Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-30

feature that precipitAtsd the failure. In
one aAae the heets cozAd net be had; tn
another the sapply Of water was not in
suazclsst QuantTsy; IN q third there vAs
toe much water and overAJwed the land
vhsre the beets eers 30 b ero1n; In q
foorth, reitaDoe vas placed en- wood for
fuel, which vss found 20 be toe e1pen-
stRe; N a nfth the manaRemsnt was
bad and 30 on throaRh the whole liet 20
the end.
One single exception u 10 be recorded,
and that is the little factory az Alvarado,
California. and this Vas a total and
comp4ste faii1re st 6rse The 6rss fac
tory established IN Alvarado ran for two
years or more. and thea closed ifs doors,
and the naohinery was sold and 70
moved. The building remained, how
ever, and throzRh the indomitsble will
Of one man, Who had the courage equal
20 hls convictions, in the lapse Of time
succeeded in forming q nsW company
and put in other machinery. Thls last
fastory has nov been ranning and has
made money each year for i've years,
and has made pure, white refined sugar
each year. / say all honor to the name
Of L. II. Dyer, Who has been be lead
ing spirit In this enterprise; who ae
quired the skill, had the pluck to put
nsney IN again afser having lost heavily
IN hrst undertaking, and has finally
been snccssafal. Il 10 q wonder that be
has succeeded, as the factory is too
email 10 work to the grsatezt advantsee,
noe we'll planned. and not supplied with
the best machinery. found that in
Germany. by actual figures, the cost Of
sugar in such factory, 10 nearly one
cent per poaud more in one Of their
Improved and large establishments, and
which means q difference Of Is per cent.
per annun on the capital stock, which
- the difference almost, - between
saccess and failure.
The best sugar factories OF Germany
have paid enormously. In one instance
that was given me, the first year paid
Is per cent on the capital stock invested;
she second year 20 and the third year
per cent on she capital. Another larR
one that had just closed this last ssa
sons run without loss or profit (this be-
ing year of the greatest depression
ever known in sagar) y, last year made 80
per cent, and the previous year even
greater. And nov, shall We supinely sit
down and see our enterprise throttIed
oy our vactllatiug policy Of profession,
Ott tdsaptf Aaoh VI ptOtrotiouS sec our
sugar made By the coolie slave labor of
the islands, and the IS poorly paid
labor Of Europe see our sugar i'm
ported in value equal to q hun
dred million dollars q year, when We
have the soil and climate, the coal. the
lime, IN . word, everything required 20
produce this Sugar on American soil, by
American FREQ labor, American capital
and American brains, or shall We not
rather TAXA measures that will foster
this busInoss until established and con-
ddsncs restored, bnildine mp not only
the sugar making trade, bat also pros
peroQs farming communities which
raiss the seets, and the great dairies
thaf always accompany or follow in the
wake Of this business; establish the fat
tening stalls oiled with the fne beef fed
With the pulp; establish the many pres
porous homes made possible by the
great aud constantly increasing indus
tEyl IL would seem that there can be
bnt one answer, and that is, that the
faatoriss must be established aud ought
to be protected. Z. MEEKKR-