Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-12-29
Madison. Dec. "a.


| beet sugar factories as fast as the
farmers conclude to grow enough
| beets to make the operation of the
factories pay. The factory at James
willie has not all the beets this first
year to keep it running as long as de-
sired, but the farmers in that vicinity
have been successful in their expert,
ment with the crop and will increase
the acreage next year.
Nothing will delay the building of
factory in the town of Burke, near
Madison, except the failure of the
farmers in this locality to grow a suf-
| ficient acreage. The Dane county beet
crop for 1905 will be multiplied many
! times what it was in 1904, and should
the contracted acreage be insufficient
to warrant the establishment of a
factory here this year the crop will be
handled by the contractors as ad-
vantae ously to the farmers as though
the factory were built, the contractors
shipping the crop to the GAINESVILLE fac
tory or some other. However, the
prospects for the erection of the fac
tory during the coming summer are
good
Negotiations are now being COM
pleted for a beet sugar factory to
Sparta said DR.. w. r. Sarles of that
city at a Milwaukee hotel recently.
The same people who built the plant
at GAINESVILLE are behind the Sparta
project, and we think that the plant
has practically been assured A com.
mittee already has secured for the
company the promise of the donations
oil the necessary site, as well as a
guarantee of the acreage required to
support such an institution"
This projected factory is one more
OF the list that Captain Davidson
plans to build in Wisconsin in the
heXt few years if it seems practicable.
Though the millionaire sugar manufac-
'urer has made no statement to the
erect he seems to have planned a cam
palgn Tor the placing of a sugar fac
tory in the center of every great farm.
ing district OF Wisconsin. This has
been done in Michigan and large
number of factories are owned by the
same man.
Sugar Price Advanced.
A short beet sugar crop in Ger
many mas caused American refineries
TO greatly raise the price of the man.
fractured product. Sugar jobbers are
paying IS a barrel fnore for sugar
than they paid three months ago. The
present wholesale price is $3.50 a bar.
rel.
Inc advance has been gradual. the
greatest squirt having been made last
week when in one day the price was
forced up 20 cents barrel. Since the
advance started there have been bpt
lew declines. Sharp rallies have a.,
ways followed the breaks.
Sugar is selling wholesale at 3.
cent a pound higher than it was in
September, about So a. barrel in.
crease During a year between 15o
ooo and 100000 tons of sugar are
handled in Milwaukee for that citv
ana the country trade for which the
cream city is distributing point The
increase in price means a great addi-
tional outlay of money.
SO short has the supply become
that the refineries refuse to take I'm.
ture orders. and they will sell to the
Joobers just enough to supply tbs
trade. The shortage is the creates,
in Is years.
Cane Sugar Growers Profit.
Inc cane sugar growers are profit.
ing by the shortage in the beet pro-
duct Especially is this true of the
cuban growers. who have disposed ar
less than one-fourth of their regular
crop and who are now receiving ton.
notch prices for the balance of their
new product. There is no shortaoa
In the cane crop SO growers in the
south and in Cuba are receiving enor-
NOUS prices for large crop.
Statement of Germany.
According to LIGHT. the Germa,
sugar expert, the visible supply is
100000 tons less than it was a ves-
ago. For more than six months the
European markets have been adyanc-
ing. but our markets did not feel tha
effects of the short crop until three
months ago. Since then prices have
worked higher.