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I Cheap Sugar Improbable for the Next Ten Years at Least I
West Indies and For East Now the Real Profi
I tecrs. With Whole World Bidding Fran-
ticalh for Supply All Too Small
I By THEODORE R V KELLER
Editor of "Sugar "
r E cry Ot "rrolllrrr1 Prof It ' T '" la
I thundering through the whole lengtr
-1 and width of ih-se Hnlted states, and
the chief gout of all s the muih abused,
much misjudged AmTlran grocer-especially
nbfn he charges '.A rrnt a pound for
sugar. The puhllr simply ha; decldad I"!
t. believefiny explanation whatever: o con
tinue crying about "anuses and gouging bv
crorkM profiteers..' nnd to close it? eyes
resolutely o any ,ii;si,,i lonH which might
III irme slirht manner alleviate the present
some wha t onerous rondlUone
Pf-rhnp" the (ants oriented In fhta nrtlele
ma ai-dst wholesale and retnil grocers
throughout the country in convincing their
ri"ftc.mcrs (rat the true profiteering at this
t'me s jrotnc oe r the islands of the West
Ind'rs an-: t l.r Far K.aM where sucar
planter's reap fantastic profit from their
plantations
The grocer who el!s ugnr at 27, penis a
pound during the man'h of July of this
ya' ftbts artleie rein? written In the latter
par of Marl will have to ficur" vetv etoseJy
Jn orrW to come ut "" 'he right side of tl o
ledger Accordlnc to nreent indlca'lnn raw
fiiiM eucnr will eli for rents a pnunri ny me
BBBj middle or June, and II does not seem pnsihle
BBH for anv retail dealer n crh refined granu-
BBH laterl near for ?r .-eni It I far more
H likely thai Ihe prlco vlll he 2-30 cent iln
this connection (t mai he of lnteret to the
W reader to know Hint ihe writer of th arllcle
BBBfli predicted 25-30 pent fo- the lattc' neri of
BBH thi' summer n lone r.cn as lasi flrtbhrr)
BBBfli Tt is absolutely necossnrv to oxp'nin onndi-
BBHl Uons In a more hnsinesMIke wav to the puh-
BBBJ' )r than bOS heen done heretofore a"d the
BBH cheap politics nia-ed hv rnni officials In
BBH ' various depart ment: ind hv the risers
H' nwpifMre aiir-portine npnn'im Presidential
csnaldates snould ''e ahapdoned a oon ms
B poss'hle ror a morr rational dlsrusstnn of
the actual mnditlone and th underlvlnB
H ceuses ot th peculiar susar problems facing
H th American "inr rrT'-nr rohher sn'l
draler
Whnt HxopfTiH in 191
Let us po hack B i-fOiF ami Bee what hap
penerl In the Inte summer of 1910 and what
m".Kht have h.-iprend We have hern told
that the United States Equalization Bnard
Hi eutd have purchased the croaifr pan of
H th- Cuban crop U cot the enliro crop a: t
H price somewherr- In tin' nelfjhhorbood of
; 8Vr cents pound. wv have h"
shown otYers allesoci to have heen son hv
H President Mpiioo.ii of rhc inland of C'iha 'o
H the t'nltefl SlHti-s Government authorities
in which Nisi, f.vir-e of tin- kind wa ue
ccsteri We have nem clven to underatand
tha only the delay caused hy the Illness of
President Wilson and the attending inaullltv
ol Hi - members of the United states Equali
sation rioar.i were raapohalbla for the fali-
' Ir.p throupli of the neeotlatlons and that
the failure of tli hoa,-d to accept Trcsl
den' Menocal'f fair and generous offer was
(I e solo cause of American's sugar plight
Til tnakf Interesting rrar,(nR. ery cood
political ammunlTion and sounds yreaf v hn
hur'ed Tfnnt the eloou nt lips of a stump
orator. The tronl.le with It is that It Is no'
true
The writer. toRHher wilh tlir rr.-f of the
". " American public and the hulk of t h"
snear frad In this country, was almosf
"convinced last fall that the ahove causes
v.pre the true ones and that the failure of
the Equalisation Board was really th" male
reason why we are paying to-da ?1
cents a pound for erannlated tiuawr In
stead of 10 rent, as we did durlna thr
var. If eems. however th.-it fhjs opinion
ha ne er had .a solid hasis of fact.
