The herald., 1897-05-16

gar In this country 1t would be necessary
to erect larger and more economical
plant. With this object in view. he with
his son, Edward F. Dyer, and nephew,
Harold p. Dyer, spent several months
in France and Germany visiting the
largest sugar factories and works for
the manufacture Of beet sugar machin-
cry there.
Upon their return to this country, they
designed and erected the factory at AL
varado In accordance with American
IDEAS with special reference to the econ
omy of labor and fuel which enabled
them to extract all the available sugar
from the beet at q much less cost than
ever before. These years of experience
convinced Mr. Dyer that the business
could be made q grand success in the
United States. 4
This was in 1879, and the factory IL still
in operation. The capacity was in
creased to 300 tons per day in 1883, and
will be increased for the 1897 crop to 800
tons per day. The success of the Alva-
rado factory led Mr.. Spreckels to build
the Watsonville factory in 1883, and also
the Oxnards the Grand Island (Neb)
factory in 1890. Since that time the OK
nards have built their Norfolk (Neb.)
and Chino (CaL) factories. In 1890 4.
H. Dyer & Co. built the works for the
Utah Sugar company at Lehi, Utah,
and they are now constructing the works
at Los Alamitos, Cal, for the Los Alami-
tos Sugar company.
The works at Eddy, N. M. (removed
from Canada), and at Menominee Falls.
were constructed during the year 1896.
- Vo~ ~1o~ te>v t,ot,. -
Mr.. Spreckels and associates at Salinas,
Cal.
Thus 1t will be seen we have at pres
ent eight factories in the entire United
States, three Of which with two more in
process of construction, are located
within our own states. In this vast en-
pire, with almost unlimited acreage, IA
vorable climate and soil, there are per-
haps today about $4,000 acres, or one
twentieth Of one per cent Of the entire
area of California devoted to beet cult
ure, and yet the people of this state are
paying annually $4,000, 900 to our friends
across the water for what we could
with great advantage to our farmers and
all concerned, produce ourselves. Aside
from the acreage already in beets, there
are 700, 900 acres in California where soil
water, ETC., have been tested as to their
beet growing properties and pronounced
by experts to be absolutely suitable, and
these all under cultivtion would produce
$500, 900 tons OF sugar, worth at, say,
3h cents per pound, about 500, 900 900.
These figures are startling, but correct.
California with her 100000 acres of
wheat has for years sold her entire wheat
crop for $40. .000, 0OO The producer of GER
eals has been until the recent advance
the poorest man in the land;, but what
can he do with beets? He can put in $50
(mostly his own labor) and take out
$45 This Is a very moderate estimote.
All the wheat and flour we az nation
export barely suffice to pay for the SUI
gar imported into this country. What
folly that we, the greatest sugar
suming country in the world, SHOULD pay
the greatest tribute to the other manu-
featuring countries, when proper fos-
tering would develop the industry at
hcme, and hold for our own this most
valuable home market. america for
Americans should be the motto In the
beet sugar business as well as In other
lines Of production and manufacture.
We find the largest cultivation of SUI
gar beets in Germany, France and Rus-1
sia, because these governments first
gave the producer encouragement.
.GERMANY'S COMMISSION
The commission recently sent by Ger
many to this country to examine into
the possibility Of America producing its
own sugar. was astonished at the fine
quality Of beets being produced. 1t IL
supposed by many that We are depend
ent upon foreigners for our beet sugar
machinery. This same commission, at
ter visiting the six factorles now IN sue
cesful operation In the United States,
had their eyes opened to the fact that
the Alvarado and Lehi (Utahl factories
were supplied with up to aate models
OF American machinery aud learn ed that
the Chino factory. originally dttcd up