Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-10
IN THE SUGAR BUSINESS.
The Secretary Of Agriculture Interested
in That Industry.
Hc Is watching the Experiments with
sugar Boct seed All over
tho Coputry

Times-Herald from Washington, Dc,
say:
A map OF The United States with q
broad red strip running across IL from
the Atlantic TO the Pacific VIII eoOp
ornament the walls oil the secretary OF
agrlcuture. This map is OF pRrticu LAT
interest to two great classes OF citis4ne
OF the United States-the farmers nj
capitalists.
"Having distributed sugar beat zee
to about 10000 farmers," eai1 SecTe'
,afy Wilson, 81 want to take up the
practical end OF this subject now al
show TO the capitalists as well as thv
farmers where tney can afford to mat
such experiments and enter upon such
business investments as are likely to be
SUCCESS financially and otherwise.
We are going into the sugar business
IN this country in dead earnest"
"You sill nave faith, then, in the
beet sugar enterprise from practical
ndpoin?"
"Undoubleily, and It 10 evident
that the people OF tue United Slates
have latin In IL. We have supplied IN
the last few weeks 20, 900 tanners Of
the country with sugar beet SEED for
experiments during the coming seesDu.
Tney are scattered through practically
every state north OF the extIeme
southern line OF the states. The pc
pie as far south as the Caroiinas, Ten.
Bpssee and Texas believe that they
can grow beets successfully. And we
are quite willing TO give them full on-
pOrtunity to make the test everyw here.
L they succeed in extending the beet
sugar territory down to the very line
OF the cane sugar territory there ought
TO be no difficulty In producing in the
United States all OF the 100000, 900
worth of sugar for winch We are now
going abroad every year.
"rhe practical business end OF this
experiment." continued Secretary
Wilson, sis the next thing to be taken
up. We have supplied people In all
parts OF the country with sugar beet
seeu and they can now go on with
their experiments in growing them
Meantime we shall begin our more
technical but equally important in.
vestigstions to determine what Dari OF
the country IL most likely to be
successful field for operations
both in the actual growth OF the heels
and the production OF the highes
grades OF sugar. This 10 q subject
which the capitalists of this country
especially want to know ABOUT. 1t
takes money to establish beet sugar
factory. II Is not practical for the
farmer who raises few acres of beele
to turn them Into sugar upon HE own
farm. The factory muat have eGpen-
Give machinery aud he operates upon
such a large scale az to absorb the pro-
auction OF several farms II It is to be D
financial success.
$50 the capitalists who are waiting
to put their money into beet sugar
factories are entitled to all the ini9rma.
tion we can give them as to the ssStion
or sections ofcountry where beef sugar
is most likely to be successful in Iro.
duction. TO this END they ought -
have the beet information that can be
obtained in regard to the climate, coil,
c0nveniences anu
other eismsnts which enter into q
determination OF these questions.
"fhe next step which 1 Propose to |
undertake then, Is to put iuto the |
hands OF competent persons the stuiy
of this subjac including climate, rain
fall, character OF soil and other
matters OF this kind in the various |
parts OF the various states. In this
way, while the farmers are exppri- |
with the growth OF the
sugar beets we expect to be making
equally important experiments ans
researches from this standpoint, anu
by combination OF these experim ents |
10 be able to indicate to the people
desiring to invest Ia the establishment
1i sugar factories the locations, or the
strip of country where they are most
likely to meet with the most success.r
"Sou think, thea, that there is CAPT.
Ial In the country ready to go Into tue
beet sugar manufacturing businest?"
"Undoubtedly, and plenty OF II. A
number OF factories are already in
process OF erection and people with
capital are willing and ready to
establish many moro OF them as soon
is they can determine what Sections
IL the country are best adapted for
1eet sugar production. hope to have
/ broad line extending across the map
rom the Atlantic to the Pacific In
short time indicating
he practical beet sugar belt OF tue
country In which capitalists as well
is farmers may safely enter upon the
work OF Supplying the people OF the
country with sugar"
"four other experiments In behalf
II the farmers, Mr.. Secretary, are
making good progress?"
"Yes, our fret shipment OF butter to
Europe in the experimental form ia
.oing forward now. The butter has
cached New foTk several tons OF it,
rom the best creameTies OF the United
States, and in various forms as TO sjzs
u packages, method of production,
alting, method Of packing, etc.
t.veiy pound Of butter 10 b, recorded
is to its method OF production and
'lherwise, that we know It's history
nd will be able TO judge by It's recep-
lon anu popularity what ought TO be
lone In future shipments.
There ia now "a gap between the
oint where refrigerator cara stop in
'ew York and refrigerator vessels
tart from New York to Europe. W.
ave men tiers now seeiug that chin.