The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-12

Rapid and Substantial Progress Be
ing Made in This Country-CapitaI
and Labor Devoted to the Business
Jscs TO Which the Product - Put
Charles i. SayIsr, the special agent des-
ig1atad To- investigate the sugar industry
has submitted to the Secretary Of AEri-
culture his report FOR Egn9. The report in
cIuGrs tho results OF his observations and
Investigations and q considerable mass OF
information pertinent 20 the subject which
h has collected from various reliable
sources. in the report, which was issued
by the Department Of Agriculture yes
terday Mr.. SayIor said that the iustruc-
tiou Of all classes Who are or may become
Interested in the sect sugar industry has
been the object kept always in view
Those most interested in the success Of
this industry, says Mr. Saylor. are t. be-
graduated on the rapid and suhStan-
tial progress it has made Continuing his
report, Mr.. SayIor says,
only q few yeas ago our people were
entirely unacquaiuted with any phase of
the sugar industry except the consunp-
ton Of the product Capitalists knew
nothing Of It's manufacture except that
large capital was nc CcssaTy to start the
industry. The farmers had to be edu-
Gated in a new branch of agricultural
production. The capitalists had to learn
all the conditions necessary TO tho sue
cess OF a factory. The broad domain Of
the United States had to be Investigated
and the conditions Of localities tested
Along these lines q vast amount Of pre-
Emiuary work has been done The beet
! sugar belt has been successfully deiim-
tied, and in many localities within that
belt the industry has successfully passed
/ beyond the experimental stage
Primary work was necessarily the Iirst
/ requirement. The Department of Agri-
/ culture, working in conjunction with the
/ State experiment stations, has been dill
! gently experimenting and solving the ag-
riculturaI questions that entered into the
/ beet-sUgar problem The kinds Of soil,
! the conditions of climate. the sections Of
/ country, the cost and profits Of produc-
+ ton. the direct ana indirect benefits 20
/ the farming industry are subjects that
/ have been carefully studied, and the re-
! suits have been published The secular
and agricultural press. and writer's and
/ lecturers on agricultural subjects have all
I aided materially in this work
! Capitalists have Investigated the sta
/ tistics Of those countries of Europe that
( have had this industry established for
/ some time They are becoming much
( better posted on the questions involved,
such as the amount Of capital required.
{ the profits of manufacture. and the condi-
/ lions necessary in establishing factory
/ ct any given point This primary educa-
| ton is now d part Of the general informa-
Z ton Of The country
There has been o marked tendency
/ during the past year toward q crystalliza-
/ ton Of ideas into something tangible and
!
/ less effort viii be followed by greater
/ accomplishment than formerly. and the
eftort Itself has been greatly stimulated.
We can expect as the years roll on, to see
! this industry safely established and max
ing sure progress
While the record Of conditions that OBJ
tain in farming localities is being made
/ Up, the farmers themselves arc gaining
Information as to the culture and uses Of
the sugar beet and its cost Of production
/ They are learning the value Of the crop
for stock-feeding purposes No weI-regI-
lated farm should be without facilities for
storing up a good supply Of these roots
for feeding purposes. They are d valuable
element in the food ration Of the dairy
COW or the fattening lamb or steer They
are excellent for brood animals They
can be easily prepared as cooked food IN
They are very desirable as food ration
in which the cereals enter to considera-
/ bic extent They seem 10 mitigate the
evil effects Of feeding hogs on an excIu-
siEely corn ration All these facts are
coming home to farmers 1t can readily
be observed that, at this stage Of the
industry, efforts put forth by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the State experiment
stations. and other who are competent to
give Information are very much more ef-
fective.
The public mind is much better pre-
pared 10 receive facts and literature on
this industry than il was three OF four
years ago. Outside Of the actual accom-
plishmeat in the way of establishing fac
tories and developing information Incl
{ dent TO sugar-beet growing IN this coun-
Try the receptive mood Of the people
would in itself repay the cost OF the ef-
/ fort that has been put forth Public in
terest manifests itself in many ways One
scarcely meets farmer OF business man
these days who has not given more or
/ less attention TO the results Of sugar
beet experiments that have been carried
/ on, and they generally express faith in
the success Of beet-sugar enterprises.
While capitalists as well as farmers
manifest @ deep interest In the future OF
I the sugar industry, they have been nc
doubt somewhat restrained by the IN
certainty attending the future Of our new
island dependencies, which are them
selves largely sugar producers On this
subject little need be said The writer
speaks not only as the result Of careful
consideration Of al the available data OF
the sugar industry in these dependencies
but as the result Of personal visits to Ha-
wall and Porto Rico. and has no hesita-
ton N asserting that were the oppOrtu
. mites for developing this industry II
these new territories TO be extended Il
their utmost capacity there would b.
nothing in this to discourage our Grraes
TIC sugar producers For years our do
nestle sugar consumption has been in
creasing even more rapidly than the in
crease Of population, until during the pas
| fiscal year our imports Of sugar attaine,
the enormous total Of nearly 2,0oGgoc tons
| For generations to come, then, it vii
be necessary for the people Of the Unite
! States to import considerable sugar owe
and above what we are likely to produce
and Of this importation the combine,
production Of or new island Dependence
| viii not do more than supply = part, ant
let Us hope q large part
Regarding the consumption Of sugar j
| this country, Mr.. Saylor said:
THE consumption Of sugar in this coun
Try Is increasing very fast. The develop
: r1ent Of the arts and manufactures con
-.--,,+-- Ja1Ie for an increased amount O