Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1900-10-26
BANQuEY.


proved with III. sugar industry OF the
United States. For half II century de-
suitogy attempts We're made Ia intro
iucc u, hut all resulted in failures
uior,' or lees pronounced until iSS.'.
WHEN only one small factory. heated nt
AiyurI,siu California. still struggled
piurkily along under rather adverse
circumstances. Al that lila. Mr.. Claus
Speekcls entered the HELD nj Wni-on-
wills. California. In the following. year
tie iir,.is-'-ssors al tile American beet
sugar Company built tii.ir iirsl plant
at Grand Island. Nebraska. From
These small beginnings III. industry
has sbn- on expanding. until when the
Ioii n caii.-i to-day thiriy-two facto-
ri., Ia eleven states ar" p-aiy 4" AN
nw-r L. their natn,~ nni Ia show "a ru-
paciIy OF working .nD.vs tun, "f
sugar bs-is ani III producing over $751;
OUD tons III sugar I-'r nnnunh,
"And. gentlemen. this IN oniy the
very beginning. What ! hHV. -s'-n
sincv .-,nhIns la coi1rn,i" this last time
mnA.~ me- i-.ii-v- murr strongly Iiinu
ever that-:iy-n sufficient projection
ca e,litniiS- on the one hanl Ihc b1un'
iI.,- that EUROPEAN governments pay I"
their sugar prusiuc-fr. nnd ON TIA" other
hnI.i q. ..ltIniiz- the cheap. -.nil'-lavc
lai,cr or the tropical cnn.. sugar pro-
ducing countries. THE regions ~ til"
United States well adapted 4. making
l-,t sugar cnn mon- than supply NIL
the sugar consumed lay OUR Iaupl-.
while incpa-ins the quantity NJ other
farm Produces heretofore grown 10y
them. Ia order To- accomplish this, tie
gn-ai lesson HAT 1ur farmers have yet
Ca learn from their European brethren
Is the proper rotation 81 cr"I'-. without
which Intensive Hsricuitur" l. well
nigh impossible.
when last ia EurnIr ! n-s,'Tinin.'i
from mn agricultural authority that
while the average yield NJ wheat In
France l. about twenty-five bushels
per n-r. the average yield ON the i-'st
farms L. fnsiu forty To- nfty bushels,
due TO tie brneilt ~ growing deep
rooted plant Ike III" hs>'i In their crop
rotation. aud ns u consequence while
wheat WIS selling th.rr at over Sl.pp
per buKliri the farmers wct" anxious
to grow hsIs Ia quantities PROPER in
their notation al 500 p-r ten.
'Ihrr. years ago when ~" were
about To- lo,.iic one OF our California
Factories I went To- the southern Ia.
clnc Mliiin. Company that OWNS wnr,-
houses for grain all over southern Cal
ifornln To- make Inquiries regarding the
quality OF III. land In Different sections.
I'll. manager answered my Questions
ciircrfuily. adding: AIR. ONpnni. II
you Ind come To- me Ter this iniortnn'
ton Few years ngu ! would not have
given II tn you. When Mr.. Sprcck"ls
first bcgan To grow bets la Salinas
valley we feared that the new Industry
was going To ciirtgil our business of
storing grain. hut now we hnN. found
that n YOU tak, "A rnnch of l,vp acres,
lie 1.W.IN 80.
heels mud half to harley alternately. In
n few years II will grow as much bar
ley OF n better quality un the $40 acres
ms n did pr,yIoii-iy un the whole
loo acres
snow let us consider briefly what II
would mean to this country To produce
It's surur nj hnu., II would mean. tn
begin with. the building NJ JuD facto.
rics such Ms this one AT Rocky Ford.
and M "A consequence an outlay 0f
SJOD.ODpOID to be. pnid To our Steel fur
n,ccs and foundrics and machine
sbops and brick yards. aud lnborers In
general. Once these factorie., were In
opcrntlun, IL wound mean nm .xpcndi-
ture In tins country Of 500 ncr ton NJ
sugar produccd against the cNpcndl.
ttlrr In This country Of SO per ton for
the refining Of foreign sugar uiI our
Atlantic and Pacific scahunrd.
And where would this 500 ucr ton
pop II would 20 TO the farmer that
grows the beats. the miner that mines
the coal and the limerick and that
burns tbc coke consumed: to the man
that grows the cotton and that works
Il into tIlc bags that hold the sugar:
TO the 300 mechanics. engineers and
sugar boilers and other lnborrrs that
RIM fine ulnnt dny and night through
several long months. To nil these men
and TO their families. and through
Them back to thr butcher and grocer
and the dry goods store. and tIcn pack
into tbe hanks n.r,,iu. rpndy TO ~. nut
out once more. and keep IN the end
less chain of its circulation: all this in
our own country. giving pmploymcut