Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-01-15
aIcnes IN eenr sueAH.

WASHINGTON, u. G.. Jan. a.
u expect 10 live to see tho time whtn
the farmers Of the United States VIII
produce enough beet sugar TO supply
the entire demand FOR local consump-
tion and have surplus 20 export "
said Secretary Wilson yesterday. 4
expect to live to see homemade beet
sugar selling in our yillag for >
cents a pound. with good profit TO
the farmer who grows the beete. 10 the
men who own the factories and the
merchants who supply the market I
am firmly convinced that We will get
down TO 2-cfnt sugar and have all we
need Of IT when The economies have
I been developed and put in practice
We are vory green now, we are chld-
ren. mere beginners IN the business,
and have great many things 10
learn about IT bat il We apply the
great American geuius ta This thing.
! the genius that bas made as the fore
most producing nation oB earth. we
viii teach the world how 10 grow a
crop Of sugar and make money out OF
| ii Wc have many advantage over
4 the European producers In old eoun.
I tries labor IL cheap 10 be- sure. and
I women ana children work ia the
fields alongside Of mcnfuiks. which
/ our Farmers Will never permit their
! wives and dsnEhicrA 20 10 hut they
| nave TO pay high rchts for their lauds
| and lafEr sums for niiizorB. while
wc have a. much free land as anybody
can possibly want fur rpntnty o.
come and VIII be using the virgin
soil all thai time.
Nothing ocurrod 10 President
[ Roosevelt admiuiatrBtlou. shid
Secretary WILSON which Riii
lift his reputation higher or benefit
he American people more than the
Irritation luN that wns pass Il bY tho
last congress and Is mrans moro iu
he beet sugar industry thHn TO any
,lhrr Interest Tho moment yng
build dam ana ditch aud turn tho
water on tho soil on tho irscrt sugar
'hct surd vii bc planted because IL
a a ready money crop i' the hrgt
place. and viii provide Tor The farm.
IRIS stock fnr hi- horses. oxen. cattle.
sheep and hogs uniii be- can raise al.
Alfa aud other foddars. and when Wn
get The beet sugar Industry fairly Hn.
NIX In this country il win he found
that the pulp the residue of the beet
after The Julcr has been squeezed out
lA very valuable byprodacl lts
| yalu" o. not to be- measured alone by
| thc actual money received for o. but
b, the opportunity and cnconragom ri
| u eifefs tn daitying stock breeding
and feeding The people Of this couu
try have not yet begun 10 appreciate
| The MS fulncss of sugar beet pulp
| Even tho Older factories have not set
brcn able to dispose ot u ui its real
value The new factories have 30 nay
d Oplo to hnUl 1t away. hut the farmers
are beginning 10 use II for fce1Hp
purposes. and some ~ tho beet sugar
| companies are huyiug cattle 20 rattru
them with #, ns the dIstiil rs do with
their refuse Pretty soon HtocRmeu
and dairymon viii hcgln 20 realize ns
value M foddor. and II VIII prove To- be-
a valuable byprodurt have sent It
man 90 Germany 10 study this mntEor.
| aud toon expect 10 have some reports
from him that VIII be Of great interest
10 manufacturers aud the farmcrH and
dnlrymcu who i've In the vicinity of
| IA" fArtOrivs
Another very important consldera-
tion IN this connection 10 the introduc.
tion nf American. made machinery and
implements both Ia the factory and
In the field when our people first
began to make beet sugar the farmers
Who raised hccts found u a back