Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-01
THE LEGISLATURE.
In reply to the question:. "haye 30
visited the lepislature?" he said:

In reply to the question. "have you
visited the legislature?" he said:
"Yes, this is the first time l ever at
tended a session of the New Mexico legis-
lature, and am very much pleased with
the progressive spirit manifested by the
members; it also gives me pleasure to see
80 many young men of the territory in
both houses. The fact of young men be-
ing placed in such positions makes them
feel the responsibility resting upon them,
and they will take great interest IN the
future prosperity of the whole territury.
If Fridays work is any criterion, they
certainly seem actuated by desire to
legislate for the whole territory, rather
than for any one locality"
THE EXEMPTION BILL.
"Mr. Faulkner, what do you believe will
be the effect of the exemption bill passed
by the legislature?"
81 think it will be the means of bring
ing hundreds of thousands of dollars of
capital into the territory which other
wise would not have come. Other terri
tories and the states are Offering induce
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beet sugar factories, where the conditions
are not 30 favorable as in New Mexico.
While the immediate effects will be felt in
the Pecos valley, because of the expert
ments and actual work already done
there, yet in a very short time the whole
territory will be benefited, even to
greater degree than the valley.
NEW FAcTORIEs
"Mr. Hagerman has already under con-
sideration plans which will result in an
800 ton factory being built in the valley.
There is no reason why large factories
should not, in the near future, be built in
the Espanola valley, near Albuquerque,
in the Rio Grande valley, in Taos county,
in fact in many other localities which |
am not personally acquainted with.
Wherever there is water enough to irri
gate 5000 or 1000 acres of land there should
be factory, provided the precaution is
taken before hand to test the experiment
of raising beets and ascertaining the
percentage of sugar in them. The ulti-
mate benefit to the farmers and business
men in any locality is worth all the
trouble in making these experiments.
PERCENTAGE OF SUGAR.
"In Nebraska the average per cent. of
sugar in beets is something over 49,
it is not much greater in Utah; in
California, where the gretest results have
been obtained in the past, it is between
IA and Is, while in the Pecos valley it
has been shown to be between II and IS,
and there is no good reason to suppose
that other parts of New Mexico cannot
give as favorable results if the expert
ment is only tried. The sugar in the
beet is formed from the sunshine as the
plant is maturing, and the whole territory
is blessed with sunshine.
at would be absurd for US to claim
that the Pecos valley is the only locality |
In the territory where the industry can
be successfully established. Besides the
sunshine, the beet is plant that requires
: minimum of water as compared with
other products that are grown. Our
company will be only too glad to analyze
any and all beets sent US from any locali-
~, and also to give any information
relative to their culture. While we are
working for the Pecos valley, we want to
keep in touch with the whole territory,
since that which benefits part benefits
the whole.
BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED.
"When it is known that factory of
say 400 tons capacity per day, which is
not at all large one, will consume $4,000
IONS of beets per annum, paying out to
farmers for such crop a minimum of
100000, outside of the wages which
would be paid to employees of the factory,
IL is apparent to all that the trouble in
the fitness for beet culture
Of any locality will be paid by the ulti
mate results.
WIDESPREAD ATTENTION ATTRACTED.
"The richness of the beets in the Pecos
valley is far ahead of anything heretofore
known, and this is attracting considerable
attention, because while it costs no more
10 raise an 18 per cent beet than IA, the
profit to the grower and also to the
factory is proportionately larger and
capitalists are looking for localities
where the best results can be obtained
,or the money invested. The richness of
;he New Mexico beets and the exemption
rom taxation for term of years will
certainly attract those who are interested
IN the beet sugar industry from all over
The world"
EFFECTS OF PROTECTION.