, S CURRENT NEWS BULLETINS The loose leaf service" Concerninr Suear 11 includes only such data as is of permanent value to the PALMER • suear industry; to supplement this, these unofficial news bulletins are issued for circulation amone members of the U. S. Surar Manufacturers' Association and covers subjects which are of temporary interest only, such as foreirn and domestic suear-beet seed, coal and other supplies, cost of beets. labor supDlY, proposed or enacted leeislation, testimony before Conrrcssional committees, etc., etc. Such comments and observations as these bulletins contain are to be considered merely as suee-estions for reflection and not as expressin2' the matured tbourbt of either the writer or of members of th e Association. Comments frequently are based upon unconfirmed newspaper reports and should be considered as bearing- tbe headline" Important if True. 1 1 -TRUMAN G, PALMER,

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Washington, D, c. April 24, 1919,

Gentlemen:-

Herewith, I reproduce in full, a letter just received from Kuhn & Co,,

sugar-beet seed growers, of Naarden, Holland.

r visited their s E' ed laboratories in l'?HO and since have corresponded

with them from time to time. The concern stands high, personally the Dudek van

Heels are charming people and their laboratories and other equipment indicate

careful and highly scientific work.

In 1911 they outlined to me a plan somewhat on the lines of the letter

herewith attached, but at that time. not enoug_~ interest was ~anifested by our

people in the project to consid~r it seriously.

s~ch information as reaches me, indicates that even though we still

desired to depend upon Europe for this vital necessj_ty to the domestic sugar in­

dustry and to resume our former relations with a nation whtch has so

grossly violated a11 established rules and laws of civilization, difficulty

will be experienced in securing seed, and prices wi 11 be much higher than they

were before the war.

The following letter would a:r-pear to be worthy of careful considera­

tion at our forthcoming Annual Meeting and it is with this i.n view that I am

rlacing a copy in the hands of each member, in advance of the meeting,

Resi::ectfully.

Trurran G. Palmer. PALMER'S CURRENT NEWS BULLETINS The loose leaf service "Concernine Suear" includes only such data as is of permanent value to the • • • • • • suear industry; to supplement this, these unofficial news bulJetins are issued for circulation amone- members of the U, S. Suear Ma_nuf~cturers.1 Assoct.mon and covers_ subJects w~1ch are of temporary interest only, such as foreien and domestic suear•bcet seed, coal and other supplies, cost of beets. labor supvl>:, proposed or enacted _Ie21slauon, tesumony before Conrress1onal commntces, etc., etc. Such comments and observations as these bulletins contain are to be considered merely as BUl?'fC&tions for reflecu~n and not as. ex~~essme the I!'atured thourht of either the writer or of members of the Association. Comments frequently are based upon unconfirmed newspaper reports and should be considered as beannf the headline Imponant 1f True." -TRUMAN G. FALKER.

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KONINKLYKE BEET~ORTELZAAD-CULTUR

KUHN & CO. , NAARDEN,

NA/1.RDEN, 14th • .of March, 1919, (HOLLAND) Mr. Truman G. Palmer, Union ·rrust Building, 901, Washington, D. c. Dear Sir:-