In the Course of a seriey of Interviews
wit': som- of the lea dine Cuban sucar plant
ers In April the writer discovered to hl
surprise that Ihe oOTer of President NUnoral
had hepn made without the authorisation Of
a majorltv of the Cuban planters There
were some. It l. true, who were wllline to
sei; I heir entire output for the cnaranteed
sum of r, '4 rents a pound f. o. h Cuban
ports, hut Iheve few planters were In need
Of Immediate fund":, so that the offer of the
Ci.hati President seemed a Very acceptah'e
ope 'o thir depleted treasuries
Other Planters of en-afer business oh'lltv
and broader vision snw the Irnperdlne ue-ar
shortage and realised thai now was th time
when they enulrt shake off the the gal'lhg
ke Which had been laid on ttelr necks
dnr'ne the pat few drra'des hv the crea t
American sugar rcfinlne Interests As one
cf th- planters expressed it-
"Up to this ear the hier refiners iiei 'o
r ome down :n u oi vn a represents n P
f ll club in one hand and a etierlrhooti In
i lie ftl!ir If we didn't arrept whatever the '
considered i itrbt to no v us for our crop w
tot a wallop over (he head' And we uatur
ailS preferred a suborn nt la t rherk to a knorW
pi ' Mow " And then he smiled and con
;nit--d. ' Vov ; e've cot a eatline cun In ope
hand md s'izar haes hehlnd us: and we
can afford 'i tell pur old friend: in Wat'
S'reef r.i el'her n-v n what we think 'leh
r.- ro h inr' And we wern't bit afmM
o' the old rltib (his 'line if 'hev had brntiarhl
I- wh them Rut the didn't hrlnr l Thev
h'niir'" ino' li n'k "nri of' SOSd Well
i-lfh all Fin-one -dlnc n?jnl o'er to n
vi'li unlimited rredlt to their arrounts and
Tan m hnvtn up all the sugar it can cet
fe the f-' F-'. wo don't care a continental
li , rep. r-r: don't huv (1 'nn from us this
serins VVe rould sell double the amount
wt can raise outside of mer'ra "
I Turning the Tables
But d m t you think that Is rather touch
fjfj, 0r thr people here in fh. United Staes?"
3( 50000 J ' the iter lentured to surest
"' Well ,-ir.d If If Is!" Do von think that
3, 400 000 0 u ' four manufacturers of equip
: W) Btieill of Chemicals Of supplies, of coal oil
3 300 000 "y" eou-'lnc us to a fare ihep weP
' ' " ffA, for vears ll our turn now to do i little
3 200,000 ' couelns on our own arrount We cannot
, esOfC to come out even heraue vour
3 , lOO.OOfl yj rnanufarturem and retlr.ers have heen club
Zoo hlne us Into submission for so rr.anv vonr
3,000 000. ' that It mill take i lifetime to e en up the
jjm'J "I account Vour ble refiners used !o eoine
2,900,05001 v A dov. t. to Cub! and -av: 'We 11 clve von $H0
i oaa fv 1 Z ,on for 1 r"'r c"-nr ,,,'4 year take it or
2 ,o0 DO 00 to&L'sX Iravr it!' And we used to 'ook over lh
fffifift vj '' worl-fs aiear market situation and dlrox'
2,700. OOOja
A v' Wed fhal Europe was belnp fairly well stip
"oSML' A ' t i-ed hv '"term ip Austria and Russia- with
21GO0,0j0jKSj n o1'1'"'1 or n ton read; to he shlop'd
0 poo ffgf I.-- v '''. Dhroad: Asia being more than well nppled
II ' ' HHS 'V 1)1 at South America bein- taken
care of by Argentina and Brazil and we had
C fri 0 tfOf.Nm to hrw om- beads in thinks to the ere-it
- -JQ$&y&Uy '. generous refiners who were wiling to
AKSSw''A i ny ,h mi),,ir"'r s"m nf ",( :i
? oa -v rtmmmyJmSk ' f'nr ;,nd fl ha,f con,R a nound?
