Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-24

sugar produced from beets raised by them
selves. The chlcory manufacturers are.
There seems TO be good reason for making
the distinction. A chicory factory having a
capacity Of 1000 pounds per day can be
erected and equipped for $4,000. OF course,
this is small factory. but II would con-
sumo the product Of one acre of chieory beets
per day Twenty or thirty farmers living in
any favorable locality could easily unite and
erect cooperative factory and manufacture
their own chicory. One OF the friends OF the
chicory bounty has made little estimate Oh
the possibilities lying within the industry IN
this state IL properly developed He based
his calculation upon the smallest plant that
could be operated under the bounty act, one
having capacity OF 1000 pounds per day.
Such factory could be built by twenty
farmers at cost OF $115 each. IL could
manufacture the product OF 200 acres per an
nun. or ten acres to each OF the twenty
farmers owning the cooperative plant The
finished product Of 200 acres of chicory beets
would be In round numbers 200 tons oil
chcory. The chicory commands ready mar
kat at $50 per bulk ton on board the cars The
state bounty would be $3.50 per ton. The
receipts would be-
Sale of 200 tons at $50 per ton.........Sl6 ,ooo
State bounty on 200 tons................ 2,5oO
ro,o .siS, SOC
This would be 1925 to each of the twenty
farmers who had contributed ten acres oil
beets each, or $3.50 per acre. Out OF this
s92 80 per acre would have to come the cost
of producing the beets and the small pro
rata cost of manufacturing the chicory. the
farmer belonging to cooperative company
could easily make profit OF sou per acre
on his chicory beets.
Inasmuch as the chicory industry is CON-
paratively new one in Nebraska, the pro-
cess of manufacture is not generally under
stood. The process is extremely simple
The beets are first dried in drying room
Once dried they can be stored for an IN
definite time After the drying process the
beets are next toasted" in large ovens
The final process is the grinding No eX-
pensive machinery is required. In TACT the
grinders and the engines to operate them
are all the machinery necessary.
PLACE FOR A PRINTER.
The house has passed the bill to create
another place at the state house and tc
add to the already large and rapidly grow
ing salary list. The bill referred to Is by
Rouse of Hall county, and 1t creates the
office of supervisor of public printing" al
an annual salary of 81 500. The bill insist:
that the supervisor of public printing shall
be a practical printer. careful perusal o
the bill reveals but little for this newly
created officer to do. There is a provision
that except as otherwise provided by Law
the supervisor Of public printing shall see
that the work is executed in a suitable man
ner, and pursuant to law" Printing for the
executive officers is to be ordered through
the new office, and he is to see that the
full number of copies ordered is received
He Is required to audit all accounts, keel
record of the cost of printing and binding
and make an annual report TO the governor
That's about all. The law does, however
make a number of radical changes in thu
present system OF ordering and paying fol
state printing, and perhaps therein lies thu
true merit or demert of the bill, as thu
case may be- At present contracts for re
ports of state officers, state societies. legls
latve journals, session laws, etc, are lie
at stipulated price per page, and the price
per page constitutes the basis of arriving
at the total cost of the work The new b!l
provides that bids for this class of worl
shall be made, on a basis of so much fo
typesettng so much for press work. S,
much for stitching and binding. etc. TIL,
new system Is much more complcated-st
much so, in fact, that IL it should be adopted
1t would require the personal attention of
supervisor.
THAT MILFORD SANITARIUM BILL.
Another bill passed by the house and nov
pending in the senate, Is worthy of careful
consideration before it is permitted to be
come a law. 1t Is the acceptance of thu
offer of the town of Milford to donate ;
building and a tract of land to the state
upon condition that 1t be used permanent,
as branch soldiers home. The offer wa
tempting one to the house. The Milfor.
Sanitarum which has been offered to tn
state, has a statewide reputation for it
pleasant attractiveness 1t would no doub
make most advantageous location for
soldiers home. If the mere acceptance O
the proffered gift would end the matter t..
state could well afford to accept with alac
rity. But IL the gift is finally accepted
new state institution will have been born
1t will have its superintendent, physician
matron, steward, employees, etc. Every tw
years the legislature will have to make an
preparations for salaries and employees wages
maintenance and clothing. fuel and lights
paints and oils. beds and bedding Office sta
tionery, general repairs postage, incidentals
to say nothing OF biennial demand 70
more buildings, increased water supply eec
trio light plants, laundry apparatus, and sue
expensive necessities" that are perenniall
recurring to the mind of the ambitious su
perintendent. The free gift offered to tn
state will inside of four years be costing tn
taxpayers something like 900 to $50 90
per annum.
WILL KEEP THE SENATE CLEAR.
Sergeant -at-Arms Stewart proposes from
Monday morning on to enforce strictly I
the letter the rule of the senate which bar
from the senate floor all persons who ar
not legally entitled to enter within the sacre
precincts He has given orders to the gate
keepers to strictly observe the rules. TIL
gatekeepers, who are familiar with the face
OF all who are entitled to the floor, propos
to obey orders. The rule which the sergeant
alarms proposes to enforce Is No. 43 of tn
standing rules Of the senate, and 1t provides
No person shall be admitted to the foo
OF the senate except as follows: Member
or the house of representatives and its off
Gers state officers and their clerks Judge
OF the supreme and district courts senator