Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-03-17
DEsiN. cA>si.wE ,SDusruY.
Particular. er Profitable go IVES.
tea Fa~tar,

ChaH u AllAire. president uf thr Tan !
ning Extract Go. II peming. n. N, stop. /
p,-l over lac, nigh, aud nigh, before q, |
THE Highland"
Yesterday morning lac went up Ia San.
~ H. on y" I. aud returned with the
Raymond excursion train In the amer. |
unun lie met friend frnm Boston in |
In fact Ia meet him war his principal mis-.
sion To- santa We.
Our reporter met Mr.. Allairs AMI elicit
~ frpm him the following particulars re.
garling the industry
"Our company n principally a Peoria,
lllinnis, concern. | might ray it's stuck
IN all own,-i there We began huikling
our wurks IA July. lN.rl. and -hippyi our
first rar lad nf tanning extract 4" Chics.
~ IN April, 1874"
9TH. company has now invested for all
purposes about t6n,oiO. Ah"u, S5O.ooO
Il thu SUN has l~cu spent In buildings
and machinery d"
"Our agent Al Hamburg has sent sam.
plos into the different parts Il Grr,nR- ..
! Austria Hungary. Poland. sweden, Rus,
-ia ami other cuun,ricS"
Large rampl" lots were sen, to Urea,
| Britain last November ~ the request II
our agent over there. The result IL we
have ORDERS now H., one car load To Lon.
Ion, one ear in l.iverp"ol. one half car to-
| Bristol aud one half ear tn Glasgow. Scot.
land. with the prospects for additional
heavy uri"rr very encouraging
The av"rag" p-r cent, 81 III" acid rx.
trartrd FROM the rnt is abou, - I-r
cent, and II commands in the markets of
the east and foreign countries approx.
ms,"Iy ~ cents per pound
AS FAR as our experiences ~ far g,-s.
the obi world promises the hrst markets
for our pr,aluct This s accounted for 10y
the fact tina, thrr II less II III. raw ma
t"rial over there, IN proportion to the de-
mNnd, than IN oar own country, he
sides through frrigh,s To- foreign ports.
paraaiosicaI As 1t may seem. ARE some
thing less than those "a Boston and other
FAR eastern markets.. We guarantee our
prpluct to br chemically up 10 the stan.
darl of representation which IL AN advan.
. tagc ,o the tanner over the purchase ii
raw material"
"Our company planted 100 acres Of the
r"ot two years ago. l, was put in in
time Ia get the fall rains which gave il n
start and it ia doing we'll without irriga-
CATION II would with irrigation matur,
IN tive years, whereas without three Year,
will bc necessary a. bring II Ia matur.
ny."
IAN irrigated crop in two years would
la in the nrighhnrhupl of Is tons per
acre. We ARE now paying 81 per ton,
IA IL in now gathered il costs 81 40 per
ton Ia merely do the digging, This is the
contract price. Tn. Agricultural college
MT Tucson, Arizona. claims the labor cos,
II raising il as crpp such as bec,s, po-
tators. ar other root products. need not
exceed, where the soil ia favorable. el. SO
per ton. The institution has produce,i
them at that price"
I'VE have now in sight two years
supply Of the article in i,s natural growth.
The capacity Of the works now ia two car
loads per week"
II believe the root can lie produced 81
u crop much cheaper than the sugar bee,
in southern California The sugar beet
there commands fr"m - To 81 ton. II
he Arizona experimental station he cor
rect in their figures as they doubtless are,
then the margin between 81 so ton and
the price our company now pays would
seem To furnish an inducement for the
: cultivation Of tina, crop Ia meet all de-
,nands."
MIR Allaire has n hearty faith In the
future Of this new industry in which Wa
, wish him aud his company all the sue
; cess their pluck AMI perseverance en,itle
them Ia.