, 1894-07-21

sugar beet culture than the coast valleys. For
this reason the Chino sugar beet fields pre-
duce the richest beets raised anywhere III the
world so far as is now known.
The profits Of sugar beet culture depend
on the yield Of beets per acre and the per-
centage Of >u9ar which they carry.
In the Eastern States the crop is SO light and
the percentage Of sugar SO low and the seasons
50 short that the manufacture of sugar from
sugar beets is not profitable without either q
protective tariff OF a bounty. At Chino there
is large margih Of profit in the business
even without a bounty OF 4 talilf. because OF
the favorable condition, in that valley. Last
seasons output yielded the sugar beet compa-
ny about 5000, Q00 for sugar and $40, 600 for
the nulp. with the running eXl onses not ex-
eecding 100000. This gave The company n
net profit of about S320, 900, to say nothing OF
The profit made hy the men VIII raised the
beets, which ranged from $40 TO Sl2O per
acre, net, according to the skill with which
Tile land was cultivated and the crop harvest
ed, The government bounty of over $500, 900
moo increased this profit to nearly or quite
100000 for the seasons run.
There is an Eastern gentleman now spend,
ing a few months in Southern Califo. MIA who
is thoroughly investigating this sugar beet
industry, lie believes that the socalled Mo-
lave Desert, where an abundant supply Of
water can be had, will yet prove to be the
best sugar beet country III the world. AL
ready sugar beets have been grown III that
section of county in an experimental way
that Welded 20 per cent. of sugar. At Chi
no the price Of sugar heets has heen $3.50
per ton for heetS yielding % per cent. of
sugar aud fifty cents per ton for each addi-
tiolnl one per cent Of sugar. If the des-
ert region Will produce q good crop OF beets
that will yield sugar at from IS to % per
cent, what are suOh boots worth per ton and
what is the land worth that will produce
such boets?
The Eastern gentleman referred to is in
vestigating the question Of establishing q beet
sugar factory under the Minneola canal. All
he wants is returns from an experimental
crop to show that the position he takes is
correct SO far as that valley is concerned, and
that there are no obstacles i'll the way of sue
cess.
The experimental work of raising beets
under the Minneolf canal will be undertaken
this season. 1t will require but four or five
months to fully demonstrate the facts of the
case and il the results are satisfactory the
money is ready to build the factory in time
for next seasons work.
The factory would be built ut the town Of
Minneola near the water power on the Mime
ola canal, and a town of 500 or 1000 inhabi-
tants would spring into existence as Chino
did, as if by magic.
The land III the vicinity of the factory,
which can now be had at from $2l 20 to $25
per acre, would then be in demand at 5000
per acre.
Tho sugar beet industry is destined to be-
come one of the leading industries of South
ern California, for here the. business can be
carried on at a profit regardless of tariff bills
or congrt ssionaI action, and if the laws are ia
yourabIe so that Eastern factories can be run
at a profit, the factories here will prove to be
yeritable bonanzas. Sugar is a staple, and a
carload Of sugar is interchangeable with gold
coin with about the same ease that gold bull
lion is CONVEX tible into the coin Of the realm,
Should the tatements of this sugar expert
prove to be correct, and should it prove that
sugar beets can be grown more proftably ln-
der the Minncola Canal than any where else
in tho known world, that section of the coun-
try will soon prove to be the most profitable
region in Southern California. The, water
developments are surprising the en-
gineers in charge and all others con-
cerned. The water supply will be so
abundsnt that if the sugar beet industry is
ever established thSre enough beets can be
grown there to support five or more such
factories as the enlarged one now at Chino.