The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-07-30
SEES A GREAT
FUTURE AHEAD
FOR BEET SUGAR
Secretary Wilson on
the New Industry.
REQUIRES MANY FACTORIES
A QUARTER OF THE NUMBER
NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
The Head of the Department of Agri
culture Discusses a Matter That
Interests the People of
This State.
REQUIRES MANY FACTORIES
\ QUARTER OF THE NUMBER
NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was the
recipient of many attentions yesterday.
The State Board of Trade, represented by
President Chapman, E. w. Runyon and
w H Mills, took the Secretary, together
with Governor Tanner of Illinois and Gov
ernor POINTER of Nebraska on a drive
which carried the distinguished party
through the park and landed them at the
Cliff House for lunch. Besides those men
toned above there were present at the
lunch Adjutant General Barry OF Ne
braska, Chief Justice Beatty, Mayor Phe-
Ian, Major General Shafter, Adjutant
General Semans, Attorney General Ford,
NJ. H. de Young, Professor Wickson, Cap
tain Nelson. DR.. Winslow, Colonel Puppy.
Judge Cotton and ]. r. Dunn In the
afternoon the party visited the rooms OF
the State Board of Trade and Inspected
the mineral collection of the State me
evening was passed by the Secretary rest
ing from the fatigues of the day and re-
ceiving in his rooms the numerous callers
who came TO pay their respects and well
come him to the city.
Secretary Wilson is great advocate or
the beet sugar industry. Speaking ON the
subject last night, he said:
Last fall we had nineteen factories IN
the entire United States for the manu-
facture of beet sugar. This fall we Will
have fully fifty. They are being built IN
the States of New York and New Jersey
for the most part, though there are some
going up in other States as well. One is
in progress of construction in Minnesota,
one in each of the Pacific Coast States,
one has been completed at Ogden, Utah.
and another is now going up at Grand
Junction, Colo. ,,.
is. 900 600 tons last year: That Is about tn
total amount produced in Germany. The
nurcnases we made were contracted for IN
Germany France, Belgium and Hollano
To offset the necessity for purchasing
abroad and TO produce all that would be
needed for consumption in this country
would REQUIRE the operation OF about Two
hundred factories which could be bullt
at an average cost OF about $500 OD apiece
II would REQUIRE from one million to one
million and a half acres to grow the
beetS on. 49,,
LAS near as can be asGertainee!d by send {.
ing an agent to the Caribbean Sea Islands
II costs the people of those places cents
per pound to produce their sugar Where
the pulp from the factory is Wasted or
fed O cheap steers, 1t costs the people
of the United States about 3A cents per
pound to get their sugar from the neet'
the returns depending IN gre sde of the
nulp. If the pulp should be fed TO dairy
cows and first-class butter made, ana the
pulp will make first-class butter, tneh We
as they can produce II from cane IN lntse
tropical islands, or from beets In the
countries OF EUROPE
Experiment along, these lines has dem
onstrated the great value OF beet pulp
in butter making. Our sugar beet grow
ers require some education in this re
gard Business Should be done on the
basis that the pulp belongs to the man
Who grows the beets. When he takes
a load of beets to the factory he should
take a load Of pulp back home Ihen
it can be used as mich cow fodder and
the dairy business of the country Will
soon assume proportions that will aston
ish you AS soon IS the beet grower re
Allies this fact the United States can snap
its tigers at the producers OF the whole
world.
with regard to the land best suited
for the cultivation of the sugar beet,
there is plenty of it all over the west.
| Either Washington, Oregon or this state
could alone produce enough sugar beets
to supply the demand of the entire co'in-
try Any one of several Eastern states
can do the same thing. The sugar pro
duced from the beet is every whit as
good as the article that comes out OF the
/ cane When all foreign substance is re-
! moved no mortal man can tell the DIFF
ference. Sugar is sugar, no matter now
il is produced"
The Secretary also spoke on other sub
iects concerning his visit out here and
| said that he greatly hoped to see about
as much of the farming industry of the
/ State as could be inspected in the time
| he has at his disposal. Monday he will
| leave for Los Angeles, and after tour
! throughout the surrounding country he
! will return to San Francisco. From then
! on his plans are as yet indefinite