The Holly chieftain., 1900-12-07

! dfteen-acre contract il / could not Sc
cure the same from the factory COM
pany. 30 could have thirty acres to
tend on nv own farm. own mr own
land.
| +. ~ Engler: Two miles from fac
tory; planted six acres TO beeIs; aver
age yield. twenty tons to the acre:
test, eighteen per cent sugar; best
crop can raise. | will make $50 per
acre not counting my own time.
| ". Bishop: Three miles from fac
tory: planted fifteen acres; average
weld. fifteen tons: sixteen TO twenty
per cent. sugar. best thing we ever
had in this valley Will plant twenty
acres more next year.
George ". Mcbride: only
brought in one load. The test tf this
load went twent,-six per cent. sugar.
Mr. II. NanBuskirk. president, and
Mr.. \. L. Kelioe, cashier OF the Farm
en- and Merchants Bank. gave our
committee the following letter:
Mr.. r. r Baker and Others Of tho
Committee from Northern Colorado:
Gentlemen-Iour questions regard
ing the sugar beet INDUSTRY here have
been put into our hands TO answer.
and in doing so l will take them in
| the order that you have submitted
them.
First-What has been the effect on
prices Of real estate:
Answer-City property has quad
rupled in price. Suburban property
has doubled in price. Farm property
has advanced twenty. five per cent,
which 10 very good for the frat year.
We have reason to believe that farms
will steadily advance as the value OF
the indust ry is developed and realized.
| Second-What has been the increase
to business In your town and other
towns where beets have been growns
Answer-Nearly every merchant
who was here before the industry
came has been obliged TO add from
nfty to Que hundred per cent. to his
store room, and to increase his stock In
proportion. and IT has brought; and
will continue to do 50. new business
men and new enterprises.
Third-what 10 the increase in your
banking business on account Of the
sugar beet factory?
Answer-Our banking business has
increased an hundred per cent.
Fourth-Would you advise = CON-
munitv to make an effort, to get sug
ar factory located among them.
| Answer-I would advise not only
making the effort. but would make .
secrihce to secure factory. provided
YOU can get the right parties TO build
and operate the factory
Fifth-Has it been = profitable thing
for your farmers?
Answer-Yes, decidedly 40; and this
Is only the first year.
Si1th-Has it brought in All undes.
irable class OF citizens to locate?
Answer-It has not, as permanent
citizens. During the thinning season
we had to have such an unusual
amount Of labor that we found 1t nee.
eSSary to bring several hundred Mex-
leans, who. after the work was done,
gradually drifted back to their homes
in New Mexico
Seventh-Please give the names of
persons growing beets, and What their
average tonnage per acre. and price
OF seeds
Answer i. c. Kahn. G. ". Lackey.
F. NJ. Haesin, A. Morriss. DIR. Sam
Pollock, G. " Swink and nearly every
business man in the city and farmer
In the county. The average tonnage
will be seventeen; the price will be
from ~ to 81 PER ton.
Eighth Is there anv complaint with
the grower, and are they well pleased
with industry?
Answer-There were grumblerx and
dissattfied ones in Eden, and 10 there
are here; but they are like the little
pebbles in the makeup OF the, great
universe. Our farmers are almost un-
iversallv pleased, and feel that the
dawn Of better days IL breaking. Al
there Is no possibility OF OVERRIDING
the business in our country for years,
and perhaps never, l feel that BY en-
couraginR this grea estindustry Of the
times in our state, We are laving the
foundation for an enviable future. and
would be glad TO lend YOU what help l