The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-15
wAsHIN6ToS.s SUGAR BETS.
Factories Would Pay Iuvestor>-Japai
Not TO Be Feared.

Factories W outd Pay luNe>toF> o"i'aAA
Not TO Be Feared.
Tho experiment station OF the Washing
ton Agricultural College az Pullman mas
issued a bu.let on Sugar Beets n Wash
i1gton. which will be sent free OF charge
10 any resident Of this state who sends MS
address 10 the president OF the coilege- 4
summary OF the results obtained by Chem-
ist Elton Fulmer. after elaborate analysis.
is:
Sugar beet seed was distributed last
spring 10 LOIS farmers. representing every
county IN the state except Okanogan-
Sample beets for analysis were received
! from 81 different parties, representing q
counties.
Seventeen hundred g.70ol samples were
analysed. coming from lei different towns
IS being west Of the Cascade mountains
and - in Eastern Washington.
The general state average of l.6Ss an
alyses was as follows: Weight. = ounces;
sugar. l4.2 per cent purity. &6.
The elimination Of 10 analyses OF va
riety wholly unadapted 10 our state gives
for 1914 analyses the following averages:
Weight, - ounces; sugar. l5-2 per cent.
purity. SIS.
These results demonstrate THAI Wash
ington can produce sugar beets of Tery
superior quality
Sugar beet culture Will be a very prof
in If he can find market for his beets.
I'VE have many inducements TO capital
to establish factories In the state.
THE establishment of the beet sugar in
dustry will have far-reaching, stlmulat-
ing and beneficial effect upon our state
The attention of President Bryan. OF the
college. being called TO the fact that For
mosa. recently annexed by Japan, was OK
pected 10 send cane sugar TO the United
he
Japan in 1898 imported approximately
"a 600 tons OF sugar from Formosa. which
was practically the entire output OF the
island of Formosa. Formosa Is only
about 237 miles long by 20 miles wide,
less than one-fourth OF the size of Wash
ington. Only the half west OF the noun
tains is a producer OF sugar. ThN entire
possible output would. If put on the Pa
cific coast of the United States. not great
~ disturb the market. The United
States uses over coo tons annually.
and the city of Seattle would consume the
entire output of a factory. Another con-
slderation is the fact that capital plays
an important point in the finished pro-
duct. and in this respect Formosa would
have no advantage. This is the problem
as IL presents itself to US. At the present
time the sugar factories in the United
States pay from 81 to s. a ton for oeets,
and find it profitable 10 do 50. We, farm
ers of Washington. want 10 KNOW Wnether
we can produce beets that will command
a market and can afford TO do so at that
price We have demonstrated that our
beets are sweet and pure, comparing very
favorably with the best in the world In
that respect. We have shown that we
can raise, say, twenty tons to the acre
Now we are ready for the farmers OF the
state to say TO capitalists: We WIZ fur-
nish YOU sweet and pure beets al from
81 to s. a ton. We can do that ana
make money. and make great advance
in diversified farming. for we would NOT
raise beets on the same ground every
wear. Now let the capitalists look al the
chances in Form0sa and elsewhere, anu
if they see chances In favor OF investing
In sugar manufacturing. well ana good
let ms tell them that here is the place 10
do n. that we nave the soil and climate,
and VIII furnish them beets at so much
ner ton. A gentleman just tTom he
chino district in California tells me ina
:. has heen converted into a fich ana
nrosnerous district by the sugar oeet M
dus.rv. The outlook is not hopeless' pu'
hopeful. and | hope that the Fost .L,'-
tAliigencer Will impress upon the Pu"i -
that n capital is seeking investment IN
sugar producing, Washington IS the sta'e
tbat PROMISES the best results.