La Grande evening observer., October 03, 1923, Image 9

THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAfi-R TJTNTC
Wednesday, October 3, 1923.
WHEATMAYBE
REPLACED BY
SUGAR BEETS
Harden Colfax Sees the
. Wheat of the Future
Raised in Canadian Coun
try on Cheap Lands.
Vow that tho BUKiir bwt In hvitK
Mvocnted in the Grnndti Itomlt) val
ley to lessen thi wheat ncri-iiit the
following cony riirh ted articlo aiiucar-
liuc in Humluy's uroKontun from Har
din Colfax. WashiiiK'ton corrtapon
ih nt, is of intiMCHt:
Out of llu sfiics of furiniT . rHIrf
conforcnci-H which hnvo. enaeU the
attention of official WuHhiiiKton for
the paBt fortnight or o hut rome a
suKb'UHtion, reeeivcil with fuvor in liljrh
quurt(rs. which, If adopted, would vf
beet sugar Industry, Is wild to be
turning tho proposal over in his
mind with a view of ascertaining Ub
utility as a suggestion to wheat farm
ers for next year's activities.
At tho present tiiuo the Untied
.States draws most of its unnuul
5.i)uo,u0 tons of sURur from Culm.
Cuban producers domlnato thn augur
market in this country. The beet
sugar Industry here is comparatively
small, but has been developing un
der the protection of a tariff of 1.7$
cents a pounds to considerable pro
portions. All told the total acreage planted
in sugar beets In the I'nited iStatcH
is approximately 700, duo. The wheat
acreage, as estimated by the depart
ment of agriculture recently. up
proxlmates ftS.OlMUUHt acres. The re
duclion by U.ooo.aoit ucres of thin
vast area, officials here calculate,
would so rcHtrlct wheat production
in the I'nited Klates as to afford
tho farmer a profit. .
Department of ugricullure special
ists Hay that sutfar beela grow best
when rotated with other crops, being
planted on the same lands about
once every five years. Ui'duetion of
tho wheat belt by 14.OtMi.tmo acres
and a rotation of that sort would
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nnnnn.i.to. n,..i, i ...i f ! ductlon of sugar ' beetu about 2, SOU,
belt of the I'nited Stabs.
The proposal is that the wheat
fanner, at present realizing leas than
jcost on his product, divert a consid
erable proportion of his acres to the
cultivation of sugar beets. At the
present time, the, average yield of
wheat the acre is tens than 14 bushels
and life price, on the farm, averages
less than 90 cents. The average re
turn to the farmer is estimated at
less than $ 1 3 each ucre planted In
wheat, considerably below production
cost.
Sugar UoetM i'rontable.
Sugar beet farmers are obtaining,
according to best available returns
hen?, an average yield of about lit
tons to till acre. An average price
the ton of beets is somewhat diffi
cult to obtain, duo largely to the prac
tice of many farmers who dispose of
their crops to the factories on a share
and share basis, but the figure is
placed- conservatively at $K a ton.
More likely, it is said, the 1 1 0 level
is more nearly accurate. At the
lower figures, however, the return
to the farmer, on the .average, would
be $Stl an ucre, or more than six
times the income obtainable from
the same land producing wheat.
Secretary Wallace is on record as
favoring the expansion of sugar beet
growing in America and President
C'oolldge. It is reported, has had his
attention called to the possibility of
relief to the wheat farmer by the
diversion of part of the wheat acre
age to beets. Tho president, who re
cent learned from the tariff com
mission of the work being done by
that body In connection with the
000 acres.
Country Would lie Independent.
On a yield of approximately 1 1-3
tons of sugar the acre, the annual
production, in addition to the amount
now. being produced, would approxi
mate 3,7ao,uo0 tons of beet sugar
and that volume of production, cou
pled with the present yield of beet
sugar and cane, would make the
country independent of foreign mar
kets for Its sugar supply. It would
also eliminate foreign control of su
gar prices.
The potential beet sugar states,;
uceordlng to the department 0f ngrl
eullun.., are New Hampshire, Ver
mont, Massachusetts Conneclflut,
Rhode Island, New York, .New Jer
sey, l'ennsylvunia, Maryland, Dela
ware, Virginia and West Virginia, in
the east; Ohio, Indiana. Illinois.
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin;
Iowa, the Dakolas and Nebraska, in
the middle west, and Colorado, 1'tah,
New Mexico, Nevada and California
in the west.
Not more Mian half of these states
are growing beets to any extent at
the present time.
StSi&awifl a lot op n vwt 'T jJ'T.Ss ;-iT i XmI
f tth.H'M AH!iADfl IF ITS P'.'iLL-,,. ?0-3 Htb&mOMHimW.'
NINETEEN CITIZ.EMS WERE MUQT N THE R?USH. y-' g&P
WHEN DOCTOR BLOTZ. IMVITED THOSE tS? A
SUFFERING JITH RHEUMATISM, TO STEPUPON a S (I
THE PLATFORM AND RECEIVE HIS FAMOUS REMEDY FREE OF CHARS
Air Truvilrrs Kulijwl lo Passport
ltllli-s
VIKNNA, (AT An air tmvi'li'r
In Kuropo lias to K.'t his passport
visi'U for ovi-ry country over which
h may fly, oven ir hu ilois not In
Irnd to land In that country. This
measure wits found necessary in or
der to prevent passenger, through
accident or forced landing flndlnff
himself In a strange state without
the proper doeuiuenlal Ion. -
Many Rotables Will
Attend Legion Meet
SAN KKANCISCO Leaders of the
United States, both In government and
fraternal circles, and many disting
uished foreigners will attend" the lUi'S
convention of Hie American Legion,
to be held here October IB-la. accord
ing lo Legion officials. Among those
who will either be present personally
or represented officially, are:
David Lloyd George and Sir Doug
las Haig ot Great Rrltain; Lord Hyng
of Canada; Marshal l'etain and Gen
eral Mnngin of France. CKneral Dull
er of l'oland; I'resident Obrcgon of
Mexico, and rremler Mussolini of IL
aly. The American list includes: Presi
dent Calvin CooHdge, General John .1.
Pershing, Admiral Robert K. Coontz,
commander-in-chief United States
battle fleet: Major-General John A.
Lejuiine, comammlant, U. S. M. C;
Secretary of tlie Navy Kdwin Dinby;
Secrotury of War John W. Weeks;
General Frank T. UlneH. director, U.n
ited States Veterans ltuieau: Samuel
enitlon of lubor; Judge J. W. Wlll-at,
commander-in-chief. Grand Army of
the Republic; General Kdgar Tnylor,
adjutant-seneral. United t. 'on federate
Veterans: Colonel Tilllnghat L. Hus
ton, commander-in-chief United Span
ish Win- Veterans; James A . McKar
American Veterans of the World Wiir
,Woodrow Wilson, and John Hrtnn
i I'aync, cnairman Amcni-uii nuu ruau.
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