Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03

a similar spirit, and In talking with the
leading citizens they would make one
forget all about Garden City and have
one believe that the factory Waite built
at Lamar was much more up to date and
perfect than the one at Garden City. It
is certainly great factory and stands
today monument to his skill and ability.
Here wish to pay a tribute to Mr..
Cole and his associates. Under existing
conditions, we think they have done WON
derful work and are succeeding beyond
all expectations. which we have seen to-
day in visiting the factory at Visalia.
They have added to their original forces
and have with them now some of the
best business men of Los Angeles, includ-
ing Mayor Harper.
"In an interview with a prominent rail-
road official the other day he mentioned
his extensive dealings with Mr.. Cole and
paid him very high compliment, saying
that he was a gentleman who always
made good-in fact, a man who is better
than his word. 1t is impossible for such
man to fail. 1t takes just such man
"a man of his word, and man of cour-
age, to build up such a great enterprise
as this sugar factory.
''In conclusion, wish to say that a
country may have all the necessary nat
ural advantages to build up great en-
terprise, but unless such enterprise is
properly placed before the public it will
fall by the wayside
1.-THE press has always been one Of the
greatest factors in the building up of
new enterprises Through its untiring
efforts in the interest of the community
it brings about results which could not
be achieved in any other way. The news
papers of Los Angeles and the San Joa-
uuin valley have been of untold benefit
in building up the interests of the coun-
try, and we therefore feel greatly in
debted to them, and in behalf of our
company I wish to tender them our
thanks for their valuable assistance in
helping to make possible the successful
establishing of the beet sugar industry
an industry which means much to the
future development of the San Joaquin
valley"
Mr.. Cole Tells Story
President Nathan Cole, jr., of the Pa
cific Sugar corporation opened his re-
marks with little story of how the old
circuit riders used to feast at his grand
mothers farm in Missouri Besides in
teresting moneyed men in st. Louis, Chi
cago and elsewhere in California devel-
opment, Mr.. Cole is good story teller.
Like the circuit riders of old" he
continued, II feel like saying, How good
the Lord has been to u.s.
Petchner and 1 visited visalia for the
first time to offer to the citizens of that
enterprising town a proposition for the
building of a beet sugar factory.
IA conference was held with leading
members of the board of trade and con-
ditions were soon arranged whereby ac-
tive work was begun on the factory.
''It took good deal of courage and
some self-sacrifice on the part of the peo-
- t.NNk
they did not falter, and the result is the
factory you saw in operation today,
which 1 am sure is mutually beneficial
to the Sugar company and the city of
Visalia.
Soil Proved
-Four years ago a bulletin was issued
by Professor Shaw of the state university
in which the opinion was expressed that
sugar beets could not be grown profitably
in the San Joaquin valley. This was after
experiments had been made on dry, sandy
lands and dry adobe mesa lands. Only
desultory experiments had been made In
beet culture in the moist lands of the
Kaweah delta and the rich sub-irrigated
lands of Tulare and Kings counties
"Since the establishment of our enter
prise at Visalia we have demonstrated
by actual field work that the sugar beet
grows as well, IL not better, over wide
area of Tulare and Kings counties than
in any other section of the world
"Of course, there have been failures to
raise successful crops; this is but the
universal experience in raising all crops,
due to indifference of the farmer or alb
solute neglect.
"Where proper effort has been made,
the soil plowed deeply and thoroughly
prepared, the seed planted early, the
plants thinned early and thence culti-
waited constantly until the fruition of the
crop, sugar beet culture in Tulare and
Kings counties has proven an unqualified
success, where the rewards of industry
have been as great as in any other line
of agriculture.
Some Examples
"Where correct farming methods have
been followed, the results have been al
most incredible in many instances, and
crops exceeding twenty tons to the acre.
with a sugar content of from Is to % per
cent and purity of from SO to S8 per
cent have been achieved
"Although our brief campaign of 1906
was handicapped, by the inexperience of
the local farmer, we achieved such re-
suits as to encourage us In the belief that
Tulare and Kings counties would soon
develop into the greatest beet country
in the world.
'In one case the tonnage exceeded
thirty tons to the acre; this by a factory
employe who had never raised beet in
his life. Another factory employe who
planted two acres to beets we paid SITS
for the crop, upon which he had spent
&c. exclusive of his own labor.
I'm the case of a local farmer near the
factory we paid $51 net per acre for the
product of thirty-five acres of beets,
which he claimed was the most profitable
annual crop he had ever raised in Tulare
county.
1.-THE campaign this year is even pro-
ducng more gratifying results, but our
experience is emphasizing the fact that
beets must be planted early to produce
large tonnage; that late-planted beets are
still in the experimental stage The
planting season in this section is from
the middle of November until the middle
of March, certainly long enough to plant
all the beets that are necessary to run
dozen factories.
THE sugar made at the Visalia plant
is now successfully standing the test of
the market, where 1t is commanding the
top price and being rapidly absorbed by
the trade"
Sure Market
w. C. Petchner of Los Angeles, secre-
tary- treasurer and attorney of the Sugar
spoke on Benefits to Be