The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-11

THE BEET SUGAR
EXPERIMENTS
Secretary Wilson Tells What He Is
Doing for the Farmer.
SENDING BUTTER TO EUROPE
Tons Of Il Nov LoAdlnn In Refrigerator
Ships at New iorh uuder Competent
A0cntS Of the Department
SENDING BuTTER TO EUROPE

Chicago, May l0.-aA special to the
Tlmoa-iIcrld frpm Washington says
a map Of tho United States. with
broad rsd stripe running acrtss Il from
the Atlantic TO the Pacinc. will soon
ornament the walls oI tho secretary
~ agriculture This map particularly
Interests two grcat claasca of cIiisens
OF the unitrd Alatos-ths farmsp and
the capitalists,
Having distributed sugar beet seed
10 about 10000 farmers." said Secretary
Wilson. Il want TO take up the prac.
tlcal end II this subject now and
show 10 the capitalists M well as tho
farmers wherp they can afford tn make
such experiments and eater upan such
business Investments as are likely 20
h. a suceoAa financially and otherwise,
We are gulng into ths sugar bunlnraz
IN thlA oountry IN dead earnest"
You stlll have faith. phen. In the
bev, sugar enterprise, from a practical
standpoint"
" Undoubtedly, ard Il n evident that
the proplo of the United Htatrr havo
faith IN II, We have supplied In The
last fuw wvoka 10000 farmers wt,h bee.
sevi for experiments during the com.
ing spaaob, Tilry aru Hoattorod through
practically every stats north ~ tho
extreme southern ilas of ptAtrr. Tho
p-Dplc an far south aA the Carplinah.
Tunnrssc and 1'rxas believe that they
can grow sugar bCota successfully And
We ar, quite willing 60 give them full
opportunity ,o make that test every
wh~rv II they Huoc-od IN extending
tho tro, sugar territory tn the very
line u thr canc sugar arca. thcfv ongh,
IL bo no diflculiy IN producing lu tho
unlInd Stat-s all Of th- tlOo oo0, 600
worth Of sugar Tor which We aru now
golng abroad every y~ar
''The prAntacai buAinona end of tho VS.
pertinent" continued Secretary wilsoa.
ia che urSt thing 60 br taken up. We
have Hupplcd i,cople IN all parts of the
country with sugar bcgt Hrcd. and they
can now 81 on with their experiments
in growing thom,"
You think ti.,n that thrrN ln capi.
tai Ia thc oo1ntry r'ady 90 10 into the
beet sugar manufacturing bunln"eaG -
"t'ndouta~ily and plenty of u, \
number II factories Rrv already IN pro,
cuna II eN-otRE. and tho pcoplc With
capital ar, willing and r'ady Go csiab.
lish many mo'~. an ssspn M they deter.
ninc what Hcctiunn ~ thr couutry are
best adapted for practical beet sugar
production, I h"pr tu have n broad line
extending acrnsu thu, map from tho
Atlaniir tn thr Pacific tn compare
lively ,sliurS time. indicating the practi.
cal bc~t sugai belt Of the country, In
which Capitalists na we'll aa farmers
may safely enter upon the work Of
supplying tho pcoplc of the country
with sugar"
Your experiments in bs,half III the
farurar. Mt Secretary aio making
good progrcssf''
Yea our firht shipment Of butter 10
Europe IN the experimental form II
going forward now. The butter has
rvaohei Now York. several tons Of g.
from the best ciVaulrr4cs In the United
states, and In various ferns aH 10 size
OF package. method of production. salt
Ing. method of packing, etc Every
pound Of butter II ~ recorded ~ TO
its IN ,thod Of production and otherwise
that We know its history and VIII b.
able Ia Judge by ita reception and pop
ularity what ought to be done in future
ahipmentH,
There h now gap between the re
frigcrutor 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
10 the sun In their passage from the
one refrigerator system TO the other.
and have Indicated to the railroad
people the necessity OF covering this
In some way. which feel assured they
will do.
shipping our butter by American
vessels. na We are doing, | have been
able to arrange to have the rcfrigerh-
tor apartments set aside exclusively
for the butter 20 that Il shall not alb
aorb the odors from meats, fruits, or
vegetables. In this way | hope to put
into the market the best products Of
our best crcameries In the best possible
condition. We are going 10 have our
fair share OF the English market, or
know the reason why"