Sugar Tariff Debate Reports Boost for Native Beet Industry
Manager Cutler returns from Washington with an optimistic outlook on sugar policy. The extracts argue that foreign competition and bounties hurt American sugar, citing Germany and France policies, and urge modest duties plus a small bounty to spur U.S. beet sugar factories. The report notes potential new plants in California and Utah pending Congress action.
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Cutler
Washington
America
Sweden
Egypt
England
Germany
Austria
France
Paris
Roselyn
Belgium
California
Commonwealth
China
Hawaii
Utah
Algardo
Cal Inctory
Beet Sugar Items and Local Beet Plant Update
The beet sugar plant reports 8500 tons of beets in sheds with about ten days more work before closing around Jan 21. Workers tire, some off shifts, but sheds stock is fattening well. Manager Cutler went to Salt Lake. Tom Webb visited. Beet seed planting begins near King City, Cal, and San Juan Hollister areas plant early. Comber and Gough were severely scalded. The Denver Field and Farm notes western Colorado’s Grand valley could meet national sugar demand, with sugar content 16 to 22 percent and beet value above silver mines judged by mint coinage ratios.
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King City
Cal
San Juan
Hollister
Denver
Grand Valley
Colorado
Beet crop yields and farming notes from Springville
Av Springville editor notes a successful beet crop year with 485 contracted acres, 7000 tons shipped, and good per acre payoff. He cites land weed control, a twofold crop purpose, and stresses farm-specific watering needs and contract awareness for 1807.
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Bannern
Springville
Uncertainty in the Beet Sugar Industry Debate
The Orange Judd Farmer argues against sensational claims that Nebraska beet sugar factories profit hugely from bounties and low manufacturing costs. It notes real profits depend on beet costs, sugar prices, and capital risk, urging support for U.S. farmers as imported sugar dominates markets.
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Nebraska
Europe
Orange Judd
Fattening Mutton via Feeding Pulp From Factories
A stock man argues that mutton fattened with factory pulp feeds could be worth more than range-fed meat. He suggests beet tonnage might fatten ten lambs, implying potential profits in fattening. Knight of Provo, a philanthropist, has donated coal to the poor and aided mortgage relief after a mining windfall.
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Matton
Dusse Knight
Provo
Chamber
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Bupt
Granger
Tom Webb
Salt Lake
Messrs. Comer
Gough
Bent Farmer
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