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75TH YEAR.
CHRISTIANSTED.
V.I. U.S.
A.,
THURSDAY
161ts
DECENEBER
Isso.
number
of others.
What
comes
as
very
interesting
news just
now
is the promise
of the establishment
of a Sugar Planters’
Association
oa the order of the Louisiana
planters.
The
planters
have
been
seri-
ously
handicapped
for
want
of capital
and hac
to get
it
from exporters
and
to
do this had
to
borrow
money
on
their
erups.
With
an
association
the
mat-
ter
of credit
will
find
a
more
ready
channel
for
their
activities
In
this
way they will
not
be
at
the
mercy
of
the price fixer
but
can
enter
the
mai-
ket
with less of a hanaicap.—lbid.
[he reat
Valleys Sugar
Company
of
Celorado has
started
its :plant at
LaFay-
ette,
will build
side
tracks,
beet
dumps
sink
wells,
and
the
600-ton
plant
will
be ready
tor
the
1921
campaizn
—lbid.
SUGAR NOT«S
The
candy
makers
and
producers
of
other
sweets
met
in Bie'efeld,
Germany
in September,
and
made
some
demands
on
the
Government
commission
and
oc
the
sugar
manufacturers,
among
them
the
request
for
a
dilivery of a:
ieast
B 0 per
cent
as
pre-war
supplies
in
sugar.
Last
year
thes=
deliveries
went as
low
as
18
per
cent.
Tney
ad-
vocate
the
law
of
supply
and
demind
at
least
by
the
fall
of
1921,
also
the
unburddning
of
the
oxcessive
taxes
on
their
wares.
.Finey
also
demand
that
ail
foreign
wares
bo exciudad
un-
til the law of
supnly
and
demand
shall
ba
given
full s..ing.
Other
matter§”
of credit
and paying
bills
were
discussed
at
the
gathering. —Loutsiana
Planter
Vov. 27th.
4
g
-
RSI R
e
e e
s
“Speciai
foi ine Ghrisimas
Season”.
The
Christiansted
*Cooperative
Dairy
will sell
Butter
at
&oc.
a
e
e
“TYDOL”BRAND
Moior Gasoline
and
Lubricating
Oii
- on sale at
~
John Alexanier.
33. 35 King’s Street.
THE ST.
CROIX AVIS
18 printed and published
daily
(Sundays
and Holidays
excepted)
by G.
Johansen
at the Avis Office.
TERMS---50
cents monthly in advance.
2 cents
per single
copy.
sintered
as
second-class
matter
May
26th 1917 at
the Post
Office at
Christian-
sted,
St. Croiz,
V.
L. of the
U.
S. A..
un
Vdaor the Act of March
3.
1879.
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Contribution
to this paper will be glad-
ly received
when
the
same
deals
with mat-
ters of general
interest,
and is
accompa-
nied with the
author’s
name,
as
a quar-
antee of good faith.
The editor cannot
be
responsible for the views ofhis correspon-
dentsnor
does he necessarily endorsethem.
BIG INCREASE
IN YIfLD OF CANE.
An acre
fertilized with 300
pounds
of
nitrate of soda
and
250
pounds>of
acid
phosphate
produred
23 tons,
165
pounds
+ of cane,
while
an
unfertilized
acre
pro-
duced
12 tous,
915 pounds,:according
to
a test
made
o
the farm
of
A.
Wilber’s
Sons,
large
sugar
planters
of
Iberville
paristi,
by
Hamilton
Lesseps,
farm
de-
monstration
agent.
An
acre
ou
which
500 pounds
of 8
1-Z
per
cent
coltonseed
meal
was applied produced
14
tons,
565
pounds.
!
;
I'tie cost
of the nitrate of soda
and acid
phosphate
was sl6
15,
or about
equal
to
the present
seliing
price
of fwo tons
of
cane.
lhis gives
a profit of gbou S6O
an
acre from
the
use
ot this fertilizer.
"he
cottonseed
neal
test gave
an increase
of
only
one
ton,
1015
pounds
oi cane
per
acre,
ar
a
cost
of $17.50.
Mr. Lesseps
is
very much
elated
over
‘ the good resuits
obtained
from the use
of
nitrate
of
soda
and
acid
phosphate.—
Louisiana Planter,
~Nov. 20th.
;
The
Philippie
islands
will
do
their
share in the
season
of 1920-21
and roll up
possibly
the largest
tonnage
of
sugar
in
their history.
Approximately 60 per cent
-
more
Tand
tas
been
planted
in
cane.
There
will be
a
splendid trade
balance
too.
Imporis
rhe first
six months
of the
year amounted
to
$27,906,713
while
the
sugar
exporis
amounted
to
$29,318,159.
'The
sugar
exportsin
1919-4 or
the
first
six
months
were only
$8,573,893.
Some
- new mills will open
this fall among
them
the ceatral
at Binalbagan of the Binalba-
gan Kstate
with
a eapacity
of 2,400
tons
“the Hawaiian-Pnilippin2 Sugar Company
with
a
1,500-ton
piant
at
Silay
and
a
No.
291
T
the
office of
the
St.
Croix
Sugar
A Factory, Christiansted,
the coupons
for
the financial year Ist September
1919-
3lst
August
1920,
of
the
new
shares,
will be redeemed
with 30
per cent
of the
sum specified
'n the shares.
AKTIESELSKABET
ST.
CROIX SUKKERFABRIK.
OUR STOCK
OF
o
Christmas Cards.
On the
centre
road
one DRIVE SHAFT
«nd
UNIVERSAL JOINT.
Reward
if
returned
to Marine Rarracks.
FOR RENT.
The
Property
No.
41
King’s
Street from Isi January
1921,
i'or particulars
apply
to
EM. 5. SVITZER
;
Lt. Princess,
2nd Dec.
1920,
Reading
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