The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-05-20
FAITH IN SUGAR BETS
Secretary Wilson Says In.
dustry Has a Future.
THE FARMERS ARE INTERESTED
twenty Thousand of Them Supplied
With Seeds for Experiments
Butter Export Industry.

Butter Export Industry.
Chicago, May IA special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says:
a map of the United States, with
broad red stripe running across it from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, will soon
ornament the walls of the Office of the
secretary of agriculture. This map
particularly interests two great classes
Of citizens of the United States-the
farmers and the capitalists.
Having distributed sugar-beet seed
to about 10000 farmers" said Secre-
tary Wilson, 81 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 business investments as are likely
to be a success financially and other
wise. 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
standpoint?''
Undoubtedly; and it is evident that
the people Of the United States have
faith in it. We have supplied in the
last few weeks 20, 200 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 Caroli-
mas, Tennessee and Texas believe that
they can grow sugar-beets successfully.
And we are quite willing to give them
full opportunity to make that test every
where. If 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 $780,
600, 900 worth Of sugar for which we
are going abroad every year.
''The practical business end of the ex-
pertinent, continued Secretary Will
son, "is the next thing to 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 expert
ments in growing them"
"You think, then, that there ia capt.
tai in the country ready to 60 into the
beet-sugar manufacturing business?'
"Undoubtedlv, 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. I
hope to have a broad line extending
across that map from the Atlantic to
the Pacific in comparatively short
time, indicating the practical sugar.
beet belt of the country in which cap
italists 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 max
ing good progress?'
Eyes; our first shipment of butter
to Europe in the experimental form is
going forward now. The butter has
reached New York, several tons of it,
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 its reception and popu-
larity what ought to be done in future
shipments.
"There is now a gap between the
point where refrigerator 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 to the sun in their passage
from one refrigerator system to the
other, and have indicated to the rail-
road people the necessity of covering
this gap in some way, which l feel as
sured they will do.
.sShipping our butter by American
vessels. as we are doing, ! have been
able to arrange to have the refrigerator
APARTMENTS set aside exclusively for the
butter. SO that it shall not absorb odors
from meats, fruits or vegetables. In
this way hope to put into the market
the best products of our best creamerles
"a the best possible condition. We
are going to have our fair share OF the
english butter market, or know the rea-
son Why"
Two Levee Breaks.
Natchez, Miss, May 12.-Advlces
TO-DAY state that the Deer Park private
levee. some twenty miles below Nat
chez. on the Mississippi side, has given
vay. flooding several plantations
Also that the Spencer private levee,