The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-12

crop of more than one .million ton,
Of sugar is shown in figures recently
complied by various authorities.
The story of this phenomenal in
crease that means an American beet
sugar crop next season Of almost twice
the average annual Hawaiian sugar
crop is indicated in the following sta.
tistics:
Area contracted for the l0l7-l8 beet
crop, $4,000 acres.
Estimated total sugar production of
American beet factories, more than |, ;.
100000 tons, an increase of 200, 900
tons above last years production.
Ninety.fve beet sugar factories in
eighteen states scheduled to operate
next season including fifteen new beet
sugar factories, now building, to be
completed for the lgl7.lS season.
Total beet sugar output for 1867
season, S20,657 tons, or 10000 tons
more than the yearly average between
19l0-19tI.
Price paid to farmers for beets last
season, 1912 ton, highest in the his.
tory Of the industry.
il Dtct ottu lulpoFpeu lHtO tne y nlteu
States during 1916, l9,O24, S29 pounds
at cost of $l,oSs, 247, nearly five times
the figures of the previous year.
Number of beet sugar factories in
1870, three; number of factories in
1914, seventy.eight producing 100000
tons Of sugar, sixteen per cent of the
American consumption; number Of fac.
tories expected to operate 1917.ls, nine
ty.hve.
Telegraphic Tally Taken
Statistics compiled by telegraphic
tally of all the American beet sugar
companies operating on May % show
that the total acreage contracted for
the 1917-lS campaign will total ap-
proximately $4,000 acres, or an in.
crease of more than 100000 acres above
the July 10 estimates of beets planted
in 1916.
Compared with the acreage harvested
last year, the increased contracted acre.
age this year win amount to nearly
200, 900 acres.
Based on the average per acre sugar
production for 1916, the present con.
tracted area; allowing for the usual ten
per cent abandonment of acreage plant
ed, indicates n total sugar production
of beet sugar well above 1,000,0 900 tons,
predicted on the existing favorable
weather and on normal growing and
harvesting conditions in the coming
months, or approximately 100000 tons
of beet sugar above last years pro-
duetion. d. -. .''
Remarkable Growth shown -
y Growth Of the American beet sugar
industry from 1870 to 1914 is traced in
a report made by the federal trade
commission 70 congress. lt4t. = So.
In 1914 the country produced 7OO,.
900 tons of beet sugar, 16 per cent of
its consumption. At that time there
were ssyenty-eight factories against
three in 1870.
Rapid development of the indus.
try since 1884, says the report, "has
been largely due to direct encourage
ment by the Federal and State gov.
ernments, particularly the former"
In the five years ending with 1913
IA manufacturing companies, accord
ing to the report, earned an average of
eleven per cent on their capital. In
1884 earnings were unusually small
because of low price of sugar. b.
Farmers Reap Profits ..
Beet growing, the report says, has
proved profitable to the farmer, al.
though growers complain they do not
receive a price for their produce com
mensurate with the price of sugar.
The bureau of beet crop estimates of
the department of agriculture at Wash.
ington for the season l9l6-l9l7 puts
the sugar output of the beet at $780,.
657 tons, or about 1000 tons less than
the year before.
But this is l69, 900 tons moro than the
yearly average between 1910 and 1914. I
The average for 1916 is placed at $685.
30S against GIL ,30l in 1915. The beet
tonnage in 1916 was 6,22S ,256 and in
1915 it was 6,5ll ,275 tons.
Beets Sell High
The average yield per acre was 9.36
tons and in 1915 it was 1917 tons. The
price paid farmers per ton was the
highest in the history of the beet in
$6.l2 a ton as against
1867 in 1915, and $5.45 in 1914.
The campaigns in 1916 lasted eighty
lays and in 1915 it went up TO ninety,
w .uhgS' ShhlOnld IHCIOTleS run lUo
lays and in Colorado l02 days. |
As to the percentage of sugar in
l9l6 the amount extracted was 1850
Ind in 1915 il was l6.49. These show
he tests and not the total extraction, |
IN 1914 it was 1888 per cent. The |
jurity coefficieHt in 1916 was 84.74 |
yer cent.
Millions Paid for Seed
According TO figures compiled by the |
eoreign Department of the National
lily Bank, the importation of sugar
,eet seed into the United States for |
he calendar year of 1916 amounted TO |
1904, S29 pounds, and cost the do |
nestle beet growers 81 ,9SS,24 as com.
jared with importation of 1923, 022 |
,ounds ia, 1915 valued at $404, 99l. The |
.reater portion Of last year 3 seed i'm, |
'ortations came from Russia.
- Facts About Sugar" is responsible
or the comprehensive and authentic ,
Oreeast of the probable domestic beet |
ugar production for l9l7-ls that esti.
mates the crop at more than 100000 !
ons Of sugar, In elabOrating on this
Geographic compilation of statistics, :
his journal says:
The facts as compiled indicate that ,
approximately $4,000 acres of beets .
ave been contracted for by the sugar /
This acreage indicates that
yer 100000 acres have been contract I