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1 TUMBLES PRICES
CHICAGO, Feb. 13. Stop loss
BClliiiR of wheat today led to a wild
downward swing- in prices. Weak
ness developed right at the outset,
but did not become extreme until the
approach of the finnl hour of the
pesslon. At thnt time a violent, lurch
tobk place and the market crashed to
a point 8V& under Thursday bight's
close, Slay gomjj to as low as $1.50
a bushel, whereas the price not many
days ago wns $1.07.
Trade was on a largo scale and
individual operations were lost count
of completely. Ilcioro tho excitement
was fairly checked, another cent had
in porno eases been clipped from
prices and Stay wheat sold nt $$1.40
with July down G'fc at $1.28.
Almost complete stoppage of ex
port demand from tho United States
for the time being appeared to form
tho main cause of tho general fitnm
pedo to sell.
The worst of the semi-panic was
over in fifteen minutes, but the mar
ket remained extremely nervous up
to tho closing gong. Shorts buying
to realize profits helped to rally 'the
market somewhat in tho finnl deal
ings. Tho close was 5 to 5lfc to 5Vi
down, a compared with Thursday
night, May finishing at lo-lVi and
July nt $1.29 to $1.30.
OF MERE INVASION
UERL1N, Feb. 13. Tho morning
pntiern hail tho victory in East Prus
sia particularly as removing further
danger of an invasion of that prov
ince. They point to tho Russian re
port of the battlo as an indication
of tho complctcncbR of the defeat as
it admits (hat the HuBssiniiH arc fall
ing hack to tho protection of their
chain of fortresses.
Tho Victory iu esjiecinlly prized be
caiiHo of tho frustration of plans for
a strong offonsivo which tho Huh
riinim aro believed to have been pre
paring in thejs region.
The capture of 23,000 prisoners,
rejMjrtod in the German official com
munication, means that practically an
entire army corps has been put out of
tho fighting. The fact that tho niun
Uer of guns captured is comparatively
Kiiiall is commented on in some nunr-
tcrt as indicating that tho Russians
who arc said already to have lost a
third of their artillery through capture
art now insufficiently equipped in
tlilfr ami of the service.
VANCOUVER. Ri C. Feb. 13.-
Throo Chincso aro dead and" thrco aro
in a hospital as a result of a New
Year shpotiug affray which took
pJioo today in an Oriental rooming
hoiiBo of Ponder btieet East. Chin
fluek killed Ciin Ham and Chin
Ckowgr. He, was himself killed by
jwNpiHg from tho second story win
Jew of tho place in Market alley,
wb'ere he landed on his back. The
wawwled are ChUs-Gum, shot in tho
riw; CMh Hawk, ankle bones fthat
tord,' and Chin Wjng, shot tirough
TJie shooting followed a nibt of
mummm and oelwiratum ol the
BRIEF
PANIC
REMOVES
DANGER
CELEBRATION
Gtwm w yw,
LEGISLATIVE
HE lbgislnturo is not nmkhig n very onvinbto record.
So fat' all lecislittioii cnactetl has btion trivial or de
structive, The economies effected consist of tbo abolition
of boards like the state immigration bureau, tlutt asked no
appropriation tliis sessiou, and of tbo state conservation
commission, which called for no money and which, com
posed of "public-spirited cranks like J. N. Teal and C. B.
Watson, Who paid their own expenses and gave freely of
their time, whose work litis been the compilation of tho
Oregon -Vatcr code, said to be the best in any state, and
other laws for the public good. Other economics wore tho
curtailment of heeded improvements in the state insane?
asylum, the proposed abandonment of the girls' industrial
school and similar stato institutions.
The sdssioii began with a flood of bills to abolish most
of the cohstructivc legislation of tho past decade, which
forced a scurrying to the vapitol of persons from all parts
of the state. Board after board, which secures no appro
priation And is sclf-snstaiuing, whose members draw no
salary and servo frbnl a sense of public duty, was attacked
under the slogan of economy yet when this economical
nightmare is Over it is questionable whether any real econ
omies have been" effected.
