The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-03-26
Beet Sugar Manufacture.

A Compapyfor the manufacture of beet sug
ar, was incorporated at the late session Of tn
Legislature OF this State As the movemen
originated with individuals in this city, ant
was seconded by influential parties in othel
portions of the State, it naturely leads to tn
inquiry, what prospect of success, does sucl
an enterprise hold out. The Report
of the Patent Office Department, have almos
annually for the last dozen or more years
given important statistics in this branch 0
manufacture. The production Of beet sugaI
more largely engages the attention of the PEG
pie in France, than in any other country
Belgium, Germany, Austria and Russia also
produce beet sugar. In the United States
the business ofproducing beet sugar, does not
seem as yet to have been entered upon, on a
large scale. Prehaps one of the chief reasons
why northern capitalists heretofore have not
given attention to the manufacture ofan ar
ticle ofsuch universal use among this people
lis that before the war, sugar was so cheapy
produced in the Southern States, that it wa.
hardly regarded paying enterprise, to at
tempt its production from the beet in the
States of the north. But now since the pro
duction of sugar at the South, has so largely
fallen off during the past seven years, it be
comes an important inquiry as to whethei
beet sugar can be manufactured to advantage
to meet this great home necessity.
The only beet sugar manufactury in the
western states, of which we are informed, il
at Chatsworth, III. Our information as it re-
spects the success Of the establishment is toe
limited, to afford any reliable statistics
The Commissioner of Agriculture Hon. Hor
ace Capron) in his monthly Report for Feb
urary, speaks of the Chatsworth enterprise a.
follows;
"a promising beginning in beet-sugar max
ing has been commenced in ChatsWorth ILL.,,
aud fine samples of its sugar may be seen in
the museum of this department. A history
of this enterprise will here after be given. II
has, ofcourse, met with difficulties, surround
ed by new circumstances, with high rates O
labor and interest on money, which will all
have nodoubt, be eventually overcome
Many individuals and companies stand ready
to engage in the business when its success up
on our Soils fully demonstrated"
It appears from the statistical reports thai
the manufacture object sugar, has been rapid
ly on the increase in Europe during the pas
few years, and it has been demonstrated, that
it can be manufactured at less cost per pound
than cane sugar, We make the following ex-
tracts from the last Report OF tn Commissioner
of Agriculture
''At the first of January, 1868, 3,173 refner-
les of beet-root sugar were reported as III o p
Grafton in Europe.
The total product in 1928 is stated to have
been Z 900 tons; and in 1857 the enormous
quantity of 663, 600 tons, or l, 4S5 120, 600 ID,
Worth $1OO,O00,0O0, at about seven cents per
pound.
The amount manufactured in France during
the three months ending Novemberas30, 1867,
was 120,553 tons-18,613 more than was made
in the same period of the previous year.
The product of beets per acre is from four
teen to fifteen tons in France and Belgium.
Enormous crops have occasionally been re-
ported.
A ton Of beets yields about 100 pounds of
raw sugar. At first the proportian of sugar
obtained was about three per cent. L was
increased to six, and even to seven and half
per cent.
The beet cake for feeling purposes, the mol
asses, alchohol, and other products obtained
greatly increase the aggregate which makes
Beet sugar districts become so enriched that
far greater amounts of the cereals and other
products ofagriculture al btained than be-
fore beet factories were known.
The large and increasing quantities Of sugar
and molasse5 required for consumption in this
country, and The amount of money for foreign
labor in its production, can be appreciated by
a glance at tine following statement of i'm
ports for five years, which in addition to a
small domestic product of cane, maple, and
other sugars, and large quantities Of sorghum
sirups; a small amount, also, by in fireet
trade, is not included, on account of incom-
pleteness in the official statement of i'm
ports: