Charles F. Saylor. “T'were vain indeed to gild a grief with words." Thus spoke a man whose heart was filled with woe while standing at the bier of one who was his next of kin. The editor of this magazine finds it most difficult to summon words that faintly will express his emotions upon learning of the death of his friend and associate in a common work for many years, Charles F. Saylor. Although the writer knew that Mr. Saylor had been ill for the past two years, a notice of his demise on April 20, 1911, came with a suddenness that was startling indeed. The editor of this publication became acquainted with Mr. Saylor in 1899, shortly after this magazine was founded, and beginning with the first meeting, an intimacy and a friend ship was developed that ripened with the years that followed. Unselfishly a n d without the expectation of reward, he helped this writer and this magazine by cheering words, wise council and timely advice. to win a distinctive place in the trade journal field. He was at once a mentor and a friend who never wavered in his loyalty. Regarding h i s work for the beet sugar industry of the United States, it must be said that no one man has more faith fully served it or helped to perpetuate it than Charles F. Saylor. His reports on the progress of the beet sugar industry in the United States printed annually since 1897 constitute an invaluable library of the history and development of this industry in our country and form a faithful record of the advancement made in sugar beet culture from the first beginnings in America to the present time.
Charles F. Saylor was 54 years old last September. He was born and raised in Polk county, Iowa, and was one of the historic family of that locality. His father. Thomas ]. Saylor, 81 years old, and his mother are still living. The town of Saylorville, Iowa, was named after C. F. Saylor's grandfather, John B. Saylor. Mr. Saylor was married November 25, 1885. to Miss Jennie McFalandIIe leaves a widow and three children, Don Saylor, now in Berkeley, Cal., 25 years old; Helen Saylor. 21 years old, and now in the State University. and Jean Saylor. 10 years old. He also leaves a brother, J. F. Saylor, residing in Spokane, WA. and four sisters. Mrs. A. R. Glaisyer of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. J. N. Mathis of Cheyenne, W'y0., Mrs. W. N. Enterline and Mrs. Charles Blackman of Des Moines. Mr. Saylor’s parents, his four sisters and other members of the family, except Don, were present when he passed away at Des Moines, Iowa, where he lived for many years and where he was held in the very highest esteem. In his capacity as special agent for the United States Department of Agriculture he visited every beet and cane sugar producing section of the United States including Hawaii, Porto Rico, and also Cuba, and because of his genial nature. he won a host of friends. Many touching tributes to Charles F. Saylor have reached this office, among which is the following from a mutual friend residing in Washing ton, D. C.: “Our loss of Saylor's companionship is all the greater because of his powerful personality which held his friends to him with stronger bonds than those of almost any other man I know. In school work, in the early days. in political af fairs. in business and social connections. all down the years Charles was a leader always reliable. None of us had the friends scattered from one end of the country to the other as he did, simply because none of us had the power to hold them for the good we could do them as Charles did. “Although his death came while he was yet in his prime, we certainly can look upon his life as having been a success. for his early work in education was well rounded out and in later years, his work in the beet sugar industry for the Government, has given it an impetus that will cause it to go on expanding down the years." Vc also quote the following, written by Truman G. Palmer: “Probably no one is more capable than am I. of measuring the loss to a growing national industry occasioned by the death of Mr. Charles F. Saylor, who passed away on April 20th. “Mr. Saylor and I have been intimate friends for many years—perhaps no friends more intimate—and with the same general object in view and thrown much together at times, I knew his aims, purposes and ambition. So interested was he in the development of the American beet sugar industry that time and again he sacrificed his personal interests in order to further those of the industry he served, and in his death this industry loses one of its ablest supporters and most effective workers. “Not only was Mr. Saylor an enthusiastic friend and worker in the interest of the beet sugar industry, but he both merited and possessed the confidence and friendship of practically every one of prominence connected with it. "For fourteen years he has prepared an annual report, ‘Progress of the Beet Sugar Industry in the United States’ and the collection of data for these reports brought him in frequent personal contact with the various factory managements, as well as with the sugar producers of Porto Rico, Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands. “When