The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-07
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Special Dtpotch 10 the Intt'iiGenetr.
MoRoASrowS, ". Va. April 6.-The
dedication OF the now West Virginia
agricultural experiment station took
place this morning at 10 o'clock at COM
menccmcnt hall. Tho continued cold
weather prevented the attendance Of
many farmers OF this county. Tho
Wheeling Opera House orchestra opened
the services by rendering some OF their
choice selections.
Hon. John W. Mason, late commits
sioner OF internal revenue, was tho frat
speaker. His topic was the sugar beet
industry and he gave valuable informa.
tion on this subject. We consume ono
fourth OF all tho sugar OF the world and
use annually sixty.three pounds OF
sugar for every man, woman and child
in America. We send abroad q hun
dred million dollars in gold annually to
pay for our sugar. The principal states
that produce sugar, Toxas. Louisl.
ana and Florida, do not pro-
duce half enough to supply our
needs. Louisiana in 1877 produced 1O3
tons, and, in 1892, lG0 tons, but the in
crease has not kept up with the popula-
ton Of the country. In Nebraska, Cali.
iornia and other states sugar beet cul.
ture is very profitable. In Staunton,
Virginia, there is factory which pays
we'll. There are many northern, west
ern and southern states well adapted to
sugar beet culture, and West Virginia
soil is peculiarly adapted to 1t. Those
states could supply sugar for the mar
kets OF the entire world.
AN ENORMOUS INCREASE.
Prior to 1880 there were only 100000
900 pounds OF sugar beets raised. Now
there are over SOO.OOO,OOO pounds raised.
In 1890 there were only six sugar beet
factories in this country; in 1890 they
produced 100000 pounds; in 1892,
100000 pounds; in 1893, 45,000,000
pounds.
There are in Europe to-day fourteen
hundred and fifty sugar beet factories,
yielding millions upon millions Of
pounds oil sugar. We must have more
factories here. No industry that is
capable OF growing to such gigantic
proportions attracts go little attention,
but the speaker predicted that in less
than twenty years the United States
will export instead OF import sugar to
iced her millions OF people.
iherc IS great %orA ior US 70 20 IN
this Mne: West Virginia win her
splendid timber ana coal ana delicious
iruits should 70 in!o sugar 1eet raising
extensively, she Is iicn All over, salu
tne dlstineulsneu speNhIes' gooa sol! on
Top. gooa coal ~ tne iniuu'e ana plenty
Oh OIL az the pol'oh.
AN IMPORTANT WORK.
DR.. Mvers. tho station director. then
;,...a.aJ ron,,.o,.o,;r. - a..
,u'.ouneeu p.''",re u 'ne
United States Agricultural department
at Washington, Mr.. True, who prefaced
his remarks by saying that there are
fiity-iour agricultural experiment sta.
tions in America. Mr.. True congratu.
lated our people upon the completion
Of tho station and also complimented
tho station staff upon tho good work
done all along the line. The annual
appropriation for station work at Nor
gantown is $4,000. Tho government,
saiu mr. 4tuu, ,;"', "nVms sIo s"iuo VI these
art and agricultural problems:are to be
solved. Virgil laid down the prlnc.
pies OF agriculture in ages past. Since
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