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Show SENDING BEET MAN I TO RUSSIAN FIELDS Returning from an extended trip j llj east, L. R. Eccles, managor of the j jlllj Amalgamated Sugar company, states j 111 that Superintendent jtsesfh Qulnney l of the Logan sugar factory has been I lail sent to Russia to purchase sugar beet j nil seed for the years 1917 and 1918. jl Hlj When Mr. Qulnney sailed for the old Hjj world ho was well equipped with ere- IB j dentlals which would enable him to ' -jlj travel and do business in tho Euro- t i pcan country without embarrassmont, f I flnanclnl or otherwise, and a cable I Jul message from tho Russian govern. ' jflj ment was received, giving assurance , j jjlj to the Amalgamated company that ho j ill would be permitted to purchaso seed i !H and ship It to the United States with- . 1 j j out hindrance, tho understanding be :j ing, however, that none of the seed be . j 11 shipped to Germnny or Austrin-Hun t i III gary- Mr. Eccles states that sugar boot J seed will bo purchased to supply tho I jlj 1917 and 1918, about 14,000 bags. Mr. , I Qulnney has been authorized to pur- ! chase as much as 25,000 bags, If neces- j i j sary, and make- arrangements to ship " E I them as soon as tho seed harvest In I J Russia is over. It Is likely that tho fe II shlpmont will come to Utah by way I j of San Francisco. 1 j Manager Eccles states. In ordering ' 111 sugar beet seed from Russia, he does I q not mean that tho seed beet farms of Jl the company In Cache Valley and ' 1 Idaho are to be abandoned, but that ; j the raising of seed In tho United J States, 60 far, is In the experimental stage and he considers It would not ' be Bafe to rely on the home produc- j tlon of seed for crops of the next two , years. The local seed farms will bo i i operated under scientific supervision I and the seed produced by thorn will ' , be used In preference to tho foreign '' seed. J Heretorore uermany nas oeen tno m i n source of sugar beet seed, but the war " ' j has changed thlngB to a very great ex- i; tent. At tills time It Is quite out of M the question to got either beet sugar v ' or seed from Germany nnd a demand jl for sugar Is coming to tho Unltcdi A i States from Europe, taking this coum-'i try to the maximum to supply tho de. jl raand. Mr. Eccles says that this Is one of tho great reasons why sugar , ! 'J prices aro going up. It Is his opinion that the prico on sugar will oven go i j higher. Europe must havo sugar, Mr. I ( Eccles statcH, and the United States i j must furnish a large quantity of it during the war. To Illustrate the advanced demand for sugar in Europe, Manager Ecclcs i quotes advanced Importations nnd j I states that In the year ending March 17, 1914, sugar importation from tho j United States to Europe amounted to i only 2957 tons, In 1915 It was 25,873 tons and In 191G, up to March 17, It l amounted to 173,678 tons. Ho says j that England, France, Italy and other countries have ceased to purchaso ; sugar from Germany and aro now ' sending their orders to tho United , I States. J |