in 1896 the American people elected William McKinley President of the United States, they elected an enthusiastic supporter of the policy of producing at home the sugar we consume, and when McKinley appointed as his Secretary of Agriculture that much beloved and far seeing agricultural economist, James Wilson, of Iowa, be appointed an enthusiastic advocate of the home sugar production policy. “No sooner had Wilson accepted the portfolio of agriculture than he began to plan for the development of the home beet sugar industry. The tariff bill of july, 1897. provided protection for this industry, and believing that under this protection it would increase rapidly, the first and most important measure that Wilson decided upon was an annual report to be devoted exclusively to this industry. The next most important thing was to secure the right man to collect the data and write the report and Charles F. Saylor, his life-long friend and staunch sup porter when Wilson was President of the Iowa State Agricultural College and Saylor a member of the Board, was his first choice. "Saylor accepted the call and has stood as high in the confidence of the Secretary as any man in the Department. At the time this work was inaugurated, we were produc ing 40,000 tons of sugar from beets annually; today we are producing 500,000 tons. At that time we had a paltry two or three millions invested in the industry and now we have $100,000,000 invested in it. At that time the annual amount secured by farmers from the sale of beets was but $1,500,000, while now it is $22,000,000. At that time there were but six beet sugar factories located in three states of the Union, while today there are sixty seven factories, located in sixteen states and six additional plants in course of Construction. “In all this phenomenal growth, the fourteen years’ work of Charles F. Saylor was a factor of unquestionable value and influence, and it forms a monument of which his family and friends may well be proud. “The chair is vacant: his place has not been filled. In due course his successor will be appointed. his chair will be occupied, but it is doubtful if the place of Charles F. Saylor ever will be filled. His death is a distinct loss to the material interests of the nation and to the American beet sugar industry, a personal and a departmental loss to the Secretary of Agriculture, and a heartfelt loss to his innumerable friends who extend from ocean to ocean.
Source:
American Sugar Industry and Beet Sugar Gazette: Volume 13 1911
Provided by researcher Capt (#47510447)
Charles F. Saylor was 54 years old last September. He was born and raised in Polk county, Iowa, and was one of the historic family of that locality. His father. Thomas ]. Saylor, 81 years old, and his mother are still living. The town of Saylorville, Iowa, was named after C. F. Saylor's grandfather, John B. Saylor. Mr. Saylor was married November 25, 1885. to Miss Jennie McFalandIIe leaves a widow and three children, Don Saylor, now in Berkeley, Cal., 25 years old; Helen Saylor. 21 years old, and now in the State University. and Jean Saylor. 10 years old. He also leaves a brother, J. F. Saylor, residing in Spokane, WA. and four sisters. Mrs. A. R. Glaisyer of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. J. N. Mathis of Cheyenne, W'y0., Mrs. W. N. Enterline and Mrs. Charles Blackman of Des Moines. Mr. Saylor’s parents, his four sisters and other members of the family, except Don, were present when he passed away at Des Moines, Iowa, where he lived for many years and where he was held in the very highest esteem. In his capacity as special agent for the United States Department of Agriculture he visited every beet and cane sugar producing section of the United States including Hawaii, Porto Rico, and also Cuba, and because of his genial nature. he won a host of friends. Many touching tributes to Charles F. Saylor have reached this office, among which is the following from a mutual friend residing in Washing ton, D. C.: “Our loss of Saylor's companionship is all the greater because of his powerful personality which held his friends to him with stronger bonds than those of almost any other man I know. In school work, in the early days. in political af fairs. in business and social connections. all down the years Charles was a leader always reliable. None of us had the friends scattered from one end of the country to the other as he did, simply because none of us had the power to hold them for the good we could do them as Charles did. “Although his death came while he was yet in his prime, we certainly can look upon his life as having been a success. for his early work in education was well rounded out and in later years, his work in the beet sugar industry for the Government, has given it an impetus that will cause it to go on expanding down the years." Vc also quote the following, written by Truman G. Palmer: “Probably no one is more capable than am I. of measuring the loss to a growing national industry occasioned by the death of Mr. Charles F. Saylor, who passed away on April 20th. “Mr. Saylor and I have been intimate friends for