Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30
'SUGAR INDUSTRY IN
THE UNITED
STATES
Close to Three Hundred Is.
Establishments in the Nation
in Manufacture Of Sugar.

United states tor 1909 are presented
in detail ip q bulletin soon 20 ~ 81
sued ~ Director Harris 81 the bu-
rean "a tbs reensus Departments 81
commerce Il WIS prepared under
the direction 81 W AL sleparl. chief
EtaiistlcIon for manufactures.
There were 9ei establishments 81
the United states engaged ia the man
ufacture and refining OF sugar ana
syrup In 1903. OF these. tS were
engaged IN the manufacture OF sugar
from beets, sff IN the manufacture
81 sugar or syrup from cane, and 10
IN che refining Of cane sugar. The
total number ~ porFu1s engaged in
these three Industries was 2f0f7. Of
whom $40 per cent we're employed
IN the beet susar factories. sal per
cent In the cane mills and AZ per cent
In the reflncrics.
The quantity Of beet sugar report
cd by the fBctorles Ia 1908 was SCI. o.
6Se tons valued al ss5s8Te2s, and
that 81 cane sugar s-G.S5s tons. vail
ucd al s26.095.CTs. The quantity OF
refined sugar turned out BY the re-
fineries. which would include the pro-
duct made from foreign raw sugar
a. well as from domestic cane sugar.
was not reported.
j According 10 the census of agricul-
turc. the farm production OF sugar
aud syrup IN 1909 amounted 20 l25,-
6t7 pounds Of cane sugar. 1900, zoe
pounds Of maple sugar, 2i.6s3.5Te
gallons OF cane syrup. 1e,ba2,0O0 sal
Ions Of sorghum. and 4.t06.fis gall
Ions of maple syrup. The glucose
factories produced In 1909. 7G9, 500. b
2i0 pounds Of glucose. valued at Si7.-
922.6ff. and i5a. O60.4T pounds OF
grape sugar valued az t3.62o SIC.
The Beet sugar Industry.
The beet sugar industry Includes
an establishments making sugar from
sugar beels The work done Includes
not only the extraction Of the sugar
from the beets, but the refining Of
the greater part OF the sugar.
In 1903. there were S. establish
ments. with products valued at Sfs,-
I22,sS3. During the decade ending
with 1903 the value 81 products in
creased 557.1 per cent. the increase
during the five years from 1899 to
1905 being 233.i per cent. as COM
INlfu WIN va NNN HhNi lNA tH' iAHt
half Of the decade The absolute
Increase. however, was larger during
the later period than during the ear
lier The value ~ products ~ made
up almost entirely Of the value uf
sugar. the moiaeses beet pulp. and
other 10y products being Of relatively
little Importance The quantity ~
boots used Increased during the de-
cade from 79i,65S tons Co 9 oG5 $50
tons. or 500 per cent, and tho guam
tlty OF sugar manufactured from ST.
729 tons 20 sol esq tons. or 513.s per
cent The total daily "glicing" ca
pacity ~ the factories IN 1909 was
52.7bO tons. as compared WIZ $4,000
tons In 1904 md 10 Tie tons IN 1899.
the Increase during the decade being
re per cent Based on the daily
slicing capacity 81 their mills az re-
ported for 1909. the three leading
states In tho beet sugar industry are
Colorado. Michigan and California, IN
the order named. These states re-
ported a combined slicing capacity
equal 10 67.a per cent Of tho total for
the United states. which Is about the
same as their b-oportion Of the toth
number Of factories The average
number 81 persons engaged IN the
beet sugar Industry during 1909 was
$3.50. 81 whom 900 or $50 per cent
were wage oarncrs During the
campaign" ms the active period Ia
the sugar lndsutry y termed, nearly
an the factories were operated CON
tinuously. the wage carnerF working
In shifts Of from i1iA TO IL hours
each seven DAYS in tho week
Character Of Ownership.
with a single exception, all Of the
beet sugar factories are owned by
corporations only two of the err
adjustments reported value 81
products amounting 60 less than
500 coo, while forty-two reported
value IN excess OF 100000 but less
than $1,000. 900. and ti value Ia
excess OF $1,000. OO0. This last group
gave employment 10 an average "i
$3.50 wage CARRIERS. or A76 per cent
of the total for the industry. The
total expenses In the beet sugar IN
dustry IN 1903 were $37,a5a. 06e, dis
trihutcd as follows: Cost of MATERIALS
s27,265.17O. or 73 per cent; wages
s4.s0S.4fG. or I20 per cent; salaries
Si,769.f54 or AZ per cent ana ms
coilane0us expenses made up of adj
yoflisIng ordinary repairs Of buiid-
lngs and machinery travelling eN
pensos and other sundry expenses
$500 ,996. or ga per cent
Acreage Planted.
Tho total number Of acres planted
Ia beets for factory use in the United
States In 1909 was 4i5.96i. or these
29.4B9 acres or III per cent we're
planted directly by factories; 1880
acres. or "a pcr cent. by tenants OF
factories. and 36s. 3a9 acres. or SIS
per cent, by Independent growersThe
total quantity Of beeis used In the M
dus,ry was $685. BG tons or TINS
total. 2G6.7Gs tons or 81 per cent
we're grown directly by the manufac-
turing establishments; 1855 toms
or "a per cent by tenants Of these
establishments. and 3.bSa,7f5 tons or
SOL per cent by independent srow-
ors The Average yield Of beets per
acre was aB tons The highest aV-
eraRe shown by any single report
was 225 tons. the nre yielding that