Show ANNIHILATION OF THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY THREATENED BY TRUST Special to The Herald New York YoSt Oct 22 Annihilation or of the beet sugar growing Industry of or the thO whole country is threatened by b the American Sugar Refining notiCing company The plan Is to abolish the protective system to admit sugar free of duty and to turn over to the sugar sugar trust and its few associates the whole business of refining and In ins The rife sugar sugar trust Increased its capital from to In September Now tho the report in the tho trade is that this extra capital was raised that the com company company pany might wipe Ipe out the beet and ca cae sugar Industry No evidence that the the beet be sugar Industry of the country was cas threatened came to light until to today flay day Titan Then a circular was published I which showed conclusively that this was the trusts Idea The circular was Issued i i by b Willett Gray I This h publication I recommends e s sI less than t i i the t abolition t of duties r on all ss sugar s and I makes special s reference to Cuba and the I cost of sugar In Cuba It was the gen general genera la ea n eral era f opinion ln 31 in the tho sugar r trade that h a audi audition oll tion of duties by congress where the fight undoubtedly will come later will make it I Impossible for the farmers to grow sugar beets profitably The immediate effect would be to turn tum vet ver 61 to the refiners of sugar the whole industry free from the tho aggressive ive com corn competition i petition of o the growers of or sugar augur beets beet 1 I |