Your fa.vor of 5th. of last month, answering our cable 26th. of ,January, duly to ha.ud. We take the liberty to remember to our resrects of 4th of February, 1911, in Which letter we have hinted already on the politic influences in order to make the American Beet Sugar Industry freE, from European politic influences, Now the sitU,~tion of the sugar-beet seed produce rrarket is in an extraordinary b::i.d condition, as by r evolt in Easten and Central Europe gi£7owing of sugar beet seed in large quantity in Europe is entirely finished. We therefore cabled you that in the next decennary there will be a total absence of sugar-beet seed in Europe, viz,, in the world. You write us, you have been growing some seed with varying success. We understand very wull the meaning of your expression 11 with varying· success". Sugar-beet seed only can be grown on basis of a scientific selection, that means a selection of families proved in exr,erirnental fields, after several years r e­ searches. We have r€ad your book about sugar "'b eet seE'd, issued in London 1918, with great interest, but it is very clear to us, that for making the Ameri can Sugar Beet Industry entirely free from Eurore it takes at lea.st ten yea:~s ::or mA..king a selection based on a scientific basis, fit for producing a sugar-beet sPed able to nake comretition to good old Eurorean strains; therefore it if! de·­ s:rable and necessary to have as a pith and basis of the concern, a prime selec­ t".on. As you write in your above mentioned book, it is necessary to draw mo ther beet seed from Euror,e, but in every case it is necessary to draw YEARLY a quantity of mother beet seed from Euror,e in order to prevent degeneration of the seed. Since you visited us in 1909 in our manner of working and method of selection has been very much altered and improved, the givings you mention in your book are all before we practiced the family selection, All your givings sr,eak s'.;ill about a shortage of yield of our strain, but after 19i0 we ha.ve improved tne weight of beets in our strain in such a way that since 1913 we are on the first place about yield of tonnage of beets as well as in richness of sugar. As shows the annex copy of results on exr,erimental fields in 1912 in F!'ance, 1913 in Italy and Holland, we are the first of all in every r espect in F:~ance, Italy and Holland, only at the sugar manufactory "Holland" near Amster­ d~m, Klein Wanzieben gives 700 Kilos more in yield but the shortage in sugar of K, W. makes Kuhn & Co. prime with 425 KG, of sugar more per H. A. Moreover we have had a brilliant success in Sweden, The Svenska Sock­ erfatriks .Aktieholaget has bought from us our method of selection; growing the seed according our instructions from mother beet seed cultivated and selected under our responsibility. PALMER'S CURRENT NEWS BULLETINS The l~ose leaf service "Concernine Suear'' includes only such data as isol permanent value to the , . . . . • . surar industry; to supplement this. these unofficial news bulletins are issued for circulation amonr members of the U, S. Sufar Ma_nuf~cturers . Assoc1atton and covers_ subJects w~1ch arc of temporary interest only, such as foreh?n and domestic suear•beet seed, coal and other supplies, cost of beets, labor suppl~, proposed or enacted _Ierislauon, testimony befor~ Conrress1onal committees, etc .. etc. Such comments and observations as these bulletins contain are to be considered merely 31 surrestions for reflecu~n and not as. cx~~essinr the ~atured tboufht of either the writer or of members of the Association. Comments frequently are based upon unconfirmed newspaper reports and should be consider d as beannir the headline lmponant 1f True." -TRUMAN G. p ALIIBR. e

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The situation of the article sugar-beet seed~ f rmerly only produced in Central and East~rr, Eu.rope, and ex:r.;orted from the well knowr_ growing z?la.ce s to a.11 v.gar-beet cultivating countries, is n0w quit~ altered. Growing sugar-beet seed ·n Ru s 3ia is over for a great many years and Germany has suffered on such a scale that not only the selection of the well known sugar-beet seed growers is degenerated, but the present situation is in such a horrible state that all has been destroyed, therefore there is no question more about selection of 3ugar beets in Central Eurjpe, and in consequence thereof there is no more suga~~beet seed in Etrrope and will not be grown more in next time, As Holland is too small for growing sugar-beet seed for export purfoses, we are occupying ourselves to take steps for grow:l.ng sugar beet seed, resulting from ou.r mother beet seed, as well in Belgium as in France. 1.7e enclose you here­ with a copy of a pamphlet in ¼hich is clearly shovm the advantages for growing sugar-beet seed in the shortest time in France, r e sul ~; :..ng from our mother beet seed. The whole s~.tuation of the sugar manufactm•ing world is altered and the g1 v1ngs compared in your "Sugar at a Gb.nce" about J.abor and costs are not more in force, especia1ly about wages for peoplo. Formerly men, women and children were working in Agricultu~e at a trifling in Eastern and Central Euxope, but in futuxe all this work is to be done by machine power. As the U. S. of America have still great interest in the beet sugar concern, we there fore prorose ~rou to establish a compan,.,v on coo:p':lrati ve basis on the following condHions: l• The firm of KL1hn & Co. supplies the mother beet seed, g. The firm of Ki~:n 2: C0. is ,:illing to supply also the staff and a great deal of the people growing sugA.r beet seed for account of said comra,ny. 2.• As the beet sugar manufacturers of the U. s, and Canada are the most interest­ ed in the concern, it would be the best to interest them by money matters as shareholders and cooperators. !• Interest5ng bu~rers of the produced seeds, viz., regular customers of the establis~ed co:r.:r:any fur sugar-:beet 8eed growing in the U, s. of America • .Q• On the other har~d we want the disposal of ground, the best soils for sugar­ beet seed growing; we suppose in the N0r ~h-western pa.rt of the U, S. of Amer­ ica. §_ . The com:rany to establish has to pay the firm of Kuhn & Co. for each pound of sugar-beet seed, harvested of the mother beet seed supplied by the firm of Kuhn & Co. a royalty of four American cen'cs. ·,-;e advise you in the interest of the beet sugar ni.ar.,;,.fac\;ory of the United States to take the ni.atter seriously into consideration and you will find the following advances as a Con c 1 us ion. l• U. S. beet-sugar manufactories will be quite independent from foreign sugar­ beet seed prodmcers. _g_, The sugar-beet seed produced in the U. s. will be of a far better quality than the seed imported frc,m Europe, ~. The production of sugar- beet seed in the u. s. of .Ameri ca will not only be a profit for the beet-sugar mannfac turers but also for the shareholders of the cotnfany, leaving a good deal of p:-ofit by exporting a J:S,rt of the seed. !, American people can obtain the monopoly of sugar-beet seed growing, before war into hands of C1e Gerrr.ans, it will be laid in hands of the u. S • .£• The only trustworthy firm in the world , able to supply Surer Elite as the mother seed, i~ the firm of Kuhn & Co. , S CURRENT NEWS BULLETINS The loose leaf service" Concernine Suear" includes only such data as is of permanent value to the PALMER • surar industry; to supplement this. these unofficial news bulletins are issued for circulation amonr mc:mbers of the U. S. Suear Manufacturers' Association and covers subjects which are of temporary interest only, such as foreifn and domestic surar•beet seed, coal and other supplies, cost of beets, labor supply, proposed or enacted lefislation, testimony before Conrrcssional comminees, etc., etc. Such comments and observations as these bulletins contain are to be considered merely as suirrestions for reflection and not as expressinr the matured tboueht of either the writer or of members of the Association. Comments frequently are based upon unconfirmed newspaper reports and should be considered as bearin2' the headline " Jmponant if True." -TRUMAN G. P AUIBR,

