Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-21 | Page 3 | Big Increase in Stocks of Sugar Officially Shown

BIG INCREASE IN STOCKS OF SUGAR OFFICIALLY SHOWN WASHINGTON. J,:jy 20. While retail dealers thi-ouchou t I he count rv are visim: consumers they have difficulty in obtaining normal storks of y.u-:ir, " the government has forecast a dom-i-tie c::p 1 far above the average for t:.u last six years. The department of airrultnro, in an estimate based on July 1 crop "ik! i t ioi i predicts a -tou of '. 2 1 'vii 'h.m ) pounds Such product ion -wouid b- I IT. ':ini.t,n0 pounds more th;m iiiu average of t:i-pre-cedim; years. The beet suu-ir fore.-ns'. --ear ; l hiKhyr than tiie record crop of "i : I j 1 ; i-v nearly 7:..i"iij tons, but '.- ,-.. t uLiar j 'Top of tins year is a; a o.-t o. h.1w the aver;!--.- of the m vc;n-. Th" s;u'ar beet arre.uje t-is year is a ivord one. MifhiL-an, Colorado a rid r.ah .-lr..w 1 ir inrr-'Jises in l.r, t sne ir pro.-; - i fo-f.- as:s e'r.nw 'nr,-;i, ; ,,s v-, as 9 j-; tons. ii i ne m- . if .", '"" ; .- ;. l i t, -' :'.-, l.-'jj.t'uu tons, an in'rac of 1-j',jl s . i.j.