Some orchiirdist near 'Oorvallis who did not pay
attention to his groVb had soiiic peach trees out down by
beavers, with the result that the lovcr house has passed
a law exempting the almost extinct benvef from protec
tion. ThO present law gives n laful-owiier the right to ex
terminate beavef on his land, provided destructive work is
being done, on permit from the game warden.
But while the legislators
upon constructive legislation, while they are throttling the
development of the state by killing proposed reclamation
projects and defeating an increased levy for State high
ways, while doing their best to retard the progress of the
statej tney nave ueen removing me saieguaras 01 uiu peo
ple from the encroachments of monopoly.
A strentlous effort is under way to amend the compen
sation law for the benefit of the liability companies. A
vicious bill is pending (II. B.
of passage, which presents the
A a
gon to private concerns, jv paving uni nas ueen ueuuieu a
week, that destroys competition in paving bids and re
moves from county courts the right to award contracts
according to their best judgment.
The house has passed II. B. 351, to enable water-power
companies to control all the unused water power of the
state. This bill, with II. B. 319, enables private monopoly
to grab and hold valuable power sites, conferring the right
to condemn and take any piece of land belonging to peo
ple, state or federal government, which might have been
reserved for use in connection with the development of
water power needed by municipalities. The object is to
secure for a song property worth millions.
The quarter-oC-a-ccnt savers have passed a bill through
both houses cutting the county commissioners' salary
from $4 to $3 per day. The house has passed a bill restor
ing to the sheriff the tax-collecting duty, rather than raise
the treasurer's office to adequate pay for the work per
formed. And while these momentous penny economies are
being effected, the door is thrown wide open for the theft
of millions of the public domain.
No wonder the people are getting to view the legisla
ture as a biennial nuisance and sigh for its abolition.
THE SHIP PURCHASE BILL
WHY is the administration so set in favor of the ship
purchase bill?
Becauso it offers the only practical solution of the
problem before the nation of securing an adequate mer
chant marine and the only relief possible for the manufac
turer and shipper froln the extortions ol? the shipping
monopoly.
Since the civil war the nation has wailed Tor a mer
chant marine and the ship builders have refused to comply
With the demand. They have- tried to force a subsidy and
l'cfuscd ships until the' subsidy was forthcoming.
"Why should the people pay a subsidy when they cau
own and operate its own ships? Why is a $30,000,000 sub
sidy to private monopoly right, and a $30,000,000 appropri
ation for government-owned ships wrong?
While the people waited for the shipping trust to fur
nish the ships, and the shipping trust waited for subsidy,
American commerce has been seized by foreign owners.
And now the war has forced the issue. Foreign ships are
lacking, American conllnerce languishing. Our manufac
turers are unable to take advantage of the new markets or
to supply the old. And the shipping trust still clamors
for subsidy.
It is the old story .of private monopoly seeking special
legislation and opposing any move that means relief to the
people and the administration again is firm for the
people.
Half a Million
(From the Omaha Hee.)
Tho sugar factory of Scdttsblutf
closed up the job ot slicing beets at
2 o'clock itdnday, finishing tho big
gest crop of the beat beets over
grown In the North Piatto valley or
Nebraska. As is usual on such oc
casions tho factory whlstlo Is blown
for a half hour, Manager Simmons
says that in many way this has boon
tho most satisfactory yar slnco tho
factory was established,
Ono million, four hundred thous
and dollars waf paid to the beet
growers of tho Scott's Bluff country.
Two hundred and ton thousand tons
woro aliped at the Scotts Dluff fac
tory, and about 40.000 taken to other
factories. The campaign has lasted
ii7 days of 24 hours each, and 700
men lmvti botitl oinploycd iu tho mill,
Atter a shjjrt rst tho greater part of
1WTODF0R1 MATE TRIBUNE.
ECONOMY
are swinging tue Hammer
327), which has a good chance'
streams and rivers ot Ure-
Ml 1. 1 J 1 X 1.
J
Bags of Sugar
theso will go to boot fields for tho
summer. Tho crop grown In this vi
cinity for 1914 la tho largest grown
under any ono supervision In tho
United States tho last souson. and
there was less waste, acreage; the
beets wero better taken care of. Tho
tonnago per acre was larger and the
sugar content better than any prev
ious year. Tho total output which
exceeds 500,000 bags, will fill 1000
freight cars.
