The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-02-03


Hoods ri Is cure all liver Ills Mailed
25c. by q. l. Hood q Co Lowell, Mass,
The Orange Judd Farmer under The
caption wild Over Beet Sugar" says:
Truly tins expresses the condition IN
southern and central Michigan. Our
farmers who raised sugar beets for the
factory at Bay City, Bay county, last
season have done very handsomely from
a financial standpoint aud thousands of
farmers all oyer the state are anxious to
grow this new and profitable crop for 1899
I'm addition to the two new factories in
Or near Bay City that are likely to he ready
for the 80 crop, contracts have just been
made with the Oxnard Conslrut lion Co.
10 build and equip magnificent 500 ton
plant for the Detroit Sugar Co. at Roches
ter, Oakland county This plant is ex
peCted TO consume from 80 900 to rs, 600
tons of bcets of the 1899 crop, and will
contract for between 5000 and 10 900
acres of beets. The factory is to have an
ideal location for the delivery of raw ma.
terial and for the marketing OF its finished
product. 1t is backed by the strongest
and wealthicst capitalists in Detroit and
promises to be money maker from the
start.
Numerous other factories are in con-
temptation. Besides the one Al Caro- an.
other is pretty certain to be in operation
this fall al Benton Harbor, probably also
at Grand Haven. Several other places IN
this state are making strong efforts to get
in IN nrE
Quite number of additional factories will
doubtless be established in time for the
campaign of 1900
Farmers throughout the state are con
vihced that the sugar beet is the new crop
they have so long needed In most of our
enterprising cities and towns the value to
the community OF beet sugar factory is
thoroughly appreciated. Our capitalists
who look into the industry are disposed to
regard II favOrably, especially as the state
bounty Is such rs TO insure each factory
an ample supply of beeis at fair price
both tor the farmers and the factory
With such supply Of beets of the quality
that Michigan can raise, it is merely
question OF proper management TO make
beet sugar factory profitable TO the capital
invest d A good deal OF money that has
recently been made in copper micing and
copper speculation will probably flow into
the beet sugar industry, especially if con.
guess provides for continuance of the
present tariff against imported tropical
sugars.
"1here is a very grateful feeling toward
Orange Judd Farmer among Michigan
farmers and others interested IN the new
business We realize that the industry
would not be in anything like its present
shape hut for the remarkable work of this
journal for the past few years. Our peo.
pie are practically united against tropical
annexation and desire TO see the largest
possible development OF this industry here
in Michigan instead of fostering the sugar
trusts interests in the tropics"
NOTES.
Some of the most recent data published
regarding the sugar campaign of l897-9S
in France shows that 344 factories worked
9 400, O58 tons of btets from which we're
extracted 72l 215 tons # refined sugar,
which includes the product extracted
from molasses, etc. The beets during last
year were very rich and allowed satisfac.
tory extraction.
From official data it is learned that the
total exports of raw beet sugar from Ger
many during the campaign of 1896-97 was
760 900 tons, of which 23S, 900 tons were
sent to England and 42S. 900 tons to the
United States; the total refined sugar ex.
ported was 400, 900 tons, of which 800 600
tons found their way to Great Britain and
IL 900 tons to the United States; to which
must also be added the expectation 10
Canada, etc.
A special note was sent out by the
Berlin statistical bureau calling attention
the fact that the total number of tons of
beets worked during the past cam palgn in
Germany was II ,97S $50 tons. From the
roots were extracted 1876, 091 tons of
sugar, The extraction expressed In raw
sugar was Is 10 per cent of the weight of
the beets worked. This is considerably
more than during the previous campaign.
The area of The Philippine islands is
estimated at 100, 900 square miles. The
island of Lnzon alone is larger than New
York and Massachusetts. They COMPRISE
about 200 islands, covering land and sea
area of 1900 miles latitude and 2, 400 miles
of longitude The total exports of sugar
TO the United States and Europe during
the ten years ending in 1897 was | $50 ,904
tons, of which S75, 100 tons went to the