The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-01-24
MONTANA SHOULD
USE OWN SUGAR
UNECONOMIC TO SHIP OUT,
FOREIGN PRODUCT IN;
GROCERS TO AID


Billings-A decided impetus
was given to the growing beet
sugar industry of Montana recent
" by all of the wholesale grocers
of the state %pledging themselves
TO do everything in their power
to promote exclusive sale of Mon
tana beet sugar within the state.
Upon invitation, G. E. Berg OF
Worden, Montana. president of the
Mountain States Beet Growers
Marketing association spoke be-
fore the state convention of the
wholesale grocers, explaining to
them how the useless waste of
transportation costs involved in
shipping sugar from remote sourc-
es into the state and thereby fore
ing domestic sugar to far mark
cts depleted possible revenue to
farmer and manufacturer.
Use Less Than Half
Mr.. Berg pointed out that on
ly approximately one half of the
sugar consumed in Montana was
of Montana manufacture, whereas
the factories of the state annual
ly produce more than enough SUI
gar to supply the entire states
requirements. He said that there
could be no justified basis for
discrimination against the states
product on account of quality, as
no purer sugars are produced any
where in the world and that the
testimony of food experts and
chemists, as we'll as the opinion
of one half of the housewives of
the state. gave ample proof that
the product manufactured from
sugar beets and refined to the
high degree of purity obtained
within the state would meet ev-
cry sugar requirement.
Lose 100000 Yearly
He stated that the willingness
of Montana consumers to accept
foreign sugar impelled the Bill
ings factory alone, to which beets
in his district r sold, to ship
annually $685. bags of 100
pounds each to remote markets
with a needless loss to the in
dustry in the form OF ~transporta-
ton costs amounting to 100000
annually. Under the terms Of the
contracts by which sugar beet
farmers sell their crop to the
manufacturers approximately 500
of this loss was absorbed each
year by the growers in the form
of lower prices for sugar beets
per ton.
In the interest of fostering and
encouraging this growing industry
the Montana Wholesale Grocers
association unanimously adopted
the following resolution:
WHEREAS, the Montana Whole
sale Grocers association is ass
embed at Helena, Montana, in
regular session on November %,
1929, and
WHEREAS, it is the sense and
opinion of the Montana Whole
sale Grocers association that the
sugar beet industry is a growing
industry in the State of Montana
and is one of it's most important
assets, and
WHEREAS, it has come to the
notice OF the Montana Wholesale
Grocers association that the more
beet sugar manufactured and the
more beet sugar consumed in
Montana, the larger bonus the
Montana farmer receives,
NOW THEREFORE,, BE 1T
RESOLVED, that the Montana
Beet Growers association in ev-
cry way possible and do every
thing in its power to promote the
sale of beet sugar manufactured
in Montana; and that a copy of
this resolution be spread on the
minutes of this meeting and one
copy of same be mailed to the
president of the Montana Beet
Growers association, and to each
manager of every sugar factory
operating within the state, and to
every member of the Montana
Wholesale Grocers' association.