New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17

the future he. The experiments which have
been made this season have practically demon
strated what careful observers and scientific in.
vestigators had long held to be true. that sugar
heots Of sufficient sacchar!ne strength 20 be profit
ably converted into sugar be successfully raised
In many II not I'm large majority Of the States.
That fact having been demonstrated. the next and
equally important problem 10 be solved j. that Of
turning tho farmers bee, crops into sugar In or
der TO do this. somewhat expensive plant must
be provided and operated by skilled labo- In the
nelghborhood whore the bects arc raised. The
farmer who could furnish the capital to build and
operate such plant raise bccts enough TO keep
II going would be difficult II not impossible To find
Men with capital would not b" likely to invest II
In beet-sugar factory until they could be assured
OF annual supply Of bcets 10 keep IT in opera
ton through the sugnr-making season. The ma
chincry minus the raw material would he as worth
less tho material minus the machinery.
How to bring tho two into conjunction then. Is
tho problem.
In Germany. whore the beet sugar Industry has
reached "A high and profitable stage ~ development.
several plans have been tried ont lines OF which have
been furnished 20 the State Department by consular
officers OF the United States. who requested
obtain and forward this Information: The organiza
ton OF beet sugar factories the class Of farmers
who became Shareholders the nature OF the product.
whether refined or sugar. and the relative sue
cess OF cooperative factories"
According 70 the Interesting and exhaustive report
OF Consul General Mason. OF Frankfort. nearly
half OF tn" German sugar factories organized
stock companies. while III owned ana operated
by priva. Arms sixty-two 10y limited liability stock
companies and forty by "oprn-trade associations"
The stock companies operate the largest. we'll
the most numerous factories. and have been the
most successful The stockholders are divided into
TWO Glasses Under the irst category. the holder OF
each share q stock Is bound cultivate annually
,g.1
his product the factory. lie only sell his
shares by permission OF the company purchaser
who Will assume all the obligations that 1t may i'm
pose with regard to the growing ard delivery OF
hocts Stock OF the second category may be held by
any investor AMI is issued for the purpose OF secur-
ing such additional capital as may be required for
building improving or operating the factory and
which cannot bc obtained from the farmers Of the
noghhorhooI who can raise occts ami constitute the
shareholders under the iirst category.
STATISTICS AS To GERMAN FACTORIES
Mr. Mason gives fom, facts relating to one Of
these stock companies This company MAS organ
ized III ISsi with an original capital of S26ip rep
Resented by LIS shares. 775 OF which belonged to
stockholders of the first class and the remainder
TO those OF the second class. Each holder OF stock
OF the first class Is bound 10 cultivate In beets each
yer for each share OF his stock an amount OF and
equal to about and four-hfths acres ana to de-
liver the crop 50 raised TO the factory. The com
and con .um'd in th" season OF ~ - onv,t iT' e
tons of bccis. ana IN the me noranl' oiIhp'Sn %
three years ago when the German sugar manu-
f,ciuro reached the z"nith Of It's prosperity; II Is
said To have paid To it, shareholders dividends
%"' mnIrr control the product Of 1905 acres Of
bets many OF the shareholders Raising much NOR NOR
than their prescribed quota per snare whlcn iN,s
ONLY the minimum area which cach y Dou'iu ~
cultivate. ,, ,,o,or
which the limited liability COMPANIES labor o,nre
Tho f,Il H. price Of sugar. owing emery 10 oN'i.
no 4. General
ihorcforc that under existing conditions the strong
es, and safest form OF Organization Is the one one
cplc IN which the stock sharos 81 o. oSSricuurists
who are no; only stimulated 10y their own interests
maintain their beet culture AZ me shnT9 ",
per acre ana perccntag" of sugar contained but
who gather the entire pro If ,r1 hcna y and the NAM
nfacturc Of sugar. In other words. me cooper
vantagco,is position OF n man who as iarm n' u
guaranteed definite price Tor the pio"ur,ron, u
,,rr ~" ,is Interests as an owner and cutivator OK
the soil arc brought into harmony with and sup
p I'm conc i Mr. Mason From the stand
tidc Inquiries submitted by the Department may he
answered as ioHowS'
ADVANTAGES OF COOPERATION
ct, The cooperative principle is of large and in
crcasng application and influence In German beet
culture ard SUGAR manufacture.
80 The purpose and effect OF i,s application are 10
co,trol of the and-ownng and farming classes, ex-
cIud non In nd holding capitalists ana secure 10
each factory in depressed as we'll as prosperous
times an adequate supply Of beets as raw mattIial
- Roth large and-hodcrs and small farmers
are engaged In cooperative sugar production inc
proportion OF large landowners being Sieater III
Northern than ia Southern Germany, wheie sonie
FACTORIES organized as stock companies have as
many as l.e1 or 800 beet growing STOCKHOLDERS;
Il Both large and small factories are oIsln,.I1eu
on the cooperative plan, but the relative propotto
Of small factories Is decreasing, by reason OF tnel
enlargement to meet the more dfiicut require
ments OF sharp and close competition -
* Most factories In Germany produce Only IA"
sugnr and thew are generally not tributary 10 any
spcciaI refinery There now IN operation III
Germany ify-eight sugar renneries. OF when FOUR
tccn are organized as full, stock companies. Two as
CORPORATIONS with limited liabilities. and the re-
n.ainder are private firms Factories which produce
only raw sugar market their product somewnat IN
arcorJonce With location and transportation facill
ties either by direct export or by safe 10 the near
est refinery that VII! pay satisfactory price for IT,
"a The factories organized and operated on t IN,
co-oneratIve principle above described. are thc
most successful sugar factories In Germany Ior tn
reason stated that one Of stockholders reap an
the profits incident both beet-growing ana sugar
a. The number Of sugar factories IN Germany sr
is moi increasing but the capacity OF many eA-
istinc factories Is being enlarged and the co-opera-
tive princpie extended in Application SO AZ "
bring the whole Industry more ana more uhoer co"-