The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

more out of his land than is possible with
other crops, but also improves his land
for other crops. If the farmer sells the
beets TO the sugar factory and gets back
the pulp for feeding. and perhaps the
mud and lime, he loses very little of the
mineral substances from his soil, as the
sugar producing substances are ab-
sorbed by the plant from the air. Rails
ing beetS improve the land, because the
thorough cultivation necessary brings
it to perfection never to be obtained
with other crops. The land will also be
clearer of weeds. In raising beetS, the
whole agriculture of q country must be
changed from an extensive TO an inten-
sive one. In raising corn, grain, fodder,
etc, the farmer uses only the upper part
of his land. If sugar beets are planted
the deeper soil Is also placed at the ser
vice Of the owner. In connection with
the improvement Of the land. cattle
raising is also improved, as the waste
furnishes excellent fodder for milk as
well as for fattening. An increase of
manure can therefore be produced.
Mr.. Oxnard, of Nebraska, in some OBJ
servatiOns on the culture of sugar beets,
saws:
by the aid of this industry, cattle
raising Is encouraged and made profitable
to the farmers. Rotation in crops are
favored and the mass of manures in
creased in the country where tins kind
of industry has been established, and the
culture of other plants has been super
seeded by the beets to the great benefit of
the community were il was introduced.
Again, in many localities in
Europe where it fiourishes, there has
been a very marked increase in the aver
age weight Of beef cattle amounting TO
from 30 to % per cent. This increase Is
directly attributable to the extensive use
of beet-root pulp for feed"
The farmers who raised beets for the
sugar factory at jacksonville in Cali
fornia in 1888 and 1889 realized a net
profit of S67 an acre from their land.
The establishment of a sugar factory also
increases the amount of business done in
other industries. 1t gives employment
10 a very large number Of laborers. 1t
requires brick and sand. lime. lumber.
coal and iron and stimulates these in
dustries. 1t increases the traffic of the
railroads; il brings more money into the
town and county where it Is located and
Is an industry that would be of greater
value TO the people of the Arkansas
valley than almost any industry that
could be established.
There is no doubt whatever but that
sugar-beets can be grown To perfection
all around Wichita. The farmers #
Sedgwick county ought to make the ex-
pertinent this year OF cultivatiug sugar
beets and have the best analvzed for
sugar and in a year from this time there
ought 70 be one or more sugar factories
established in Wichita that viii trans
form 800 tons of sugar-beets into sugar
per day during the season. To establish
this industry successfully and rapidly
requires only the maintenance Of
the present tariff OF cents
pound on sugar and the payment
of a bounty Of , cents pound
on sugar made here. With these two
agencies, capital will be induced 20 20
into the sugar business almost Immedi-
ately.
The sugar industry is unlike most other
manufacturing industries in this regard.
1t requires a large amount of capital 10
construct a successful sugar factory and
the season Is so short that the factory l.
only run about three months in the year.
the rest of the year 1t lies Idle. On that
account the industry needs greater en-
cOUragement than most other industries.
but a tariff Of two cents a pound on for
eign sugar. a bounty of one dollar a ton
on bccts and one cent a pound for the
sugar made therefTOm would be- sniff
cient to induce capital enough 10 60 into
the business IA the next five years - sue
Ces5fuliy establish sugar factorie- that
VIII produce nearly ali the sugar we con
sumo. The industry itself in Europe has
been 20 perfected that IL requires no
money spent for experiments for making
beet sugar IN this country. The simple
fact that our sugar beets test q larger
amount II sugar than those IF Germany
or France Is all that is required to know
IN order 10 establish the industry success
fully. All modern appliance for max
ing sugar out Of bets can be purchased
ready made from foreign countries or b.
made at home.
Now. what the newspapers and the
voters Of Kansas ought Ia do. is - de-
mand that the tariff uH foreign sugar b.
maintained and a liberal bounty offered