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Show Problems Of Sugar Beet Statets. Failure of Congress to extend the ife of the sugar administration prevented pre-vented our country getting control f the Cuban crop. As a result of world shortage and granting the Louisiana planters Seventeen cents a pound minimum sugar has been soaring. I There is need for cool heads and reasonable policies to prevent great injury to the sugar beet industry in western states. In Colorado last year the farmers received $19,143,000 for their beet crop and are receiving bonuses on all advances in sugar. President A. E. Carlton of the Holly Sugar Co. says of the general sugar situation: In order to avoid a recurrence of present sugar -prices this country must increase its domestic production. produc-tion. Sugar beets can be successfully success-fully grown in many localities and the farmers are ready to grow them. Sugar companies should aid in increasing in-creasing production by the construction construc-tion of additional factories where j thoy may be warranted by favorable agricultural conditions." |