c vO.l'vJMy n&j'''. "fur laborers were going in rogs, pit-
Ha' jSSSi ' fields had to rtoon for twent vears and
more because no one had the ambition or In-
- nnn -v-nHB ' ''vSri rentive to do xny extra planting at high
i.pO'J iy ''''Wffm'v rosts with sueh low prices for the crop In
... . KM 0,'VpA - liurt the siiLrar business was going down
1 ftoA aaoBB BKvi '' 1 ' 1 ' "r ""' refiners found 'hit
loLOOJjS.lftw our hanks In Cubs were strangely reluCI inl
I TAA W&Kvlmm ,r ',r,an ""' rnf'n,1V 'hnf m inufartiirers o'
'U, -fti&' 'j& equifimeni were cKiremely busy on some
i ir nnn EBB AfikGL''' other lob n nd that we met told shot:!, l.r-
'X'S'Vnk "" 'sr,"x sl,!' f"v-n the worm will M-n
i cfl.n r,i iHmJKBkHi when you trample on It too hard, and the
PwfUl JgBymBTcZ '' Jiv. ' iiism planters have a sort of hazy notion
I 400 000 ssBvSS jBmt&y- 1,1 " nr,tv ,s lh "mo 10 c, ,nelr turning
" ' '"i&i', ' SBm-" such a remarkable chance will never come
l,3O0,00OK, .:. ..Uo yo an?Cpate any lasting results
I OCCt fflaff ySgffxBWvxy from the present hleh sucar prices for
' BmBtSSm 'uba I mean isn.l from the great s'nii'
I 100 0(YB?jir ' cash coming into the country?"
' flHf 'mSt y "We do' And it Is not by any mean an
I 000 COObsP' ' ffzHHvx unmixed bussing Thcrs Is going to be an
' ri3 ,j9$&,5met' r'ra of n,ln price? in Cuba, which has al-
900 ODOfft ' . ' -idy gotten under w a . anj which is des-
nHMp'xgflfevfia lined to la .t for some time. The laborers
850 000 ''flSffi ' maklnR mUrh money just now that
SS0,myf fmp CANE SUGAR C
j iiiwiii iiii-ii Tiir -rrrri " Hit -nilWllaT'-ITlflna - llll1 'iMa-fTfrTnaffiia
j Europe's Sugar Crops 19l3l4 ; 1917 ; 1920 ; 1935 j
I I I I I I 1 I I I I 1 I I I I i T I
IN 1955 9, 50,000 TONS rv
1 y
m 4 1 i I I I ' 1 y-
IN 1932) 8 100.000 TONS
8 ' I
' (. PROBABLt PRODUCTION IN ' I
12 1 V 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 71 1
NEXT FIFTEEN YEARS , BASED A,
7 1 1 I I I I ' 7 M h-
ON STEADY NORMAL DEVEL - '
OPMENT -to FORMER CAPACITY V IN 1930- 7300,000 TONS
62 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 7 1 I
6 I 1
, ' v in IQ28 - (o . 500, 000 TOMS
j r 1 7 1 1 r j
5 1 -V- I 1 j 1 I
1 av 1925 - 5,600 OOO TONS
42 I , -. it 1 4 1
I , nNU-l -Ll M I 1
,y JL in 1924- - 5.000 OOO TONS
00 J 1 1 1 1
fW YORK
5 1 ' 1 I ;; I I 1 I I r ' ' I I i i
0 LOWEST POINT REACHFD zn 191920 SEASON - 3, 800,000 TONS
C2 j 1 j j 1 1 1- j
o L L 1 I
1 1 ! r 1 1 1 1 1
I 1913 1917 I920 I I9.2 1924- 1925 1928 1950 i952 1935
I 1 Mnma ot ilgnrn ji tiir leti Indlestei nilUlon to. J
4
they are developing the mosl e.xtrav.iant
and aprndthiifl hatiit.s. Money seems 10
h;ie lost all relative VSIUS. Artlplaa ire
JumplOR In pries over nlcht- storekeepers
and their clerks are mkinc more monev
thac 1 hf-y ever aw before employees in the
sugnr edmpa'lilefl get bonuses and salaries
hteher 'ban thev ever dreamed of. and still
. are clamoring foi more money because tney
rad In tne tMpers of the extraordinary
prices which row sugar rtlngs at this time
In the world's markets'"
"That seems nothing to worry over!"
