Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23

islation, but they have attempted to
introduce the bounty system through
State enactments. These efforts have
not been very successful, however
Nebraska passed bounty law, but APP
propriated no money to pay the boun-
ty, and then repealed the law. In
Michigan a law was passed placing a
bounty OF 1c a pound on beet sugar
There are a number Of successful fac
tories in this State, and IL soon be-
came evident that the State, even with
out the building OF additional facto-
ries. would have to pay out about
100000 a year. The State refused to
pay. There was legal battle, and the
Supreme Court held that the law was
unconstitutional. Some States have
passed laws providing for bounties in
case a high price was paid for beets.
Most of them have been vetoed: none
has stood the test of the courts.
There are only two States which pay
bounties, New York and Minnesota.
The bounty in New York is 1c a pound,
and the Minnesota law limits the
amount that can be paid out in this
manner to $4,000 per annum.
Cost Of Manufacture.
It is very difficult to obtain the
figures as to the actual cost Of making
beet sugar in the United States from
the manufacturers, but the best au-
thorities say that the cost is not more
than &c a pound. Mr.. often, the Am
eriCan manager of the Maschinenfa-
brik Grevenbrorch, the German fac
tory. which has furnished the machin-
cry for the largest beet sugar mills in
this country and recognized author.
ity on beet sugar making, places the
cost at Sc a pound for refined granu.
lated sugar. Many Of the leading man
ufacturers claim that they have never
been able to produce sugar at this
price, but II seems to be the result OF
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most improved scientific methods II
the cost is greater than this. The cost
is frequently figured at 31sc a pound,
however In testifying before the In
dustrial Commission a couple Of years
ago. Edwin +. Atkins said:
81 notice in the report of the Agrl-
cultural Department in Washington,
on the beet sugar industry, that some
figures have recently been made abroad
on the cost OF the production of beet
sugar in the United States. They are
looking upon the United States as a
possible competitor They take the
theoretical yield Of the beet as report.
ed by the United States Department of
Agriculture and the experiment sta
tions, which reports show the beet in
the United States. in most States OF
the Union, as equal to the beet on the
Continent of Europe. They figure on
the actual reports OF the prices paid
for these beets. In that way they get
at the cost of production, that is, the
price at which beet sugar ought to be
produced in the United States-3hc a
pound, believe, for graduated sugar. "
Cost Is Decreasing.
The cost of beets is almost exactly
the same in this country as 1t Is in
Europe. The price being between 81
and So ton. The price Is usually
nearer 81 than s., and 1t has been the
idea in some States to attempt to legis-
late the price up to s. by offering
bounties in case that price is paid for
beets.
The cost of making beet sugar is less
today than 1t was when Mr., Atkins
discussed 1t before the Commission.
The cost of establishing a plant is not
what ii formerly was. There is duty
of As per cent on machinery OF this
class, and formerly all beet sugar ma
chinery came from abroad. This is not
the case now. The United States De-
partment of Agriculture in It's 1890 re-
port says:
Along with the progress that is be-
ing made in the manufacture OF sugar
from beets in America, and quite con-
sistent with American character, is to
be noticed the alertness Of our machin-
cry and implement men. From the be-
ginning the manufacturers OF factory
machinery gave the beet sugar factory
careful study. A large percentage OF
the factories that have been built have
been designed and the equipment has
been planned by American architects
and designers. A goor percentage OF
the machinery in the factories is OF
home manufacture. There is probably
not factory In this country that does
not possess more or less OF the Ameri-
can-made and Acknowledged ma
chlnery. Many OF them are so equip
ped throughout. Instances could be
pointed out where factories were built
last year equipped with the latest for
eign-made machinery, which was later
torn out and replaced by American
made machinery at an expenditure
reaching from $4,000 to 800, 900.