many years—perhaps no friends more intimate—and with the same general object in view and thrown much together at times, I knew his aims, purposes and ambition. So interested was he in the development of the American beet sugar industry that time and again he sacrificed his personal interests in order to further those of the industry he served, and in his death this industry loses one of its ablest supporters and most effective workers. “Not only was Mr. Saylor an enthusiastic friend and worker in the interest of the beet sugar industry, but he both merited and possessed the confidence and friendship of practically every one of prominence connected with it. "For fourteen years he has prepared an annual report, ‘Progress of the Beet Sugar Industry in the United States’ and the collection of data for these reports brought him in frequent personal contact with the various factory managements, as well as with the sugar producers of Porto Rico, Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands. “When in 1896 the American people elected William McKinley President of the United States, they elected an enthusiastic supporter of the policy of producing at home the sugar we consume, and when McKinley appointed as his Secretary of Agriculture that much beloved and far seeing agricultural economist, James Wilson, of Iowa, be appointed an enthusiastic advocate of the home sugar production policy. “No sooner had Wilson accepted the portfolio of agriculture than he began to plan for the development of the home beet sugar industry. The tariff bill of july, 1897. provided protection for this industry, and believing that under this protection it would increase rapidly, the first and most important measure that Wilson decided upon was an annual report to be devoted exclusively to this industry. The next most important thing was to secure the right man to collect the data and write the report and Charles F. Saylor, his life-long friend and staunch sup porter when Wilson was President of the Iowa State Agricultural College and Saylor a member of the Board, was his first choice. "Saylor accepted the call and has stood as high in the confidence of the Secretary as any man in the Department. At the time this work was inaugurated, we were produc ing 40,000 tons of sugar from beets annually; today we are producing 500,000 tons. At that time we had a paltry two or three millions invested in the industry and now we have $100,000,000 invested in it. At that time the annual amount secured by farmers from the sale of beets was but $1,500,000, while now it is $22,000,000. At that time there were but six beet sugar factories located in three states of the Union, while today there are sixty seven factories, located in sixteen states and six additional plants in course of Construction. “In all this phenomenal growth, the fourteen years’ work of Charles F. Saylor was a factor of unquestionable value and influence, and it forms a monument of which his family and friends may well be proud. “The chair is vacant: his place has not been filled. In due course his successor will be appointed. his chair will be occupied, but it is doubtful if the place of Charles F. Saylor ever will be filled. His death is a distinct loss to the material interests of the nation and to the American beet sugar industry, a personal and a departmental loss to the Secretary of Agriculture, and a heartfelt loss to his innumerable friends who extend from ocean to ocean.
Source:
American Sugar Industry and Beet Sugar Gazette: Volume 13 1911
Provided by researcher Capt (#47510447)
Charles F. Saylor. “T'were vain indeed to gild a grief with words." Thus spoke a man whose heart was filled with woe while standing at the bier of one who was his next of kin. The editor of this magazine finds it most difficult to summon words that faintly will express his emotions upon learning of the death of his friend and associate in a common work for many years, Charles F. Saylor. Although the writer knew that Mr. Saylor had been ill for the past two years, a notice of his demise on April 20, 1911, came with a suddenness that was startling indeed. The editor of this publication became acquainted with Mr. Saylor in 1899, shortly after this magazine was founded, and beginning with the first meeting, an intimacy and a friend ship was developed that ripened with the years that followed. Unselfishly a n d without the expectation of reward, he helped this writer and this magazine by cheering words, wise council and timely advice. to win a distinctive place in the trade journal field. He was at once a mentor and a friend who never wavered in his loyalty. Regarding h i s work for the beet sugar industry of the United States, it must be said that no one man has more faith fully served it or helped to perpetuate it than Charles F. Saylor. His reports on the progress of the beet sugar industry in the United States printed annually since 1897 constitute an invaluable library of the history and development of this industry in our country and form a faithful record of the advancement made in sugar beet culture from the first beginnings in America to the present time.