The writer -ndravorert to draw out the
Speaker' oplnjon hy this Interruption HUh
prices brim lol of nionev Into the country
and among 'he people and mnke them more
pleasint and satisfied with their lot."
"You are wrong' " the planter exclaimed.
' There Isn t a bit of happiness and gratitude
anions the people. On the contrary, they
kick worse 'ban ever over the high prices
charge.! in the store foiettln3 entirely
the miicn mprnr wanes iney infmecur
charge. And once a man has oeen paid i
weekly wage envelope rontairlnc $35 to 50
as the majority of ihe sugar workmen
now get he will rather loaf than work for
s mere. $12 or $H as In thr- dnvs cone hv.
"There n-3 a thrie in Cuhs. and f ci to
Rico when field workers sot l?0 to 7." cents ;
for a day's work an.l were able to live or
If To-dav they pet $3 a day for ordlnarv
field labor and still are grumbling. Then
there Is another point to he remembered;
The product which Is I timed out at the
present time in onie factories at the pres
ent high rate of wacea must be -old and
consumed In later vears This mean" that
!f a piece o: machinery Is turned nut to-dav
at present high costs an(1 Is shunted from
nni manufacturer to another until it finds
its las'lns place In an installation which will
he completed three years hence, the buyer
Of that Installation will have to pay for to
dav's crazy wace rates'
As to Reasonable Rates
"Ivven If the crops next two ears are
bigger and better than ever before, and th"
men should suomlt to a slight reduction In
ihelr wasi - I do not think that prices In
general can ever return to anything like
pre-war tlsures. becau.se the ramifications
In the sugar Industry are loo great and
prices are dependent upon too many Inter
woven factors to readjust themselves with
out reference to other Industries Just ns
the price of sugar really did not rise much
unUI the r.thei Industries had reached near
ly the peal' of their rises, so it will be much
longer before thP sugar industry again comes
down to more reasonable figures. At nn1'
rate the figures to-day are reasonable
enough ! "
"Do you mean that vou consider 20 cent
raw sugnr reasonable"" The writer was
surprised nl the seeming earnestness of the
planter.
"I do not mean exactly 20 cent sugar, but
I believe that a price of from 12 to 1 A cen'
Is absolutely fair'. You must not consider
the abnormal price of I '4 cents In the period
Just preceding the war as a criterion of
what sugar should sell for. The conditions
were abnormal and the price was abnormal.
Large capital was invested In Cuban plan
tations the crops were rich and the west
ern world was well s-upplled with sugar.
There are plantations which live from hand
to mouth. The must sell the flr.-t part of
J
:ROPS of 1914- and '920i
4AUR .JAFN BRAZilI PFRU I MEX I A l l
1,1 OTHER
OOUNTTSiFS
gggjgassaisasBMiiMi imibw sn i larrmr i
amiiiiiiinnuiiinmtnninniniiinnifnii
the output at once to an cash buyer in
oider to obtain the money necessary to huv
Ihe c-iiv from theli minims In The r.econd
anel third months of the grinding season.
in January the refiners are offered sugar
from all sections of Cuba In such plenitude
that ine plainer necessarily outbids the
other dragging the price down to a level
at whic h the raw sutrar is actually sold it a
lo's Later shipments may command
better price when the great necesnlty of
Immediate cah is no longer presslnc ihe
planter, It 1 then that the refiners can
dil (ate the price at which the will huv.
nnd tint was the price which Obtained be
fe.re the war on several occasions In Cuba
It rsrtslnly was roi a 'fair' price, and 'he
rest-It of It was the comparative negjert
T'n which the Cuban small plnninllons
had fallen nt that time
"vVheff th" war started Burppeah comre
tHIon vantohed and the Cuban nlanter had
a chnnce to collect some profit from his
plantation nf'er ears of lnses Mow H'tle
the majority of the planter" realized the
situation rin be ludffed from Ihelr tov and
ratlafactlon' when the cent price wa set
h- the I'nMed States RqUallSStlon Pnarel
The nversr pianter discovered to hl n
tcp.v. pleasure that he ro lengbr had "o
v n-rv iV.e.it ?ell(tHT his cron: he no loncer
had 'o uhmlt to bullvlng hv powerful In
terest" whose so hnslnesc it was to force
the price of StltMr down to the lowert point
rncjtve he va guarantee! a flit rate for
nil ,'he cnrar he could deliver, wlihout
QUfbblJna abpul pn-ment: and trrms he
as even rrlven substantial cash advance
payment n enahi him to ro through the
seaon without 4'fllcaltlM The relief from
the wor-e of nasi vears was so rrat that
a wave of ont'mhm wept th Island."
