The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-02-07
A GOLD NINE
RIGHT AT HOME
clatsop Can Grow the Sugar BcetS
Which Enriched the Germans.
WHY NOT OREGON A. WELL
Bounty Bill Should H. Passed NJ this
session of the Legislature Farmers
Could Make Themselves Rich
WHY NOT OREGON A. WELL

Clatsop county has the climate, soil.
and every natural advantage for grow
Ing sugar bectH. ard should take the
lead IN Oregon In Introducing the man
ufacturc Of beet sugar. There ie pleD-
~ Of capital for factories II the farm
erH viii grow the beets
During the inst six or eight years II
has been. and is the desire OF cities
towns and villages and the country at
large 20 secure the erection OF sugar
beet factories, There are two factories
IN Nebraska. one in umh. three in Call.
fornlA and an additional one about 20
be erected. Two of the above states
offered u bonus Of one cent per pound
on the finished product % encourage
capital to invest the necessary amount
of $500. 600 which ~ required 10 build and
equip faar-sizci factory A few days
ago Senator Houghton passed a similar
bill for the state oS Washington What
In the matter with oregon?
The farmers throughout our state
should petition their representatives al
Salem a, once TO pass a bill for our
state. II viii require tlSe cultivation
OF from 5000 To Coco acres Of land 10 sup
ply an oryiinary-taze,i factory. and with
bcetH al 81 per ton there is "A gold mine
in II for uhe farmer. From the proceed
inga Of the third general convention Of
the Nebraska Beei Sugar Association.
we ind the farmer In that state netted
on an average $50 per acre. which
should mean i75 TO 500 per acre la the
the farmer In the bill passed by the
state uf Washington IL IS per ton. and
the same provision should be inserted
In the Ongon hill. In the address by
Hon. II. T. Julius Fuehrman before the
Nebraska association he says In part
a. follows. Before the sugar beet
factories were started In Germany the
average farmer lived IN an adobe house.
farming fran two 10 four acres OF
ground. wearing homcSpun clothes. his
children from 10 years II age had TO
work with their parents, being unable
to receive common education. Now
you see beautiful homes. pastures we'll
stocked. acreage Increased 10, yes. 100
fold. and his children receiving the best
educatlon-an education sufficient TO be
prepared for the battle OF life, There
the farmer Is independent, Great word
How many strive and toll for this all
their lives and die slaves right here In
this country What brought this about
Read the history Of beet sugur culture
and you have the answer In a nut
shell"
We can do the same In our state.
There Is lots OF room for factories in
Eastern Oregon and all through West
ern and Southern Oregon. as every year
we send out OF our state over 500. 900
for sugar. Just think what this would
mean, keeping this vast amount Of
money Mt home Lot us stir our mem
bers up to ofrer bonus or bounty at
the present session or else we will be
Mt least two years behind our sister
state Push the good work and let the
farmers set together promptly and
unitedly and individually urge their
representatives 20 work and vote for
the Beet Sugar Bounty bill"
The following is the Washington law
In full;
An act granting a bounty for the en-
couraging OF the production and manu-
facture OF sugar in the state OF Wash
lngton:
Section |. There shall be paid out Of
the state treasury to any person, firm
or corporation engaged in the manufac-
ture OF sugar in this state from beets
sorghum. or other sugar-yielding canes
or plants grown In Washington, the
sum OF cent per pound upon each and
every pound OF sugar so manufactured
under the conditions and restrictions
OF this act
Sec. 2.-No bounty shall be paid upon
sugar not containing at least 30 per
cent of crystalized sugar, and only upon
sugar produced from beets that for
which as much as S. per ton has been
paid TO the producer. The quantity and
quality upon which said bounty is
claimed shall he determined by the
president OF the state agricultural COL
lege, with whom all claimants shall,
from time 70 time, file verified state
ments showing the quantity and quail
ity OF sugar manufactured by them and
the price paid the producer for beets
and the amount OF sugar manufactured
upon which said bounty is claimed. The
president of the agricultural college
shall without unnecessary delay, visit
or cause to he visited by such persons
as he shall designate In writing as in
spectors, the factory where said sugar
has been produced and manufactured,
and take such evidence by sworn tes-
timony OF the officers or employees of
such factory or others as to the amount
and quality OF sugar so manufactured,
and the price paid for the beets, as to
him or the person designated by him
shall appear satisfactory and conclu-
sive.
Sec. 8, When any claim arising under