Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-02-19
A BEET SUGAR FAC
Efforts Being Made to Start On
in Douglas County.

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The Alpine Land & Water Co. are now
negotiating with Ia Francisco parties To-
see If a beet sugar factory cannot b.
placed in Douglas county These factor
les have proven the best possible aids to
the commercial growth of "a State and in
all parts of California where they have
been introduced, prosperity has followed
as if by magic.
The amount of sugar in Nevada beets
sufpasseS the bPets of California by a
large per cent, and if beet sugar factories
will pay in California they will paw even
better in Nevada. The Reno Journal in
discussing the question says:
The farmers of Douglas county and
some Of the business men of Carson ar,
agltating a proposition to erect a beet
sugar factory in some suitable locality i'm
Carson Valley. They claim to have the
soil, we know they have the climate and
they think they can raise the necessary
capital.
What those people propose to do in the
Carson Valley can be as easily acr0n,-
piished i'll Washoe county and in the
valley OF the Humboldt. 1t has been
demonstrated to a certainty that The soil
and climate of Nevada are peculiarlv
adapted to the dulture of the sugar beet.
and analyses of the beets grown in this
State made at the horticultural Experi-
ment Station, show that thew contain a
larger percentage of saccharine matter
than the beets used at the factories in
California.
There is a home market, and probably
always will be, for all the sugar that can
be produced in the western country. The
beet culture business is said to be profit
able and the establishment of a sugar
factory in any of the valleys of Nevada
adjacent to railroads would enhance the
Vaiue OF agricultural land in the vicinity
from % TO 90 per cent. The pulp or ref
use of the factory is said to make ex-
cellent feed for cattle and is used for that
purpose.
IL Is estimated that the per capita con-
OF sugar per mum in Nevada
Is about 100 pounds. At present this is
imported at a cost to the people of MANY
thousands of dollars. not a cent of which
x bNth 'N lutIt are. so lar as
known, no stock holders in the sugar
trust i'll this State.
Would ii not be advisable for our farm
ers, business men and capitalists to get
together and see what they can do to-
wards getting a sugar factory in this
vicinity? Prosser Valley. within a few
miles OF Keno, contains land enough to
produce beets for a moderate sized fac
tory. The extension of the IIichlana ir-
riEIt!ng ditch Il few miles would take
water INTO the valley. Then there is
spanish Spring valley and other lands
on which heets could be produced in the f,
vicinity. The factory would give en- |
ployihent to many people for some f!
months every year, and the culture of the
oeets to supply the factory would EMPLOY
many more people. Indian labor could
De utilized where cheap labor would be !
An absolute essential to success and
lands now u~nprOductive or nearly so !
would be brought under cultivation
Inc matter is worthy of consideration !
ana If enterprising men here engage in
me enterprise there should be no diff
'uitF IN getting capital from other States
% purchase n requisite machinery.