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Shaffer Says It Has Received
No Official Sanction,
THE SUBJECT WILL NOT DOWN
tlonal Civic Federation of Labor, and
Henry White, of the United Garment
Workers of America, arrived here today
from Pittsburg. They said they had not
been authorized to make any proposition
looking towards the settlement of the
steel strike. While in Pittsburg they had
a conference with President Shaffer, of
the Amalgamated Association, but without
tangible results. Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of' the American Federation of Labor,
also arrived in the city today, coming
from Buffalo. Mr. Gompers was in con- f
ference with Mr. Easley and Mr. White,
but it was said the conference resulted
In no plan of action.
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Knights Templars on Hand
for Triennial Conclave,
a reception to the officers and members of
I of the grand commandery at the Custom-
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PITTSBURG, Aug. 26. The reported
peace negotiations for the settlement of
the strike, through the mediation of dis
interested parties, officials and members
of the National Civic Federation, received
a jolt when President Shaffer, of the
Amalgamated Association, tonight de
clared absolutely that he had no official
knowledge of such proceedings, and If
such a move had been started it did not
have the official sanction of the organiza
tion, Nevertheless, the subject -will not
down, and tonight It l6esaid the concilia
tory committee of the Civic Federation,
already prominent' in the matter, Is fully
prepared to carry on negotiations and
will, if necessary, endeavor to secure the
good offices of Archbishop Ireland, Bishop
Potter, Daniel Hanna and Seth Low, co
members of their organization, to give
such prominence to the committee that
the proposal will be received by the steel
corporation. In the meantime, both sides
to the controversy make assertions of a
victory. The steel people point to the
gains they have made all along the line
In the way of securing men and starting
plants, while the Amalgamated officials
say that Instead of losing ground the
association Is gaining every day, and
while the combine has succeeded In start
ing a few plants, they are not turning out
mercantile material, and are posing money
and breaking valuable machinery, and in
the end will have to ask their old men
to come to the rescue.
Ridiculed by the Steel People.
The steel people ridicule the claims of
the association and point to the failure
to Induce the South Chicago and Du-
quesne .men to go on a strike as evidence
that the strength of the Amalgamated
Association has departed. The officials
say the only plants at which they expect
difficulty are the Star and the Lind
say and McCutcheon, but they expect to
overcome all troubles there and have the
mills running full at an early date.
The surprise of the day was the Painter
plant, which had six mills running. Not
a striker could be found anywhere near
the mill. .
"We started this morning with six mills
running full,' said"' Superintendent
Harper. "Week before last we began
with two mills, which we kept running
all that week pn day turn. Last week
"ve added two more mills and also keep
ing them running on day turns. This
morning we added two more mills, mak
ing six in all. About 90 per cent of the
men now working In the plant are old
men, quite a lot of them strikers.
A report from Wheeling today is that
the manager of the Aetna Standard Sheet
Plate mill, of the American Sheet Steel
Company, has received orders from the
general officers to dismantle sheet mill
No. 2 and ship the machinery to Van
dergrift, Pa. The work of dismantling
will be commenced at once.
The strikers at Wellsville are jubilant
tonight over the official news coming to
them from Irondale. Those reports say
that all of the men, except two, who
have been working in' the mill, refused to
go back to work and were reinstated in
the Amalgamated lodge.
Mayor Fines a Workman.
Mayor Black, McKeesport, today fined
John Sheridan, a workman in the De-wees-Wood
mill, $25 and costs, and Sher
idan will have to serve 30 days in the
workhouse in default of ball. Sheridan
has been spotted for some time by the
strikers because he said the strike would
not succeed and that he wanted to' re
turn to work. He was drinking hard
Saturday night and was locked up. To
day at the hearing, no Information ap
peared against him, but Mayor Black
fined him because he heard he had called
him names. He then refused a bond for
the fine, and refused to let the reporters
Inspect the docket or transcript of the
case unless they would guarantee -the fine
and costs. "When asked his reasons for
such treatment of a prisoner, he said:
"I just sent him up for his health."
Superintendent D. M. Pltcock, of the
Demmler Tlnplate Mills, said tonight the
mill would be started this week with
the old men. Ten city police and strik
ers are guarding the plant tqnlght. No
attempt was made to start the works
last night. The furnaces were fired and
the plant lighted, but no men appeared.
The regular policemen and a large force
of pickets guarded the mill all night,
but there was no disorder. The situation
at all points Is reported quiet.
