The Lamar register., 1901-10-23

ture Wilson today.
"The growth of the sugar beet in.
dnstry has alarmed the trust, which
consists of interests that refined i'm
ported raw sugar. The sugar beet
factories do their own refining,
finishing the product and putting it
on the market. This department
has been we'll satisfied for some time
that it is only a question of time
when all the sugar used in America
can be made within the states of the
Union.
81 am not at all surprised at the
movements of the sugar trust. 1t
would no doubt be very profitable to
its members if they could destroy
this new industry, that promises to
supply home demands within a
reasonable number of years, but 1
think their efforts will be in vain.
Our people are gradually learning
the value of the by. products of the
sugar beet factories and as soon as
they fully comprehend these, oppo.
sition from any quarter will be en-
tirely in vain.
81 believe also the time will come
when none of the islands OF the sea
will be able to produce sugar as
cheaply as it can be produced in con.
nection with diversified agriculture
in the states Of the West.
81 had an interview within the
last few days with superintendent
Of one of the largest sugar estates in
the Hawaiian Islands," continues
Secretary Wilson, (which confirms
the impression I had regarding the
future Of the sugar industry in trop-
ical countries. It costs more for
labor in the Hawaiian islands than
in the states of the Mississippi valley
and its superintendent is my author
ity for the statement that it costs 50
IN acre to fertilize the land Of the
Hawaiian islands. They put on half
ton of fertilizer every year, and get
two crops in three years, averaging
two tons to the acre.
"The use OF this fertilizer is ex-
ceedingly expensive. They have to
send to South America for the nitro
gen, to Germany for the potash and
to the Florida coast for the phos-
phorus. They have been increasing
the area of sugar production in
Hawaii by pumping water on lands
where it will not flow by gravity.
They have to send for coal to Aus
tralia or British Columbia. All this
makes sugar growing more and more
difficult, but the labor question out
there is what gives them the most
annoyance. The Porto Ricsns who
were imported are 80 much reduced
by starvation that they cannot per-
form much manual labor. Hawaii
will have difficulty in competing with
the sugar beet resources OF the
Western states Of the Union as soon
as our farmers have had time to ap-
ply machinery to the field and the
factory.
sit is eminently wise for the farmer
to grow beets and sell sugar, because
he only disposes of something that
comes from the atmosphere, for the
pulp is fed to the dairy COW, and
everything taken from the soil is re-
stored to the soil and there is no
deterioration whatever. 1t will not
be many years before alt the money
now paid foreigners for agricultural
products of all kinds, including
sugar, will be kept at home.
"Last year we sent abroad $780,
100000 worte of farm products, in
round figures, and bought half that
amount from foreign countries. 1t
is only question of time when not
only our sugar, but our tobacco and
rice, will all be produced at home"
Reservoir viii Be Built.
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