The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-10-08
BEETs AND CAMPH0R
SECRETARY WILSON'S ~,
ABOUT THEM Jews
'ne ~saa. asr'eulsnrist and Arboricultur;,,
Receiving Special Attentio, wv. aF'st
Says There Is No More Re,so 'son
Buying Sugar Abroad than VIII ''F
Wou1d Keen Mone=

Special Washington correspondanoe
Secretary Wilson, the head os
partment of Agriculture, coutinnol 'e De
est II not enthusiastic about 1ha nsol' earn
bility of putting into the pockat, p'"tVca,
farmers of this country the S1o0 ooa ot me
that the people are now sendinc digrY,Vo
for their sugar. The more | ,,;'I ioIoal
this beet sugar business" said ba ,,'"A Of
the more | look into its vast possibi,aa 4aa
the more l am surprised that the Am"s
can people have been buying such onas.:
ties abroad There is really no mora sa'.'''
son why we should buy sugar abro,d W. ,ya
wheat. We have in this country IanS ,,'sa
well adapted to the growth OF suear No.. ~
as anywhere in the world. and il i
markable fact that our people have tn.-
so long in seeing the possibilities and ~. ~"
ting forward every effort toward tboos
complishment of this end. Sugar amy.
into our consumption to such n larpa sas
national extent that the triumph nj hr;n.
ing about the growing of all our own ne
ducts in this direction would be M small
one. The way in which the Ame,ic,n
farmers are taking hold of it shows vba.
a comparatively easy matter it vorl1
have been at any time of late years ia o.
tablish the industry on permanent besi,
and as | say, it seems strange that far.
sighted men have not seen the adyanta,.
to result to those successfully fosteri5,
it. In my trip through the West I fornS
farmers generally enthusiastic over thp
subject, all of them anxious, and hopinp
that the analysis to be made OF their beet,
would show such satisfactory percent.
age of sugar as to enable them to al oDcs
enter into the growth of the beet as a
crop. In fact, the danger lies in over
enthusiasm: in the large outlay Of money
and establishment Of plants in sections
| where the beet cannot be proftably
| grown.
The Mckinley bounty on sugar vas
! operating well, and If it had confined
! would have so encouraged both cane and
| beet sugar industries that We would. by
| this time. be quite independent of foreign
| markets in this respect. The bounty pro-
| posed for beet sugar in the Dingley tariff
| bill would have still further stimulated
! the industry, but even as it is. beeye
! we are on the way TO seeing q good qual.
ity Of sugar supplied from great many
| points in the United States. The susa,
| beet thrives on a variety OF soils, being
| best adapted 70 sandy loans Of moderate
| fertility, and l presume that reports 0t
! our analyses will show great areas in va.
| rious sections of the country capable Of
| raising beets containing a sufficient pc:
| centage OF saccharine matter TO warrant
| the building of factories and the planting
OF large areas.
About 900 of the farmers Of th:
| country have grown beets for tests, and
| we are now receiving samples for anaJ
sis. If everything goes right we will hsV
| complete report on the subject by n:
first of the year This win show the mos
desirable sections for entering into thi
beet industry and will enable operators
10 erect beet sugar refneries with soni
degree of assurance that the industry viii
| be success in their particular sections
Any rev crop which takes the p!ac;
of present crops. and thereby reduce
their acreage. tends 10 stimulate tai
prices received for those crops. By dlml
ishin- .heir yield and this is one Of TIL
indi7ec, ways in which I general cultTs
ton OF the sugar beet viii better the con
dition Of the farmer. The saving OF SUD
ono. 900 10 the country will give tla
I
almost entirely. from the growing OF til
seed 10 the sugar barrel The di7ecsia
cation Of our industries 70 this extent wi
have . tendency 10 help the prices Of oAs
crops
The production, OF eamphor." contiRrs
the Secretary. has been recently called Y
my attention, and / think ] see in TIL
connection another industry 10 be deve
/ oped and one especially advantageous i
the South. We are gathering stailste
now in regard 10 the area in which tn
tree will thrive. Il is known 10 10 we.I
| Florida In fact. there are now III 'al
State large trees which were sent do"
there from this department years ago
little plants. intended then for shade al
| ornament. but they have aeulonStIale
+! clearly that the tree grows well II f!C
ida. and what l want is 10 see Wao
| groves planted on rhe rich haumoeks al
| bottoms OF the State. where the sou
| VERY productive. but not safe from ITO,
| for the growth Of oranges. lemons ana !. (.
more tropical products Every part OF u
camphor tree is now used in the eS'!a'
ton Of this valuable gum; the !es's
chips. the roots. everything. All y.
csamrs:s,r IS row imported from the |:
East. and If we can keep this noneE
| cur Own pocket. we a-e 50 much the "
Ter of. The South. especially. is ii l'ss
of I siiverSincatioa Of crops, ana no. ,a
il viii be found that the camphor Lluu
Try VII be practicable ami protila9tIg., :,
GEO. MELVILLE