Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-06-30
VAST IMPROVEMENTS.
Government Mater, y Assisting De.
yelopment of ~ Country.
A FORESTRY BUREAU
Great Progress Made In the Produe.
tion Of Better Tobacco, Wheat
and Rice-Sugar Beet In.
dustry Is fOwing.

Washington. June 29.-lt was given
out after the cabinet meeting uu Friday
by Secretary Hitchcock that ho Is pre.
pairing % organize forestry bureau in
the Interior department 20 carry ont an
extensive system of reforesiration. some.
what on the plan successfully pursued
IN Germany. Il was too early 10 go
into "details he aid, but the president
and his colleagues were satisfied with
the pucticab.lity Of the scheme. aud
impressed with the results which could
be achieved in restoring the rapidly dis.
appearing woodlands of the country.
Secretary Wilson reported on tho work
Of his department at the cabinet meet.
ing likewise. Afterwards he said.
I told my associates what we arc
doing now in tobacco This country
sells S1o,O00OJ0 worth Of Tobacco. aud
s23,Oo0.00o Of high pr.cs varieties. We
have 70 pay 100000 for sumatra
wmpr,Es Our department Is teaching
th1 American people how 20 produc.
that ia the United States. We took the
gold medal at the Paris exposition for
the finest sumatm tobacco We have
been paying 59,OIJm0 for filler t1bloco.
mostly Cuban. We are conducting ex.
pertinent, now ia this limo OF produe.
tion. with fho result that We hope o.
Gee most OF the hlier tobacco produced
10 the United States. For some OF the
very finest varieties we may hayo % go
o. the tropics, 90 Porto Rico. Hawaii or
che Philippines. but it will De only q
question of time when the United States
will produce an the tobacco &c wants
owe have been importing wh.at- 90
improve our own crops in tho United
States American made mncaroni has
been thought inferior 20 the imported
aud tAo reason for this was that we did
not have suitable maeu1m wheats We
have corrected this -o that 10000
bushels will Doc grown In this country
this year solely for the macaroni mills
lt viii only ho % fcw years before wc
will make all our own mncaronL
"Ihe agricultural department Is now
sanding q man 20 the rice growing
countries of tho east. A scientist who
has already returned from japan ha.
brought specimens of rice .o much more
suitable for the gulf coast than what we
formerly had that we are now produc.
ing most of the rice that we uced. and
shall soon produce all that wa use. The
second quality, or broken rice, we are
already sending 90 Porto Rico
"Ihcre viii boz over 40 beet sugar fac.
tories noperatiou thisycar Thoy have
thrown out the imported machinery al.
ready, both IN field and factory, aud
ARE using American inventions that are
so much superior that We expect great
development In the business. The su.
gpr men have borrowed an idea from
tho oil companies. At one OF the oldest
factories Ia tho United States. in Utah.
they have built three mills around the
factory, one OF them 2j miles away,
from which they run the juice from the
factory IN pipes 90 the central station.
Eastern capital is rapidly developing
the beet sugar industry IN the arid states
through irrigation In the Arkansas
valley, for instance, $1,000, 900 factories
have been put up"