The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
SECURE SECRET
OF CHEAP SUGAR
Holland Says United States
Will Soon Raise Enough
For Export.

From Germany there came to the
United States the formula whereby
the sugar property that is in a GER
tain kind of beets can be properly
extracted so that sugar can be made
and marketed which compares in al
most every respect with the best
cane sugar. Germany has exported
in large amounts to the United
States beet sugar. which her men Of
science discovered how to secure and
to manufacture. and many people
partook Of beet sugar not knowing
that 1t came from a root or tuba and
not from the sugar cane.
One result of the European way
II is expected, will be a great ex-
pansion in the United States in the
cultivation OF the sugar beet and in
the manufacture of beet sugar. Fur
thermore. there will probably here
after be a very small import Of beet
sugar from Germany. Nevertheless
the consumption of sugar not only In
this country. but everywhere, is lke-
| ly greatly to increase from this time
/ on. SO that there seems to be en-
! couragement not only for greater
cultivation of the sugar beet in the
| United States, but also in the manu-
facture OF sugar from the sweet
juices of this vegetable.
It Is a curious picture which sets
forth the availability OF various
lands in the United States for the
cultivation of the sugar beet.
Traced upon a map of the United
States by a conspicuous black mark
| or line the entire sugar beet isother-
NAL belt stretches from the western
| half of Massachusetts and all OF
Connecticut more than half way
across the continent with a strange
projection into Southern Michigan.
Then of a sudden this isothermal
belt takes a turn like a bend in a
river. to the south covering the eX-
! treme western part of Texas ana
| then another turn westerly and yet
! one more northerly as far as the
State of Washington with side
projection which covers all of Cali
fornia- Pictured forth upon the
map this belt suggests a river OF
magnificent proportion, of almost
uniform but great width and with
curious Convolutions and turns.
| That part Of the belt which is
upon the Pacific coast resembles
squirrel Of stupendous proper
| tions and with a superb tail which
covers California.
Makers of Sugar on a Large Scale.
With the expected great develop
! ment of sugar cane growing in
! Louisiana and possibly in Southern
! Florida and with the possibility that
! beet sugar will be manufactured
up11 a very large scale, having
. learned from the chemists and men
Of science how to do that. and afso
relying as we can properly do on
Cuba the United States should be in
/ position within few years not only
! fully to met domestic demand but
also to export sugar.
The IsothermaI Belt.
Arthur Selwyn-Brown. who is Of
expert authority in the cultivation
and manufacture Of the beet sugar,
has recently stated for the informa-
ton Of those in Washington who de-
; sire to get the real facts, that while
/ the sugar beet can be grown in al
! most every State in the Union and
/
| in some parts Of Canada neverthe-
less the finest commercial crops are
! harvested along a belt which is
about 100 miles in width and which
surrounds the Isothermal summer
| line of seventy degrees Fahrenheit.
! This IS the belt whose unique and
! convoluted appearance is pictured
! forth on the map Of the United
| States as described above. II starts
| between Delaware and Maine thence
runs west along the Great Lakes
even as far as Dakota and then
there is a right angle turn to The
south as far as Texas. then west to
California. In the Far West there
are two forks which begin in Ari-
zona. One runs north through Cali
| fOrnia to Oregon, the other north
through Nevada and Utah to WASH
! ington and Idaho.
HOLLAND