The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-04-15

tt+fN "t'p D""u HiHlh lruutrh III place
by pests.
The sugar-cane bOrsr and the red
rot fungus are very destructive Il
many sugar-cane regions The mo
sale or yellOw-stripe disease OF sugal
cane - also serious and Widespread,
iu Us distribution. but new IN tn
United States. Il 8 a very prevalent
disease Ia Java and causes forty pei
ceat damage IN some parts Of Porte
Rico and Hawaii. The curly top IL
probably the most serious disease Of
sugar beets 10 this country. having
caused losses OF hundreds Of thou.
sands u dollars. II was an impOF-
faat factor ia causing two beet sugar
mills % close. A leaf-hOpper insect
Is closely associated with this disease
The suRar-beet nematode a tiny
HOrm-like organism. - doing dam
aEe annually % the crop amounting
10 hundreds u thousands Of dollars.
I 10 these should be- added the leaf
spots and root rots. which take an
enormous toll
The statement OF an estimate q
shortage Of 500 900 tons IN the pres
eut world supply o. sugar Is based
upon statistics up 10 and including the
i9ls-f9 crop. The condition IL made
stiii more serious for the Immediate
future by the fact that the 1920
crop. now being delivered. f. aDpar-
cnfly even slightly less than the pre-
ylous light crop. The January s. 1890
estimate OF Willett & Gra5 Is l77s5-
gs7 tons This - again more than
1000 900 tons short Of the usual crop
~ about 10000 900 tons. The accu-
INFLATED world deficit Ia sugar D.
therefore. roundly 6.OOO.O0 tons, and
that Ia the face Of an increasing per
capita consumption.
The United States imports more
sugar than any other country ana Wi.l
be- an the more seriously affected by
tho world shortage. and IN add ion
our own crop OF usually about 1000.
900 tons in contiguous United States
100 900 tons Of beet sugar and k5e, 1
900 tons OF cane sugar which would 1
ordinarily supply US for two o. three
months. IL reduced this year % the
production OF less than nall "a crop
OF Louisiana cane sugar
Going back. then. 10 the original
question. Where IL the sugar." and
knowing what the question as usually
asked means that IL. the supposed
stocks Of the last crop that do not
arrive-wc may answer Nowhere. II
hoes not exist" II has vanished like
me dew Reserve stocks are cleaned
nut Worse than that. the new crop
,f 1890 Ii already seriously drawn
ipon In advance by August twenty
bird. 1868 900 tons OF the new
lava crop had been sold 70 Japan.
luoted al ten cents. and by August
hirtielh. Java. the second exporting
ountry, had disposed OF 100000 .
Ons out OF a probable production OF .
$4,000 tons. at prices running as !
Ugh "a 1853 cents.
The European Situation. b
We are now using about f.fsO 900
pms. and Il u estimated that we will .
onsume. II We can get Il. 100000 q
ona Ia 1890 II Il further estimated a
rat more than 1000 900 tons Of sugar a
an be required by the world each II
ear ia excess OF the average rOdac- o
on for ave years to make up TOR y
resent deficiencies. but so rat pro- "a
action Is decreasing instead and per :
,pita consumption rising. a,
The general causes OF ths decline :
sugar production have beon men :
oned A few instances are Of spe- :
al interest. :
Tho pre-war sugar production was :
rxest In Cuba. British India. Ger :
any. Russia. Java. Austria Hungary. :
,ntinental United States. France and :
avail All these countries except :
rance and Hawaii produced t.OOO.- :
0 tons or more annually. Only four :
'wever- Cuba. Germany. Java and :
istria-ttungary were important ex :
rtiug countries. though Russia ex- :
rtcd about 100000 tons a year and :
snco about 100000. aud. OF course. :
. Hawaiian crop. half million tons :
more. came to the United states. :
Russia. Austria-Hungary :
a France. all beet-sngar countries.
Tered directly from the war. but In :
fercnt respects Germany and
stria-Hung@y simply suffered the :
Is OF man power. being too busy
hting TO grow sugar bests. aud may :
passed by with that remark. France
4 Russia. In addition. suffered al :
80 complete paralysis Of The indus :
:. through war destruction and con- :
.ation.
In France sakar-heet production :
= oot only an important industry :
itself but the sugar beet az a crup
4 intimately associated with other
% In definite rotations. 80 much 81
4 IN Northern France Il was a ccm-
n saving. No beet. no wheat :