Show SUGAR BELITS AND TARIFF raising the tariff duty on cuban sugar buga r from to 20 2 0 por par hundred pounds la Is absolutely essential for the maintenance of the sugar beet industry in our country american beet sugar cannot compete with cuban raw cane sugar and pay the farmer a living price for beets the sigr beet crop Is nearest to a quick cash asset of anything uny thing the farmer puts in fit tire the soil moll within thirty days daya from tho the time lie ho begins lifting his beets it a large part of thein has been paid for and within ninety days practically all tho the proceeds ot of tire the seti seasons sons work are to his credit lit in the bank or have been used to liquidate his outstanding obligations when the farmer puts his beet seed into the ground lie ho knows mat whatever his output lie he will receive a certain minimum price per ton for it and that while his In Inanc ancial lal return will vary with the yield and possibly to a certain extent with the price of sugar here flora Is no possibility of tile the crop bong boing I 1 left on his hands or of lila his being compelled to sacrifice it at aprice far below tile tho actual cost of production |