Carncgrle Works Still In Operation.
Officials of the upper and lower union
mills of the Carnegie works today said
there was no difficulty In operating their
mills. They denied that the refusal of
some of their men to return to work had
affected the plants in any way. To all
outward appearances, the lower mills
were running as usual today though the
company has issued strike injunctions
against entrance to the mills or the of
fices by any one not employed there.
At Amalgamated headquarters today
there was little of Interest transpiring.
The mail for the officials was heavy, and
Secretary Williams received a number of
checks, representing contributions from
the Amalgamated Independent lodges, for
the strikers. Trustee John Pierce and
Vice-President Gibson, of the association,
made a tour of the plants supposed to be
operating, and reported that there was
no truth In the report thai so much was
being accomplished by the plants. The
pickets about the Star mills say they
have secured 19 desertions, all told, from
the plant, since men were taken there.
It was also said that of the total number
in the mill nearly a fifth were made up of
managers and foremen of other plants.
Regarding the Painter plant, It was said
the- strikers were keeping away from
the mills entirely, and paid no attention
to the reports of the new men that have
been secured. Many of the strikers have
secured work elsewhere.
The Clark hoop mills in Lawrenceville
are operated In full for a single turn, but
the officials say that every one of the
six mills will be on double turn before the
week ends.
Clash Between Officers ami Strikers.
CANAL DOVER, O., Aug. 26. There
was a slight clash Here today between
the authorities and strikers when a train
stopped at the sheet mills and let oft a
colored waiter, .who had been brought
from Pittsburg. A crowd of strikers at
once surrounded the man, and demanded
his business. The Mayor and police tried
to disperse the crowd, and it Is said the
Mayor struck one of the strikers with a
club, but this he denies. The colored man
was sent out of town tonight. The Mayor
has called on the Sheriff for help to pro
tect the mill property and persons who
desire to go Into the mill.
Strikers "Shooting" Nonunion Men.
CHICAGO. Aug. 26 Striking machin
ists have taken up the camera as a means
of evading Judge Kohlsaat's injunction
prohibiting them from picketing the Allls
Chambers Company's plants. .Every time
a. nonunion man enters or leaves the
works his picture is taken. Tnese pic
tures will be circulated among the differ
ent unions, where they will be marked as
men who travel through the country tak
ing the positions of workmen who are on
strike.
EVEN HONULULU REPRESENTED
Procession With 40,000 Members In
Line Will Be the Main Fcntnre
' Today Louisville Gaily Deco
rated, in Honor of Event.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 26. The twenty
eighth triennial conclave of the Grand
Encampment of Knights Templars will
begin here tomorrow, and the official pre
diction is for fah" weather for the big
parade.
Major John H. Leathers, grand marshal
Knights' Train Derailed.
BARNESVILLE, O., Aug. 26. A special
train on the Baltimore & Ohio, carrying
Pennsylvania Knights Templars en route
to Louisville, struck a horse on the
Barnesvllle Hill this morning. Engineer
Milo Francis, of Zanesville, was killed,
and Fireman Walter Boston, of Newark,
was fatally injured. The passengers es
caped with slight bruises
OFFICERS' PROTECT NEGROES
SUGAR BEET YIELD
Huge Crop Expected in South
eastern Washington.
MORE PROFITABLETHAN WHEAT
Demonstrations In Indian Terrltory
Bronght to a Sudden End.
SAPULPA, I. T., Aug. 26. Demonstra
tions against negroes came to a sudden
end with the arrival of Deputy United
States Marshal Bud Trail and Captain
White. Marshal Bennett instructed them
to arrest all offenders, and send them to
Muskogee In chains, and to deputize citi
zens if help was needed. He said he
would prevent an outbreak If he had to
order troops from Fort Gibson. Mayor
Miller Issued a firm, proclamation com
manding the citizens' committee to stop
posting notices. Tonight everything Is
quiet, and no trouble Is expected. Nearly
all the negroes not owning property have
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PORTLAND MAN HONORED.
Lawmakers Sympathize.
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 26. The House of
Representatives, after a lengthy discus
sion today, adopted a resolution denounc
ing trusts In general, and the United
States Steel Corporation In particular, and
expressing hearty sympathy with the
Amalgamated Association in its contest
now being waged with the steel corpora
Construction Concern's Men Strike.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 26. The McCllhtock-'
Marshall Construction Company, of
Braddock, Pa., Is being closed down by a
strike of the 700 'employes. The men de
manded the reinstatement of an employe
discharged last week, an advance of 10
per cent, and the abolishment of the
checklng-up system at noon.
