New-York tribune., 1901-07-03
an INDEPENDENT NATION.
uucpETARY WILSON PREDICTS THAT
THIS COUNTRY, WITH ITS NEW POS
SESSIONS, WILL SOON PRODUCE
EVERYTHING 1T USES
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE.l


aicts that In less than a year the United States
P.b as new possessions. will be raising and pro-
s,cng everything II uses. and that this country
al not only be independent of a commercial COM
,,nation of all foreign nations. but if II elects
csp famish almost any other nation on the globe
cnealfag Of the work of his department, Secretary
Wilson said to-day:
We are now pushing investigations and expert
rents along great many lines. Our agricultural
exports maintained their position in the fiscal year
snst closed. and compared with years past In
creased appreciabiy. One OF the principal objects
zhch this department has in view is TO enable the
PEOPLE OF the United States TO produce the agri-
cultural products We are now purchasing from for
We bought half as much agricultural goods We
sold; that is TO say we sold about sS40 900 900
and bought about Si20 100000 worth. The principal
product We purchase from other nations IS sugar
This eommodlty comprises nearly one-fourtf of the
total OF products imported The department In the
past has been making experiments TO ascertain in
Just what sections CT the country sugar can be
raised 70 sue advantage as 10 obyiate the necessity
Of going to foreign markets TO complete our sup
principal source Of the sugar product Within the
Tinted States Ihere will be over forty beet sugar
border frora New-York TO CeJifor5ie ie nor h ItMern
that within 4 few years will produce ali the
sugar we require. and we Will then be in position
have shown that the sugar produced from go, o,,
quaHy -of peet IS much richer than that manu-
fore, wl be much more desirable when this resi,It
snSA be attained The Sugar Trust will. in my opin-
] io, raiiSil, Tor me reason that the refnes
imporIea tai,o & bT9"n sugar. while all the American
md nj
entire readiness for sale on the markets - |'
PRODUCTS OF NEW POSSESSIONS
After referring 10 the remarkable exnaps,or 90
rice and tea growing in the United States which
has been materially encouraged by the government
and his work in cross-breeding cottons to obviate
the necessity OF importing from Egypt, Secretary
Wilson continued:
The department is just also busy engaged
are 10 DE promoted in our new possessions We
have found upon investigation that the re0,,ra of
the new lands need agricultural instruction ana en-
best OF our ability. For instance We must be abe
70 produce IaTge quantities of hay in the Philip
mules which the United States is now maintainig
ne .heff So ne demand for fodder is far in excess Of
sy ssry 10 import the product This ought not to be-
ob dhere f Is aiple opportunity for raising hay and
Philippines and pains will be taken relieve the
Coffee is another product which we are looking
after. our scientists are investigating the coffee
10 accomplish something during the fiscal year
which faarg VII i greatly encourage the industry
e a 6nTs of 6bT G GA At m the United
but the outlook is that We viii now be able to
raise IN our new possessions every bit of the
Hawaii and the Philippines. and the result viii
be that people using the commodity will be able
to save many thousands Of dollars in its purchase
Then there is the subject of macaroni wheat to
@ ne eUFslaeIea i me macaroni which We have been
mannnIaGtuTng here in the past is quite equal
to the Italian product, but are on the right
able to produce grade that will be SUPERIOR % te te
that imported from Europe The semi-arid regions
OF our country are adapted to the growth of naca-
ron wheat. and all of the 1900 900 pounds of the
product which We now consume and which comes
mainly from Italy, will shortly be grown upon
As I9r spices. our new possessions will furnish
rs WIZ an abundant quantity We get
ton. 80 ---+ Ol''t7
There is is. no doubt that this country within few
months viii be in a position to ignore every other
nsuoh on the globe In the matter of food products
We viii produce within our own domain every
Ilhg mat goes upon our table and upon our backs
we VIII then be. commercially and industrially
Almost Independent OF the other nations of The
KoFld Hence any trade combination which may
Be erected against will count for nothing
whenever we get ready can come pretty near
sAIk1hg any other nation. Therefore an effective
combination against viii be an impossibtv