Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-06-13

IN NEVADA SUGAR BEET FIELD.
gave me the range from the lowest to
the highest. The lowest was $50, the
highest $50, the average of all S69.4O
per acre.
The next question was, And how
does this compare with what they OBJ
tain in raising other crops? Among
the replies were. One hundred per cent
higher 'Beets best crops we can grow,
Favorable Very much in excess of
other crops About 300 per cent An
increase of so per cent a decided i'm
provement.' About three times as
much
II asked next. Have farm mortgages
increased or decreased since the cree
ton of the factory. and to what ex-
tent?' All but two stated that they
had decreased, some materially. some
% per cent some 80 per cent. one that
very few farms were now mortgaged.
Two stated that farm mortgages had
increased owing to the fact that rent
| erS were becoming able to buy on par
| tial payments.
~ then asked for the average price
of agricultural lands prior to the loca-
| ton Of the factory and at the present
! time. Two gave no price before the
| factory was erected, the land being q
| desert and of little value, land in one
| Of those sections now being worth
| 500 per acre, In the other $3.50 per
| acre. OF the others, the smallest in
crease was 20 per cent. the greatest
$50 per cent. The average price of all
| COZ 70 hn
ton of the factory and S75.55 per acre
| at the present time. The average in
! crease in value was 12i per cent.
THE next question was. What eff
| feet has the erection of the factory
| had on the prosperity of the farmersT
| Here are some of the replies: Glorious
| Profits double They are paying debts
and renters are buying FARMS, Good
| Much interest shown Diversity of
crops Enables them to buy land and
| build homes Better prices and de-
mand for produce Of all kinds, Great
! ly increased
81 think this pretty accurately sizes
up the situation as to the farreaching
| beneficial effect OF the erection OF a
! beet sugar factory on surrounding
| farmers.
"But this Is only n part of It. Mer.
chants and real estate men are affected
in fact. the whole community.
called for the assessed valuation of all
town property before the erection Of
the factories and at the present time.
the same information rs TO population.
average price of residence lots and of
business lots. The replies show the
average increase to be as follows:
.#.. 1885,. per cent
Assessed valuation. increase. 139
Population, increase. .................... S9k
| Average value OF residence lots. in
crease ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SO
| Average value OF business lots. in
| crease Observation-Disclosures. lSS
"All these results are directly and
wholly attributable to the erection OF
the beet sugar factories. put another
question, what effect has the erection
Of the factory had on the prosperity of
your merchantsT Here are some of
the replies: Greatly increased Bust
ness doubled Profits doubled Many
new stores Prosperous No failures
Increased cash sales Increased the
business 1000 per cent Neither NOR.
chants nor prosperity before
THE question Is, DO we want COZ
more such towns. each surrounded by
a thousand or more prosperous farm.
ers' families, or will we destroy this
industry and turn the control OF the
sugar supply Of the nation over to the