The record-union., 1896-10-27
A MOST IMPORTANT MATTER
SHALL WE PADDOCK FACTORY
DOORSS

The beet-sugar industry is full of
highest promise for California 1t
means, if successful, millions of dollars
income to this people. Just now the
question Of it's promotion or abandon
ment hangs by thread
We have the soil and climate in all
requisites for the growth of the sugar
beet, and in manufacturing capacity
we can be equal to the expression Of all
the sugar-beets our people can grow.
The simple truth is, that California can
grow sugar enough at g. handsome
profit to supply all possible demand.
Last May and June Mr.. E. c. Burr,
manager of the Alameda Sugar Com
pany, was In Germany looking over the
sugar situation. He says. to c. W.
Cannon of Walnut Grove in this coun-
ty, writing In response to inquiries con-
corning the feasibility of beet-sugar
growing in this section and of the
product finding market:
Il visited over fifty factories In Ger
many, including all the sugar factories
The latter. were, Of course, closed down
In the others the greatest activity pre-
vailed, and in answer TO my inquiry
as to the principal market for their
products the invariable reply was The
United States
A.gain, in the Berlin Exposition there
were two series of cubes showing re-
spectively the German imports and ex-
Torts. The largest cubes were, nat
urally, Representative of their dealings
with other European nations, taken col
1ectively. The second export cube was
marked United States of North Amer
ica,' and was but slightly smaller than
their exports to European States. In
terested, 1 turned to the import cubes
and there, nearly at the top Of the coll
uTnn, was little cube about four inches
each way, to represent what they took
in exchange from US. I should say
Germany exports to us about sxty-four
times as much as she imports from US
They are eating turkey at our expense,
while we gnaw crow"
In still another letter to Mr.. Gam
mon, answering further concerning the
growing Of sugar-beet in this section
and the marketing Of them at Ala
media works, Manager Burr says:
Our price for next season, provided
we operate. viii be S4 per ton Of beet
delivered at factory.
I'VE have a good location for fac
tory, and other things being equal
ought to increase our capacity, but con-
ditlons prevail which tell us not to
do it. 1 have mentioned above IF WE
OPERATE but the concensus of opin-
lon of our stockholders at present is,
that If free trade ideas are to con-
tinue, we shall do better to close the
factory-so 1t is uncertain.
with refined sugar from Europe Of
fered in New York, duty paid, at So 66
rex 100 pounds, and China sugar laid
down in San Francisco at So 90, there
is no encouragement for the domestic
e1 treme margin.
In November prices generally fall,
and the result for three years has been
that we stand just even.'
Really, these letters need no COM
: ment; they furnish sufficient food for
thought by all who wish to see our
agriculture varied by large acreage in
sugar beets. But unless protection is
afforded our agriculturists they cannot
compete. as is shown, with the foreign
producers and manufacturers.
Every vote for free trader Bryan
and he frankly confesses that he is a
free trader, and says that he never will
change his views-means death, SO far
as vote can visit 1t. to the home sugar
industry and the LOSS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS to California agricultur-
lists and mechanics and laborers.
We paid for foreign sugar in gold
coin in
1901 $1O5, 72S,216
1900 10i ,40S,S13
1899 116,255. 7S4