Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-23
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Hastings Tribune. II the Nebraska leg.
islaturc should repeal the laws now in cN-
is.ence for the encouragement Of the beet
sugar industry Il will be placing a dampcr
on the greatest industry in Nebraska
Emerson Enterprise: The beet sugar In.
dustry is Just in its Infancy in Nebraska
and the coming state legislature should
enact no laws to discourage Il, Nebraska
possesses the possibilities OF becoming a
more noted sugar state than Louisiana.
Grand Island Independents Whatever else
other cities OF Nebraska may think or do,
Grand Island has no jNsu0abic kick COM
ing ON the ONnaris. The amount Of money
they have distributed here since the first
location Of the beet sugar factory is simply
enormous.
North Platte Tribune: II there wore more
sugar factories in Nebraska there would be
less l2-cont corn. II is within the power
OF the Nebraska farmers TO work out their
own financial salvation and one OF the means
to be employed is the cucouragemcnt Of the
beet sugar industry.
Geneva Signal: The industries In sight IN
Nebraska that need pushing along just now
are the raising aud manufacture of sugar
bects and chicury. The only feasible plan
Of encouragement is to pay a small bounty
with the reasonable aud sulcient safe
guards adopted by the republicans These
safeguards provide that the farmers must
be paid certain fixed prices for every ton
Of beets and chicory before a cent of bounty
can be collected.
Nebraska Farmer Agitation of the beet
sugar factcry question is still going on
throughout the state. 4 scheme seems to
be on foot for the location of about thirty
plants in different sections Of the state for
the purpose of making raw sugar, this to be
shipped to a central refinery. Beet sugar
companies are being formed in various parts
and plans discussed with SO much of en-
thusiasm as to indicate a live interest in this
important question
York Republican; Supposng the farmers
do have to pay q cents each for the en-
COuraSemcnt of the sugar industry each year.
Is there not a very strong probability that
they Will derive that amount of benefit there
from? 1t is not the farmer who objects,
it is the nan who farms the farmer and
wants some seed of discomfort to SOW who
tells the narrowing tales that plow deep
furrOws DER the faces of the sons of toll and
oppression Give us a r,st, ana let it be
long one
Wood River Interests; Speaking of the
beet sugar business the Grand Island Demo
crat says: Nothing in the line of sugar but
pure white sugar is sold and this goes to
wholesalers at Omaha, Lincoln Kearney and
Hastings. in this state. TO Denver and Pueblo
in Colorado, to st. Joseph and Kansas City,
No. The total value OF the product this year
viii probably reach $2jO.OOO. About 1000
tons of beets are still in silos in the vicinity
Of the factory and about 100 cars more Of
the roots will come by rail.
Crete Vidette The Vidotte is in favor OF
bounty on sugar bccts. 1t believes that
our soil Is especially adapted 20 their Cul.
turc and that a bounty would aid in build
ing up and developing an industry which
would eventually make Nebraska the great
est sugar producing state in the union. We
are not in favor of giving one cent to the
manufacturer. The bounty should be paid
to the farmers who raise the beets The
factory VIII be able to take care of itself
as 1t always bases its price for beets and its
running EXPENSES upon well defined net
profit
Bloomfield Monitor: The coming legisla
ture should do nothing TO discourage the
production of sugar beets. In this indus
try alone Nebraska has mine of wealth
greater than all the mineral products of a
half dozen of the mountain states put to-
gether. II the pops are bound to repeal
me present law they should at least place
bounty of 81 per ton on all beets raised
ana marketed in the state thereby en-
ccuraging production. II the production is
encouraged We should also encourage the
building of new factories, as our two fac
ortes can only care for a limited amount of
boe.s, We would like to see a beet sugar
factory in every county in the state.
Clay Center Sun: The raising of sugar
eee's pays, We hear that number of per
sons near Grand Island who were badly in
debt before the sugar factory was located
here have, during the exceedingly hard
times, paid off their Indebtedness by raising
sugar bee:s. ftt5d up their homes and are
on the high road to competence. If nothing
is done by the legislature to discourage sugar
bee: culture the two factories now in the
state Will hardly have to go outside the coun-
tizS in which they are located to get all
ne b25ts they can handle, and number of
ether factories will have to be built Let
this greatest of present enterprises for the
benefit of the state be given every en-