Iron Pipe Becomes Dearer.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. At the close of
last week the jobbers of steam pipe In
New York raised the price of iron pipe
12 per cent in consequence of the strike.
Today the prices for this metal are 20
per cent above those quoted before the
strike began.
FIVE HUNDRED MEN SUSPENDED.
"Would Not Make Up Time to Be Lost
Labor Day Blovr at Unionism.
COLUMBIA, S. C.,Aug, 26. Five hundred
operative aC the Olympla, Crapby.RIch
land antf C"apha? Cify Cotton Mills, who
refused to make cp the time that will be
lost on Labor day by working six hours
overtime last Saturday, were denied ad
mission to the mills this morning and were
notified of their suspension for a week.
The operatives fell in line and paraded
through the village with much cheering.
Textile Union, No. 211, Is meeting to
night to take action, and is receiving
hundreds of new members. Since the
strength of the union has been divulged
President Smith Whaley said today: "We
do not propose to have any unionism In
our business. The mills in South Caro
lina have agreed to employ no union labor
whatsoever. I shall close down every
mill before I shall employ a union man.
All of my operatives will be required to
sign an agreement that they will not be
long to a union."
The union meeting tonight took no ag
gressive action beyond receiving the
pledges of its members not to forsake
the organization. The members say they
will strike rather than sign a pledge to
renounce unionism.
J
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Nevr Enterprise Is Well Adapted to
the Soil, and Avoids the AVattcs
Incident to the Practice o
Summer Fallowing-
.Toilet Machinists Strike.
JOLIET, 111., Aug. 26. All machinists
employed by the Bates Machine Company
struck today, giving as their reason an
objectionable foreman. The p ant em
ployed, altogether, 200 men. There has
been no material change In the steel
strike situation. The advisory board was
In session today discussing plans for a
public mass meeting in defense of the
strikers.
CAPTAIN GEORGE W. POVEY, APPOINTED TREASURER OF MA
NILA, ISABELLA PROVINCE, 5PHILIPPIXE ISLANDS.
An Associated Press' dispatch announced yesterday' that Captain George W.
Fovey, of this city, had been appointed Treasurer of Isabella Province, in the
lPhHiJ5piries." . Captain Fovey served in the Second Oregon as a Second Lieutenant,
rcturnins with v that regiment to Portland. Two months after his return he was
brevetted Captain o" Volunteers for services rendered In transporting supplies to
a station in Northern Luzon during a(successlon of typhoon's, which made the mat
ter of transportation exceedingly difficult. He was subsequently appointed Cap
tain In the Commissary Department, and was placed In charge of the transport
Lennox on her first trip from Portland. After his arrival in Manila on the Len
nox, Captain Fovey was detailed to Aparla, the most northerly station In Luzon,
and has ever since been In charge of the Commissary Department there. When
the Spanish flag was lowered at Manila, and the Stars and Stripes hoisted In Its
place! Captain Fovey, then a Second Lieutenant, represented the Army.
The Associated Press dispatch announcing Captain Povey's appointment to hla
new position, reads as follows:
"Manila, Aug. 20. Owing to difficulties of communication, the Philippine Com
mission found It Impossible to unite the civil governments of the Province of Isa
oella de Luzon with that of Nueva Vizcaya. For this reason, special legislation
had to be adopted for the Province of Nueva Vizcaya. In the Province of Isa
bella the commission appointed Captain Johnson, of the Sixteenth Infantry, Gov
ernor, and Captain George Fovey. Treasurer."
Captain Povey's family lives at 701 Corbett street, this city.
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TO STUDY AMERICAN TRADES
No Proposition Made to the Trust.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. No proposition
looking to a settlement of the steel strike
was submitted today to the United States
Steel Corporation as a 'result of the con
ferences at Pittsburg last week of mem
bers of the Amalgamated Association, In
dustrial Commission, Civic Federation
and labor leaders.
Ralph M. Easley, secretary of the Na- j j,any,
Twelve Worltlngmen Arrive From
England to Tonr United Stac.
NEW" YORK, Aug. 26. On the Anchor
line steamship Ethiopia tonight came 12
workingmen, who have been sent to tour
this country and study trades by an Eng
lish paper. The men were selected by
popular vote. They are: H. J. Humph
rey, coach builder, Ley ton store, Essex;
Frank Harris, pottery and glass decorator,
Boxness, Scotland; F. A. Scott, electrical
and mechanical engineer, Glasgow; C. J.
