Evening star., 1922-11-09
SUGAR REF|NERS
SEE HIGHER PRICES
Recent Low Charges Said to
Have Passed for Pres
ent Season.
by J. &. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK, November e.-The old
wartime sugar slogan. stir hard,
we don't mind the noise" is likely to
he put in force by the careful house
holder this year.
Wartime sugar prices are a thing
OF the past, but producers and re-
hners are emphatic in declaring that
recent low prices may not he expect
ed to return, at least until another
season.
Demand Very Heavy.
There is a greater demand and
greater competition among retiners
than has obtained since 1918. accord
ing to dispatches received today from
New Orleans. So great has been the
call for sugar that most of the south
ern cane crop could have been dis
posed of before this time had planters
been willing to accept the prices Of
fered. Many have sold a considerable
portion of their crops. but the major-
of rising market which has been
strengthened by the Shortness of the
domestic and foreign sugar beet
crops.
About one third of the cane produc-
tion has been sold at prices ranging
from $40 TO $50 cents pound for
raw sugar and $50 and $50 cents a
pound for plantation granulated. This
Is about cents a pound above the
1921 level. Sirup is bringing three
times as much as last season. Nest
cane planters are ending the season
in good shape.
Grinding Well Under Way.
Grinding of sugar beets is wei
under way in the intermountaiu
region. in Kansas and Missouri. and
In Minnesota and Michigan. and a
large part of the crop has already
been converted into sugar. The re-
suits have been satisfactory to the
farmers who planted beets. owing to
the excellen, tonnage produced per
acre and the good prices for beets
under the sliding scale based on the
sugar market.
The sugar refining companies are
pleased with the quality of beets pro-
duced, but are disappointed with the
acreage. Production in the beet fields
viii run only 60 to 15 per cent of
normal.
Wave of Potato Raising.
A wave of potato raising instead OF
beet culture has swept over the inter
mountain states. Potato acreage and
production was enormous and beet
acreage was cartailed. AS result
there is a surplus of potatoes. IN
many sections the tub-rs do not pay
for digging, but the beet raisers are
happy. There VIII be a greatly Ia
creased beet acreage next year. Re-
fners have prospects for reasonable
profits in spite of the expected bumper
crop of cane in Cuba. which forecasts
production of over 1900, 900 tons OF
sugar.
Car shortages continue to have a
depressing effect in various sections
despite record car loadings More
than 12.000.000 bushels of wheat are
tied up in Kansas elevators and farm
ers' bins. Elevator men cannot buy
more wheat from farmers because
they have no SPACE in which 20 store
IL. About 65 per cent of the Wash
ington shingle mills have closed down
with all shed facilities piled fun
awaiting cars and little hope is eA-
pressed for betternent before Frbru-
ary. 1923.
Now Talk of 3O-Cent Cotton.
Dealers and manufacturers in the
Atlantic states ana New ENGLAND as
well as in the south. ar. beginning
to talk seriously of the prospect for
30-cent cotton. The Ford y oiur Con-
pany is in the market for copper, ana
is understood To be buyin., heavily
for future needs Contracts nave been
let for new Ford assembling plant
in the Chicago district and Ford pro-
duction schedules now are at the rae
of 5000 cars day.
At the other end of the motor mar
ket. the American plant If the Rolls
Royce Motor Company has Dcen u.-
able to turn out ears fast enough To
meet demand. and prepar itions nov
are being made to import cnass:s
from England.
Preparations 10 increase stee, pro
duction are being made in the
Youngstown district. On sor.e big
building projects. contractors hay.
bought bad order" freight cars AMI
put them into condition themsely.s
to secure deliveries on needed raw
m al erials