The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
Sr,y industries in t:se u est.

American Economist
Melville ID. Lanion iii Perkins,
having just returned from Dakota
Nebraska and Minnesota. was asked
ii there were any new Industries BE-
ing estall shed IN the West on account
of the new Tariff.
Yes said he, there are three
great Western industries being est;.b-
shed which VIII keep S5o,oo,ooo i'll
this country every year.
What are they
First, the Grand Island, Nebraska,
beet sugar industry is i wonderful
.Gccess They are tlr.in. ont there
800 barrels Ct pure white beet sugar
Ter day The lint cost $500, 900, ana
was purchased i'll Germany. The
farmers all made money List summer
raising beets in the Hattie Valley. and
next year millions of acres in that val
l,y and the Jim River VALLEY. OAK,
will 90 into the beet sugar industry.
They are putting p other beet sugar
factories in Lincoln and Norfolk,
Nebraska, Sioux City. Iowa, and .Aber
,lcen. Oak !lol.cye the Platte and
Jim River valleys Will supply 81! the
white sugar the country VIII want in
less than FIVE years. Germany is max
ing her own sugar, and the percentage
of sugar III her beets is ) per cent. l,ss
than III the Nebraska beets.'
And the next Industry"
IT is the new impetus given BY the
Tariff to flax raising and manufactUr
ing We have always thrown away
our flax fiber Now Minnesota capital
md Glasgow skill are bullling a large
flax factory i'll Minneapolis. Two
mall flax factcrys for making towels,
sheets and table cloths are being ope-
rated in Northern iowa. Thousands
OF farmers are putting wheat Land
lato flax, and linen making is becom-
ing an American industry. We have
been sending 81, G00,GG annually to
ireland, France and Germany for In
men and throwing our flax away after
making linseed oil ont of the seed.
Now the Tariff on oil and linen makes
the industry profitable here.
w hat about wool in the North
wC.t:"
The whole country from Bismark
10 Nendon is going into it. Millions
oi ;,cros of wheat land is going into
sheep this year. On the train coming
down from Fargo were 100 horses
which never did anything but work in
the wheat fit Ids. They were going to
Chic 10 be changed for shcep-South-
downs, good for food and wool
Nv hat will he the result of all this"
Why, we will not have this surplus
of 10000, GOO bushels of wheat TO ell in
England at soc Il bushel. Within two
Years we viii eat up all our surplus
wheat, and then it will 90 to il dollar
hushel i'll Dakota. a price that it Is
worth for food and the American
farmer Will be on top AGAIN Good
times are coming for the farmer. !
can see it. Land is stiHtning up all
over the West Farms are going oUt
Of the market The Tariff Of - cents
i hllshel will keep back ten million
bushels Of Manitoba wheat made on
cheap dol al an acre Land, and make il
90 out ly Quebec"
But there is l..ore pti,l.c Land"
Ne, not uhca. land nor corn l.Ed
1t is about I'll taken. What is left
beyond the rain belt The farmer has
been for fifteen years the under dog in
tic fight Now he is coming to the
front He begins To feel rich already.
The tide has turned. Farming is pay
ing better and better every day. 1t
has been this 70,oeo 900 surplus bush
It's Of wheat, which had to go to sixty
cents in Dakota before ii coull dis
place the cheap India wheat in Eng
and, which has kept the farmer poor. y"
Besides this, continued Mr. Ian
don, thousands of industries are
springing up to employ More labor
plush factories 1T Catasarlqua and III
other towns III Pennss lvania late
class factories i'll Eutler and all over
the natural gas regions, silk factories
nj Iloneslat and Scranton. and more
potteries i'll Trenton and East Liver
pool These llburers will b. paid ana
they will eat more flour and meat than
idle men. say. give this abused and
III :s.nderstood Tariff trial
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