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Mr. ar.d Mrs, Dudok van Heel are very much obliged to you for yo 1,r personal rege.rd8 ari.d reciprocally give their best compliments to Mr. and M:r·s, Trurr:i,n :Calmer, Awaiting in sh0rt time your reply, you startE'd already taking up the rretter, we remain, dear Sir,

Yot1r s truly, (Signed) ROYAL DU'MH PEDIGREE SUG.ARBE"ST SEED CULTIVATING COMPANY OF KU'.dN & CO. PALMER'S CURRENT NEWS BULLETINS The l~ose leaf service "Concerning Sugar" indudes only such data as is of permanent value to the b f h U • sugar mdustry; to supplement this. these unofficial news bulletins are issued for circulation among mem ers o t e · S. Sugar M~nuf~cturers'. Association and covers_ subjects w~ich are of temporary interest only, such as foreign and domestic sugar-beet seed. coal and other supplies, cost of beets. labor suppl>:, proposed or enacted _legulauon, testimony befor~ Con£ress1~nal commmees. etc., etc, Suc_h ~omments and observations as these bulletins contain are to be considered merely as sugeestions for reflecu':m and not as_ ex~~essmg the 1!1atured thought of either the wnter or of members of the Assoc1atton, Comments frequently are based upon unconfirmed newspaper reports and should be c ·d d as beanng the headline Important 1f True," onsi ere -TRUMAN G. PALMER,

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NO I'E: =--= Mes,.ira,Kuhn & Co. s e::i.t me a mimeograpr. copy of tgsts made of their and other sec,;d by varivus authoriti,:.,s in different countries in 1912 and 1913, The re por t i s i:n F:-~11ch o:111d gives tb.e yield. of beets and of sugar in kilos per :1ect are. I :1a?e converteci. this to !..9r:&. 9f ):lee!§_ and 12ounds .Q.f. 3 ua;,u J?§L acre, ~"l1e sugar re:- aere i$ in terms of rs,w, T. G. P. 1he fig res are a s follow&t