Charles F. Saylor was 54 years old last September. He was born and raised in Polk county, Iowa, and was one of the historic family of that locality. His father. Thomas ]. Saylor, 81 years old, and his mother are still living. The town of Saylorville, Iowa, was named after C. F. Saylor's grandfather, John B. Saylor. Mr. Saylor was married November 25, 1885. to Miss Jennie McFalandIIe leaves a widow and three children, Don Saylor, now in Berkeley, Cal., 25 years old; Helen Saylor. 21 years old, and now in the State University. and Jean Saylor. 10 years old. He also leaves a brother, J. F. Saylor, residing in Spokane, WA. and four sisters. Mrs. A. R. Glaisyer of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. J. N. Mathis of Cheyenne, W'y0., Mrs. W. N. Enterline and Mrs. Charles Blackman of Des Moines. Mr. Saylor’s parents, his four sisters and other members of the family, except Don, were present when he passed away at Des Moines, Iowa, where he lived for many years and where he was held in the very highest esteem. In his capacity as special agent for the United States Department of Agriculture he visited every beet and cane sugar producing section of the United States including Hawaii, Porto Rico, and also Cuba, and because of his genial nature. he won a host of friends. Many touching tributes to Charles F. Saylor have reached this office, among which is the following from a mutual friend residing in Washing ton, D. C.: “Our loss of Saylor's companionship is all the greater because of his powerful personality which held his friends to him with stronger bonds than those of almost any other man I know. In school work, in the early days. in political af fairs. in business and social connections. all down the years Charles was a leader always reliable. None of us had the friends scattered from one end of the country to the other as he did, simply because none of us had the power to hold them for the good we could do them as Charles did. “Although his death came while he was yet in his prime, we certainly can look upon his life as having been a success. for his early work in education was well rounded out and in later years, his work in the beet sugar industry for the Government, has given it an impetus that will cause it to go on expanding down the years." Vc also quote the following, written by Truman G. Palmer: “Probably no one is more capable than am I. of measuring the loss to a growing national industry occasioned by the death of Mr. Charles F. Saylor, who passed away on April 20th. “Mr. Saylor and I have been intimate friends for many years—perhaps no friends more intimate—and with the same general object in view and thrown much together at times, I knew his aims, purposes and ambition. So interested was he in the development of the American beet sugar industry that time and again he sacrificed his personal interests in order to further those of the industry he served, and in his death this industry loses one of its ablest supporters and most effective workers. “Not only was Mr. Saylor an enthusiastic friend and worker in the interest of the beet sugar industry, but he both merited and possessed the confidence and friendship of practically every one of prominence connected with it. "For fourteen years he has prepared an annual report, ‘Progress of the Beet Sugar Industry in the United States’ and the collection of data for these reports brought him in frequent personal contact with the various factory managements, as well as with the sugar producers of Porto Rico, Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands. “When in 1896 the American people elected William McKinley President of the United States, they elected an enthusiastic supporter of the policy of producing at home the sugar we consume, and when McKinley appointed as his Secretary of Agriculture that much beloved and far seeing agricultural economist, James Wilson, of Iowa, be appointed an enthusiastic advocate of the home sugar production policy. “No sooner had Wilson accepted the portfolio of agriculture than he began to plan for the development of the home beet sugar industry. The tariff bill of july, 1897. provided protection for this industry, and believing that under this protection it would increase rapidly, the first and most important measure that Wilson decided upon was an annual report to be devoted exclusively to this industry. The next most important thing was to secure the right man to collect the data and write the report and Charles F. Saylor, his life-long friend and staunch sup porter when Wilson was President of the Iowa State Agricultural College and Saylor a member of the Board, was his first choice. "Saylor accepted the call and has stood as high in the confidence of the Secretary as any man in the Department. At the time this work was inaugurated, we were produc ing 40,000 tons of sugar from beets annually; today we are producing 500,000 tons. At that time we had a paltry two or three millions invested in the industry and now we have $100,000,000 invested in it. At that time the annual amount secured by farmers from the sale of beets was but $1,500,000, while now it is $22,000,000. At that time there were but six beet sugar factories located in three states of the Union, while today there are sixty seven factories, located in sixteen states and six additional plants in course of Construction. “In all this phenomenal growth, the fourteen years’ work of Charles F. Saylor was a factor of unquestionable value and influence, and it forms a monument of which his family and friends may well be proud. “The chair is vacant: his place has not been filled. In due course his successor will be appointed. his chair will be occupied, but it is doubtful if the place of Charles F. Saylor ever will be filled. His death is a distinct loss to the material interests of the nation and to the American beet sugar industry, a personal and a departmental loss to the Secretary of Agriculture, and a heartfelt loss to his innumerable friends who extend from ocean to ocean.
