The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-19
Rect SUGAR INDUSTRY.
,Tcrtrpoburg Capitalists About to
establish Plant IN uacCity.
GETTING POINTERS FROM RUSk.
yto New Enterprise Another Evi.
,c,cc prtho Fostering Effect of the
Mckinley Law-.-The Wonderful ln-
.,r,,,r nj the Product In tho United
s,o,cs...Twicc as Much Sugar Pro-
Lurrl from Bccts as Cane.

s,eel DlyCici 10 TIC IWnu3cRctr.
W,,uSGfOS, d. G., Oct. lS.-Mcssrs.
J. ". Bishop and J. 7. Janney, OF Mar
,n.bur:, we're in the city ycstcrdaylook-
inc ctter tho interests OF the proposed
beet sugar industry to DO established
somewhere i'll the eastern panhandle.
Thrsc Gentlemen represent 4 committee
ci seven appointed by the farmers OF
berkeley and Jefferson counties to in
y,s,iga.e thoroughly during tho present
fall and winter the possibility Of making
beet SUGAR one Of the notable products
Of West Virginia. 10 that end they
were Il. the Internal Revenue o!iico yes
,cr,lay 10 acquaint themselves with the
bounty provisions OF the Mckinley law,
rs well as the government regulations
uGdcrlt
ilcr examining into this question,
Commissioner Mason accompanied
Ucm over 10 the Agricultural Depart
mcnt. where they met Secretary Rusk
and hal 4 long and interesting convcr-
satiou with him on the subject OF beet
slgsr raising. hiessrs Bishop and jan
upy desired TO know what aid the gov
craucnt would give them in tlio way OF
seed and also in instruction rs to the
growing and care of tho bccts. They
;onnd secretary Rusk very much inter
cstcd in the question, and he readily
agreed 10 give them all the aid III his
power He will furnish them with seed
for planting next spring. and will detail
au assistant to give iull instructions ut
the time. OF course the only other
point in question is as to the Adaptable
!ty OF the soil OF the counties in the
Eastern pan.handle for raising bects
conraininga sufficient per cent. OF sac
chariic matter TO make the industry
profitable That can only be asccr-
iajucI by trial, and in case the trial
proves successful, Alr. Bishop informed
your correspondent that capital to any
amoUlt would be forthcoming to back
the enterprise.
In the agita,ion OF this new enterprise
in West Virginia is seen another evil
dCncC OF the fostering effect OF the Nc.
NiR!ty law. Beet sugar raising would
probably never have been seriously con
,jdcrcl in West Virginia had it not been
iOr the bounty provision OF the McKin-
ser law As it is, there is no reason
why the next two or three years should
hot sec it. wcl!-estab;shcd and profit
able industry. And in this connection
item be said that there is very little
popular knowledge rs TO the extent OF
the beet sugar industry throughout the
world 1t is not generally known that
there Is nearly twice as much sugar pro-
luccd from beets as from cane
in the world. That is the fact,
the figures being about S,OO0,OOO,-
e)o and 4,5N,000,OOO pounds,
respectively. Oi this beet sugar the
,e?man States produce about 4,5OO,-
Li9O0a pounds; France about l,O0O,-
VH'v0O pounds, and Russia about tho
samc amount. In this country beet
sugar culture has increased very rapid
'yoi late years. In 1857 we produced
only 10000 pounds. In 1883 the pro.
Gncton jumped to 3,5G0,O0O pounds, IN
!SS9 10 O,COO,CJ0, and in 1850 TO S,0o0,-
'Va' For this year, under the effect OF
TIC sugar bounty law, the crop in the
United States is estimated at 5000, 900
louAGs. There would seem to be no
4caG' that ii the bounty law continues
III Operation it will only be question
o. TINE, and L short time at that. when
'"iS coun;ry will be able 20 furnish the
entire amonnt needed ior domestic con.
sumption, about 4,0UO,WO,OOO pounds,
from Homegrown and homc-manuiac-
lGFrd hcei sugar. I.