New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
Beet Sugar.
Manufacture.
M. Huxmann, of the St. Louis Park Factory
Talks ON that Subject.
Predictions for the Future.
Great Industry and What it Is Like and It
--E - .a Cost.
Mankato Review:

Nj. HuXmanns the expert AGRICULTURAL
list Of the St. Louis park sugar beet fac
tory, was q visitor in Mankato today,
and while there devoted much Of his
time talking sugar beet factories. He is
well conversant with these subjects, and
talked Interestingly to the reporters. He
was here in the interest of his factory,
and desired to find out how many acres
of sugar beets are likely to be produced
in this section the coming year. Last
season the St. Louis Park factory used
about / ,444 tons of beets, from which
100000 pounds of sugar were manufac-
tured. At least $4,000 tons could have
been taken by the factory if the farmers
had produced that amount. The fac,o-
ry itself raised $50 acres of the vegeta-
BILE. The value Of the beets taken in by
the factory was 100000. The factory
was operated from Oct. 18th until Dec.
4th. If it could have been supplied
with beets it would have run from Sept.
LIST until the middle of March. The in
stitution employed about 900 persons,
and the wages paid ranged from $1.75
per day for common labor to $40 per
day for the skilled workmen. 1t has cost
Mr.. Huxmanns company from $4,000
to $4,000 to introduce the beet sugar
industry in tins state, and this year the
corporation did not realize profit, nor
did it expect to, but with the proper
supply of beets next year the factory
will succeed in paying good dividend.
Mr.. Huxmann was in Michigan last
week, and there he found six new fac
tories in course of erection and others
projected, all of them being backed by
home capital. In Bay City, last year,
there was one factory. Two more are to
be erected there. In Alma and Roches
ter, factories IRE being built, and in
Saginaw, Benton Harbor and Kalamazoo
companies are now being organized. The
farmers are all interesting themselves in
raising beets, and the Bay City factory
has already contracted for enough of the
vegetable for next year.
In reply to questions put to him Mr..
Huxmann stated that $3.50, 900 would be-
necessary for the construction of $50
ton factory. This would pay Tor the
building and machinery. The machinery
is very expensive and 1t alone would ne
cessitate an expenditure of about $780,
900. At present there are three institu-
tons making beet sugar factory mathin-
cry. A factory without the refining pro-
cess will not pay. Mr.. Huxmann .sug-
gested that if the Mankato capitalists
would raise 100000 they could very
readily interest eastern men in the enter
prise, and, too, 5 per cent. bonds could
be hoated and the balance of the money
necessary to erect q factory could be Sc
cured. The first year 5000 acres OF
beets should be raised, the next year
5000 acres should be cultivated. A $50
ton factory would consume 100000
gallons of water per day. Mr.. Huxmann
feels that MaAkato should have a factory
and can see no good reason why the
scheme is not taken hold of. He went
on to say that $1OO,Ooo,0oo in cash is
sent out of the country each year to
other lands in payment from sugar.
From Minnesota alone $5,000,O00 is paid
to foreigners for sugar. The St. Louis
park factory had all of their sugar dis
posed of before one pound of the article
was refined.
A 500 ton factory can be built for less
money, in proportion, than can $50
ton factory.
Mr.. Huxmann remarked that by hav-
ing factory in Mankato the farmers
could be saved so cents per ton for
freight on their beets. He thought it
too late to erect q factory in Mankato
this year, but hoped the matter would be
taken hold of so that in 1900 Mankato
would have one of the concerns. He
hoped the farmers hereabouts would raise
many tons Of beets the coming year, as
all could be disposed Of. =
Mr.. Huxmann states that the St. Louis
park factory is not connected with the
combine. al
The biennial newspaper 1oasts on the
express companies have opened and
continued fire will be kept up from now
until the legislative session closes. The
wrongs that those concerns perpetrate
upon their patrons are readily admitted
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