The herald., 1897-05-11
Promise to Prove a Profit
able Crop
WILSON is ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER THE OUTLOOK FOR SUGAR
PRODUCTION
The Secretary Also Hopes to See
American Butter on the Tables
Of Englishmen
associated Press Special wire.

CHICAGO, May 1O.-A special to the
Times Herald from Washington. d. c..
says: A map of the United States, with
bright red strip running across it from
the Atlantic to the Pacific will soon orna-
ment the walls of the office of the Sec
retary Of agriculture. This map partic-
ularly interests two great classes Of citl-
zens of the United States-the farmer
and the capitalist.
Having distributed sugar beet seed
to about 10000 farmers" said Secretary
Wilson. Il want to take up the practical
end Of this subject now, and show to the
capitalists, as we'll as the farmers. where
they can afford to make such expert
ments and enter upon such business In
vestments as are likely to be a success,
financially and otherwise. We are going
into the sugar business in this country
in dead earnest"
"You still have faith, then, in the beet
sugar enterprise from practical stand
point?"
Undoubtedly. And it is evident that
the people of the United States have
faith in it. We have supplied, in the last
few weeks, 10000 farmers with sugar
beet seed for experiments during the
coming season. They are scattered
through practically every State north of
the extreme southern line Of States. The
people as far south as the Carolinas, Ten.
nessee and Texas believe that they can
grow sugar beets successfully. And we
are quite willing to give them full op-
portunity to make the test everywhere
II they succeed in extending the beet
sugar territory down to the very line Of
the cane sugar area. there ought to be
no difficulty in producing in the United
States all of the 100000, 600 worth cf
sugar for which we are now going
abroad every year.
"The practical business end of the ex-
pertinent" continued Secretary Wilson.
"is the next thing tc be taken up. We
have supplied people in all parts of the
country with sugar beet seed, and they
can now go on with their experiments
in growing them"
You think. then, that there is capital
in the country ready to go into the beet
Undoubtedly; and plenty of it. A
number of factories are already in pro
cess of erection. and people with capital
are willing and ready to establish many
more as soon as they determine what
sections Of the country are best adapted
for practical beet sugar production.
hope to have a broad line extending
across that map from the Atlantic to the
Pacific in a comparatively short time,
indicating the practical beet sugar belt
Of the country. in which capitalists as
we'll 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, Mr.. Secretary, are making
good progress?"
Yes. Our first shipment of butter to
Europe, in the experimental form, is
going forward now. The butter has
reached New York, several tons of 1t.
from the best creameries in the United
States, and in various forms as to size
of package, method of production, salt
ing, method Of packing etc. Every pound
of butter is SO recorded as to its method
of production and otherwise that we
know it's history and will be able to judge
by it's reception and popularity what
ought to be done in future shipments.
"There is now gap between the point
where refrigerator cars stop in New
York and from where refrigerator ves-
sells start for Europe. We have men there
now seeing that shipments of butter are
not exposed to the SUN in their passage
from one refrigerator system to the
other, and have indicated to the railroad
people the necessity of covering this gap
in some way, which 1 feel assured they
will do.
shipping our butter by American YES
sells, as we are doing, have been able to
arrange to have the refrigerator apart
ments set aside exclusively for butter.
so that it shall not absorb odors from
meats, fruits or vegetables. In this way
I hope to put on 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 mar
ket, or know the reason why"