With If edford trade la MMUord made.
John A. Perl
UNDERTAKER
Lady Assistant
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MEDFORP. OTCKflON, RATUftPAY, VraifflTJARY 13,
Sugar Beets, Tlieir Products and
Bi-Products
Tho following article was written
by l.vsllo Froudouthal, a lfi-year-old
high school student nt Jackvouvtlle,
Tho subject was assigned Monday and
tho paper rend Friday. His standing
throughout tho week was oxcollontt
Tho raising of beets tor sugar In
a dovclupment ot recent times. This
Industry has grown so rapidly that
now much more sugar Is mndo from
beets than from cane. It is Impos
sible to toll whether sugar Is mado
from beets, or cano cither by appear
ance or tnsto, but It wo could taste
the raw sugar wo could tell very eas
ily, for tho boot sugar has a very dls
agreeablo odor and tnsto which Is
removed by refining.
Tho history ot beet sugar Is very
Interesting. It was not discovered
by accident llko so many ot our use
ful products arc, but It was tho re
sult ot years ot painstaking, unsuc
cessful, and costly experiments. A
Gorman apothecary first discovered
tho prrsenco ot sugnr In beets In
1747, and soon both French and Her
man chemists wore at work trying to
devise some method, to extract tho
sugar from tho beets cheaply enough
to bo commit Icrylbaprootaolnshrdl
to bo commercially profitable. Tho
problem offered great difficulties for
It Is hard to got rid of certain Im
purities In tho Juice ot tho beet.
They made no great success until af
ter tho beginning of the nineteenth
century, when a now Impetus was
given to tho work.
England and France wore at this
tlmo at war, and as ports were block
aded by hostllo fleets, the prlcei of
all products were of course greatly
raised. Sugar was selling at from
$1 to $2 a pound, aud knowing well
tbat the sugar beet would grow In
French soil. Napoleon offered a prlxe
to any one who would demonstrate
how sugar could profitably bo made
from Its Juice. Tho result wai that
before tho close of the first half of
tho century tho beet sugar Industry
grew to bo of great Importance In
both Franco and Gormany.
Its growth In the United States has
been mora recent, but during the
past few years very rapid Indeed.
This rapid development has beon
largely duo to tho aid given by the
department of agriculture, of our fed
eral government, and of our various
stato govorntncnti. They havo estab
lished experiment stations where
crops of boots bare been raised, and
sugar extracted by the best, and
cheapest methods. They havo sent
seed to tho farrtiors and otherwise
aided In familiarizing tho pcoplo
with this now crop. Tho states which J
aro foremost In tho production of
beet sugar aro California, Michigan,
Colorado, Utah and Nebraska and the
Industry Is growing rapidly, both In
theso and In other states.
Thoro aro two sides to tho propo
sition ot boct sugar growing and
manufacture. That of tho farmer
and that ot tho manufacturer. Tho
difficulties of tho farmer may first
be considered. To bogln with ho Is
unacquainted with tho mothods of
cultivating tho sugar beet plant, and
his first cxpcrlenco usually proves un
satisfactory. Ho Is accustomed to
certain methods In fnrmlng, and Is
not Inclined to listen to Ihoso who
know how to raise sugar beets. Ho
thinks from his long experience at
farming ho knows how lo farm, and
eventually he finds out his mistake.
Ho finds that In growing ugnr beets
ho must apply principles In many
cases the reverse of IhosO necessary
In other crops. For Inslanco ho has
been accusldmcd to growing largo
cars of corn, large hogs and largo
stoors, but In tho case of sugar boots
ho finds that the first question Is not
ono of size, but ot quality. Ho must
grow beets of a certain size, purity,
and sugar content. In order to 'ac
complish this he must glTe careful at
tention to the work of preparing tho
land, planting tho seed, bunching,
thinning, and cultivating.
In tho first place he must havo a
rich soil, and the proper rain condU
lions ot the proper lime. There can
be no general fixed rules applying to
the kinds and application of fertiliz
ers, There aro however some things
settled about growing' sugar buets.
