The Holly chieftain., 1923-02-01

comes and how it effects our econ
omieal Structure in this teYitory,
and mind you, his is only from one
factory hardly noticeable.
Practically all this would be
all Of the above would be lost to
sN.eiiean industry il cane sugar i'm
ported from foreign countries aud
9gadueed by cheap labor predomin.
cted. Al the o;hse refiner4 Of foreign
snsars have i very smaii Investment
in proportion to the present stand
ing OF the beet sugar industry, The
cane refiIler9 get a boat load Of
sugAi. into port one day, rcfineit.s
pat II in the sark next day. which
"a n mifor Rroeess in colnparison b
Wiat IS4 liaYc to 20 thrl to get beet
sugar in the saci: then about the
third day they eanputitontheinarket
Gather fn thl profits and haFe the
intnreats 10 Anioficaa agriculture,
sauitol and la!1en in general .ands
J. lhe statidi x Of SngsF Hee. laodHc
ton III caHHRini.ies activity is
afen misRBd d4rstood OF oyvrlooked,
because we fail to fecosni2e how es-
f'ntialiE 1t N related 70 agriculture
on which t'lia country is absolutely
andsolciy dependent, or in other
Wonig, agricu!ture is our life and
fonnGatiou, 50 Won can 3Ae how nee.
lessafy if is to establish foundation
shat Ii indestfnctiblc. It fas,noW be
come fact thnt The sngar industry
is more essential after ii has once
been established and the farmers
adapted 10 glowing Facts than any
Other marketing facilities connect
ed with faiuing, as most Of tic
tarmers consider the baets an insB-
anee 10 their progress. tyistaee and
financial backing fro year TO year
For years producing hcAt sugar
was considered strictly q manufact-
ucfs proposlGon, hec;s T'are con-
traeted only on flat rate basis,
which did n4b YaEy 4 great deal
from ytar t6 year, the fllletltation Of
Che retired product was absorbed
hy the Company and the farmers
had no interest whatever in market
iig of the I@finnd sugar The pres
ene Contract gives tl4a srnWers an
opportunity to participate in the
high prices of sugar with mini
mum price or guarantee vt if sugar
goes below a certain Level, which
givE.s the farmer staple basis 70
work on and a fairer deal than he
receives elsewhere, the companies
practically agreeing to absorb Losses
If Il lower market bredominates.
The present coui'aet brings a
closer relationship between pro
Queer and manufactuItr, and clint
natcs agitation and unpleasant feel
ing, it also shows the disposition Of
The manufacturers that If the beets
aro worth n certain anount they are
wiling to pay same II they arr not
worth . cartain amount they cannot
afford to pay more.
The tariff now in force will MAXI
5hep,icp of sugar that much higher
than If Free trade predominated and
no duty ON imports ad to be paid SO
one can take his choice ether nat
rate or Dartieipate.
the experience OF agriculture al
over the world has been that u sue
ccsful farming rotation demands es-
neclaliy root crop, which is culti-
vatod and hoed periodically during
the growing season, because the
planting OF Iand continuously to grain
bay and similar crops, which are not
given cultivation after planting,
bring on foul condition of the soil,
etc. II cultivation of tl.e above
nature and proper rotation Is rot
practiccd.
All over Europe. whore farming
HAS reached the most intensive de
velopment and best rsllts The sugar
beet has established ittit as a neee-
ssaly and essential root crop to fit
IN With the best and most practical
crop rotatlon from an agricultural
point o v'w rs well as a cash crop
or financial standpoint, Regarding
alkiline soils, the beet crop has
proven such resistance to same that
these lands ana also ma,.a il pos
sibblo to reclaim. such areas in hall
the tins it would hpya taken other.
wise IL sugar bects had no been
established.
without an exception IN talking
10 travelling men hat have travel
led in Different pars OF The United
States. they noticed a substantial
difference Ia the fjuaprinl and in