- ~------~--- l ?olari­ Beets per) Relative ) sugar per } Relative Gr ower & Va i ety. l za.t ion. acre, ) Standir,.g ) acre. ) Standing ) _,______) of seed. ) of seed, ) Pe,t Cent. ) Tons oi 200)1 l Pounds, ) ) ) lbs. ) ) } Rabbethks & Glesecke) 18,20 ) 17.6 } 2 ) 6,432 ) 3 Di ppe, W. R. ) 16.83 ) 17.19 ) 4 ) 5,786 l 6 i:li ppe, W. I. ) 18,28 ) 17.59 ) 3 ) 6,433 ) 2 Schreiber, S H. ) 1? .67 ) 16.85 ) 5 ) 5,955 ) 4 Mette ) 17.75 ) 16.,47 ) 7 ) 5,849 ) 5 KUHN & CO. ) 18~23 ) 17.85 ) 1 ); 6,511 ) 1 A. Eggeling A. E. ) 17.76 ) 16.28 ) El ) 5,784 ) 9 Strandes Elite B. ) 17.28 ) 16 .. 58 ) 6 ( 5,731 ) 8 Saxonia ). 17,16 ) 15.88 ) 9 ) 5,452 ) 10 O. Breustedt ) l'l.38 ) 15.84 10 l 5,509 ) 9 Strt.:.be I E, ) 17.11 ) 14.74 11 ) 5,046 ) 11

@_SULm l,li !lfJ; EXPERIMENT FIELDS ,Q! ITALY, ™ 1! ~ gROVINCE =OF RAVENNA,

) Barbe Marini & Co. 17,3 23.55 ) 8 8,163 8 Strube, K. W, 17,7 24,00 ) 6 8,476 4 R,,sse , R, S. 17,2 25. 65 ) • 2 8,824 2 I Breustedt 17.3 I 24.13 ) 5 8,333 6 Buszc.zynski&Lasj i ns-) ) kie RICHE ) 17.5 ) 23,02 9 8,048 9 Euszczynski&Lasjins-) l kie RO YALE ) 17,07 ) 21.95 11 7,762 11 J. Zapotil ) 17.4 ) 24,71 3 6, 619 3 Scr.lieckmann ) 17.5 ) 25.18 4 8,476 5 I(1JEN & CO. ) 17 .4 ) 26.05 l 9,065 1 Rabbethke ~ GiEsecke) l'7. - ) 22.93 10 8,270 7 C- . Martine 17.- ) 23 ,.68 ) 7 8,048 H} ) ) ) ) ) ) ...... , ___ _ \ _J_ PALMER'S CURRENT NEWS BULLETINS. The l~ose leaf service "Concernine Suear'' includes only such data as is of permanent value to the members of the U. S. Sue"ar Manufacturers' Association and covers subjects which are of te . surar mdustry; to suppl~ment this. th~se unofficial news bulletins are issued for circulation amone supply, proposed or enacted lee-islation, testimony before Confressional committees etc et~por;ryhmtercst only• such as for_e12n and domesuc SU2'3T·beet seed, coal and other supplies, cost of beets. labor reflecti<;m and not as. ex~~essinf the ~atured thou1rht of either the writer or of memb~rs ~f the· Ass~~iatf::mc~;ns and ob;ervauotlns as these bulletins contain are to be considered merely a, SU£'festions for as bearmt the headline Jmponant 1f True." · omments requen Y are based upon unconfirmed newspaper reports and should be considered -TRUMAN G. PALMER.

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TESTS CONDUCTED I~ 14 FIELDS IN FRANCE~ the SYNDICAT des FABRICANTS de SUCRE. :::;:':'::::::::::= =----=--=--...... :::.:.::= = =---=-'""='=== = -- --- :..~~= =-======- ~---..-=-

) Pola.r::.­ Beets per Re la.ti ve Sugar per l Relative Grower & Va!'iety) zation acre. Standing acre. ) Standing ) of seed ) of seed. ) )Tons of 2.000) Pounds. ) ) ) lbs. -) ) Schreiber ) 17.43 ) 14.05 ) 3 4 9892 ) 3 Klein-Wanzleben ) 16.95 ) 13. 96 ) 4 4,697 ) 4 KUHN & CO . ) 17.20 J 14.47 ) 1 4,997 ) 1 Di:ppe ) 17.21 ) 14.37 ) 2 4,955 ) 2 ) l

DUTCH TESTS MADE UNDER THE DIRECT IOI:{ OF Mr, g• KRUSEMEN OF HOUTRYK i DOLANSN.

Strandes 18.29 3 5,?06 '3 KUHN & CO. 19.63 2 6,281 1 Klein-Wanzleben 19.94 1 5,902 2 ===~======;======-====-=-=-=====~======-~==--==-----·=--= =------=-======;======---==------=----=------=-=:------·------