Show UTAH IDAHO SUGAR COMPANY CONTROL BEET SEED Other I Endeavor Companies or to Purchase Enough to Cover Shortage J I Upon the outcome of conferences in progress at the Hotel Utah this week between Truman G G. Palmer secretary of the Ule American Association Association Association tion of Beet Sugar Manufacturers and other officials of or that organization tion with v officials of the Utah Utah Idaho Idaho Sugar company will d depend pend largely the fate of the beet sugar industry in the United States outside the territory territory ter ter- controlled by the Utah Idaho company The war warm In In Europe has caused an almost complete cessation of at shipments ship ship- ments meats of sugar beet seed from Germany Germany Ger Ger- Germany many which country has heretofore supplied the United States with nearly all the seed used The Utah Utah- Idaho Sugar company has been experimenting experimenting ex ex- for several years rears In an effort to perfect the Ule process of or growing grow grow- ing lag the seed with the result that as good a quality of or seed now is produced produced pro pro- in these states as that imported im imported ported from Germany The Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company has grown and has on hand an an ample quantity of or seed for its own uses with perhaps a surplus It is in an effort to induce the Utah Idaho company com pany to part with a portion of ot this precious se seed d that the officials of ot the American association have come cometo cometo cometo to Salt Lake War War conditions conditions have made it next t to a impossible to secure seed from Germany Palmer said today The G Germans will let none go unless England England Eng Eng- land lets leta foodstuffs get into Germany Ger many and that England will not do We are endeavoring to conclude negotiations negotiations ne nee ne- ne with the Utah Idaho company com corn pany that will give us us' a portion ot of their seed to tide us over the war period or at least over the next sea sea- son We Ve must have it soon or w we can grow ho no crop next year It must be in our hands by February or March at the latest or we will be without means of growing a crop next ye year r and our plants will be beidle beidle idle Palmer says that the super mother moth moth- er elite the indirect parent of the sugar beet is now worth 30 a pound This seed is planted and grows what are called These are harvested and sampled and are stored In root cellars They in turn turp are planted the following year and produce the beet seed Two full years are required therefore to produce the third years year's crop of ot beets It is impossible to predict the result result re re- re- re sult suit of this seed shortage Palmer said The price price of sugar may mayor or ormay ormay may not be advanced next year That will depend upon the the- world supply and the world price The visiting sugar men and the Utah Idaho Sugar company officials will attend a banquet at the Hotel Utah tonight t. t |