What the Planters Protest Now
Yes' And now the same planters kick
hecau-o thev were offered an Increase of
1 rent for the 120 crop Why?"
"One cent Increase amointed to about
tfitA ner cent PTvervthlnc else In staple
nr'i.Mev- and in equipment had rlen more
than 21 per cent some nf the npplle nnd
chemicals more than SO ner cent and a few
cn more than 100 per cent The planters
learned to think during the weeks It took
tie fulled Ptat"" Government to decide
n-l-eth-r it wanted to huv the crop or not
tnfl rlurlne IhH period er thinking agents
came Into the Island from European Power
and aKn from American speculators who
called th" attention of the planters to the
rreat surar shorta and tried to make
contracts fo- future dellver of rates which
Increased Sradually from week to week
until a 'r-iitic scramble fo-- eontracts de-
ve'o"" li th late Pall of 1913
"Bidding against each other, ss in a public
S fiction room, prices on sncar beiran to na'
ovove all flcures which had heen considered
high heretofore The amard planter were
swept off their feet and not few of then,
celr" th'lr entire cron for 1920 at Dripj?
rnnglns from I to 10 cer1t a nonnd When
is iolnt had heen reached, thos more
fortunate or mere shrewd who had held on
t.. their crop decided to wait still longer In
order to see "which wav Ihe cat won'd lump'
There was lull In the htivInT and sellln
ipo In the meantime the iikar BhOtage In
t United States passed ."ll popular ex-
pectatlopa
"A veritable pahlc liersn and sDeculator
.again Invaded Cuba, flashing higrer and blg
it rolls of cash and checks In the face of
tn surprised planters. Cubans could not
Understand the situation. Thev could not or
would not realize the enormous world short
:.g and the tremendous demand for iigar.
7elr vears nf hitter cxperlenre with .the
nfinlng lnterets had taught them caution,
end they figured a bird In the hand worth
I wo In the hush. Thev sold the greater part
of their crops to agents and speculators on
ivy deposits r- tlr.ie of contracts.
Outlook for Next Year's Crop.
'The refiners themselvo have been caught
ic. the vortex of events and have been locked
nut of a market which thev formerly con-t-
lied It Is to-dav an open secret that
nme of the very greatest refining companies
i. v had to accept raw sugars purchased
months ago bv shrewd speculators, and pav
frcm 6 to 8 tents a pound more than these
speculators paid'"
"Do you believe Cuba will raise a much
:t.rger crop next year?"
"Frankly. I don't! There are many rea
sons. One Is that everybod Is so busv
i-iklng money from the piesent crop, and
installing additional and new equipment In
rtSM of stuff that has outlived Its useful-
r.e Ion; ao. that they do not plant addi
tional acreage. The colonox are making so
much money from their present holdings
IJraSSeaiSSSMIMIMI'MIMIWSSMIWISSIgiLJSJU
iiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniema
ississw ssisaaAjSUaitJiasiaaesiaaaBflBMBH
1
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that they are perfer-y satisfied. Additional
colonox are hard to find, because there Is a
nip demand for labor In Tuba In nil kinds
pi trades and Inrlustries and new recruits
are few sn'' far between.
"It is mv opinion that Tuba will not pro
duce In l'21 as much as the optimistic estl
m te Tor 1020 named. That Is lo say. about
l &JQ ooo tons
"And T believe i am telling the truth when
I vav that ever Cuban central has to-dav
rrders and prospects nn lt books or In
"Iglit taklnc care of their entire output next
ear If will be manv manv years before
r ttbans win have to search for buyers for
their sugars It will more likely he putting
up a sign al the general oflios; Tre spectlv
brer- of our surar please form in line at
the right with certified checks ready V
'he attitude of this planter Is fairly repre
scr.lnthe of that of man others with whom
I tallied They do not feel as if they were
profiteering In the proper sense of "he word
True, they were getting rnore money for
their sugar than ever before and many of
them are makinc profits of 100 per cent,
net obove all expenses anil depreciation But
they honestlv believe that they are entitled
to such profits to make up for 'he manv
trap years hetwi-en lSn and ISlt years
when It xomttimcs appeared as If the entire
cam sugar Industry was doomed because o'
the remarkable headway made In Continen
tal l-.urope with the beet sugar crops.
