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Show SUGAR, SUGAR, SUGAR It is almost useless to try and get a sane discussion of the sugar situation when the country is being aroused against the industry by inflamatory utterances. A few simple facts', however, can be stated stat-ed which are not subject to contradiction. In 1921 and 1922, American beet sugar factories were selling sell-ing their crop for less than it cost to make it and many sugar producers pro-ducers were put out of business the same as were producers in other lines of industry. Sugar beet farmers could not make a living liv-ing and turned to other crops. 1923 rolled around after a period of short production and the inevitable took place, prices began to advance. If the price in this country is above the general world level due to artificial stimulation as charged, sugar will begin to float in here ! from every other market. There has been no indication of such ! supplies appearing. i fl present price increases had not materialized, the American beet sugar industry would have been practically ruined by a third j season below cost of production. The sugar situation has made good political ammunition, but it is beyond the. power of any group of men or combination of interests in-terests to control the price of sugar because it is produced in too many parts of the world. |