Jackson, engineer, Stratford; Thomas
Graham, miner, Yorkshire; "W. E. Grant,
stevedore, Liverpool; George Nutley,
painter, Kingston Hill, Surrey; Thomas
Fleming, mason, Peebles; John Scutter,
engine driver, Motherwell; Kenneth Ken
zie, upholsterer, Inverness; George Eth
clls, weaver, Stockport; J. G. Cowan,
hammerman, Gateshead, and A." NIchol
Simpson, who will act as conductor of the
expedition. Mr. Simpson said:
"Wo will visit Washington, Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, Cleveland, East Liverpool,
O., Buffalo, Ottawa and Montreal. We
shall remain a few days in each city. The
delegates came over here to gather Infor
mation and study questions In which the
Brittsh artisan is vitally Interested. We
will Inquire into the conditions of the
Amercan wage-earneTs; how they are
housed and live; their hours, unions and
other things of interest to us on the other
side."
of the parade, stated tonight that infor.
matlon received during the day led him
to expect 40,000 Sir Knights would be ln
line when the procession moves. This
pageant, as planned, will extend over a
route of four miles, and will be the
crowning glory of the conclave. Knights
Templars from nearly every city in the
country, Including even Honolulu, will be
in line. The course of the parade Is a
fluttering show of bunting, flags and
streamers, and nearly every one of them
will present to the marchers some sign
of welcome. Extraordinary precautions
to keep the streets clear have been
adopted.
Incoming trains clogged the tracks
throughout the day, but by midnight all
but a few scattered commanderies had
arrived and been escorted to their quar
ters
left town. The published statement that
politics caused the trouble is not substantiated.
r.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS.
Philippines.
Captain George Povey, of Portland, has been
appointed Treasurer of the Province of Isa
bella. Faze 2.
H6ward, who deserted the Americana to be
come a Filipino leader, has been captured.
Page 2.
Foreiprn.
Colombians generally expect the revolutionary
movement to-succeed. Page 2.
The United States gunboat Machlas Is at Colon.
Pase 2.
Federal Government.
From 10 to 30 trains arrived over i Department of Justice upholds the Secretary
every railroad entering the city, and it
Is estimated that there are 90.000 visitors
here tonight. Hotels and other hostel
ries are crowded to the doors with guests,
and visitors also occupy steamboats
of the Navy In withholding the royalty on
the Harvey steel-hardening patent. Page 2.
Captain Forsythe must explain his Interview
regarding the Schley court of Inquiry.
Pace 2.
moored at the wharf and Pullman sleep- Helations are still disturbed between France
ers parked In different parts of the city, i ami Turkey. Page 3.
The various Kentucky commanderies were j Domestic.
lt..IJA,1 -. ,lAlnilmntilp trrlrfr fin1 fl "
Uiwuuu iinu uuiowuucuio '"""J "'" - oy.rr oo,. m,v fh il ,it,
cumpameu in every insuuiuu uji a. umo j
band, met Incoming delegations at tne
train and escorted them to their quarters.
Rain during the afternoon drenched the
draperies of the buildings, but they suf
fered no material damage generally.
riraml f?fnpr5iH5slmn Oenrirn M. Moul-
ton of Chicago, stated tonight that the I Cardinal Gibbons was given a royal welcome
election of oillcers ot tne urana ii.n-
camDment Wednesday would undountedly -"-
be the usual perfunctory affair it has
been for vears past. Grand Master Lloyd
is without ofilclal sanction. Faga I.
The 2Sth triennial conclave of the- Grand En
campment of Knights Templar begins to
day. Pane 1.
Two men were killed trying to shut off a new
Texas oil gusher. Page 3.
on hi3 return to Baltimore from Europe.
Page,2.
Sport.
Shamrock II wa3 out for a trial spin. Page 3.
oecn tor vears past. Tirana aiasier .uiuyu
will retire, and be succeeded by Deputy I Constitution sailed to Bristol so designer could
MAY GO TO PANAMA.
British Ship Amplon Takes on
munition at Victoria.
Am-
VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 27 H. M. S.
Ampion yesterday loaded three scowloads
of ammunition, and the report was current-last
night, although no confirmation
can be obtained, that she hi oten ordered
to prepare to proceed to Panama, and the
torpedo-destroyers Virago and Sparrow
ha"wk are to go with her. The Virago's
boilers have been taken apart, and orders
have been given for work night and day
to hurry the repairs and have the de
stroyer ready to proceed.
