The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-10-24
THE SANTA FE's INDUSTRY.
New Features of COIOnizing Work in
Colorado and California.

the Santa Fe,s work in developing the
beet sugar industry in the West that
has caused the recent gakps from the
American Sugar Refining company
This statement is indirectly verified
by SO well-knowc an authority as Sec
retary Wilson.
Secretary Wilson makes the predic
tion that it is only question of time
when all the sugar needed in this
country can be produced in the
United States. The energy and fore
sight Of the Santa Fe is largely re
sponsible for the fastening of the
fulfillment of this prophecy.
An instance of what the road is do
ing Passenger Agent Seagraves will
take committee of Quakers from
different parts of the country to- in
spect the Arkansas valley. 1t is their
purpose to establish large colony of
Quakers in the beet sugar district,
drawn from the membership in all
parts of the country. The commit
tee is supplementary to a previous
committee whose members made an
inspection and submitted favorable
report. They Will more than likely
pick out site at once and make the
necessary start for large and pros
porous colony of people who will
make tho best citizens obtainable.
The Santa F'e has encouraged and
nurtured the growth of this industry
in Colorado and California until at
the present time man who Will work
can not go out there and fail. The
industry has growed SO that the sugar
trust has become alarmed. Its at-
tempt to drive out the beet sugar in
dusiry showed that the growth of the
latter had attained point where it
was not only becoming independent
of the trust, but is threatening to
drive it out of business. The plan
under which the Arkansas valley has
been settled practically forbids the
there. 1t is not giving too much
credit to say that if it had not been
for the work. of the Santa Fe this
would not now be the case.
The rapid development of the beet
growing is not the only thing in sight
for the valleys which the Santa Fe
has been developing. Something of
what will come in California and Col
orado and in part in Kansas may be
cleaned from Secretary Wilson 5
statement
cit is only a question of time" LIE
said, 'when the dairymen of the
United States viii discover that the
by-product of the sugar mill is valu-
e. t.,
foreign countries 1T is even fed to
horses. 1t will take the place with
western dairymen of bran from the
wheat mills and by-Products from the
oil mills, glucose factories, etc. The
water will be pressed out of the pulp
very soon, and in fact it is being done
now in California, and the farmer will
haul home the cake when he takes
beets to the factory Tho by pro duct
contains all the elements of nutrition
the domestic animal requires. Taking
the sugar from the beet really reduces
its feeding quality but little, because
the animal gets all the carbonaceous
matter it requires in its fodder.
ssAbout three years age we had
some 80, 900 tons Of beet sugar pro
duced in the United States, two years
ago about sc, 900 tons, a year ago
about 81, 900 tons, and this year we
will have something like 200, 900 tons
'sTa what extent the sugar trust is
disposed to spend money fighting the
development of the sugar beet in
dustry do not know. ] am not at
all surprised at the movement of the
sugar trust. It would no doubt be
very profitable to its members if they
could destroy this new industry, that
promises to supply home demands
within reasonable number of years.
but 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