Evening star., 1924-09-30
HUGE BEET CROPS
WILL CURB PRICES
Rise in Cost Of Cuban Raw
Sugar Not Expected to
: Be Maintained.
BY j. &. ItOYLI;.
srecial nisnan.h TO Tie Star.


NEW YORK. September 3n.--tare-
ruI Investigation of the American
sugar producing areas where pulling
OF bcetS iS now in full swing indi
Cites that domestic beet sugar pro-
ductiun this season will exceed 500, 600
tons. or about l0O.1GG tons more than
last year. The sugar production of
Hawaii this season is about 100000
tons an increase of 80, 600 tons over
1922 and next years crop. ii is con-
sidered certain. will bc we'll over
60n.0oo tons. The Porto Rico crop
viii he at least 100, COO tons in ex-
cess Of that of last year. While
tn" centrifugal sugar production of
the Philippines for the crop year
l"2%-24 was 31l,l36 metric tons. or
30 per cent above that of the previous
Year. 1t is expected that production
IN the coming year Will reach i31 900
metric tons. an additional gain of
80 per cent.
Cheaper Sugar Likely.
These facts would seem to refute
stories tu the effect that a shortage
OF domestic sugar beet production
would nccessitate increased imports
from cuba. In fact. the Federal Sugar
Refining Co. which operates in Cuban
sugar. states frankly that the rise in
maintained.
The Federal review of the sugar
situation says: cuban interests have
succeeded IN putting prices on a high
er basis after 4 determined effort but
there is nothing in the refined sugar
SITUATION t" warrant paying the prices
sellers are asking for the raw prod
u"t. In view Of the anticipated prob
able increase in compt tition from new
ion
sugars, buyers are warranted in ad
herring to a conservative policy"
The European beet sugar crop con
tinueS to have a favorable outlook
The Czcchosiovakian is expected to
show gain of % TO 46 per cent over
that of last year. Factories are al
ready slicing in France and Belgium.
and the German plants are about to
begin operations.
Large Crop in West.
In the inte"mountain West weather
conditions have been Favorable for
harvesting the crop and factories will
begin turning out new sugar in guam
Titles inside the next two weeks, in
Colorado, Nebraska. Wyoming. Utah
and Montana. The labor supply of all
the districts in those states is report
ed to be satisfactory and d fair pro-
portion of experienced men who have
handled this crop before are return
ing for the harvest
The Great Western Sugar Company
states the acreage to be harvested by
that concern will be 20 per cent larger
than il 1923, and 1t is unottiCially eS-
timated that the sugar outturn of
the company will be between 1850. 900
and 10000 bags. Acreage is larger,
but the tonnage per acre has been re-
duced as a result of dry weather
Michigan railroads are preparing
for an unusual demand for cars to
move the beet crop of that section
The beetS are progressing in an un
usually satisfactory manner owing
t. the Extraordinarily warm Fall.
Acreage in Michigan is far higher
than last year
Nine sugar companies. owning 80
factories, chiefly in Utah. Idaho.
Wyoming and Washington, will have
paid farmers $I3.5G0,000 for beets of
the 1928 crop by the time the date for
final settlement, October 10, is
reached. The Utah crop this year,
however. is smaller than that of last
season. New Mexico farmers near
Maxwell. who have just taken up the
cultivation of sugar beetS. will real
tie about $lS0,000 on their first years
crop from the planting of 2.l00 acres.
Louisiana retiuerS are cleaning up
preparatory to melting Louisiana new
crop raws, but the Louisiana crop is
available.