The Brussels Convention results aJon
saved the crane sugar Industry from disaster,
and the abolishment of Government boun
ties on exported heet sugar gave new hop-'
to ihe distracted cane planters It took
them. many years to uather strength for a
real flfiht with the ever prowlng beet sucar
Industry, and the outbreak of the war founel
Ihe two forces fairly evenly divided fTIi
world's cane sugar production in Ifl3-ll
was 1 1,511.537 tons, while the beet sugar
ou'.put amounted to 9.S11 333 tons )
World's Output Since the War
Since the outbreak of the war the cane
sugar output of the world has been Increased
to 12.672.100 tons, a gain of only klJS.573
tons In six years: In the meantime the best
ei:gar crop dwindled from 9.81 1.116 tons to
2.S27.500 tons a loss of practically 6.000.000
tens, leaving a net deficit In the sucar sup
ply of the whole world of A. SCO. 000 tons.
These figures are absolutely rellablp and are
based on Information from the various sugar
ptCKlucIng countries received by the writer
up to the beginning of May
The charts herewith should require no
additional explanation. They show In a
graphic and easily understandable mannor
the present situation as w-eii as the situa
tion existing in 1313-14
The chart representing th bet sugar
production of Europe in the same two year
elected for comparison In the cane sugar
Industry speaks volumes' No one who is
Ir. the least capable of appreciating th
s!pnlfic.ancs of production figures tin fall
to grasp the ominous message xpres?d 'n
KPISlX ! laSi IPHfc
Elllllllillillillilllllillllllllllillllllllllllllill!
MM
th.- drop that tx' nlace between 1313-H My'
and 1919-20. And to itho still greater slg- Bcf
n'ficancc to this particular chart fhe writer t Kg
has endeavored to construct from Indications '
n.v visible throughout Europe the nrobabls
production eurvo fr the next fifteen years TJr
in dotted lines These continuation line: Jf
ore based on optimistic views- they are ex-
prrsslve of the hopes which fill the breasts '
cf European nations; they are Indicative I
of the utmost which can be expected from lj rj
ItiTope In the next five years. tWf ''!
Can any one fn 11 to realize tl.e critical K-v
situation In the world's sugar Indus- K V.;
1 1 v after studying these charts" H 's L-
p MMp tint a lot of abusive stump orators iWffK
I ' ' 1 1 r 1 1 t tv-pi f-r reporters "in 1 uL.
continue to rave about the "gouging by r- 7
tallers " about "plenty of sugar In sleht. I Wft
if It were onlv ni operly distributed:" Th I
o'rlch who stl.?ks his hjSSd Into the sand I
e.rd Imaglnet! Ihe h inter con 'I ee him bs- k .
CauSC he can't " the hunter is a wise- j ',.'r'
rilel bird comnared -with the agitators who
see.- the raii-'e of hlch sugar prices an1 iJr
r the BCardty Of SUgar In petty profirrei-mg j
;'rlcd on hy the corner trm-er or the job
ber in Front strce. New York
America's Real Problem
The problem facing the American peon's IiB''v
dt.'fns the nr! three or four vears. I un
so rr.nch to limt oi.t the elusive profiteer ns
to t'i medy the shortage p and. of coirt-e nn ,y' ' i.:
STt tin Hy existing shortarre can be reme-dle. jJJ-, V
only ir. tvo w.i v s either h Increasi.ae th r$V
upoly or hv decrealng the consumption. '
I Is lo ne hoped that the Amerlctn peop h -! '
wl'l do bath, and the writer would like ro wl-'ir
offe a f w s:u'erestlois hv which this micht lj; '-
h accomplished without anv Inlurv to IptijiJili'l
ma nnfact nrers. dealers rlnel consumers of m' .
