Word: beetly
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...about naturally by farmers who abandon their land on account of low prices. It may be brought about deliberately by diversification of crops and greater plantings of flax and sugar-beets?products which we now import. But, if it is necessary to increase the tariff on sugar to foster beet culture, there will be strong political opposition...
...Reed Smoot of Utah against sugar refiners. Senator Smoot's attitude bears weight because he is next in line by seniority right for the chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee?the committee which passes on tariff measures. What is more, he comes from Utah, one of the four leading beet sugar producing states. These states (Colorado, Utah, Michigan and California) produce over 70% of native beet sugar...
Second, they plan to create a prejudice against beet sugar producers, destroy the American sugar industry and gain control of the entire domestic market...
Third, they want to recoup their losses sustained in 1922 when they reduced the price of Cuban sugar for the purpose of "dealing a deathblow to the beet sugar producers of America...
...Michigan beet sugar business, built upon child labor...