Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-28
GIANT MILL TURNS
FOR FIRST TIME IN
HEART Of 'GIADES

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tCopyright 1924.D
NEW YORK. Feb. 26.-The open
ing Of the big mill of the Pennsyl-
vania Sugar company, II miles from
Miami, Fla, is regarded by Ameri
can cane growers and beet sugar
men as a distinct blow at control of
the America nmarket by refiners
who have always claimed that by
buying from themselves and thus
transferring profits from one pocket
to another, the refiners with Cuban
plantations have been enabled to
dominate the prices of both raw and
refined sugars.
The new Florida plant which be-
gan functiOning this month and now
is working into steady operation is
the outlet for a great plantation COW
ering 100000 acres in the Florida
everglades. The first cane was
planted years ago, but the invest
ment already exceeds 81 600 900. The
significant fact of the initial grind
ing, however, is that it has proven
that a tremendous territory in
Florida is available for successful
cane culture and that its eNpa nsion
will serve still further to relieve the
United States from dependence on
the Cuban supply,
There were only 37S, $50 900
pounds of cane snga" produced iii
the United Sta &c last year. Or but
little more than kalf as MUCH as IN
1922. The Ceet su"ar crop helped
out, for it WIS 1850 160, 00G pounds
a. gain of over 400 900, 200 pounds
from the previous year, but this
country consumed over ten and 4
half billion pounds
Cuban Crop to Show Gain
Sugar receipts at Cuban ports are
nearly as large as they were last
year. The crop is progressing fav-
Orably and the weather has been
fine. Nearly all of the ia mills
which were expected to operate in
1924 are now grinding, and there
seems little doubt that the Cuban
crop will be above that of 1928, al
Though the increase is not at present
estimated to be excessive These
are factors which would tend toward
a sterilization OF prices, at least
during the early part of this season
English refiners are not expected
to prove a factor in price increases
for Cuban raws, at least for the
present, since they seem to have
supplied their needs pretty well up
to April. II is undeniable, however,
that Europe will have to look large
Iy 10 Cuba for supplies until the
Java sugars begin 70 arrive on the
continent in June.
Later, however, the European
beet sugars will come on the mar
1-,Dt
that the yield from that source this
year will be heavy. The French
beet sugar crop now is placed at
100000 tons, with large contracts
for acreage closed and a big in
crease next year relied on.
L. $. Consumption Up
Consumption in this country.
however is counted on to improve
materially over last season. The
wild Lamentations in sugar prices
last spring had a detrimental effect
on consumption. not only by the
housewife, but in the case of the
Gamers Then, too, some of the
fruit crops in various sections suf-
fered materially from bad weather
in 1928, further diminishing con
sumption of sugar in packing. Can
dy manufacturers all over the cOun-
try report steady and increasing
demand. Soft drink manufacturer
who use sugar in their products are
increasing their plants and prepar-
ing for a big summer season, and
preliminary estimates of fruit crops
are encouraging to growers and
Gamers.
Other factors which intensity the
significance of the success attend
ing the Florida cane operations are
that the district is available to wa
ter transportation and that the land
suitable fer planting to this crop Is
extremely extensive.
The Louisiana cane growers eXpe-
rienced a most satisfactory season in
1928. due largely to advantageous
marketing methods, and there is
reason to believe that this success
will give encouragement for extend
ing production.