The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-10-19
BEET SUGAR IN CALIFORNIA.

Ne are indebted to the Caronicl< for
the following:
A great deal has been said aud writ
tan ia California on the subject Of beet
suear manufacture, and . very large
nercentsoe of il has been said and
written ignorantiy. A number Of as.
tsmpss have been made 70 establish
factories for ths manufsetuse OF the
sscchasiae staple from the beet. Thsy
have started With flourish Of trumpets.
and high hopes have bssn grounded on
these successive enterprises. only 70 be
dashed a. often by speedy fsilurs. The
product has been IN SEINE cases . strip
that wsuld not crystalline urder any
amount OF boiling; In othsrs. sugar
hss been made that carried an undeni-
able and unpleasant odor and created
prejudice which successiui makers ere
1t this day compelled TO combat BY
undsrselling cane sugars. The most
successful Of the best sugar msksvs IN
this State sre the Standard Sugar Mso-
ufacturiDg Company, whose works are
st Alvarsdo, ON tho bsy shore in Ala
media county. This Company com.
meuced oporatioss lest ysas. ~ factory
starting 10 September and running un-
TIL April. producing in that time about
$500 barrels OF sugar. At first its Ok.
psriencs wAs in keeping with that OF
other ventures Of the same character
before IL. and 1t the end Of four mooths
failure wss right st IL doors. ASS
last resort change in the Supefintcn-
dency was made. Under the sew
management Il did better, and the pros
poets Of the eAtsrpsise hase bses In
proving ever since. A reporter Of tbs
Chrenicls yesterday called upon the
business manager OF the company
whose Office IL on Front street. In bsn
Francisco, and asked him regarding the
condition and prospects Of the enter
prise for which he wss acting. The
agent. OF Grim. ssid be saw no rec.
son to doubt The eo@pletc psscticabil.
ity Of best sugar making here. and Of
the success Of his company. In fact It
was paying now. and its business and
prospects we're inpsoving al tbs whils
The factory started on Beptember ID.
end had besn running sinGs. but soms.
what irregulssly, because tho bssts
were not ripe. The isctory. under tho
direction Of Mr. Dyer. Il employing
about seventy people. add 10 transform.
Ing seventy. tons Of bsets into sugar
every day. The present daily product
Of the factory In about thirty barrels Of
che best refined sugar. cute. crushed
and graduated. and ten barrels Of lower
grade sugar. The bsets are grown by
farmers whose land II near tho factory
This year the beet tract comprised over
1000 acres. The company pays the
farmers 81 per ton for the beets. strip
ped Of thsir tops and delivered ct the
door Of tho factory. At this rate. Mr.
Giffia said. bscts will pay the farmer
better than any other crop no can put
In. % he gets from fifteen TO twenty
tons out Of each scrs Of ground. Out
Of these they got better yield Of sugar
per ton thaa 10 obtained In Germany.
In The latter Q per cent. OF sugar 10 .
good Yield, while the AlvarAdo works
get 81 high ~ 8. The bests. amounting
TO many thousands Of tons, arc pulled
by The farmers -. fast 20 thsy ripeu
which they begin 10 do In Ssptsmbsr.
Then tho tops ere clipped Cd and the
bsets are delivered ct the factory. where
they arc stacked on tho ground. tops
out, In pileS eight fest thick at the
base, 10 > esrtaia hight, whea the piles
are ouvessd With straw To protect them
from rain Thess piles keep the factory
running nisht aad day. seven days Of
the wssk until the spring.
Can sugar making from bss.s be
made 70 pay 2 inquired the reporter.
III can. With proper management.
We ass making Il pay ~ now. and
shsll do better ~ We 70 along, and
others may do - we'll II they will
spend The uoosy 70 get the right kind
OF nAeeIpGy end hifs Soma oos who
thaoaehly undssstends The .busiaesa
10 direct IL operation. That has been
our lsxpsrisucs. Beet sugar manuiac
ture has he'd many discouraging st
beck here. and great deal Of prejudics
has been created against beet Sugar BY
the frequent failures Of enterprises %
make Il. The great trouble has been
that W haven't had the right kind oil
maoAihesy md compstest men 10 con-
duct the businsssI The pefsoas into
whose hands these enterprises have
fallen havs been men Who pretended
10 know all about u. while they really
understood only one branch. and In
some Gases not % much - that. These
people have put In the wrong kind a
mschipsry, or have employed some
pso6ee6 81 suited 10 The purposs. Our
own experience was just Of that kind.
We put the works into the hands of =
person who ran them for -four monthS
aud nearly ruined our entsrpeios by Ii
management We GEL rid Of him lust
In zoe Avoi1 shipvreck. and getting
ecopetent man have made success.
aud sdch . On ,cesa that No shsll usst
year enlarge the, works and doub,e
their capacity. Anybody slss my
achieve ths Same success Who will spend
the money to get the right kiud q ma.
ohinery
Our works cost 10 about CLEO. 600.
SAAllseon 81 NE sams hind could b.
hnlt Tor lees, Of course. Our proccsa
that Of diffusion. and our machinery.
are opsn to The inapsctios Of any one.
end. ~ neither l. patented nor secrpt.
may 10 initiated a. oltsu q desired.
We are making sugar which anyone
mase adnit b - rood a the bess cane
sugar. and which ws think Il better.
To overssns We pesjadics caused by
former fsilsss& and. especially the
odor which remained in the early pro-
dscts. Ne ore selling q little un,ier
msrkse rstes 81 esrssapoaains eea;lss