The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-03
SUGAR PROSPECTS
The Beet Industry Spreading in
United States.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMERS
Views of a Well Known
Authority.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMERS
Necessary Points to be Considered
United States Can Grow All
Her Own Sugar.
[Bradstreet's.1

| lbTduSIIeeI ..
Quite a boom in the American beet
| sugar industry is on at the present
time 1t is caused by the results of
six years experience of the beet sugar
| factories established under the McKin
| ley law, though one of these plants Cat
| jacksonville, CALI was begun several
years before, and has since been great
| " enlarged, while the AIvarado, Cal,
factory struggled along for dozen
years or more before 1890 Claus
Spreckels will pay out about $750,000
for the 10000 tons of beets he will
convert into sugar at the jacksonville
factory this year, and for the labor this
involves. 1t is understood that the
jacksonville plant paid no net profit I'M
til it's fourth year, but it is handsome
dividend payer now. The Alvarado
mill, the only one of several beet sugar
factories started Is or 20 years ago
that is still in operation, will work up
about $4,000 tons of beets this season.
The Chino Valley Beet Sugar Com
ty, will slice about 10000 tons of beets
during the present campaign; it is
superb plant, and made over 10000
tons of refined sugar last year from 49,
600 tons of beets, consuming 10000 bar
rels of oil under its 2,400 horsepower
boilers. Both the latter factories are
now earning good dividends.
In Utah, the large factory at Lehi
City, with it's appurtenances and 1000
acres of land, built in 1S90-91, is equip
ped throughout with American ma
chinery. 1t represents an investment
of $780, 900, all local capital and will
this season convert $4,000 tons of beets
into 100000 pounds of granulated
sugar 1t made money last year, and
will show a profit this season. Next
East is the new factory at Eddy, in
the Pecos Valley of New Mexico, which
is about to begin making sugar from
crops grown under favorable cOndi-
tons. It's plant is from the failed
enterprise at Berthierville, Quebec.
Nebraska has two beet sugar plants,
one at Grand Island, the other at Nor
folk. at which about 100000 tons of
beets will yield some 100000 pounds
of refined sugar this season. Last year
these two concerns milled $4,000 tons
and got 8,500,000 pounds of sugar, and
showed a profit for the first time, and
will pay fair return on the invest
ment this season. A small factory
was operated for several years at
Staunton. Va, until it burned IS
months since: enough was done to
warrant the opinion that "the middle
South possesses advantages for the
beet sugar industry surpassed only by
Southern California" but with near
ness to market to offset that favored
region The Wisconsin Beet Sugar
Company. after veXatious delays, is
hurrying forward it's factory at Me-
nomonee Falls, and hopes to turn
out sugar by December. Meanwhile
the farmers are ensilOing their beets,
having made contracts to grow $500
acres of beets annually for 10 years.
The factory is being equipped through
out with American built machinery.
During the past 10 years sugar beets
have been grown repeatedly in a great
many places in about all the States
and Territories West of New England
and North of the 35th parallel in all
sorts of soil and climate. Thousands
of analyses of beets have been made
by the United States Department of
Agriculture and by the various ex
pertinent stations. In some States the
experiment stations have done a re-
markedly comprehensive work along
these lines, notably in New York. In