Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-15
The Prospective Beet sugar In
dustry.

Europe to make initial arrangements for
the active Inauguration, on the very ex-
tensive scale already outlined, of the
beet sugar industry of this State. He
will study the economics Of the industry
in the great German factories, and return
here next September charged with
special knowledge that will be of great
value to this State. His con, John D.
Spreckels, is very enthusiastic over the
prospects of the projected enterprise, and
has been interviewed by San Francisco
reporter on the subject. He said:
"There are great many things to be
considered by the public in reviewing
this promising industry, that is to be-
come, in the course of time, quite a
factor in the history of California and
her numerous industries. Our new fac
tories will be supplied with machinery
from California workshops, except in the
case of few pieces. which will have to
be brought from Germany. The ex-
penses Of each factory will amount to at
the least 100000 per month, or total
of 81 900 900 for the ten factories, at the
lowest calculations, exclusive Of what We
will have to pay the farmers for beets. The
factories will produce $4,000 tons of sugar
annually, which means a production
of SOC, 900 tons of beets in this State. No
beets will be imported, as enough can be
raised in this State to supply the entire
country. Beets can be raised very
cheaply, and the returns are quite profit
able to the farmer. This fact alone will
cause a large number of farmers and
grape growers, who are continually ex-
peciencing the loes of their crops, to
give up their present pursuits and enter
into that of beet raising. We have te sted
the soil all over the State, and from the
results obtained from our analysis of the
earth We find it we'll adapted to the grow
ing of our necessary product.
ga map has been arranged by US,
showing the most advantageous portions
of the State, from which we will make
our selection Of sites fer the factories.
Wherever factory is built there will
be an immediate expenditure of about
100000. A distribution of this amount
of money in half populated section OF
the State will naturally result in boom
to it and the surrounding country.
'The bestskilled labor will berequired
in cur factories, such as chemists anC
engineers. Young men will have s
chance to become educated in those
branches. A new patent is to be adopted
by US in manufacturing our beat sugar
After the final operation in the pro-
cess of making beet sugar, there
always remains an amount Of mo.
lasses which is generally disposed of by
foreign beet sugar producers. Now, we
have obtained the exclusive right to 6
new patent, known as the 'Steffensche
separating process which we propose tc
| use in separating and obtaining low
monty termed 'grocers' yellow This
process is saving in the manufacture o.
beet sugar, and permits us to obtain mere
from the beet.
"No, we have not as yet definitely de
cided upon the locations for our factories
and, if we had, it would not do for us tt
make them public, as people would
place value OH their lands that would
prevent us from purchasing them. Oper
ations will be commenced for the con
struction Of the first factory as soon al
my father returns from Europe
The adaptlbility of great districts il
this section Ct the State, and especial,
of extensive tracts in this county, to thu
successful cultivation OF the sugar beet
has already been demonstrated. Their
will doubtless be one or more factorie
established in Los Angeles county if ou
farmers will guarantee beet crops. Th,
experiments ma de ten years ago in th'
sugar beet near Florence were successful
A beet was raised there which wat
pronounced superior in saccharine matte
to the beet raised at Alvarado, and the in
dustry would at that time have been es
tablished here, if it had not been for thu
incompetency of the man who undertook
to handle the sugar factory. With sucl
factories as Spreckels will put up ant
with the competent, trained men he viii
place in charge, there will be no chance
fer failure.