San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16
Situation Especially Acute
in the West and
Northwest.
FAILED TO BUY CHEAP
Industry Fairly Well Pro-
tected in South and
Midwest.
Hy i. G.. R0yLE.

Copyright, by The san Antonio Light.
New York. March 1G.-CannerS and
growers of berries and small fruits in
certain sections of the country are
facing situation of real peril to their
Industries with the present prices Of
sugar.
This situation is especially acute in
the West and Northwest where can
ners failed to provide for the require
ments for 1928 when sugar was sell
ing near 4 cents pound. Grow
ers in the Pacific Northwest today de-
clared that the present price Of sugar
$40 per 100 pounds in that sec
tion-was ruinous. especially when
complicated by higher wage scales on
farms and in cannegies. shortage of la
Dor. and higher prices for cans.
Tens of thousands of acres OF new
ly-cleared lands have been planted to
raspberries and loganberries in Wash
ington and Oregon in the last three
years. Canneries and packing plants,
operated OH both n corporate and co.
operative basis. have been erected to
handle these crops and this heavy in
vestment Of capital is now threat
ened, according 10 those interested.
They have sent n communication TO
Secretary of Commerce Hoover. pro-
testing against sugar prices which
they say is n result of the market
manipulation.
Southern Canneries Protected.
Gamers of the South and parts of
the Midwest, however. are fairly we'll !
protected against sugar advances. |
They purchased heavily from Louis
lana cane growers when the cane was |
cut last fall, buying futures against !
their probable requirements for this !
year. In connection with the sugar |
situation it is interesting to note that |
the American Sugar Refining Com |
pany for 1922. before the advance in
raw took place. showed profits from |
operations of $10.0S3, S32 as against |
a loss in 1921 of $2,177.275.
Heavy Asparagus Pack.
California asparagus Gamers are |
for heavy pack and if
weather conditions continue favorable. |
a. total of 100000 eases may be ex-
ceeded. Practically all the Gamers
have sold their expected output in ad-
vance. Acreage has been increased and
canrfers have bid so successfully that
which ordinarily would go
10 the fresh vegetable trade, is. going
to the canneries.
Boxes used by Gamers in shipping
have increased 40 per cent in cost inj
some sections. /
Builders Fight for Men.
The shipping and building trades
,,,r ka4 10 8. l,I \
Of the hands employed in shipyards
and along the waterfront are being en-
ticed from these employments by the
high wages in the building trades and
sailors are DESERVING ships for better
paid jobs here
Marine engineers especially are in
demand at figures higher than the
marine scale. The building trades I'M
will find immediate relief
and improvement from the removal Of
freight embargoes by many of the
eastern roads. which have been con-
especially on anthracite
.oal shipments.
New England industries have been
heavily affected by this railroad
reight congestion which was compi-
,ated by heavy storms.
Oil Production Stimulated.
The statement by A. c. Bedford
hat the exploitation of two-thirds of
he estimated oil-producing areas in
Mexico had been abandoned. that. due
, unfavorable development. companies ,
operating face losses OF one-half OF
heir iriinal investment. is expected =,
o add stimulus to the drilling opera
ions in American fields nevelon
nent operations now are proceeding at
IN unusual rate in the Smackover :
rea. the California fields and in wyo- .
ming and Montana. 4 further ad- :
ance in gulf crude is anticipated.
Automobile owners in many differ /
MT sections of the country are rushing r
o tire stores to buy their summers
upply of tubes and castings before Il
be general advance ia prices, which is h
expected, goes into effect. V