Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-06-30
FORTUNE In SUGAR BEETS.
New Mexico the Ideal sugar Rect
Raising section.

The culture of beets in this country is
to be enlarged to such dimensions that
the beet sugar trade with Germany and
France is threatened with extinction.
Experiments in New Mexico have de-
monstrated that the vegetable grows and
thrives wonderfully III the soil of that
territory. Heretofore this industry has
been largely confined to California and
Nebraska, but 80 successful have been the
experiments in New Mexico that western
capitalists, convinced of the bright future
for this industry, have invested money for
it's extensive cultivation.
Colonel Frederick Pabst and August
Uihlen of Milwaukee, the heads of the
Pabst and Schlitz brewing companies,
respectively, are two of the most recent
converts to the belief that there is a great
and prosperous future in store for the
beet sugar industry in the United States.
They are both financially interested in the
Pecos Valley Sugar company, operating
factory at Eddy, in the Pecos valley of
New Mexico, which is the largest institu-
tion of its kind in America, having a
capacity of over 100000 tons of granulat-
ed sugar year. Beets raised in this val
Icy yield from 10 to 81 per cent of sugar,
while in Germany and France the average
yield is from IA to 16 per cent.
Wholesale grocers in this city all declare
that the American product is far superior
to the imported, and always commands
better price. The beet sugar from abroad
is generally little off in color, and ia
largely sold as off grades. The refined
beet sugar manufactured in Nebraska is
fully up to the stan1ar of the cane re-
fined. Dealers in the article are of the
opinion that if the beet was cultivated
extensively it would yield large profit to
the sewers.
Hundreds of millions of tons are
shipped to Amerioa eaoh year," said ole
gentleman interested in the new industry,
"and there is apparently no reason why
the beet industry should not become as
extensive here as it is in Germany and
other European countries. II has been
demonstrated that they will thrive in the
soil of Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska and
California, and what is more, the Amer
ican product yields larger percentage
of sugar than does the foreign. The
necessary machinery for the manufacture
of fine grade of granulated sugar from
the beet can be turned out as we'll in the
United States as in Europe. 1t certainly
would pay large profits, and with per
cent in favor of the American product the
prospects for the industry are certainly
very encouraging"
In an interview with Colonel Pabst he
declared that the Pecos Valley Sugar
company intended enlarging its area
under cultivation to such an extent as to
enable it to compete with European ma
tions. Interested with him, he said, is j.
j. Hagerman, the well known Colorado
mining man, and several Milwaukee and
western capitalists.
"The factory at Eddy, N. NJ, was start
ed up last November on a small scale,"
he said, "but has grown 30 rapidly that it
is now one of the largest industries in
the territory. A railroad has been con-
structed from Pecos City to Eddy, dis
tance of so miles away, and it will not be
long until the sugar from this establish
ment will be on the market. High trans.
portation rates ls the only obstacle
that keeps it away from the market now.
Efforts are being made to have them re-
duced, with chance of success. Until
this is done, however, there is no reason
why the beet industry should not flourish
in this state and Wisconsin, where it is
cultivated on a small scale."
Colonel Pabst says that the New Mex
100 establishment has no connection
whatever with the brewing business
Denver Times.