128 THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. 
a plant could work 30 tons of beets per day, using all roots furnished. Every gallon 
of pure alcohol obtained corresponds to a certain per cent of sugar in the beet. Then, 
after the farmers had learned how to grow beets, the purchase of beet-sugar machin- 
ery could follow.’’ This suggestion is not practical at the present time, if indeed, 
it ever was. In the first place, analyses will determine the sugar content, and sec. 
ondly, such a distillery would not pay. The tax on alcohol is too high and it requires 
a very large amount of grain to give to alcohol from beets the necessary life. 
Besides, the whisky trust would interfere with the sale of such a product. The 
thing has been tried with molasses from Grand Island at the Columbia distillery in 
South Omaha. It was found there was no money in it. Mr Thomas R. Cutler, man- 
ager of the Utah sugar company, informs us that he has investigated this matter thor- 
oughly in both American and foreign countries, and has concluded that in the United 
States it would be unprofitable. 
The beets and other essentials satisfactorily provided for, the one vital question 
becomes: Will farmers contract for a series of years to grow 2500 to 10,000 acres of 
sugar beets for the factory, depending upon its size, at an average of say $4 per ton 
delivered at factory, with the full benefit that may come from whatever state or 
national aid may be extended to the industry? The locality that is able to offer the 
best guarantee of this kind is the one that (other things being equal) will prove most 
attractive to any who may be seeking investment in sugar factories. 
To conduct all this work to the best advantage, a local organization is desirable. 
For this purpose let all interested unite in forming a local branch of the American 
* THE STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS, 
Where located, name and postoffice address of the director or person in charge. 
ALABAMA—Auburn: College Sta- 
tion; W.L. Broun. Uniontown: 
Canebrake Station; H. Benton. 
ARIZONA —Tucson: W.S. Devol. 
ARKANSAS—Fayetteville; R. L. 
Bennett. 
CALIFORNIA—Berkeley: E. W. 
Hilvard. 
CoLoRADO—Fort Collins: Alston 
Ellis. 
CONNECTICUT—NewHaven: State 
station; 8. W. Johnson. Storrs: 
Storrs Station; W. O. Atwater. 
DELAWARE—Newark: A. T. Neale. 
FLORIDA—Lake City: O. Clute. 
GEORGIA—Experiment: R. J. 
Redding. 
IDAHO—Moscow: C. P. Fox. 
ILLINOIS—Urbana: E. Davenport. 
INDIANA—Lafayette: C.S. Plumb. 
Iowa—Ames: James Wilson. 
KansAs—Manhattan: G. T. Fair- 
ehild. 
KENTUCKY—Lexington: 
Seovell. 
LOUISIANA—Audubon Park, New 
Orleans: Sugar Station. Baton 
Rouge: State Station. Cal- 
hboun: North Louisiana Station ; 
W. C. Stubbs 
M. A. 
MAINE—Orono: C. D. Woods. 
MARYLAND—College Park: R. H. 
Miller. 
MASSACHUSETTS—Amherst: H. 
H. Goodell. 
MICHIGAN—Agricultural College: 
Cc. v. Smith. 
MINNESOTA—St Anthony Park: 
W. M. Liggett. 
MISSISSIPPI—Agricultural 
lege: S. M. Tracy. 
MIssouRI—Columbia: H. J. Wa- 
ters. 
MONTANA—Bozeman: §S. M. 
Emery. 
NEBRASKA—Lincoln: G, E. Mac- 
Lean. 
NEVADA—Reno: J. E. Stubbs. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE—Durham: C. 
S. Murkland. 
NEW JERSEY—New Brunswick: 
E. B. Voorhees. 
NEW MExIco—Mesilla Park: C. 
T. Jordan. 
NEW YORK—Geneva: State Sta- 
tion; W. H. Jordan. Ithaca: 
Cornell University Station; I. 
P. Roberts. 
NORTH CAROLINA—Raleigh: 
B. Battle. 
ecol- 
Hy, 
NoRTH DakoTA—Fargo: J. H. 
Worst. 
OHIO— Wooster: C. E. Thorne. 
OKLAHOMA—Stillwater: G. E. 
Morrow. 
OREGON—Corvallis: H. B. Miller. 
PENNSYLVANIA—State College: 
H. P. Armsby. . 
RHODE ISLAND—Kingston: C. 0. 
Flagg. 
SOUTH CAROLINA—Clemson Col- 
lege: E. B. Craighead. 
SouTH DaxkotTs—Brookings: J. 
H. Shepard. 
TENNESSEE—Knoxville: C.F. 
Vanderford. 
TEXAS—College Station: J. H. 
Connell. 
UTAH—Logan: L. Foster. 
VERMONT—Burlington: J. L. 
Hills. 
VIRGINIA—Blacksburg: J. M. Me- 
Bryde. 
WASHINGTON—Pullman: 
Bryan. 
WEST VIRGINIA—Morgantown: 
J.A. Myers. 
WISCONSIN—Madison: 
Henry. 
WYOMING—Laramie: F.P.Graves. 
E. A. 
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