Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-06
AN IMPORTANT VISITOR.
The President of the Oxnard
Beet Sugar Company Look.
ing Over North Dakota.
Unexpected Advantages for the
Business OF Making Beet
Sugar Found Here.
What may be the Outcome of
the Visit. The Pros and Cons
of the Situation.
Oxnard on Deck.

OXnard on Deck.
In fulfilling promise made to Senator
Casey last year, Mr.. Henry +. Oxnard,
the great beet sugar manufacturer and
president of the Oxnard Beet Sugar Co.,
spent Sunday in jamestown, and took
his first look at North Dakota with the
object in view of determining what are
the inducements for putting up sugar
plants in this state. Mr.. Oxnard has es
tablished two large sugar factories in
Nebraska, one at Grand Island and one
at Norfolk. Both are Of the same capac-
ity, capable of turning out $4,000 pounds
OF sugar per day. He is now on his way
to California where he has erected a
third factory, at Chesno, in the southern
part of that state. This is Of the same
capacity as the Nebraska factories.
Mr.. Oxnard Is young man not over
33 years old, of fprepossessing appearance,
medium size and quick bright eye. He
and his brothers have thoroughly learned
Cuo UcoU SukuI NlStucS5 AAOuI a 1OuS Vcl III
of service in the old country where the
process has been il operation for years.
Their American works are the first to be
successful on large scale in this coun-
try.
Mr.. Oxnard has enlisted abundant
capital with him III his big enterprises.
The Astors are said to be stockholders in
the organization. Each plant costs about
half million dollars. The profits
under the present conditions are suffi-
cient inducements for the capital invest.
ed, and. as Mr.. Oxnard says it will be
10 yeats before production can catch up
with consumption, there are no fears of
overaroduction and that there is field
for alewho care to 60 into the business.
Mansb hester, Ia, has started plant on
the dity's account, and other places are
conaderng the scheme. It is Mr.. Ok
nar6 purpose to establish more factories
than those now in operation, wherever
the hast inducements prevail. The gov
ernmsnt bounty is one large consider
alton in the development Of this industry
and states are also assisting by bounties
as this state offers to do for five years at
the rate Of two cents per pound.
Mr.. Oxnsrd was driven to several
sugar beet patches yesterday in the
vicinity of jamestown and made short
examination OF the results Of the growth
Of the vegetables 60 far this season. He
was greatly surprised to find the condl-
tions for the growth Of the beet 80 good,
He hardly expected this fact as he had
been led to believe North Dakota was not
adapted az fully as other localities for
raising beets. But yesterdays trip re-
moved ell doubts on that score. He says
theg 9 popularity about sugar beets
in tRSir standing both drouth and rain
fall; also that hail does not destroy them.
the laok Of sufficient acreage to keep q
factory going. It requires at
least 25o6 acres to supply each
each plant, and 5000 are perferred as a
guaranty. This amount of cultivated
land would have to be insured before be-
gining operations. In Nebraska the beets
for one factory are supplied by small
growers, and those for another by con-
tract with one party who cultivates 1000
acres, the remainder being furnished by
farmers. The amount Of help required
in June, in wedding, is large. Boys are
generally employed and they earn in
Nebraska about sl.0O a day. Beets, he
said, are delivered at the factory at cost
of $500 per ton, and $4.OO per ton are
paid for them. Cattle are fat, ened from
the refuse pulp, and this is a large bust
ness in Nebraska.
The water of the city artesian we'll was
examined and pronounced entirely satis-
factory for the process. The salts in the
water are eliminated by the process of
manufacturing so no difficulty need be
feared in that score. The water is also
condensed and used again. A plant
would require special artesian we'll.
Forty tons oflimestone are required daily
in the Nebraska factories which are
hauled $50 miles on a low contract with
the railroads. 1t is possible that forma-
tlons nearer than that distance are to be
found in this state.
Take it all in all Mr.. Oxnards visit here
was particularly encouraging for the
future Of this enterprise. He states he
will return again this fall and make a
more thorough examination into the de.
tails of the project and hopes to be able
to establish factory in the state. He
said il the company decided to do 20 1t
would be big thing for the place. 1t
would furnish employment to a large
number Of persons and in many ways add
to the growth and business Of any point
where located.
Mr.. Oxnard was piloted around the city
and to various points in the vicinity by
Senator Casey, Capt. Wade and 0. G.
Meacham of Darlington.
What It Costs.
don. F. G. Barlow Of Foster county