The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-29
SUGAR INDUSTRY


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SUGAR INDUSTRY
That the sugar beet industry of this country
will receive big set back after the harvesting Of
one more cop If the tariff bars to be thrown
down after 1913 is the opinion of Judge II. H. Ro-
lapp who has just returned from Chicago where he
attended the convention Of beet sugar mdsmufactur-
ers. The opinion Of the judge on this important
subject AZ very clearly forth in press dispatch
dated at Ogden the 26th instant wherein he Is
quoted at length. The dispatch is as follows;
The beet sugar industry is ruined II the duty
on sugar is removed The beet sugar manufactur-
ers will make every effort have the duty retained
by educating the public in favor of the duty by
means Of a publicity campaign to be naugurated at
once. These statements form the substance OF an
interview given by Judge H. H. Rolapp of the
.Amalgamated Sugar Company, who has returned
from the convention of beet sugar manufacturers in
Chicago. Judge Rolapp reports large and success
full convention with all beet sugar manufactures
represented
should the duty sugar when removed go
directly to the consumer 1t would amount to only
SIS cents year." said Judge Rolapp. Each per.
son would only receive So cents, where if 1t were
retained by the government and given to the cause
of good roads other cause, it would furnish
fund Of than 81 900 900 for each state Of the
unidn. BY the proposed reduction the government
will be deprived of about s52,00OO0O in revenue. ;
There is no doubt that the reduction will prove
ruinous to the beet sugar industry In the face Of
the proposed reduction Of one-third beet fac
tories in the United States have been closed down.
All will go when the entire duty is removed. Those
closed, two in Michigan, two in California. one in
Ohio and enc in Colorado and one in Wisconsin, are
but q drop in the bucket compared with those that
must close because Of cane competition. II the
fraat SI, faotpr 10 opforr u, ho
but crop Of beets manufactured into sugar
at profit. That will be the 1914 crop because the
crop Of the following year would come into compe
tition with sugar under free trade"
Illustrating how sugar will compete with
the home product, Judge Rolapp gave the following
data:
Cost of sugar in Cuba per 100 pounds. 80 90
Cost Of freight to New York .......... ...... rs
Cost of refining .......... ................ LOO
Freight from New York to Missouri River.... .35
Total ...'........... .......... ..........S3. go
Home product:
Cost of production ............. ..........s3.2 %
Freight to Missouri River ................... 80
'At our convention did not believe that the
people of the United States were educated as to
what the removal of the duty to the
try" continued the Judge. $50 we appointed an
executive committee, whose duty shall consist in
campaign OF education On the committee are two
delegates from California, from Colorado, one
from Utah, one from Kansas, one from Michigan and
one from Wisconsin. Literature will be published
and distributed, press bureaus will be formed and
every effort will be made to convince the consumer
that in justice to themselves they should register
protest against the removal of the duty"
In speaking of local conditions, Judge Rolapp
said that the net profit the sugar output of the
Amalgamated Sugar Company this year will be but
20 cents per hundred
l.. Ecces manager Of the sugar company
attended the convention, but instead of returning
at once he is making trip to New York.
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SHOP EARLY
The newspapers throughout the country have
been waghg campaign for years along the lines
OF people q shop ehry at holiday times