Show 11 ED ic IG YEAR IN 11 SUGAR J good prices prevailing and andi i 0 Increase In beet tonnage f fast st year ear expected the outlook r I bet o sugar Industry for the tho I I St if year seems to point to pros- pros I for both the farmers and the tho lecturers S. S II H. Love dent United States sugar gugar ugar Manufacturers Manufacturers' Manufacturers Manufacturers' Manufacturers Manufacturers' association and a director of ot the Utah Idaho Sugar company states In the March Issue of ot r e Sugar Cossette which appeared today Figures just received Indicate that there were produced over seventeen seventeen sev sev- enteen anti and a half halt million bags bags' of ot beet sugar in the United States last year he said On March 1 1 1924 1224 a n. little over 65 per cent of ot this production production production pro pro- had been sold eold leaving on hand less than 35 85 per cent or ap approximately approximately approximately ap- ap proximately bags from which with the consuming season not one one half halt over It would appear that the beet sugar producers were sitting pretty as ax the saying goes Just now Prices obtained to date have been exceedingly good At least 2 per bag more W was obtained bt by bythe bythe the 1 factories r than was a received v during the same period last year From these figures it Is fair to assume as assume as- as sume sumo that the will wll get got more money from their last crop of ot beets than they did the year prevIous previous prey prey- ious bus when the average for the country country country coun coun- try over was approximately 8 per ton S Both the producer and the grow grow- grOW j er are re naturally interested in what the future holds forth for tor sugar Are the present prices likely to continue con con- If It so ao how long These questions are exceedingly pertinent bl but t naturally hard to answer satis satis- Statistically sugar ap appear appears appears ap- ap pears pear to be In a n. very strong tion From Irom the best Information we have bc ben n able to obtain the Cuban crop will not exceed that of last year and It may r run n one hundred hundred hun hurt dred thousand tons short So far this year Europe has drawn drown on Cuba and the United States for tor more morG sugar sU than she did during the same period a year ago This fact with the general understanding understanding understanding under under- standing that Invisible supplies of ot sugar throughout the world are lighter than they have been for some time substantiates tes the opinion opinion opinion ion held by sugar men generally that the price cannot consistently be reduced very much from Its present level If It this position is correct and we have every reason to believe It Is the farmers of ot Utah and Idaho should materially In Increase Increase increase In- In crease their theW planting of beets tho the coming year for the reason that they can be assured that there Is nothing at present on the horizon of ofa ofa a n. pessimistic character but on the contrary optimism prevails In sugar sugar sugar su su- su- su gar circles and with a report from the tari tariff commission favorable to the domestic Industry which we look forward to as being practically practical practical- ly assured the tho as well wellI as the producer should have eVery confidence In the future outlook for tor sugar |