Tho ground should' generally lio
plowed deep, and In most Instances
sub-soiled: Deforo tho seed J"
planted tho ground must1 be thorough
fy pulverized by harrowjng and roll
ing, even If the surfucq has to bo af
terward rougheaed, as It must In Ne
braska. The ground must bo moist
onough, to germlnato tho seed. Tho
seed Is planted at depths ot fropi half
an Inch to two Inches, by machines
which will sow and cover several
'rows at onco. Tho beets must bo
planted near enough togethor to pro-
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duco a boot of a certain size. Tho
slzo and quality of tho boct depend on
tho right kind ot spacing. Tho boots
must bo thoroughly cultivated, hoed,
and hand weeded, because cultiva
tion lends to consorvo tho moisture
ot tho soil, ami clean floldH pormlt
tnvorable action of Hunshlne and nlr,
This cIoko cultivation Bhouhl ho kopt
up until tho beet tops thoroughly
shado tho ground, and reach n slto
where It would bo Injurious to oper
ate among them further with a plow
and hoe.
Harvesting Is delayed as lato ns
pooslblo, for ns In tho rano of cano
tho sugar forms most rapidly as tho
plant approaches maturity. Tho beets
are plowed looso, and then pulled by
hand. Hoys nro employed- to "top"
them after which thoy nro sont to the
factory. U that la too full to receive
them, thoy aro piled up nnd covered
with the tups or with n layer of solf,
Tho problem of correct preservation
has not yet beon solved, ns thero Is
danger from both sweating and freez
ing. A flold by tho factory Is filled with
large boxes or trenches, Into which
tho farmers shovel thotr wagon loads
ot beets. Tho largo tronch or box
IS bottomed with looso boards, nnd
under tho boards Is a cemented or
paved flumo for running water. Tho
beets now Ito In tho upper trench as
thoy camo from tho farm. Of course
some soil ndhorea to them.
Warm wasto water Is let Into tho
under ditch or flumo. and this lifts
tho looso boards. The beets fall
down and go toward the factory. At
the factory they fall Into buckets or
tho rim of n wheel and nro carried
Into tho washlng-nugur, which ro
volves In an Iron trough. As the
bents are forced along thoy become
clean. At the end of tho trough they
fall Into buckets and- ascend to tho
top of tho building, drying as they
go. Arriving at the top tho beets
fall into nn automatic weigher, which
tips nt hnlf n ton, registers, and drops
Itq hair ton Into tho sllcer.
Tho sllcer Is on tho floor abovo tho
diffusion battery. It Is a largo disc,
on which aro knives of various shape.
Theso rovolvo under tho mass of
beets and cut them Into flakes, thrco
sixteenths ot nn Inch thick,
A revolving chute from tho sllcer
fills tall upright cyllndora with clean
sliced roots. The contents of each
will weigh two or thrco tons. Klght
of these cylinders stand In n series,
while two or four others aro out of
service, getting rendy to take places
In tho actlvo series. I'uro water
flows Into cylinder No. 1 which has
beon longest in operation, and has
tho least sugar remaining In tho
beets. When No. 1 Is practically ex
haustcd of sacharoso, It Is discon
nected, and No. 2 becomes No. 1,
and tho fresh cylinder becomes No.
8. Tho water goes from cylinder to
cylinder acquiring sweetness ns It
goes, neforo It Is urged Into the
last cyllndor It Is heated nnd passes
under pressuro among tho fresh boets
becoming thick and rich with sugar
In fact tho water that comes from
No. 8 Is 50 per cent sugar, and- Is froo
of tho nitrogen, flbrlne, sulphur,
potash, sodium and calcium that nre
tho especial results of any crushing
or macoratlng process.
Tho sticky chocolate colored liquid
now goes In troughs to, a strainer, and
thence to n vat. Fermentation bo
glns at once. To romovo or noulral
Ixo the acldir, carbonic acid and
barytos. milk of llmo, or phosphoric
acid may bo added and heat appllod,
or the Julco may be passed through
the fumes of burning sulphur.
