Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-20
PROFITS In THE BY.pRODUCTS
Industries that May Easily Bo Made
Mutually Remunerative,
COMMUNITY OF INTEREST IN FACTORIES
Advantage of Locating Sugar Deet,
Glucose, starch and Packing
Plants In Easy Communi-
cation of Ench other.

starch factories, packing houses and stock
yards are Industries which should be
situated near each other. With the strong
competition OF foreign and domestic products
II is necessary to manufacture goods with
the least waste possible. In the manufacture
OF beet sugar In Europe II Is generally ad-
mtted that II the manufacturer succeeds in
paying his expenses from the proceeds OF the
refined product he does we'll Where is his
profit? The profit is realized from the use
OF his molagses OF low purity and from his
pulp and whenever one or both OF these
important factors are neglected he loses
money. The latter is the case with our beet
sugar factories in Nebraska. There is very
little demand for pulp. and none for mo-
lasscs Farmers claim diffusion OF pulp con-
taiug 30 per cent Of water, and that the
dry substance is but a small amount. 1t
is proved by stock raisers in this state that
pulp Is good for feeders, but the freight on
the water (Which is about 60 per cent on a
car load CT pulp precludes the possibility
OF its use by stock feeders situated GER
tain distance from the factory. The
result Is that the factories running
In this state have thousands of tons of pulp
In their yards, which not only brings them
nothing but costs money to unload at side
tracks. How many stock feeders would come
TO South Omaha, righ: to the doors OF the
packing houses, and feed cattle, saving the
freight, If they had the opportunity to buy
their feed here Just as cheap two hun
dred miles away?
a beet sugar factory can press its pulp
so that only about 20 per cent Of water re-
mains in the same, and If to a ton of pulp
you have GO gallons of low molasses you have
a food which will furnish good cattle for the
market in $50 days.
SITES SUGGESTED.
DacLint bnugos within CiCgn nroNimity
will make 1t easy for the sugar factories
to obtain the necessary fresh beef blood
and dry phosphoric acid which are in great
use In the refining of sugar. These points
go TO show concusyely that each of these
industries could be made of great service
to the other The question that most in
terests us is this: Has South Omaha a site
near her stock yards and packing houses
suited to the erection Of a beet sugar fac
tory? party interested in beet sugar man
featuring made a visit to the Magic City
a few days ago Following West + street,
he came to the crossing OF f street and the
boulevard. Between the Burlington bridge
morth), Palmer street CwesO, the lumber
yard (south), and the belt line railway
(easO ~ situated piece OF ground which
will be very desirable for beet sugar fac
tory. Every railroad entering from Omaha
passes east or west of the ground the rail-
road companies will have sidetracks laid in
the yards and there would be no charges
maze lOT SWllCuluB. ING slOSh yuANS
and packing houses are within one
half mile of the ground. The silos neces-
cary to preserve the beets can be
built facing the tracks of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, Chicago & Northwestern,
Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley, Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific and Union Pa
chc, and the main building should have en-
trance on the boulevard. The water sup
ply can be drawn from the main pipe in
Commercial street only a few blocks away,
and there is already ditch to carry on
the refuse water. Besides, brick yard
and lumber yard are adjacent to the ground.
What more do you want?
Sometimes land owners will offer certain
number of acres to a syndicate or corpora
tion as an inducement to have them To-
cate an important enterprise upon their
ground but for the land received the
enterprise is apt to be forever at disad-
vantage by not having proper railroad con-
nections and other facilities and in the
course of time will be the loser. Before
you make your choice you should look up
all these items, when / believe you Will
como to the conclusion that there Is no bet
ter site for the erection OF sugar factory
than the piece of ground described, because
you have
Omaha.
9 No charges to pay for sidetracks or
switching.
g. The stock yards are at your door and
L. The water supply, being near at hand
will be of small expense.
g. The fuel material can be obtained
cheaper here than at any other point; you
will have all the railroads competing lot
the business.
HOW To MAKE MONEY.
The more you can do with your money the
more income 1t will yield. Then why not
s try to utilize all the year round the capital
invested in the business, which remains Idle
at least eight months out OF the year? Be
sides raising beets, Nebraska is a corn state,
and what becomes of our large surplus of
corn? Eastern firms buy 1t for making glu-
cosc, starch and whisky. beet sugar rae
tory. desirous Of dispOsing of its pulp al
profit, will have to put up all the machinery
necessary for making corn meal.
Beets and corn constitute the
raw materials of three great indus
trles-sugar glucose and starch. We turn
our beets into sugar in our own state, but
we ship our corn east, where they pay on
an average cents per bushel more than we
do, and they make glucose and starch, send
those products back to us and still make a
profit. Who is paying the freight both ways?
Certainly not the manufacturer, but the
consumer, and why? Simply because we do
not have the factories here. What VIII be
the benefit II. instead of paying double
freights we were making glucose and starch
right near the cornhelds, like we make our
sugar? And more, what will be the benefit
II we combined sugar, glucose, starch and
cattle ieeulnR! 1 SnOulu call tneln sister
industries which at the present time can
hardly be operated individually at a profit,
but which united will be able to compete
with the world. The machinery required to
make starch and glucose will be of small
expense when the beet machinery is bought,
because the same battery of boilers same
motor power, and about the same amount OF
labor will run both works. giving employ
ment to labor all the year round. The
refuses OF the glucose and starch factories
mixed with the pulp OF the beet sugar fac
tory will furnish food substantial enough
for cattle, without adding corn meal. These
industries will unite under the same roof,
and by proper management and with the
best and latest improved machinery, there
is no reason why you should not be able to
put your product the surrounding mar
kets cheaper than any eastern firm. No
better manufacturing or distributing point
exists In the United States
syndicate formed this basis will
fnd right at home the capital necessary to
start the enterprise. | feel satisfied II would
yield continuous profit and prove to be a
good investment The only thing which could
seriously menace the business would be a
total failure OF crops, and that could only be
temporary.
But to locate and build with view OF
competing with the heaviest competition
you have to take into consideration not only
. the location. but every little item OF expense,
such AS trackage connections, switching,
sewerage, water and conyeniences for hand