The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-06-23
IN BEET SUGAR
Great Impetus has Been Given
As Industry.
xcltY TARIFF A HELP
California 10 the Leader With Fields
and Mdi.-The oxnards-N.w
Rsfinevies Going Up.

WHICH mas Deen unnearu OF IN recent
industrial development. Not only have
there been started and projected new
factories greater in number than those
which were previously in existence,
but these have all been of larger tom
mage and they will afford more than
double acreage for the farmers Of the
vicinage
California leads all the rest in ton
mage expected to be brought into pro-
ducing during the campaign of 1899.
With the great Salinas factory, which
will exceed In size any other in the
country and almost take in any two
of Its competitors; the Pacific Beet
sugar Company at Oxnard, Ventura
county, and the Union Sugar company
ut Santa Maria, Santa Barbara coun-
~. the new construction in the Pacific
State will almost reach that OF all other
States Of the country.
In this connection it is interesting to
show first the factories which existed
before the Dingley bill or were In con-
struction at that time and those which
have been brought into existence since
its enactment into law. The following
California factories were producing
sugar in 1896:
Watsonville -. ........ 1000 tons
Chlno ....... 1000 tons
Crockett ...... .............l 1000 tons
AIvarado ........ .......... 800 tons
Los Alamitos ............ 1000 tons
The figures show the ultimate ca
pacity OF the works rather than the
amounts which they were turning out
during the campaign Of that year, and
In the case of two OF the factories the
construction was not completed.
Nebraska ranked next to California
with two factories, as follows: Grand
Island. 400 tons; Norfolk. $50 tons.
In the other States the factories were
- follows: Rome, N. Y, and Bing-
hamton, n. Y, $50 tons each; Utah.
two factories, $50 tons each; Oregon,
one factory with capacity of 300
tons; Pecos Valley, N. NJ, $50 tons:
Minnesota, one factory, 400 tons: Wis
cOnsin. one factory, 300 tons.
The new factories will greatly exceed
these, and that in the face of the dire
predictions of the men in the American
Beet Sugar Producers Association,
who fought the annexation Of Hawaii
bitterly. The argument which they
made at that time has been shown to
be fallacious, as they now look to the
aid OF the Hawaiians to keep up the
price OF sugar and to shut the Cuban
and Philippine sugar out of the coun-
try, and, instead of foe, they admit
that they have an ally. Meantime the
prices which will be paid to producers
for their beets will be not less than
that paid under the old conditions, for
the rate as announced il to be $3.50
per tons for beets on the usual basis
OF sugar, with such premiums for rich
ness as have been paid in the past.
California leads In the construction
Of new factories. not only in size, but
is tied in number. Michigan alone has
az many new ones, three, while one Is
the most in any other state. Salinas
leads all the rest in size, as that fac
tory will eat up 5000 tons of beets daily
for sixty days or more, which means
that there must be cultivated some
thing over 10000 acres of beets to sup
ply this great factory. At Oxnard
there will he the factory of the new
corporation, which will succeed the in
dividual Oxnard holdings, and as il
will consume 1000 tons of beets day
over 5000 acres OF the Santa Barbara
valley must come under beet culture
San Luis Opispo and Santa Barbara
counties will contribute the product of
1000 acres for the new factory at Santa
Maria, which, with the acreage now
under cultivation for the existing fac
tories, promises 10 make q total Of
nearly 10000 acres of beets In the State
Of California.
As the first State In which the beet
sugar industry reached such state of
development, Nebraska will add To her
pair Of factories another at Ames, the
home of the president OF the Beet Sugar
Producers Association, and the point
from which emanated so much of the
literature against annexation. Thls
new factory will have a capacity OF
some 500 tons a day, or nearly twice
that OF the other factories In the State
II will be Of the type OF the factories
In the Far West and win have all the
modern Improvements
In Michigan the lower peninsula OF
the State AZ least Is turning to beets
with energy Three factories are In
contemplation and will he In shape for
the 1893 run, These are IN the vicinity
of Detroit and Bay city and are OF fair
capaclty, having tie machinery for the
working up Of from 300 10 900 tons Gf
beets a day, Illinois win get into the
business with factory OF tho same
capacity near Peoria; Now York VIII
add 10 Its pair ~ factories, ono near
tt0eheslor, Wisconsin projects another
fanlory ana there u talk ~ such IN
dustrles al points w tho West along
tke iIDs ~ the Union paplAc Railroad
IN Wyumine ana Idaho,
Will such development 10 tho beet
ssg.T,.nAkins u iLe country there 10