New Manajrer of Express Company.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 26. Dixson S.
Elliott has been appointed general man-t
ager of the Great Northern Express Corn-
Grand Master Stoddard, of Texas. Offl
cers under him will each advance one
grade. This will leave one vacancy to
be contested for, the junior grand war
denshlp. A hot skirmish is expected. In
connection with this office, nearly every
grand commander at the conclave is re
garded as a candidate, and a great deal f
seo what changes were necessary. Page 3.
Pacific Const.
A. J. Falknor, of Olympla. Is a candidate
against Representative Cushman for Repub
lican Congressional nomination. Page 4.
Three- prominent "Walla "Walla Republicans pro
test against the appointment of B. D.
Crocker as Collector of Customs. Page 3.
of oulet electioneering was being done The strike at San Francisco presents a few
today. I nW Dnases- Page -1.
The selection of the next meeting place ' Messrs. Newell and Plnchot finish their inspec
for the conclave will be one of the last tlon of Oreson"s arid lands. Page 4.
things to come before the encampment. ' a large sugar beet crop Is expected in South
St. Paul, Milwaukee and San Francisco , eastern "Washington. Page 1.
are making strong bids for the honor, j Formal opening of the Astoria Carnival and
Denver and Cincinnati are also In line, Street Fair. Page 5.
while St. Louis and various cities of New . Commercial and Marine.
England are regarded as possibilities. J wheat drops c per bushel at Chicago. Page
The grand commanderies of the majority j n.
of states 'reached here during the day. , September wj,eat closes lc lower at New York.
The city was a scintillating globe of lights Pare n,
tonight, when festivities of the week , Xew York stock market fearg B future c,Me
were begun at the Custom-House with a ne,s Jn money Page u
reception to grand encampment .officers , Three wheat chartered for Wlnter IoaU.
and ladies. Grand Commander Jefferson,
of Kentucky, made a brief speech of wel
come, to which Grand Master Lloyd re
sponded happily.
Grand Master Reuben Lloyd, of Cali
fornia, and Deputy Grand Master Henry
Bates Stoddard, of Texas, were given an
impromptu reception during the forenoon
because of the accepted slate, which
makes Mr. Stoddard Mr. Lloyd's suc
cessor as grand master of the encamp
ment. The festivities of the conclave will be
gin at 8 P. M when the grand com
mandery of Kentucky and the subord
inate commanderies of the state will give
Ing. Page 10.
The County of Haddington Is about given up
for lost. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Committee of 15 appointed to take charge of
swlmmlns bath fund. Page 12.
Committee appointed to fix time for exchang
ing public school text-books. Page 8.
Michael Berry, noted Colorado burglar, arrest
ed. Page 12.
Telephone lineman falls 35 feet, striking on
his head. Page 12.
Team of horses killed by a live wire. Page 12.
Interior Oregon towns look with favor on
state board of trade. Page 12.
WAVERLY, Wash., Aug. 26.-(Statt
correspondence.) Sugar beets in "this dis
trict will have from present indica
tions, a crop nearly three times -s
large as that of last year. The har
vest will probably yield about 1S.0C0 tor.s
of beets and about 1'tOO tons of suga".
Last year's production amounted to about
COCO tons. Tne land this year devoted tc
bugar beets aggregates about lSirf) acr.
COO acres more than it did last sensn
The crop per acre will be about 9 or 1C
tons. ,
The beets are doing well, but are in
need of rain. A light rainfall would be
very welcome to farmers for, unless In
excess, it would not Interfere with grain
harvest, would lay the heavy dust In the
roads and would clarify and eooi the
atmosphere, bedides aiding beets and other
kinds of vegetation. Farmers m tnis dis
trict are accustomed to rely on an Au
gust rainfall, especially those who culti
vate beets, but no rain has fallen th s
month, except perhaps a local show.r
her and there. A large acreajfe Is given
to cabbabes, onions and fruits, wh.e'i
would be benefited by moisture.
This year's progress in the sugar-beet
Industry shows that the enterprise ii
well adapted to this part of the stttr.
and that It was wisely conceived. Tne
present Is the third season of work with
sugar beets. In the first year little was
accomplished, for the Industry was such
an Innovation that It did not eatch at
once. In the succeeding year a good gtln.
was. made and the practicability of the
fwork demonstrated. What has Deru
achieved so far this year may be taK'n
as a true criterion for the future of
the Industry when the enterprise shall be
fully established.
