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Show BEET REFINERS JlDVANCEiRlCE- Three western sugar beet refiner refin-er have advanced their price 10 cent a 100 pound to a baa price of 14.75 in midwest and eastern centers to conform with the price in the western market and reduce the 20-cent differential on cane sugar in the east, officials of the Thursday. The other companies following the same course were the Great Western nd the American Crystal. Local officials said that in the west the difference in the price of beet and cane sugar a 100-pound bag has always been 10 cent, and added that a larger distribution may result In the midwest and east by advancing the price another dime. They said recent freight rate changes are relatively more favorable to the beet than to the cane refiner. |