Show 1 WHY DESTROY BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY America consumed in 1925 tons of sugar or pounds per capita Sugar is about the only food common commodity commodity commo commo- n of importance selling for less than it did before the war Considering the present purchasing value of 1 compared with l 1923 23 sugar is now selling at what would have then been the I equivalent of 3 cents a pound Even with this cheap sugar there is agitation t to lower lover the sugar duty to a point which would wipe out the American Ame ican sugar beet farmer and facto factory ry which safeguard us from foreign sugar dominations |