Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-29

Furthermore. with TIE proposed heavy
cut la tarin rates the products III the
California groves NH eDue Into dlrCct
competition with The cheap isppoita-
tlons from the Mediterranean. Cuba
and other tropical and semi-tropicHl
countries
Tho Que great staple for which there
Is constantly expanding market b.
sugar Tho United states imports at
the present tisne nearly s.0oO.oOe tons
~ sugar per annum from foreign
countries practically all from cuba.
sugar IN "A staple for which there ia
always a market and " necessary a
can be stored Tor long periods With
little deterioratlGn Furthermore.
bee; sugar Is a nnishrd product repre-
scntiuK ouiy about ilftern. per cent ~
tile weight ~ the raN material from
which " h produced whereas III tnc
case OF frult, alfeifls and grain crops.
high freight charges 80 the eastern
markets must 80 paid 0n the entire
weight Of the commodity just 49, V
comes from The orchard or the field
II has been demonstrated bs Years
az experience that no section ~ the
United States Ia fact no country IA
the world IL better adapted to the
cultivation nf ihs sugar beet taau
are the irrigated lands 81 the west
THE production of sugar hrets Under
irrigation Tor the nrst Time iu the
worlds hisioy WAS commenced la titan
in 1891. and 50 successfully has n
heen done that seventy per cent of
the total beet sugar output of mo
United States is npig produced ia tne
Western siHies under IRRIGATION.
10 has been DEMONSTRATED also that
the cultivation ut SUGAR bceia I'D fo-
tBtiou With alfalfa and grain crops n-
crenscs the Yield Of the latter io such
an extent as 90 mike the production
az cereals profitable even With the
high cost of irrigation The result s
tnHt while few new hcct lactnriee have
been built within the past nec years.
The beet acreage has increaaod twenty
hvc per cent. and ia some localities
ihe hriufipH have been compelled tp
turn away contracts for bcets.
% sugar is placed on tho Urea lisl,
either NOW ur three years hence ~
proposed n wiii give the CASTERS tallc
rcnncra who import aud nuw pnA
duty on their raw material tho nbso
luic power "a dcpress prices below lht
cost of the productions at sugar hpets
as wolf as Louisiana cane This thc'
Rrc anxious a. 40. lH thcy are alarmed
at The oncfonchmeni of hoot sueAr IA
/ tho eastern markets fnf sevnral
I ms ufhs el each year v hen best HugaI
I cumps on the market those hit frin-
ors either have 60 roduce the price ~
rchned snqar. of Withdaw from tne
trade al,ogt;her until the beet sugar
Is disposed oi aii ~ which tends to
the ioWering oi urices az thc con.
surirr.
Free sugar M three wears viii hl
Just as effective death warrant Coz
the domestic sugar Industry al thoush
the execution took place immediately
/ the only difference helng that moro
time is allowed for me funeral nr.
rnnRomonis. While tho cost OF pro,
ductlon n gradually decreasing, and
would further decrease with d larErl
output three Years win make no an.
proclaole difference under existing
conditions. Al the present Tins lht
eastern reilnfra are utilizing lees thar
half the productive cHp2rIlF uf UooI|
planis and 4 'sill ~ q simR'g 'na.lel