Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-21
@ANORONB[ET SUGAR
Department Expert Who Has Been
Investigating Beet Sugar Gull
ture Several Years
Suggests Way to Utilize Beet Pulp
as Stock Food Rare
Value.
Has Investigated Culture in the
hawaiian Islands, Cuba and
Porto Rico.
Special to Tines epubl.can..

Porto Rico.
Special to Times Republican.
lDes aioines. July 21.-Hon. Charles F.
| finishing his annual report as special
| agent and Investigator of the United
| States department of agriculture in
charge of beet sugar investigation. Mr..
| Saylor has been engaged in this work
/ now for several years under the direc-
i ton of Secretary Wilson and has Wis
.madefa very thorough investigation of
the conditions of sugar production in
!! Porto Rico and the Hawaiian islands
! He was called as witness before the
/ United States Industrial commission in
4 Washington. May lS, and gave to that
4 commission the essence of what he
1 knows slb0ut beet sugar production. His
testimony, which wllgappear in the re-
port Of tie commission now being
1 printed, san exceedingly valuable con
j tribution to the literature of the sub
| ject. Only a brief reference was made
! to it at the time he appeared. He
\ takes UP the question of climatic ard
soil conditions and points out some OF
4 the mistakes that have been made. Civ
ling accurate. detailed information of
1.-The most successful methods OF produc-
ing sugar beets. His suggestions are
all practical and based on the most eS-
itensive investigation of the subject that
4 has ever been made by any man. One
!! OF the requisites for success in the bust
mess of raising sugar beets, he says, is
i to learn to make proper use 1.-The pulp.
4 that is. what is left after the sugar is
4 extracted from the beet. In Germany
the pulp is dried and prepared for the
market the same as tiaxseed neal and
/ sells in feed stores in that country for.
! about Copper cent of What flaxseed meal
4 brings in this country, or about 81
/ hundred. There is no feed known where
4 III IS understood that is the equal of
4 beet puipfor fattening steers, for sheep.
land lamb feeding, for mares and hogs.
Il Its special value is as a dairy food. AT
q the present time very few farmers real
ize its value and few factories are able
to realize much from it.
The most important part of Mr.. Say
icr's testimony is that in which he
takes up-the Porto Rico tariff question,
81 ard in that respect his expert knowl-
edge furnishes a very satisfactory e2-
lpianationsof the conditions which made
sisths Porto Rican tariff a present neces-
!. sity. His testimony on this point is
given in full as follows:
J. There is a great deal of hesitancy in
7 this country on account of our falling
heir to a good deal of territofy which
produces sugar from sugar cane, and
sof course capitalists hesitate more or
less about investment until they shall!
know more about the policy that shall
obtain with reference 10 these new pos
sessions. 1t is understood that sugar
), can be produced very cheapy IN these
! Islands, but one thing that want to
. submit in this connection is that we
) know very little about what we can
produce sugar for in this country from.
the simple fact mentioned abnve--that
; our experience is SO limited that we are
iS.not working under the advantages that
Twill naturally follow when the farmer
!. and laborer and mechanic and investor
: and tEe expert in the factory are thor
oughly posted in their fines and work
. to produce sugar t its minimum COS,
s in this country.
@. 13y Mr.. Ccnger0 Can you sub
!, nit any figures to show how cheapls
this cane sugar is produced in Cuba
for instance?-A. Yes.
. O. For what price per pound IA
: was Just going to make a comparison
. We are able to produce in this countr,
: at the present time beet sugar under
the best conditions Cor about Scents pei
z pound. the cost ranging from 8 to pos
, sibly 81 cents per pound, In Porto
: Rico it was my privilege to make an in
: vestigation of the cost of producing
~ sugar in that country. and after max
. ing a careful analysis of the cost thru {
!, great man. factories | found that they
: could produce sugar al actual cost I,
themselves and place it in our market:
]. for about $40 per ton-short ton. Thi:
: does not figure in our tariff.
a @. Two cents q pound "A. Yes; j.
: cents a pound.
q. Refined or raw PA. Raw.
{, G. What is il worth 10 refine sugar.
. "A. Ii is worth about IS on the ives
: coast. and about 55 on the Atlantic.
O.. That gives the cost of raising ;
: pound of sugar in Porto Rico and plac
~ ing II on the market mere reIlEeQ n!
something over 211s cents. according t,
Your opinion?-A. Yes: that is. actua
cost 10 Themselves. figuring no profit t,
n anybody anywhere. While made in
r ivestigations along this line in Cuba
!. had not the facilities or time for givins
lit as close an analytical study as llae
in Porto Rico. bur the conclusions
!. came to, We're that it would cost YER,
4 nearly the same in Cuba. I have re
/. Gently been making Investigation
= along the same lines in the islands o
s Hawaii. There are factories there tina
e can produce sugar great deal cheape
than that. but the cost of producin.
sugar in the islands of Hawaii. an,
n shipping to this country, is about $40 /;
h ton on the average.
The Hawaiian islands have bee,
ell sending us about 250,000 tons. in roun,
numbers. Last year the shipment va
IS $4,000 tons. About $4,000 tons of thi
have been going around the Horn to tn
il eastern coast, and the rest is absorbet
e by the Pacific coast and what is know
as the Missouri valley trade. The Ha
/ waian Islands. when they shall hav
X been brought in to produce everythin.
"A of which tley are cana bile such a 6 ,,ey