Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-07

sl0O,OOO,OOO worth OF commodity that
Genes from the atmosphere, we are
selling the soil Of the United States
when we sell aims, and we are buy"
ing the winds that blow over the con-
tlnent of Europe with that moneys and
II we would only 20 TO work and pre-
pare ourselves for It,, those winds
would get here by and by, and we
could catch on to them and use them
IN our business.
Seven years since, | came down TO
Washington with President Mckinley.
At that time there was made In this
country about 80 900 tons OF sugar from
the beet. our seventh annual report
Is now In the hands of the printer, and
tie authorization for printing a sur
fclent number for telling the people
what we are doing has passed one
house and is now pending in the other.
That report will tell us that last year
there were PAL 900 tons of sugar made
IN the United States from sugar beets'
INDUSTRY MAKES MONEY.
IN most cases the industry is profit
able. In making q careful study OF
where 1t is most profitable and least
profitable find that wherever the fac
tory has enough OF beets, 1t is profit
liable | find that the factory Is ahead
sof the farmer with regard to the in
4dustry and that the places at when
four department must give the industry
Eome attention are found mostly In the
PRODUCTION OF the beets I'm the field ana
Mot IN the manipulation OF beets In the
i0ctOry | suppose that none OF the
factories In the United States are much,
II anything, behind the average rae
Ftory In foreign countries, and care
liul inspection of field work In foreign
countries shows that people who grow
Fleets are not so much behind the grow
4ers In foreign countries.
But even If we are abreast with
them, that is no position for an Ameri-
gan to occupy, We must take the lead
rs American farmers. and the taking OF
phat lead along several lines viii put
Ilhe Industry In the fore front of sugar
Production in the world.
u ind that a little too much expense
~ being devoted 10 hand work In the
teh' ! notice that where men are lured
10y the score and set to work TO raise
teets with the hoe, and In the neigh
Hborhood of $40 an acre Ia paid for tnat
purpose, II is very expensive work,
3ioTses are cheaper than men In the
IN Alted States, and we have in this
fountry the best machinery In the
Eorld. We have far better machinery
Ehan they have in foreign countries,
hd We have far cheaper horses and
94ar dearer men, There Is a condition
lor us TO consider.
Inc coming Of you people together
foWy to tell one another what your
HNperlonce has been is one OF the wis
fSE moves that has ever been mace
tong the line Of producing sugar from
4eeN' You are all blazing new paths
lrough the woods where nobody has
tohe before. You have taken up new
tohulIlons that never were studied be-
to,e' When those conditions are care
My considered, We end that we have
f+g,ne disadvantages and some of the
iyantaGes OF foreign countries. Land
N L'uch cheaper In the United States
ih IN ether countries, and much bet
~, In some cases land can be kept
o~lng sugar beets perpetually with.
wy Fertilizers. In many cases II viii
Ray 20 use fertilizers, and where there
an De profit had by using fertilizers
would use them by all means. Rota-
1Vn with pastures Will help TO main
van fertility.
HINTS TO FARMERS.
N cultivation. however, OF the beet
he farmer IA the place where most
tenilon should be given az the pres
I'm uine' II you VIII make a. care
1 study OF the methods of the corr
Vwefs IN the United states, you WI
a mint In regard TO the amount OF
H. Ihey do with the hand and the
4 ~ me great corn belt OF the upper
ssMslppi valley has no hoes. The
NJ ana the machine do the work
8' se2rcely ever pick weeds Will
athd or do anything with the hoe
syoannot afford II, in producing III,
e@est crop In the United States
,cYrn crop, and The beet men mus
H. some attention TO that point. L
/ snes the economy OF production. a
eat industry succeeds In competi
~ with other countries when al
4 '"oillcs are carefully studied and