gram ''-ii sugar These sus-gestioni are. j)
I, A Coernment ord-r forhldcllne the use Bv
of re'lned gmnhls cd o'lcnr In the minn- Bs 1.
tUTS of raPdfes. oft flrlnks preserves M
anel canned roods of all kinds It l imnlv i
'"pf ranee nnd p'etudl'e on the nart of, tha 3;
manufacturers which demands refined cran-
nt-ite,1 :ii?ar for tVen ptirpOSSS PUllS rn
per cent, of all refined surar used for fhe
purposes can he snnn!anted hv clarified Irlf
SVTUDS hv pe.aitne and other grain syrups. 15
ap1 bv h'earbed molasses '
2 i ttlhtntlon r.f snwdnst and other w-ood L;
trimmings for the manufacture of dextrose. Be 1-.
arcerdle?' tn ce--eral natented procees WvJ1
evooed In Kifope durh c the war The U '
"wwrl'il" ucars are. of course, not refined Bij
grsnnls'ted ervstnls of Pi-M0- 0ii hut 'or Bji;.
n.anv kinds of man'ifaef urine the are lust
a- eod as the very finest cane sucar or heet BJ
si i car u!
3 A strict embarco r,n all sumr from anv
American port whether th's sucar Is being
reHeed "on to!!' or not'
If QfSSt Brits In anel other European . , j
Power are ab'e lo huv Pllhnn SUCST 'herehT r
retro-pe- a possible supplv from our otvn V i
tSbles these same European powers should ifl
find their own refinlnc establishments and
not add innit to inJur vy hating Cuban Bkaw
raw suear hroughl to New York and there F ,
refined for Hrltlsh consumers. Peonle who E
wit.-h eamers arriving with thousands r,f , nfegElBH.
ions of raw sucar sec It refined In Rrooklvn
o- on the other side of the Fluelson anel then J I
shinned out of tha country are apt to hs 1
verv sarcastic and Insulting when they are I 1
told that "there I no sugar to he had In New 'j I'
Trit. and there won't be any for several k, B
weeks.' KjaBjfcj.,
Nobody denies Croat Britain or France. I J.
i
TQNS BEET SUGAR CROPS
3,150,000 mm of 1914- 57 020
loZ- I '9I4 T 3.8M.335 TONS b:
2,700,000. M 1920 H " 3,827,500
l'.0O0 1 DECREASE -5,983,835
2,250,000 H
2 100 000 IS NET" DEFICIT in WORLD
',950,000 ; If -,88,276 tqn5
1,800,000 . Hj jm
i 200,000 . THcgKKELLE
GERMANY RUSSIA AUSTRIA I TA1Y I ALL OTHEp
HUNGARY ' rcANLE COUNTRIES
or Italy the right to purchase any and all H
sugar they can g ' n Cuba or anywhere Jtfu '
el.e In the world Th -y certainly hue as -j!
ni", h right to the riim erop as the Amor:- I
..r peir!r) have, provided they are wllllnr g ; '
to pay the price the Cuihani ask But not vtJ'"
one of them has the iht to demand that 4
thin country shall refine this same sucar for
tl 'ni and ship It to lhm Thu s wYre the t -N
ehlef trouble arise., and Is hound to continue t
as loni: n this hflhlt 1 maintained. lr
l.-An immediate Increase in the prod tic- Jt
tior of heet sugar and cane sugar within
the I'nlted Statea territory. Every sugar wLm
man knows that there are vast acres In this bh
great land where sugar beets can be grown js
advanta geouly and sugar made profitably. (. 'AW
And ever sugar man knows that there ars 5&k
hundreds of thousands of acres In Florid 5W
wl.epe pane can be grown to a state of per
fect maturity and sugar made in large quan
tity at a price which compares favorably J,
with that of beet sugar and approaches In fccS!
cost the low priced Cuban sugar. When P9p
fifteen or twenty additional large sized sugar
factories begin to turn out their crops the Efl
effect will make Itself felt within two or . i
three years. An additional supply of some K 9
300.000 to 600.000 tons annually would mean
Just about the difference between a shortage
and an adequate supply.
Every student of economics knows that
li I r.ot the amount of any product con- I
sumed or available which rontrol.s the price. ' I
hut the difference batween 'he suppi on
hand and the demand at that moment. BT
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