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Show BEET SUGAR PRICES I ipioLyjici Past Ten Days Has Wit nessed Increase of $2 35 a Hundred Pounds T at t e p ce of beet sugar wil be $10 o nore a hundred if Sa t Lake nit the ne week o e das va the op n on e p essed last n ght bj Tho as R Cu e i e pres dent and genera n anat, ote a Ida o Sugar compan t e as t e t dajs the p e of suga been eased a hu d ed a Lake and funalin d ca o s t e e d no et 1 sight A week ugo Tuesda beet sugar was se g on t e o al n a ket at $o 60 per hund ed At t e t n e of clos g last n ght t e ead ng dea e s were ask ng s for beet s ga w th an ad ance of 0 ce ts a una ed for t e cane eugar T e deale s f ank y adm tted that ey d d not know hat the price of sugar ou d be odaj but t at t ey expe ed a o er ra e D cu s ng t e ap d se in the price of sugar last n g t Mr Cut e sa d In 1914 suffl ent suar beets ere gro n to produce 10 000 000 tons, of sugar Of t e tota amount 000 000 to s we e ra sed n Ru s a Oer any F ance Aust a and Begum The pro pe ts for fe 1914 rops were ex ce ent but a on" ame the war i Lurope Not alone have we to on s de hat mans of t e men who are eeded to a vest the crop are at the front but we nust tt e nto con side at o that -manj of t e beet fie ds may be tramped down and destrojed by the passing of the contend ng t oops T is w mean a loss of m ons of tons of bee s in Europe Fo a number of jears England has depended to a arge extent on the fl e countr e tl at I ba e mentioned for the g eater part of her sugar To day I received a wire announc ng that Eng and had ordered 600 000 tons of refined sugar f om the Un ted states D scuss ng the matter fu ther Mr Cut ler sa d that the sugar compan es were not trying to take ad antage of the war troub e but that the demand vas 1 ke y to be greater t an the supply In h s op n on the p Ice of sugar w 1 go to $10 or more a hundred within the next ten days A number of local reta 1 dealers refused to quote prices on sugar last n ght un ess cash was pa d for the sugar at the time of the quo at on and several refused to take orde s for de very for today or to mo row at the pr ce quoted at the closing hour Jast n ght |