Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-26

through the fundamentally of these
two factories alone.
In addition to these there are In the
western states the following factories.
which are of sufficient importance To
mention: At Grand Island. Neb., plant
OF the American Beet Sugar Company.
capacity per day, 500 tons; American
Beet Sugar Company. Norfolk, Neb.
capacity. 500 tons: Minnesota Sugar
Company, 81. Louis Park. Mimi. 500
tons: SprcCkels Sugar Company. Sa-
linas. Cal, 1000 tons: American Beet
Sugar Company. Oxnard. Cal, 1000
tons; Union Sugar Company, Santa
Maria. Cal. 500 tons: Colorado Sugar
Manufacturing Company. Grand juno
ton. Col. 500 tons: ID. c. Corbin's
plant. Waverly. Wash, $50 tons: plant
now under construction at Sioux City.
Ia, will have capacity OF 500 tons:
Sugar City, Col. newly constructed.
500 tons, with contracts for 10000 acres
of beets. the capacity to he increased
next year.
Colorado and Utah have numerous
smaller factories. while In Nebraska
almost every county now has a: beet
sugar association, whose object Is to
construct plants upon the cooperative
plan This plan is also being worked
up in several counties in Kansas and
northern Iowa.
AS each of these large factories keep
from 500 to 400 persons employed out
side of the factories through their
contracts for beet raising. and as the
merchants Of the neighboring towns
depend upon the trade Of these persons
for their own sustenance, the comblna-
ton in a political way becomes so pow.
crful that no western Congressman
who desire a reelection can AFFORD II
! antagonize the wishes Of this largs
body OF their constituents.
The farmer receives 81 per ton, grosi
weight, for his beets. He raises ar
average OF IS tons to the acre. though
90 and % tons are not uncommon. TIT
crop. therefore. disregarding the add
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profitable he has. excepting only hi
alfalfa crop. For this reason, regard
less of whether he is Democrat, Repub
lican or Populist, he is rushing to tn
defence OF his pocketbook. which h
considers will be assailed by a reduc
tion or the elimination of the duties oil
raw sugar OF Cuban production. He 1
enlisting the sympathy OF his loca
press, and. following upon the com
ment OF these agrarian organs. tn,
city press is taking up the cudgel.
The Cleveland. o., Leader started tn
ball rolling more heavily recently by
fiery editorial excoriating the suga
trust and declaring: III the American
people can be deluded by the specia
sugar trust they will deserve no sym
pathy. Its true purpose Is too apparc
ent. II stands too clearly for monopol
. and the eXtortion which Is the child q
complete control OF great industries. ''
This editorial Is being copied all owe
the West. and the Omaha Bee, tn
!. most powerful Republican organ 4
Nebraska, says, in commenting upo
Il:
"The fact is now very general
recognized that the policy and purpos
OF the sugar trust are to destroy tn
American beet sugar industry That
what the proposition to admit Cuba
raw sugar free and retain the duty q
refined means. 1t is a proposition thu
contcmplates the abandonment Of be,
sugar production in this country an
the surrender of the American mark,
To the control OF the trust.
I'VE do not believe that Congrei