The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-24
srGNn Brrrs AND POLITICS.

irs that che, ga, not b,ng robbed
o., tho present hIgh price thc, arc
forced o. pay Tor sugar
"a total uf 2 200 900 uo.os planted
Geo boots would free us from depend
'nco upon foreign grow sugar
SAWS Bulletin 40 2G0 Of thc United
states department ~ agriculture 10
caling attention 10 the cnsc with
which the United States could make
ltsclf independent IT tho rest 90 the
world for les sugar supply The bui-
! ictin prints e list uf nineteen states
which have been demonstrated 60 be
well adapted Go the growing of sugar
bccts. These states are california,
Colorado. Idaho. Illinois. Indiana.
Iowa. Kansas. Michigan. Minnesota.
Missouri. Montana, Nebraska, Nee
Vada, Nurth Dakota, OHIO, south pa
kotn, Utah, Wisconsin. wyoming
These states contain more than
1000. 900 farms and over s1s. 900. 900
'i'H Fl" iNiiAhhfN l"NNH- ih' Hhiaf
tin continues
III one farmer In tour IN these
states were To plant a thrce-acr"
patch aud give ID the care that could
readily be- bestowed upon So small
q plat II would b.. unnecessary Tor
us To buy foreign sugar. Two-thirds
of I per cent 1T the improved land
In this area ia All that would Doe re-
CURED Ia accomplish this result
More than That acreage lies Idle. alb
s%oiutely unused. every year. Any
one Of the states OF Illinois. Iowa,
Kanras. Missouri, Minnesota, Me-
braska or ohio could produce all this
sugar and .hen have the bcets occur
only once In q tcn-ycar rotation; sew
cral Of the othcrs could do Il alone
on a nvc-yeur rotation
From this table it can be seen
that deyoting the proposed 2,00o,ooo
acres 10 SUGAR beet production would
have an utterly insignificant effect In
reducing the ncreage Of other crops.
u they were grown In properly On
sidered rotations with any Of these
crops except cotton and rice the ei-
feet al the hcets In increasing the
yield Of tho others would much
moro than countcfbalancc the acre
age taken from The latter An that
is necessary. ~" TAR az acreage is con
cerned. In order 10 make Us indie
pendent sugar producers is To bring
The crop e q parity with flax or
rye"
Here we have "a plea from the
highest authority for a greater acre
age OF sugar beets. an authoritative
demand Tor more sugar bects proof
of the need for them; and that if
we had them We would be freed from
the foreign domination Of the
sugar market
We do not know much about the
'forcign bennington. although We
: doubt whether the dominant influ-
cnce In the present price viii bee
found anywhere outside ~ New YORK
city. But We do know the influence
responsible for the tremendous re
duction In The acrenge OF sugar bects
Ia this rountry this year That in
nuence was and is the campaign
made by tho Standpat Republican
party. A. was tho ease with wool
the people were told that th. Demo
cratic tnrin policy would wreck the
sugar beet Industry; hat the mills
would all close ana that the beet
growers would become poor.
a lot al creduiuus farmers believed
that wild talk just as "A lot Of sheen
growers believed the wool talk.
\ bot Of farmers cut sugar bcets
out 81 their farms this year because
they were scared boy the Republican
campaign dope. JUST az % iot Of sheep
owners were scared into selling their
sheep Bon an on market hy the same
fool dope.
Result Those farmers Who have
sugar hcets this Fan are getting rich
out Of The said bcets. Just az thos'
sheep owners who had sense enough
TO hold ON 90 their sheep or 10 bus
more have grown rich In the mos
prosperous Wool season on record.
Ia our own Republican state plat
form this year We are g%raycly ar
sured that The Democratic tariu pol
icy has ruined the sugar beet 100
dustry IN New McNico aud stoppe'
development OF a great area Of nu
lands
GA the Iisht OF this authoritativ
statement. given out by the SQUIRE
81 all reliable Information on Oh.
sugar business q does look us " "a.
standpat Republicans Of Sew Mex
SEQ had gone a OF their way O
make fools ~ themselves and hal
then made r. desperate effort &
prove their foolishness
o. A.