Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-05-13
FAITH IN SUGAR BETS
Secretary Wilson Says In.
dustry Has a Future.
THE FARMERS ARE INTERESTED
Twenty Thousand Of Them Supplied
With seed. for Experiments
Butter Export Industry.

twenty InoutAnu OF mem sopphe"
with seed. for E1periments-
Butter Export Industry.
Chicago. May IA special 10 the
Times-Her2ld from Washington says:
A map OF the United States. with a
broad rel stripe running across il from
the Atlantic 20 the Pacific, will soon
ornamen, the walls II the Office Of the
secretary Of agriculture. This map
particularly interests two great classes
OF citizens Of the United Siaies-.he
farmers and the capitalists.
Having distributed sugar beet seed
TO abou, 20, 900 farmers" -sid Secre-
i2ry Wilson. Il wan; 70 take up the
practical end Of this subject now and
show TO the capitalists as we'll as the
farmers where they can afford 10 make
such business investments IS are likely
TO be success financially and other
wise. We are going into the sugar
business in this country in dead
earnest.
You still have faith, then, in the
beet-sugsr enterprise. from practical
stand point
Undoubtedly; and il is eviden. that
the people Of The United states have
faith in il. We have supplied in the
last few weeks 0.000 farmer. with
sugar-bee, SEED for experiments during
the coming season. They are scattered
through practically every state north Of
the extreme southern line Of states.
The people a. far south as the Caroli-
mas, Tennessee and Texas believe tina.
they can grow sugar.beets successfully.
And We are quite willing 20 give them
full oppor,unit! 10 make that test every
where. Ii they succeed in extending
the b-ei-sugar territory down TO the
very line OF the cane-sugar area. there
ought 10 be no difficulty in producing
in the United states all Of the 800
900 900 worth 81 sugar for which we
are going abroad every year.
The practical business end OF the e1-
pertinent" continued Secretary Viii
son. il the mex, thing 20 be ,ake, up.
We have supplied people in all parts OF
the country with su.ar-beet seed, and
they can now 20 on with their expert
nenls in growing Them
You think. then. tina, there is capt.
tai IN the country ready 10 20 into the
beei-sugar manufacturing business:'
"Unioubteilv. and plenty OF il, A
number OF factories are already in pro-
cess OF erection, ami PEOPLE with capital
are willing ani ready n establish many
more. a. soon as they determine what
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for practical bee;--ugar production. l
hope 10 have a broad line extending
across tina, map from the Atlantic 10
The Pacific in paratively short
time, Indicating the practical sugar
beet belt Of the country in which cap
italists as well as farmers may safely
enter upon the work OF supplying the
people Of the country with sugar"
Your other experiments in behalf
Of the farmers. NJ. Secretary. are max.
ing good poorest
Yes; our first shipment Of butter
10 Europe in the experimental form is
going forward now The butter has
reached New York. several tons Of il.
from the best creameries in the United
'-Iatc-i anu AZ 'ai4pu- Ip!iuc az 10 size
OF package, method Of production, salt
ing, method Of packing, etc. Every
pound OF butter is so recorded as 10 its
method OF production and otherwise,
that We know its history and will be
able 10 judge by its reception AMI popu-
larity what ought 70 be done in future
shipments.
There is now a gap between the
point where refrigerator cars stop in
New York and refrigerator vessels start
for Europe. We have men there now
seeing that the shipments OF butter are
not exposed 20 the sun in their passage
from one refrigerator system TO the
other, and have indicated 10 the rail.
road people the necessity OF covering
this gap in some way, which feel as
sured they will do.
shipping our butter by American
vessels. a. We are doing, l have been
able TO arrange 10 have the refrigerator
apartments Sc; aside exclusively for the
butter, 50 that il shall not bsorb odors
from meats, fruits or vegetables. In
this way | hop to put into the market
the best products Of our best creameries
in the best possible condition. We
are going to have our fair share OF the
English butter market, or know the rea-
son uhv -