Show The English Problem That the war will settle tho the English be beet t sugar question ono one way or tho other authoritative opinion d does es not doubt doubt and this Is the time when any ett efforts which tho tiro state is going to tomako tomako mako to put the Industry on a a. firm footing tooting must bo be decided It should be bea a helpful fact tact to those who are con con- this problem that In this critical critical crit- crit cal year ear tho the only beet sugar factory so far tar built In this country is going to tomake tomake make a profit for tor the first time This Is the factory whose whoso great reat block of or buildings besides the Tare Yare at Cantley Is visible for tOl miles over o the I 1 landscape between Yarmouth and Nor Nor- H with Ieh Consignments of or beets are pouring pour Jour 7 Ing Ing- IngIn In now by road load rail and wherry j from places near and far tal farin In Norfolk and Suffolk The pale le parsnip pai snip colored colored roots roots already already- topped are arc stacked In i thousands of or tons besides the works and about a week hence the crushing will twill begin On account of or the lon long r. r drought this year ear the crop Is 15 generally l I light lIghter lIght lighter In Suffolk than In to Norfolk Nor Nor- or- or folk folk fone but on tho the other hand the aver- aver ago sugar percentage of or the beets beets Is substantially greater than last last year ear earThe The Anglo SU Sugar ar corporation cor car to whom the tho Cantle Cantley factory t belongs was employing a number of ot Austrians In technical posts at the tho outbreak out out- break of war ar These are now interned rather to the detriment of ot the work ork as H. H F F. Easton the manager told me because wo we had no trained English to take their places But It must not be thought that we 0 must be bc dependent on foreigners for any length of ot time At tho the most It need bo be only a very few tew years ears and then only in the highly technical technical tech tech- positions My idea Is to put an Englishman to work on each side of ot y 11 every even ono one of ot these skilled foreigners so 80 that our own men shall have every opportunity opportunity- of or learning all the procedure procedure pro pro- quickly and thoroughly thorough There arc various arlous reasons why wo we havo shown no profit hitherto said Mr Ir Easton but hut perhaps the tho chief Is that the farmers have havo not supported us as well as they ought to have done They hn have not given us the support of ot beets which would have enabled us to work economically East Is Iser very er Interested In the beet sugar question and there is a n general desire and hope that tho the government will do something either cither in the way of or erecting factories or in affording direct or indirect assistance as assistance as- as to tho the existing Industry Now ow Is tho the Ideal time to start O owing owing ow ow- In ing to tho the shortage of ot sugar from the tho continent and to present and prospective tive Ue prices But If It anything Is going to bo be done it must be bo within the next two months at the tho latest because the farmers aro are arranging their crops now for tor next year CRl Thero There Is absolutely no doubt that If It tho the Industry were backed up by tho the government go on sensible lines so as RS to give Sl the farmers a feeling of ot reliability In its continuance the farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers would respond b by growing all the tho beets we should need London London Daily Dally Mail |