The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-15
The nds and ,caues aoa the side of the abet na,0a
How to Get Sugar Cheaply

~. x..,r,. Daily American n out With rrorose'
-vn.sv for the sugar problem rcrneay tnA' ~ 49,
,ould nail the profteer. insure mus s'Ie ~ ~,
uppiy and which would. inc'"en"'' '
80 Industry In washington -.
rr,e Ameriean's plan II the establishment. o'
tat~owned sugar factory In the fAfithA 's a,
!. ,p.r.ted at cost including interest on u,e 49, -,
"A IN. creation OF n sinking fund 10 reut' u''"
90 q, 40 xs.ars isy such means. II HSues
ro,ve .urar could be produced here a, nome =
.,..,v N ,ur needs and ut about third OF IN
resent price.
Her "a the Americans argument
.-T,e Irnited states agricultural year doom TOT
,s,s shows that the United States now pr"nuc-
from both cane and eeets. anout a y" ,,
tho sugar consumed In this country. ny
,ra,rser b. imported Total sugar consumpuon
~ the peop,e Of this country amounts 70 @sovr
oro 600 rounds annually. There arc roughly
Is 600 900 families IN the United sAssS 49,,
means that each family consumes soV i
~ sugar zach year. This Ia . complete per
r.ps,a consumption. including private families
public eating houses oanneries candy factories
etc. ,..-....
since the 1910 census Washington now mas ~
v,r,,x,r,atefv Soo. 900 families. Rased on inc ma
sions average consumption. this states s"sAi
requirements ar. 100 100000 pounds annuany'
utah. Colorado and calfornn Pso1e
average Of IL tons OF sugar oee's per acrc. n.
sumlnw that bee, land In the Yakima valley WV
AVERAGE as high in production. we have an aver.
age production OF snEr con'ens per 80
$500 lbs To meet the sugar. needs OF All ~
p>orie OF Washington would therefore roa"''
10 900 acres devoted sugar heets
-Can the Yakima valley contribute pr0t''Aoy
30. 600 acres to sugar beet culture eaSn 49,.
A seuay Of the situation. and assuming price
= -. q, sfs a ton can give nothing but
~ ssy,ru,atiye answer with such price. "
would be difficult TO keep the acreage IN the
whole valley as low 10000 acres
AT the end OF 1917, r. X. TIFFANY esuma,ea
upAe
r~,r,pletsd or well under way nt 100000 acres
Probably $1,000 acres have been added since thA'
time OF this, fully 100000 acres are not IN
fruit culture. and are adapted TO forage or roos
crops Making allowances for advantageous r0e~
TONS ana for a generous percentages OF nrrne]
who could not BE- persuaded TO grow h~ets al any
prsce there wosld stin b not less than $4,000
and possibly much as 10000 acres IN oees
.acb wear under system that would assure
rrcwern a pruat and under which enormous
profits now going to profteerins monopolss
would be enjoyed by consumers.
what Is a right price for beets' The sugar
~orunanv xnys si3 a ton. Farmers contend for a
minimum OF SIS. Place the price At SIS a ton.
and we have n raw beet cost OK TSx cents
pound for sugar con,snt. Eighteen dollars a
ton win return the grower an average close 10
$500 an acre gross. which would permit using
white labor at good wages. keeping minor children
in school and relieving women OF The si2v'sh
work of wedding and thinning
what ~ the factory cost OF refining snrar rom
heefsg The company Is very secr~tive about
ths The American has verified data which Is
IA years old Growers then received $3.50 at ts
dump and 80 sliced Amounting to si-Is 70 -
per 100 pounds OF sugar content Factory costs
for the finished product. including raw materials
and all costs Of refining. considering interest
on investment. depreciation etc. then totaled
S.sz-an average OF about dollar hundred
for refining ready for delivery to buyer. {. o. b.
factory.
TO be sure all factory costs have advanced
sharply since that time II Is also true That
Traction have improved. Where zoo men were
required IN 1905 TO operate n s0o-:on capacity
min. a min Of the same capacity can now Be
handled by little than 100 men Per
centag- OF sugar recovery has also sharply IN
creased with improved methods
"Iut assume. In spite Of improved methods.
both labor and sugar saving. that factory costs
have doubled These costa would then amount
to only 81 per 100 fbs Of refined sugar. Add
81 factory cost 70 So beet cost brings cost b.
factory. only 81 n hundred with SIS ton to
beet growers. Add 50 cents q hundred pounds
Of sugar ioo.ooo.ooo pounds produced brings
the cost To eight and one-haH cents. and allows
100000 for lettering wages and working condi-
lions for factory workers and for experimental
field work In cooperation with growers. with
view TO helping growers secure bigger and more
profitable yielda-
add to the eight and onehaif Cents and
one-half cents for distribution from factory thru
wholesale and retail channels 10 consumers tand
the American In reliably advised by wholesalers
today that this Is wide margin for dis,ributionl.
we arrive at . price to consumer OF 10 cents
q pound
'washington's 100000. Doom. consumption NJ -
cents amounts to s2s.ooo,ooo AT 10 cents. the
total n S1oooo.ooo-a difference of $4,000 900.
And bear In mind this Il the only difference.
With the Slo,ooo,ooo goes sis TO growers and
higher wages and better working conditions TO
factory employees; American labor In the beet
fields elimination of child and woman labor;
better education for the young. and group
citizenship prde tn great cooperative state
industry.
"can Washington afford not 10 establish a beet
sugar factory In the Yakima valley7
There Is no reason why the Utah Idaho Sugar
Co. s'sould lose It's investment The state could
take 1t But there In less reason why the
people Of Warrington should make a present
Of from 10 to 20 millions a year to the sugar
company"
A lot Of favortte sons hare been put in III
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