Tho Juice goes Into clnrlflers (that
In Iron kottlos holding flvo hundred
gallons) ono ot tho beforo mentioned
acids aro added to tho warm Juice,
and tho heat is further raised to less
than 200 degrees. A thick scum
rises, and thua what Is called tho do
facatlon of the Julco Is effected.
Tho clarified Julco then flows Into
tho vaeumn pan. It Is a vacuum,
but not a pan for tho vesosl In spher
ical, with copper steam colls In tho
bottom. A glass window permits tho
liquid to bo seen, and electric lights
make the Interior still nloro plainly
visible An air pump tnd condennor
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R aud iOc. tils lleeUi o a 10c
1015
romovo the nlr, nnd tho Julco bolls
with loss heat thnu ill J dogrnon and
with loss agitation thnn In tho open
nlr. When tho molecules of sugar
begin to form Into crystals tho charge
Is dumped Into tho mlxor.
Tho mixer Is n long (tough, In
which a shaft rovolven, On tho
abaft are stool arms that play In tho
sugar, beating tho crystals apart, and
bringing them uonr other molecules
still unattnehed. When tho grain or
crystal In of thu right size It goes to
tho cuutrlfugal,
Tho centrifugal machine In a ket
tle shaped vessel, In which tho wet
sugar Is placed, and which revolves
1200 times n mliiuto, Its sides nro
lined with brass gauze. Tho thin
parts or the sugar nro heaviest nnd
they fly upward to the gauzo aud nut
ward In tho form of molnnses. Ho
malnlng In tho kottlo In dry white
sugar, which Is tho sweet cofroo of
our tables. It Is a beet sugar In
many respects, but does not comieto
with tho populnr granulated sugnr of
our great refineries.
Hogsheads of unripe or unfit sugar
together with molasses arrive In vast
quantities at tho refineries. Tho
material goes to tho top floor whnro
It Is dlsaolvcd In hot water, nnd
boiled In pnns or blow-ups with steam
colls. From theso pans or blow-ups
the syrup pnitm-n through from r0 to
200 cloth filters heated by steam.
These hot bags retain many Impuri
ties but do not remove tho yellow
color.
Now the real refining begins. Tho
syrup passes through CO foot of bone
black with which cyllndurn f.O reel
high nre rilled. Tho syrup may no bo
treated ns It was at tho cano mill,
or It may be run Into numerable small
molds standing In rows. Its crystals
arc larger, have a higher glaze, and
possess greater adhesive power among
themselves.
Mine-cake Is another by-product ot
the sugar beet. It Is mod In tho con
struction ot pavements, roofing, etc ,
by drying, pulverizing aud mixing
with asphnltum.
In Uuropo efforts hnvo beon mado
to utilize the seed stalks by chopping
them up, and mixing them with somo
of tho waste molasses for stock food,
but owing to their fibrous condition
this nttompl proved unsuccessful.
Other waste materials nro waste
water, tho old filter cldth, discarded
rubber bolting, nnd gunny sneks. Tho
water .Is very seldom used, except to
wash rilkail out of tho ground, for Ir
rigation purposes, or to wash tho
pulp and llmo enko away fro hi the
factory.
' Tho cloth In sometimes sold to
nursery men for wrapping purposes.
Itubhcr belting finds ready salo as
brako-block lining, and for rubber
rccovory.
The itnrks, that tho seed arrive In,
of which there nro not less than 1000
yearly, are sold to surrounding far
mers and other dealers at a Very low
price, for It would not bo economy
to ship thoih back lo Kuropo to bo ro
filled with seed.
As it Is cheaper to ralso tho boots
In tho vicinity of tho factory, you can
seo largo fields near tho factory de
voted to that Industry. From three
to five thousand acres of t beets aro
necessary to Insure product enough
for ono factory. The sugnr making
season comes after the harvesting nnd
louts for threo months or more. At
tho end of thin tlmo tho factory Is Idle
savo for necessary repairs or Im
provements. It costs nn nverago of $30 to pro
duco an aero of beets, nnd tho net pro
fits amount from $18 to $2C per acre
and sometimes much more, hotter re
sults depending on soil aud skill ot
raiser.
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