Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-30

-. s,.,ayxstsa Of sugar Beets- Maa-
..,,.r, Of sagnr- -statissies-ks-
,,,-.nss.-TartG Preteetisn.
Ear EfF.

,,,-.nss.-FariG Preteetisn.
Etr-. Ete.
sx vsArs ago' obtained sons su0ar
80 arozn bY . neAenSor AND ssnt
-. ,is a fris1d. who had them tested
-, sh,,ir suRar-prodnclnK qualities By
o.,s-,sor HIItArd. OF tbs California
s,.s~s,rfv. HI pronounced them pure
- - IN sacoharine matter, think
sss-s IA car cent Eneourseed by this
-, nvself and senae Of my neigh
-. ,,iantsd each aa acre of saaar
-. NJ the Payaliup valiey and s1me
u hita river valley, IN the same dis
- ~ scautry and similar coil. We
- sa,nusss Of tnes8 % RroHn to the
s,~.s.,Io fCalifofnial D.et sugar fac
=. eI,su. ~ n0E, IN su1cesafui opera
- \, Be- tested: sOzIs TO the ARr1eul-
- il.oartma1t ai Washington, and
- NJ IN 10 the Cslifornis Univar
- i'hs reports from all thess sources
-. si,ss the beets we're slngulariy pure,
- fieh. and gefe well adapted for
ureda.ing sagar. Ssosssi ioentiy, o.haF
S,mnlsu have been tests,d, Of a hster
sreytb,, With alsays tns same result. /
thiak. In ali. twenty sax lots. vrIts
s@ag fsom hofus, hs1ee without exact
1gss.sI bus I am certain the average
- on,r Is, and ~ recoiiected, over IA
Ssus bssn thas passisaAaE IN dssariip-
i.s lhs initial atep and what followed,
80 al which gill write, % the end
ss.t a he clearly shown that che present
esnAdssace, and present enthusiasm II
- Mil. a not the result OF q spurt'
n inaliry, bat has been made extend
ine o,ir this period Of SIX years, and
6naIly resulted In my trip TO Germany
ieEt mnae, among the beet sugar fA,so-
- u,,Ar Halle, Hanover and Bariin,
- rsstlk Of which 10 20 be related later
eu. and which 10 the real cause whieh
nos ea,bol6ens me 10 write yea OF this
ereat ,ossible industry ON the Pacific
sisps. Il speak only Of the Pacific siOpe
bsoAast only can Of thai portion Of
eur oan country speak BY expert
enge o. actual personal knowledge, and
vi sushns nyself more particularly 10
Wnshinaton Territory. where my resi-
dssoe has been tor 81 years, and WHARF
nv epuortnnities haye besn greatest fer
sl,.aini,1a accdrate information. and of
Ehich / ean speak with confidence, and
1ithoat fear Of successfal contradiction,
for psrsonally knosn the statemsnts
are tr,is. The soil where these bects
relsrrsa 10 we're raissi 10 an Rliuvial de
posI,, .ich, open, loose, friable and
fiudiy, Il 10 the deposit from that
areaf mater shed, the Cascade Moun-
sains, and ia found 10 valleys adioiHing
ne riw,rs rising In those lnouataIiis and
fewins westerly either 60 Puget 5oand
az 10 the sea, or south 30 toe Columbia
river. The firss experiment encouraged
the eonainnanoe Of raising bsets for oat
~ fos,d, aud on ons farm alone a.
muoh ~ one hundred tons annually
have been psodaced, AMI an average
yisld o,aained Of over sventy tons per
asrs. | raised myself during the year
1891 siEty Eve tons on two sefes, or
tk.fty-tso and a half tons of 22f0
pounds per acre. Ihsss beets ne Ind
win pf,dace fully 300 pounds Of pure
saeaF l;ss tou, as will To shown later
IN, and as an average result net less
than tsio tons Of sugar per acre. The
quality Of soil described 10 by no means
eoahnsh 20 q paftio llsF valley, but 70
f0und Ia numerous lOsalities; aud 4 will
isay witlin boand, shora 10 not less than
half inillioa acres Of Hs and / think
mash more IN Washington Territory
aipne ,isst Of the Cascade mountains
and nasah Of the Colnmbia river. OF
Ose9oii and California. az said before,
cannia % esriainly speak from actual
persoRM knoui8dge, but, know that
eAeh of fhass States will elaim q Tar
larger area than here ulairned for wash
iaRton lFeuitory. Fifty thousand acres,
q onelienfh of the area cia.med for
Washir,Ktou Territory alone, will pro
duce thb sugar oonsuraed on ihe whole
raoific Hope, an detinstely shown by my
ia Germany.
