The herald., 1897-05-16

world at Cunern, on an estate, owned
by him in lower Silesia. This factory
was evidently erected in 1900, as in 1908
he writes: II have labored during eight
years to perfect the manufacture of beet
sugar by experimental researches on a
large scale in a factory have establish
ed at Cunern."
In 1905 Baron de Koppy erected q fac
tory after the designs Of Achard with
an annual capacity Of 625 tons. The
results attained by these factories led
to the establishment of others and the
enthusiasm thus aroused in Germany
was again communicated to France.
Just at this time Napoleon issued his
famous DEGREES establishing cont!nen-
tai blockade and excluding from the
market all products of England or her
colonies. AS France was entirely de-
pendent on the English colonies for her
sugar supply, Napoleon from investiga-
tions OF results in Germany saw his op-
portunity and on March 25. 1911, issued
the first decree which provided for the
encouragement Of the beet sugar indus
try. In the following year provisions
were made for the establishment Of four
factories. and in 1918, two years after
Napoleon's first decree, the minister
Of the interior reported thirty-nine fac
tories In operation and 1878 acres sown
IN beets. From this on the industry
grew rapidly in France, but In Germany
the advance was slow until 1885 or 1895,
when Schubarth went to France to study
their methods of manufacture. AS a
result of the information obtained, new
factories were established In large num-
A<ao IT, Co. i,-J
was nursed and fostered by these gov
ernments and still has national care in
all European countries where beets are
cultivated. In Russia. France, Germany,
Austria. Holland, Belgium. Denmark,
Sweden, Spain, Bulgaria and Bohemia
are the progressive nations in the old
country, which set the United States
the example, and which we have pro
Gressed" backward in the last few years,
In following. In all these coun-
tries we find for many years
the beet question agitating the legisla-
tors, and the main trouble is to increase
the exports, while In America there is
a home market for every pound we can
produce for many years to come, with
proper protection. A remarkable fact
Is that while German and French sugar
II sold in America, say, for three cents
per pound to the seller, the native who
raises the beets and lives in sight of the
factory, perhaps, must pay double that
price.
This probably accounts for the fact that
the average annual consumption in
France and Germany is considerably
less than one-half that Of the English
AnnorfnQn MHl1n OF "a
there is a great overproduction now and
all sorts OF experiments have been
adopted, such as export bounties, limit
Ing the amount of production. ETC., to
save for the people the benefits Of the
great prop to agriculture which they
have found the industry to be for many
years past. The same thing has been
repeated in Russia. The manufacturers
themselves are beginning to understand
that their only hope is to limit the out
put Of sugar in Russia to the needs OF
the country's consumption. Germany
has recently increased the export bounty
on sugar. hoping that heavy shipments
to this country, and lower prices would
discourage the industry here.
AMERICAN HISTORY.
Leaving Europe with its S.000. 900 acres
of beet fields and its product OF, say.
100000 tons of sugar annually, OF
which $4,000. 900 worth finds market In
the United States, let us review the ups
and downs of the industry in our own
country. Up to 1879 there are no sue
cesses to record. Five or six years be-
fore the first successes in Germany, in
1880, the first experiment in this country
was made by two Philadelphians but
failure resulted from their ignorance
Of proper cultivation and of the pro-
cesses of extraction. In 1888 David
Childs, who had spent some time In the
beet districts Of Europe. made an at
tempt to manufacture beet sugar at
Northampton, Mass. It was next at
tempted at Chatworth; Ill. in 1885, by e.
T. and q. Gennert, formerly Of Germany.