| Show GUNNISON VALLEY SUGAR COMPANY bip big plant ready for operation of the stockholders will also bo be beet raner that conditions were never more favorable for the erection of new sugar factories than now is the opinion of the directors 0 of the gunnison valley sugar company who are completing their new plant near gunnison it is pointed out that with the steadily increasing worlds consumption and the wanton destruction of european factories the present supply is far below the normal demand and that if this country is to produce its share to make up tho the shortage new factories must bo be built wherever it is possible to raise the raw product from the present in indications it is doubtful if the supply will v ill catch up the demand for many years to conre come reports which are beginning to leak out from the central empires and russia after so long a period of strict censorship indicate that unless sonic some outside aid is furnished the conditions prevailing there will be even worse than last year according to advices advises received recently in now new york the sugar beet crop in germany will be even less than in the 1917 crop and will not exceed tons a figure which is far below the normal in the former russian empire the production for the 1918 1919 season will not exceed tons which is less than one third a normal prewar pre war production a according cardl g to a report published in the american sugar bulletin while production is decreasing the per capita consumption in the united states is steadily and consist antly I 1 increasing ner easing from 1888 to 1916 before the war war the per capita consumption in the united states increased from pounds to pounds it is said it is thought that this increase is indicative of the future and for many years to come at least there will be a demand for more sugar than we can raise at pr present besent only 24 percent of the amount consumed in the country is ia domestic grown that gunnison valley is entitled to td and will receive the benefits offered by the present favorable situation is the statement of the gunnison sugar company it is pointed out jut that approximately of the beet growers for the company are stock holders also and as such will have nil an additional share in the profits fi ts of the company |
