The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-16
Big Saving to Consumers.

Government control of the sugar in
dustry, WHICH was announced in Il
presidential proclamation yesterday,
j will mean the saving of $ls,00O,0O0 to
the consumers OF thc United States
annually in the future.
The announcement of the procIa ma
ton Is not a surprise to the local
sugar men. Manager +. A. Wilson of
the Great Western Sugar company ad-
United yesterday that he had been ad-
vised OF the plan and it WAS no sur
prise to him. For some time the gov
eminent food administration has been
. working on Il plan to economic in the
. distribution of sugar and the leading
manufacturers of the product have
been consulted.
\ The government will limit the price
fof sugar to Ia cents per. pound aft
I CT October L. This reduction in price,
however, will be made up to a large
measure by economies in the freights
and in middlemens profits. Sugar
/! growers will not be cut out of any Of
/ their profits. Local growers will be
! pleased to know that they will get the
contract price for their beets, no mat
j ter what the government does about
limiting the price.
! Come From Manufacturers.
The SlS,000.0O0 will come out Of the
! manufacturers alone. The govern
ment however, plans to save enough
In the distribution so that the manu-
tacturers will not be very much out of
pocket 1t is more than likely that the
plans that are being put into opera
ton now will be adopted permanently
by the manufacturers.
In the past the manufacturers have
paid eXorbitant freight rates in order
= compete with other dealers. Ship
ments of sugar from the far west to
the eastern cities will most likely be
prevented in the future. Western fac
tories will supply the western part of
the country and eastern factories will
supply the east. The mammoth fac
tory of Missoula will soon be turning
out the finished product that will be
distributed in the surrounding coun-
try, instead of being shipped to the
far ends of the country.
Harvest Beets October I.
Manager Wilson announced yestcr-
day that the beet harvest will begin
on October /. While the mill will not
pe ie.uN 10 Sidil 1T that llIllt,
the farmers need have no worry, for
the beetS will be taken Off their hands
at the contract price and stored at the
different stations until the mill is
ready to start grinding about No
Nemher L.
The work of putting on the finish
ing touches 10 the big mill is going on
rapidly these days. The cause of most
NO, 1rI, h. 4
to get freight delivered promptly,
Most of the big machinery is already
in place, but some of the small con
nections have not arrived although or
dered last YEAR Tile local manage
ment has been assured, however, that
the long wait Is about over. II will
take only a short time to install the
remaining machinery when it arrives
Better Prices in 1918.
Sugar beet growers will he given an
opportunity to contract for next ycaI
as soon as the sugar harvest is on
The average price for beetS in this
locality this year will be $50, but the
prospects are that the price for next
year will be a little better than that
While the outcome of the first sea
sons efforts in growing beets has not
been good because of the extreme dry
weather, many of the growers fee
Very much enthused over the future
The experiences of the first season
have taught them much that will help
them in next years work.
The Great Western company may
be able to take all of the beets from
the Bitter Root valley that was con-
tractcd for the Hamilton mill if the
affairs of the Hamilton company are
arranged so that the contracts can be
turned over to the local concern.