Source:
American Sugar Industry and Beet Sugar Gazette: Volume 13 1911
Provided by researcher Capt (#47510447)
Charles F. Saylor was 54 years old last September. He was born and raised in Polk county, Iowa, and was one of the historic family of that locality. His father. Thomas ]. Saylor, 81 years old, and his mother are still living. The town of Saylorville, Iowa, was named after C. F. Saylor's grandfather, John B. Saylor. Mr. Saylor was married November 25, 1885. to Miss Jennie McFalandIIe leaves a widow and three children, Don Saylor, now in Berkeley, Cal., 25 years old; Helen Saylor. 21 years old, and now in the State University. and Jean Saylor. 10 years old. He also leaves a brother, J. F. Saylor, residing in Spokane, WA. and four sisters. Mrs. A. R. Glaisyer of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. J. N. Mathis of Cheyenne, W'y0., Mrs. W. N. Enterline and Mrs. Charles Blackman of Des Moines. Mr. Saylor’s parents, his four sisters and other members of the family, except Don, were present when he passed away at Des Moines, Iowa, where he lived for many years and where he was held in the very highest esteem. In his capacity as special agent for the United States Department of Agriculture he visited every beet and cane sugar producing section of the United States including Hawaii, Porto Rico, and also Cuba, and because of his genial nature. he won a host of friends. Many touching tributes to Charles F. Saylor have reached this office, among which is the following from a mutual friend residing in Washing ton, D. C.: “Our loss of Saylor's companionship is all the greater because of his powerful personality which held his friends to him with stronger bonds than those of almost any other man I know. In school work, in the early days. in political af fairs. in business and social connections. all down the years Charles was a leader always reliable. None of us had the friends scattered from one end of the country to the other as he did, simply because none of us had the power to hold them for the good we could do them as Charles did. “Although his death came while he was yet in his prime, we certainly can look upon his life as having been a success. for his early work in education was well rounded out and in later years, his work in the beet sugar industry for the Government, has given it an impetus that will cause it to go on expanding down the years." Vc also quote the following, written by Truman G. Palmer: “Probably no one is more capable than am I. of measuring the loss to a growing national industry occasioned by the death of Mr. Charles F. Saylor, who passed away on April 20th. “Mr. Saylor and I have been intimate friends for many years—perhaps no friends more intimate—and with the same general object in view and thrown much together at times, I knew his aims, purposes and ambition. So interested was he in the development of the American beet sugar industry that time and again he sacrificed his personal interests in order to further those of the industry he served, and in his death this industry loses one of its ablest supporters and most effective workers. “Not only was Mr. Saylor an enthusiastic friend and worker in the interest of the beet sugar industry, but he both merited and possessed the confidence and friendship of practically every one of prominence connected with it. "For fourteen years he has prepared an annual report, ‘Progress of the Beet Sugar Industry in the United States’ and the collection of data for these reports brought him in frequent personal contact with the various factory managements, as well as with the sugar producers of Porto Rico, Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands. “When in 1896 the American people elected William McKinley President of the United States, they elected an enthusiastic supporter of the policy of producing at home the sugar we consume, and when McKinley appointed as his Secretary of Agriculture that much beloved and far seeing agricultural economist, James Wilson, of Iowa, be appointed an enthusiastic advocate of the home sugar production policy. “No sooner had Wilson accepted the portfolio of agriculture than he began to plan for the development of the home beet sugar industry. The tariff bill of july, 1897. provided protection for this industry, and believing that under this protection it would increase rapidly, the first and most important measure that Wilson decided upon was an annual report to be devoted exclusively to this industry. The next most important thing was to secure the right man to collect the data and write the report and Charles F. Saylor, his life-long friend and staunch sup porter when Wilson was President of the Iowa State Agricultural College and Saylor a member of the Board, was his first choice. "Saylor accepted the call and has stood as high in the confidence of the Secretary as any man in the Department. At the time this work was inaugurated, we were produc ing 40,000 tons of sugar from beets annually; today we are producing 500,000 tons. At that time we had a paltry two or three millions invested in the industry and now we have $100,000,000 invested in it. At that time the annual amount secured by farmers from the sale of beets was but $1,500,000, while now it is $22,000,000. At that time there were but six beet sugar factories located in three states of the Union, while today there are sixty seven factories, located in sixteen states and six additional plants in course of Construction. “In all this phenomenal growth, the fourteen years’ work of Charles F. Saylor was a factor of unquestionable value and influence, and it forms a monument of which his family and friends may well be proud. “The chair is vacant: his place has not been filled. In due course his successor will be appointed. his chair will be occupied, but it is doubtful if the place of Charles F. Saylor ever will be filled. His death is a distinct loss to the material interests of the nation and to the American beet sugar industry, a personal and a departmental loss to the Secretary of Agriculture, and a heartfelt loss to his innumerable friends who extend from ocean to ocean.
Source:
American Sugar Industry and Beet Sugar Gazette: Volume 13 1911
Provided by researcher Capt (#47510447)
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