 per ton.
In Colorado and Nebraska the prize
averages from $3.50 per ton to $65
per ton.
In Michigan and Ohio the custom
airy contract calls for a payment o
the factory Of $3.50 per ton for beef
testing twelve per cent sugar wit
80 1-3 cents per ton for each add
tional per cent of sugar in the beet
with a minimum guarantee of S. p,
ton.
Under such form of contract co
pied with the freight charges paid
the factory the average price pa
by one of the leading Michigan col
panies in 1910 was $691 per ton.
As contrasted with the above co
of beets to the American manufa'
urer, we have the officially determi
ed cost of beets per ton of zoo
pounds in the open market in Fran
and Germany as follows:
Frence. German