I found In Germany, and IN o4haf
parts % the eontinens Of h,urDpe,
IhMt thi pruduotioa OF sugar froen basst-
roos was simply enosraOaA Ehc grand
sstAi fot the years lSkI ~ vas ever too
million iona, aud will be Rrsster for the
sampAian load DOSING This u naofe
han three times the annual prodncsd
Twelve yoars aga. fhis great iaoraase
% Bot 80 mach from Tue greater man
ber Of faetefiea ~ from enlArged ca
paaities Of factories already built, and
from the very important taut OF better
and esnssqaentiy better re-
suits- Nos, beess rAa be obtsinad that
VIII tesl u l,sr cent sAoehArine nlaster,
aad thai 9Ssman fstItorS sili gat over
70 per cent. OF purs eryltAlixsd sugar.
whereas In former years large guam
tities Of molesses were tnade;
nsW t1ere 10 but very little. 81
psrfece u the pu,eess thas iaov
there ID an absolute iomi Of Iass than
ens pef cent. We visited q nuuabsr Of
fAstofins that we're yss running, and q
ranbes thai bad elosed for the seai.on
aud obiilinsa the exact figures Of sir;
ihs cost Of WORKING ton Of beets into su-
Eaz. coil Of the bsetas eoia Of the coal
consan.pd, Bf lime. aeisl, labor, iia q
vefd. s'FeryAhing thai vent 10 maius ap
ihs sxr,Inse OF q GENITAL Of heets convert.
~ instI sugar. for tina taole etlamsn's
nni him the pereentAps Of sugar oh
lsined. and Ia tome instances tbs prof
~ ! Rand that the average percentage
% auRiIr obsained ff0si She baets in
tassF alx factories vns a75, and that
~ tssifARe casl Of producing . pound
" Mslv eds three axld seven tsnths
ssnA i'm Rpand
n Gin ilsm only wss thase q ularksd
diAsrilhns ID th0 cost that went % make
2 pcGiid u snlFsr, and that waa labor.
fonia thAt enr coal In Washington
xsft4tiF5. IN The re0tsn described. waa
- e14ip. u aheMpar, thaii In Germany /.
80 q widely aistsi6ghed, which b the
- @'sat factor. nsxt 20 labor. 10 TAX
~ 1t1lp aeeount the csnt OF working
AetA In 10 other items could ! detect
enf milrked contrast IN N cost, and will
nel anlFaee greater tnAn In 9ermAny,
in1t Iilhof bill Vas 'hunnef,N how
hsrsl Il Q liat % the prices paid and
pfesatllnR, - taksn on shs spot frum
iares kursFintsndentH uho knew the
1uih " thiiif ststemssats. Farm hands
2 ~ esei halds. Il nsn,s per day;
sonQiin lAl,orolfs In tiB fsctory, - CENTS
regis fcresaan IN factory, s. costs per
eali siieins,ers, s6 eenes iSer day: sugar
eciisrs y esnis, chemists, 81 cents book
ksspefh fisfa al without board. 10
Yacs ,tuaht pefusit aud the eoraenh OF
tes Ps'iiss obtaaned, { vould be oulv 100
x.>a aleiss ths exacs pful,ortion % each
q Ne teenfy-tix isssns that atkn No
- c9It II . pound Of eas,ar - shtAinsd
rem tlese az fhctostas. bot both i'oFieid.
nsnce nusi be esntsns With short en-.
SsSa troMl nheae dasAited stais.ments
Aa1e tfeu TIE hests, labor aud fnel
~MFxlpe npoFe than hags Of the nam
HN ~ Ne eest OF akEAi. the tkn,ef bill
vesinany belsig less than that ~ ths
eeeA We and tAosHsh. that ihs isoal
sssss ii'sse 70 0ssuasrg than IN wlssh'