Must Modify Old Methods.
Farmers have discovered that there te
much to learn In the culture of sugar
beets. It has been necessary to mouVy
the methods pursued in Europe and Cal
ifornia to Eastern Oregon conditions of
soil and climate. The practice of grow
ing beets on high ridges shows itself not
to be a good one, because of acartitj of
moisture. The fact that no artificial for
tlllzlng Is done, or comparatively litt. .
has made It necessary to alter appraeil
methods of olanting. Elsewhere be
yield the highest percentage of sugar
when set eight or "10 Inches apart. "Winn,
further than this the beets overgrow and.
lose the proportion of saccharine mat
ter that is In the smaller size. But In.
this district, experiment has demonstrat
ed that best results are attained when
the plants are from IS to 2! inches apart.
They may thrive more vigorously when
still further apart, but this is yet to be
proved. When the Increased space Is be
tween the plants It Is much easier to cj -tivate
them and weeds, which are te
bane of successful beetgrowns. are more
readily eradicated. Besides the moisture
of the soil Is more economically husband
ed. If one surveys from an eminence th
panorama of fields he will observe that
the plants separated IS inches or moro
are greener than those closer togpther.
Although the former beets grow larger
than the other, the character of the s.oiL
is such as not to detract from their sugtr
yielding Qualities as is the common habit
In other beetgrowing districts.
This district perhaps more than any
other, seems to share the conviction that
Summer fallow is wasteful to the soil.
The efficacy of "rotating" wheat land
with sugar beets, and thus of releas'ng
the soil from the strenuous work hereto
fore put upon It, offers a solution of the
"fallow" question, and a means of profit
while the soil Is repnlrlng. If wheat
fields are planted In beeis and cultivated
they will not only be ridden of the weed
pest, but also will yield an Income anil
save the farmer the cost of their lying
Idle. At the present market price of
wheat beets will produce more profit per
acre than does wheat. The yield tliia
year will be about nine tons per acre and
will probably average 16 per cent sugar
and bring an average of Jfi per ton, or
about $45 per acre. It costs from $U3
to SCO per acre to grow and sell beef?.
Thus the profit per acre Is about 313 or
more, according to how the land Is
worked. With the average yield of whea
per acre it GO bushels, it is seen how
much more profit there ie in beets than.
in wheat. There is no immediate danger
of glutting the beet market, for the WaV
erly plant has capacity for three t!mo3
as many beets as will be received this
year.
Hip?" Proportion of Sujernr.
Heretofore the yield per acre has been
low. on account of the Inexperience of
farmers with beets. Cultivation, is now
much more understood and a higher pro
duction per acre Is the result. The sugar
In the beets has reached a high propor
tion, sometimes over 21 per cent. A per
centage of less than 15 per cent la un
common. The average sugar content of
beets received at Waverly last year was
perhaps the largest In the United States.
At Ogden the percentage was 11.3: at La
Grande. 14.8; and at Waverly, 15.9. All
this shows that the manufacture of bert
sugar is an Important Industry In tha
potentialities of the Inland Empire. And
It is an Industry that opens up a vast
store for the future. '
Sugar beets are In the aggregate still
unripe, and yet they have a large amount
of sugar even now. Analyses made In
the course of the past week show the
following figures:
Sugar. Sugar,
pcrcen! Purity.l per cent. Purl'y.
16.0 S2.6I22.3 86 0
14.4 81.3117.1 S6 3
15.0 87.9(lS.o 84 S
16.7. S7.9I21.S 83.3
17.0'. 81.3
The average figures were about 15 per
cent. Some analyses ran as low as 13 per
cent.
The labor problem Is a serious- one.
White laborers are not available, and
Japanese have been resorted to. In the
words of D. C. Corbln, owner of the
Waverly factory, he simply has to en
gage Japanese or get no laborers. The
wages are not starvation pittances, for a
Japanese can earn from 51 25 up per
day. The same scarcity of labor prevails
throughout the Inland Empire. Wages
have come to be quite as much of a con
sumer of farmers profits as transporta
tion charges and freights. L. M. 3.
Lnwton's Hottest Day.
LAWTON. O. T., Aug. 26. Th ther
mometer reglstere'd 112 degrees here to
day, the hottest of the season. Suffering
and sickness are likely to follow.