Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-04-02
F., SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL ,. 1864.
The Manufacture of Sugar in the North
ern States.

ern States.
Statistics indicate that the people Of Ohio
max. s,1sO,OOO pounds of sugar from Sor-
ghum, or Chinese Sugar-cane. per a"num,
which is more than four pounds to every III
babitaut of tho State. This can be increased
to 100000, 900 pounds, without interfering
materially with the other products which
would give over fifty pounds to each inl'ab-
liant. Wool and flax can be substituted for
cotton, thus making Ohio entirely ind'pen-
dent of the South.
The manufacture of sugar from the the beet
is even more profitable than from the Sorghum
it having been recently demonstrated in New
York, that one acre of beets will yield clear
profit of 800. The French are row making
from the beet sufficient quantities for their
home consumption and large surplus for ex-
port, and find it more profitable than any other
cron. We have taken some trouble to inves-
tigate the subject of making sugar from the
beet, and the quality of soil best suited for
their production, and we find that our high
tide prairies and river bottom lands are better
adapted for the purpose than any other quail
tv of SOIL This conclusion is not formed by
theory, or analysis of soils, but from actual
results. The Messrs. Campbell, who have a
large stock ranch in the valley of the Cheha-
lis, near the mouth of the river Hokium, have
demonstrated practically the peculiar adapta-
ton of the tide prairies for raising the sugar
beet. The yield was almost incredible, with
very ordinary cultivation; more than double
that of the best and most highly cultivated
lands in France or the Eastern States. The
overflow of the tide lands by the hood-tides
of winter, so far from injuring the soil. actu-
ally enhances its productivcness, and the salt
thus deposited increases the sacharine princi-
pie of the beet and thereby greatly Arguments
the yield, if applied to the purpose under con-
sheraton.
When the great cost of manuling the lands
for beet culture in France or elsewhere is
taken into consideration, and that even an
equal Weld is secured, it will be observed that
the difference will moie than compensate for
the greater cost of labor, and leave to the man.
ufacturer hero the advantage Of the great dis
parity in the price of land. which would be
as 81 25 per acre is to 500 or $500 per
acre, and better price for sugar than is OBJ
tanned in France.
This shows in most striking manner the
immense value of these lands now inviting
settlement, which can be had in bodies OF
thousand acres for 81 25 per acre. or in tracts
of one hundred and sixty acres for nothing
under the Homestead law, situated along
side of navigable waters. The soil of these
bottoms is unsurpassed, being all made land.
More than one-half the tide lands are smooth
prairies, with sloughs mcandering through
them for miles, resembling artificial canals.
and which at half-tids will float vessels Of four
or five hundred tons burthen. 1t is said
that there may be safely estimated dis
lance of about FIVE or six hundred miles
open to steamboat navigation on Gray's
Harbor, and to the head of tide water on the
Chehals and other rivers emptying into the
bay. The up-lauds bordering upon the bot
toms, are covered by some Of the best timber
to be found in the Territory, readily accessi-
bic to large vessels at low tide.
Owing to the purity Of the atmosphere,
cauased by the cool sea-breezes, the bottom
lands are as salubrious and healthful as the
mountain tops Of the Cascade range, and the
water equal, pure and cold.
We repeat what we have before said, that
this section Of the Territory offers greater in
ducements for settlement and the investment
of capital in the sugar manufacturing, stock
raising, and numbering BUSINESS, than any
other norton of the Pacific coast.
u We are obliged to delay the publca-
ton of the evidence against Victor Smith one
week, in order to complete preparations for its
publication also in pamphlet form.
~ 1t is stated that Leavenworth, Kansas,
has population Of fifteen or twenty thousand
people, and is growing more rapidly than any
other place in the Western country.
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SCAT!-A contemporary quotes Latin as
follows: " Resiquiscat ct pace" "Where
ignorance is bliss, It's folly," etc.