New-York tribune., 1901-08-24
THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY
SECRETARY WILSON'S VIEWS SHARED
BY THE BRITISH CONSUL
AT CHICAGO.

washington. Aug. % (SpeciaD.-The conviction
recently expressed in The Tribune by Secretary
Wilson of the Department of Agriculture that
the United States will be able produce
from heets slOO0000o0 worth of sugar now annually
imported seems to be shared by the British Consul
at Chicago, William Wyndham. who has made a
careful investigation of this rapidly growing in
dustry and made an official report to his govern
ment on the subject. from which the following in
teresting facts extracted:
The production of beet sugar in the United States
district there are Four factories in the State OF
Illinois. three in Nebraska and three in Colorado.
american Beet sugar COMPANY and are at Grand 6
fully completed will employ thousands of hands.
Statistics indicate that the United States con-
proximatey one-quarter of the whole of the worlds
product. The conditions of SOIL climate and other
and especially in Colorado Nebraska and Illinois,
countries Of Europe or Asa The words pTodue
tion and consumption Of sugar is now about S25O 600
from beet and only One-third from cane. while the
the rate Of ESQ go tons yearly
The success attending the cultivation of the sugar
made a profitable and successful investment
b 6Ee eos nSS o 5d 6H nd f e0SS r GG
posed TO have IT ready for the crop of the coming
have contracted to grow eight thousand acres Of
year ba TOR ba Te Viii Hed ds[S * ad ma Is ey p
cent of sugar. The factory. when running at its
OF beets which it will convert into about one hun
dred tons OF refined sugar of the highest purity
and seldom go below Is per cent TWeEe per cent
Is taken as the basis Of buying beets at the factory
tract with the factory and are paid for according
tests made of samples taken from the wagons at
the time of delivery. In addition the factory con-
the land % will III be % farmed byte by tenants % but only
portion of each farm is devoted to heets each year
tents. The tests somewhat resemble the assaying
courages better farming and the raising of better
beets 1t is the only fair way. both to the raiser
At Sugar City farm Of twelve thousand acres
has been cultivated for raising sugar beets, and a
sugar factory has been built, With a capacity OF
five hundred tons every twenty y-four hours. On the
pioyed during the summer. and this seasons crop
will be converted into sugar The establishment OF
Witch FEW years ago Consisted q a hut or two
and thousands Of prairie dogs. Next year fully
four thousand acres of beets will he in cultivation.
The output will be increased rapidly possible,
and every day the demand for workmen is in
A general estimate of the cost Of construction:
upon OF beet sugar factories in this district as
taken from the Rocky Eora plant places me gen
So far rs the Arkansas Valley IN Colorado Is con
the minimum percentage Of sugar being about "A
per cent, while the maximum has reached % per
to sS per cent In stating these results reference
sspeciay maoS 10 me factory AZ K2cNy a Eord
Company, n New-York corporation, which works
the one at Rocky Ford being its NTH The experts
IN charge ~ this last factory all express surprise
AZ the results ~ this first camnaign and they
have become thoroughly CONVINCED that this valley
ducer. thanks To its equahe climate ample supply
Of water FOR Irrigation. cheap fuel and limestone
and unlimited extent OF available land for beet
culture II Is expected that the company
viii erect one or more factories in addition to the
one NJ Rocky Ford one 70 be built further east
and the other west Of Rocky Ford.
As an example Of the quality OF the sugar beets
produced upon this land n may he mentioned that
50 far six carloads Of beets from one field have
been tested. with results as follows: one carload.
is3 per cent: three carloads 1Ss per cent and two
carloads - per cent.