The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-04-07
RENO TAKES TO FACTORY IDEA
Fallon's Delegation of Business Men Meets With a
Grand Reception at the Hands of
Renos Citizens.


was disappointment in the matter of
securing beet seed and general unpre-
paredness. The factory. he believed,
would cost in the neighborhood of $500, :
900. Arrangements have already been
made for portion of the machinery.
1t is assured that there will be no
difficulty in obtaining sufficient beets.
The mill, which will be of 500 tons daily
capacity, will need beets from about
1000 acres. He concluded by assuring
those present that there was no possi-
bility of graft in the project, but that
it was business proposition, con-
Quoted by business men.
Mr.. Hinze was then requested to ad-
dress the meeting. He told how he and
his friends had become interested in
the enterprise. He sent the seed with
which the experiments were made, but
he could hardly believe the returns that
were made upon them by the analytical
chemists at the state university and
had check tests made by his own chem
lists at his Santa Ana factory. The re-
suits were practically identical. He
found purity running up to SO per cent
and saccharne in some instances above
l9 per cent. He was also informed
that in the vicinity of Lovelock beets
had been raised that attained to % per
cent sugar.
Mr.. Hinse estimated that Nevada
would consume at least four and one
half million pounds annually of the pro-
duct of the factory. He figured that
the fuel and freight costs would be
higher at Fallon than either the coast
or in Utah, but felt assured that the
increased saccharine and greater purity
would more than make amends The
labor cost would not be appreciably
higher, as the men employed in the
factory would be largely drawn from
the ranches producing the beets, which
would all be harvested before the fac
tory went into operation.
The dry climate of Nevada was ad-
vanced as another argument in favor
of this state as a site for the beet sugar
industry. 1t happens that in California
and in the east the rain falls, which
are exceptional here, cause the beets
to decay and sprout, thus decreasing
the purity and saccharine.
The sugar, he said, is carbon, and
comes from the sun. The climate of
Nevada, where the days are warm and
cloudless and the nights cool, is ideal
for sugar production. Another valu-
able asset of the state when this indus
try is concerned, is the fact that there
is no dependence upon rain, but that
water is brought by irrigation, thus
permitting the beet growers to regu-
late the supply in order to secure per-
feet results.
Mr.. Hinze said that he never saw
people so enthusiastic as those of Fal-
Ion over the project and that even an
Indian subscribed for share of the
stock. He said that there were already
sixty-five local subscribers.
Now came an avalanche of statistics.
Mr.. Hinze stated that a minimum of
so. 900 tons of beets would be required
annually, as climatic conditions are
such in this state that the factory can
be run at least 100 days, and probably
a month longer. 1t is possible that rs,
600 tons could be used. The minimum
cost would be quarter of a million
dollars annually for beets, which would
cost an average of SIS ton each. The
cost of manufacturing would be $237,-
500. This would include 500, 900 for
labor. The sugar could be produced at
cost the same as other factories de-
livered at Missouri river points, where
it would sell for a minimum of IA
cents. The annual product would be
about $1,000, 600 pounds, one-fourth to
one-third of which would probably be
marketed in Nevada and the tributary
region, thus saving the double freight
charge, resulting in either cheaper sugar
or increased profits, probably both.