The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-11

say that they could money with only 80 cent Of
the present duty to protect them.
There is unquestionably good profit the factories in
the manufacture of beet sugar. said the manufacturer TO
Curtis The average price for refined at the
factory has been from AZ pound Two years
the Illinois Sugar Refining company at Pekin. Ill,
sold its products TO the trust for Al cents IL is com
phrase among those conversant with the bushes
that three years successful grind good tonnage
beets should any factory building For example
supposing s00ton factory had 60-day run
ing $4,000 OF beets 1890 at average Of
ten tons In other words if it made 200 pounds
Of the figuring product
equivalent 200 pounds sugar would $500
tons Of This would average Of 2z cents
pound and could the factory for AZ cents
pound, which is $50 profit or net profit the
season of S176000 factory three seasons with
the result the profit would s534O0O which would
more than build any SO0ton plant
THAT there is large profit in the business is dem
cnstrated by the confidence which all the manufacturers
have in the results For instance have in my posses
sion propositions from three four big
tory builders offering to put UP the plants the
chnery and ake the stock Of the company par pay
ment for from onefourth oneha contract price
They always insist however that signed contracts be OBJ
tanned with farmers cultivate from 1000 5000 acres
Of beets for of three five years Allow
ing for liberal profit in the price in all such
propositions, there is still enough to prove
udI plant builders nave faith
dustry and are of the profits derived by factories
where beets be obtained the price and
the standard price for beets is universal and
stable the value Of a gold dollar
Another thing has been demonstrated by the people
engaged in the business which is that sugar beets can
be raised at profit by they are sure Of
receiving this standard price namely. 81 beets
testing u with per cent purity and allowing
70 cents per ton extra for each additional per cent
sugar and per cent of purity We have also demon
strated the fact that in the agricultural Illinois,
Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, the Dakotas and Minnesota
where the farms large and help as scarce has
been for number of seasons, is difficult usually
impossible to interest enough farmers in any vicinity to
insure sufficient tonnage of beets the
ton OF factory You say in article
is impossible to ascertain the making sugar From
experience, thorough experience extending
states have learned that runs from II cents to
cents per pound, depending very largely upon ab
y and economy of the superintendent in charge of the
factory that is his ability run the machinery so as to
obtain all the sacharne matter that is in the
not allow it to run out of the strip plant
Is called believe that it would be conservative esti
mate to call 25 cents pound big average the
cost of beet throughout the United States This
based upon the standard price of beets which
ready named which practically universal in every
beet growing country You figure it for yourself
Twelve and oneha per of 1000 pounds is 25O and
so per cent of that leaves 200 pounds sugar ton
Some manufacturer claim that they fall little of
this and do not really obtain than average of
pounds Of refined sugar to the ton of beets Well call It
that AT 23 cents pound, $3.50 worth of sugar
for each 81 of beets, which allows for the
manufacture. That is allowance of s4O0 a day for
running an s00ton plant which is ample. In addition to
this there is always certain of srup as well as
by-products in the OF fertilizers and feed Of
the factories sell the pulp Other buy cattle fatten
them it, for it is excellent feed when mixed with
little grain.
These latter items are by insignificant the
factory properly managed and will enough to its
income to make 25 pound safe estimate as to
the average cost of making beet sugar this country
The prices have stated have paid by Oxnard both
at his Grand Island Norfolk factories in Nebraska
for years At time however his managers deducted
such an enormous per the whole com
munty in indignation against them That has made
it necessary to raise their own bees."